Spanning the globe, to bring you a constant variety of musical entertainment in the true GaragePunk.com tradition, this episode of Sonic Nightmares comes to you simultaneously from Hawaii, the Eruption Festival in Glasgow, and in our main studios in Switzerland! Expect heavy doses of nuggety ’60s garage, lo-fi punk and swampy blues! Plus, special guest Dave Catching from the Eagles of Death Metal!!
This offering of Sonic Nightmares begins with pounding garage followed by some spicy Cajun which then morphs into raucous rhythm and blues with a pinch of punk ending up with scratchy Turkish freakbeat and a very rare Blind Willy Johnson track, all brought to you by four naked men on a hot summer afternoon. Parental discretion is advised.
This episode features bands playing songs with titles like “My Fire Department Needs a Fireman,” “The Human Being Lawn Mower,” “I Smell a Rat,” “Honeydripper,” “Zig Zag Wanderer” and “Live Like an Angel, Die Like a Devil.” The show lasts for one hour, eight minutes and nineteen seconds and includes commentary pertaining to the musical information. If you feel that you are capable of writing a better description of this podcast than the one presented here, please use the comments section below to do so. Thank you for your attention and/or your participation.
In primitive times, man would spend his day hunting, stalking animals with primitive tools, hoping to catch his dinner, and at the end of the day would sling the carcass over his shoulder and drag it back to his cave. When he arrived, completely exhausted, his wife would dress and cook the meat while he collapsed in complete contentment. During this episode of Sonic Nightmares, the boys attempt to recreate these simple times by beating drums, starting a fire in the studio and chanting to the way-out sounds of bands like the Chocolate Factory, the Staggers, Hipbone Slim & the Knee Tremblers, the Monsters and the Del-Gators. Stick a bone through your nose and join the party. Ugga Booga!!
The official Sonic Nightmares podcast recorder blew up on us while manufacturing this episode so we were a little late getting it to you — but fashionably late has always been our style! Now dig episode 24 stuffed with contemporary Swiss punk and roll by the Fuckadies, Perrine et Les Garçons, Mama Rosin and the Never Evers! Plus thought-provoking commentary and reliable information to get you through the week. Thanks for your patience!
The Untold Fables were Paul Carey on voice, Jon Niederbrach on guitar, Robert Butler (later of The Miracle Workers) on bass and Paul Sakry on drums. Although The Fables were mainly associated with the mid-’80s L.A. psychedelic/garage revival scene that grew out of a club called the Rave Up and later moved to Greg Shaw’s Cavern Club, their music also included strong influences from ’70s punk and ’50s rhythm & blues. Their first release, a remake of “I Try” by the Young Tyrants, was for Voxx Records‘ Battle of the Garages, Volume 3 (which is now available on the Battle of the Garages Part Two CD). In the spring of 1985 they recorded their first LP, Every Mother’s Nightmare, for Lee Joseph’s Dionysus Records at West Beach Studios in Los Angeles. Lee Joseph produced it with a lot of input from Robert Butler and sound engineering by Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion). The album was finally released about a year later. In the summer of 1986 and spring of 1987 the Fables had two more recording sessions, this time at South Coast Studios in Santa Ana with David Carey producing. Eleven songs from these session were later compiled for their second LP, Aesop’s Apocalypse, released in early 1989, about a year after the band split up.
Releases:
LPs: Every Mother’s Nightmare (Dionysus ID8603/1985), Aesop’s Apocalypse (Dionysus ID123312/1989)
7″s: Wendylyn EP (Dionysus ID073301/1987), Spit the Winkle EP (Mystery Scene MS 006/1987)
Comps: “I Try” - Battle of the Garages Vol. III LP (Voxx VXS 200.029/1984), “Watch Your Step Woman” - Dimensions of Sound LP (Mystery Scene MS 1001/1987), “Pressure” - Sounds of Now! LP (Dionysus ID123305/1987), “Happy Motoring”/”Nobody Spoils My Fun” - What Stuff LP (Iloki IL1011/1990)
It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the human body. The number of chromosomes in a human germ line cell - 23. There are 23 letters and characters on every U.S. coin and this episode of Sonic Nightmares is number 23! Coincidence? Or proof of some cosmic master plan? The Sonic Nightmares crew will help you decide with a little help from the Lyres, the Ultra Twist, the Dwarves, the Shadows of Knight, the Outta Place and a special block of Cambodian ’60s garage by El Tiki. Oh, and I almost forgot - The number of tracks included in this episode? 23!
We know you are all struggling during these trying economic times and to show our solidarity Sonic Nightmares is proud to unveil the 4-in-1 Pack!! Added value with reduced fat! That’s four podcasts packed into a handy one-hour carrying case. Machine washable, Garage Punkable and no assembly required. Comes pre-programmed with kick-ass tracks by The Cherry Slush, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Shaggs, The Pandoras, Shooby Taylor (The Human Horn) and many more!
