Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

In this era of commercialism it’s easy to forget the original Christmas story:

The Martians nab Kris Kringle and two little Earth children. The Martian leader forces Santa and the children to run their soulless toy machine. Despite the numerous violations of human rights, it’s all in good fun and everybody is nice and happy except for one mean Martian (with a disturbing droopy mustache and a sidekick that looks like Jamie Farr) who plots to kidnap Santa (even though he’s already been kidnapped). Santa encourages the kids to hurl lots of heavy mid-sixties toys at the bad guy’s skulls. Through this display of parental negligence the evil is thwarted and Santa is permitted to go back to Earth leaving a half-witted Martian named Droppo to take over the reigns of the Martian Toy Empire.

Sonic Nightmares celebrates the greatest story ever told sprinkled with tracks by Billy Childish, The Kinks, Them, 68 Comeback, Charles Manson and many more!

PLEASE NOTE: This will be the final episode of Sonic Nightmares that is posted on the GaragePunk.com blog. As of January 2010, you’ll find Gringo’s podcast posted on his blog at the GaragePunk Hideout. If you would like to continue receiving his podcast, be sure to subscribe to his show’s feed using the link below, and/or befriend him on the Hideout. Thanks!

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

So, what exactly are you in the mood for? If it’s ’80s garage/psyche we have a great selection of tunes in that genre for you including a rare gem by the Laughing Soup Dish as well as some quite fuzzy tracks by the Stomachmouths and the Primates. We’ll even throw in some Angry Samoans and a bit of Minor Threat when you’re not looking just to mix things up a bit. If you are not completely satisfied we might possibly dig up some some Screamin’ Jay Hawkins or just start spinning some old “show tunes” record from Beat-Man’s dusty record cabinet. The trick is to just keep listening ’cause we’re sure that there is something for everyone to enjoy from this episode so just relax and stop being so fussy!

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

The producers of Sonic Nightmares would like to state clearly that all editorial views and opinions expressed in this episode do not necessarily reflect the views of GaragePunk.com or of any former, current or future employers of the podcast producers. Furthermore, some content may not be suitable for children or adults. No animals were hurt or harmed making this episode. The producers do, however, take complete responsibility for harm that may or may not be caused by listening to certain audio tracks including but not excluding the Budget Girls, Them, the Miracle Workers, the Cramps, the Pornostuntman and Major Dick & Captain Woodie. Please indicate that you have read and understood this disclaimer by signing below. Thank you.

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

What’s so funny about Sonic Nightmares #34? Could it be the side-splitting tracks by the Defectors or the Magnificent Brotherhood? Or is it the hilarious sounds of the Rokes, the Monks, or the Mirage that drive you into a fit of uncontrolled giggling? Whatever it is, this episode will make you pee in your pants. We certainly did!

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

Sonic Nightmares is produced in Switzerland. Switzerland is a small country in the middle of western Europe sometimes overshadowed by its larger neighbors. In the true spirit of international relations, Gringo Starr highlights some of the coolest bands from our southern border, Italy. The Reverend Beat-Man spins some classic tunes from the land to our west, France. Brother Panti-Christ blows this whole theme off in a most convincing way by playing hip