In this era of disinformation who can you count on for reliable facts concerning the Garage-Punk world? The Sonic Nightmares crew will attempt to help clear away the nonsense by taping this episode from the central newsroom of The Truth Network! Using the most up-to-date equipment and technology the boys will bring you breaking news and astounding facts about some of your favorite acts! Shake your head in disbelief or cover your ears and hum ’cause like it or not you’re gonna hear the truth, the whole truth and of course lots of cool tracks by bands like The Stoics, Baby Woodrose, The Rockin’ Ramrods, The Fleshtones and Leadbelly (who reportedly swallowed a pencil, by the way). Truth! Truth! Truth!
Happy New Year, Garage Punks! Gringo and Panti-Christ pilot this first episode of the new year spinning ear-splitting tracks by The Come n’ Go, The Spaceshits, Blacktop, Q65 and a double-block of some rare Voodoo Rhythm recordings. Keep an eye on your volume settings ’cause this show is LOUD!
The full Sonic Nightmares team is back in action and this ain’t no therapy session! Shake your ass to bands like The Magnetix, Li’l Bob & The Lollipops, the Frosted Flaykes and Pirate Love! Record collectors are guaranteed to shit in their pants as Beat-Man unearths a rare track by Washington Phillips and Gringo spins a tune from the “lost” Morlocks record! What are you waiting for? Press play now!
What makes this episode extra special may not be the fact that it’s a whopping 90 minutes long or that it happens to be our one-year anniversary on GaragePunk.com, but that we are joined by guest hosts Brother Panti-Christ and El Tiki from the original Sonic Nightmares radio show. In an attempt to bring them back into the fold permanently, The Reverend Beat-Man and co-sponsor, Gringo Starr, have founded a 12-step therapy program - Sonic Nightmares Anonymous®! Listen to the sound of grown men weeping as our two long lost soul mates are granted the serenity to accept the things they cannot change and embrace the evil turntables once again. Free coffee and donuts will be provided along with tracks by The Knee Jerk Reactions, The Crawdaddys, The Wimple Winch, Howlin’ Wolf, Mickey Hampshire, The Madcowgirl Disease and a bonus set of Turkish Psyche-Folk!
Enjoy 83 Minutes of Sonically Nightmarish tales of dead surfers, ghosts on the highway, walks through the graveyard, phantoms, vampires and spoken word by the stinking corpse of Boris Karloff. Boo!
Enjoy a sneak preview of some new Voodoo Rhythm Records releases by Pirate Love, Movie Star Junkies, and The Guilty Hearts accompanied by a blistering collection of boogie woogie, blues, garage, rockabilly and psych, hosted by your old pal, Gringo Starr.
Damen und Herren, Señoras y Señores, Mesdames et Messieurs, Senhoras e Cavalheiros, Дамы и господа! This episode features 23 tracks of mind-numbing beat, punk, garage, psyche, bop and slop in 11 different languages! Scratch your head to the indecipherable sounds of Sperma, Os Gambuzinos, Ali Baba & Ses 4 Voleurs, Sanni Purmonene and many more equally unpronounceable groups! Moderated in Swiss-German dialect with English subtitles. Enjoy!
It’s quiz time once again, GaragePunkers! Name the Mystery Track and win the Voodoo Rhythm record of your choice! Leave your answers in the comment section below and while you’re racking your collective brains enjoy a full hour of musical entertainment featuring tracks by Man Made Monster, The Swinging Neckbreakers, Mr. Quintron, as well as the usual shenanigans and the occasional ’80s German new-wave track just to keep things tidy! Good luck!
It’s lucky episode #13 featuring everything you love to hate about Sonic Nightmares - Scratchy vinyl records, ’80s German new wave, freedom rock, mindless rambling in broken English, folk music, cheap special effects and a blatant refusal to maintain the garage-punk status quo. So be prepared to punk out with tracks by 1313 Mockingbird Lane, The Guilty Hearts and The Tokyo Sex Destruction or hold your nose to the nauseating sounds of United Balls, Klaus Nomi, and the Bay City Rollers! Please keep in mind that this full hour of entertainment is offered to you totally free of charge!
Last episode’s concept of Beat-Man moderating the show by telephone while in outer space has now mutated into a cheesy old-time radio serial, Orson Wellesian teenage alien invasion, science fiction variety hour-type thing. But don’t be fooled by all the bells and whistles (or all the echo)! This episode highlights some of the greatest punk tracks of all time (in our opinion, of course)! Featuring cuts by The Dead Boys, Zackary Thaks, The Damned, Suicide, Pop Rivets, The Seeds, The Velvet Underground and Hasil Adkins! This episode is dedicated to our fellow GaragePunk.com podcaster, Mr. Dan Electreau. Hey man, the words “flying saucer” were never uttered in this podcast (with the exception of The Rezillos).
The Reverend Beat-Man takes the wheel this episode, producing the podcast through a telephone from the Voodoo Rhythm Records Headquarters. Expect scratchy 78s, Blues, ’60s Euro-pop, trash, instrumental and anything else Beat-Man has found at the thrift shop lately. For mature audiences only!
Gringo and Beat-Man once again dig into the Sonic Nightmares “Vault of Vinyl,” bringing you a kick-ass mix of Beat, Punk, Garage, and Blues. Featuring tracks by The Downliners Sect, The Slaves, The Rat Hole Shake, and Hound Dog Taylor! Plus the usual crap and commentary you have become accustomed to as an avid Sonic Nightmares listener.
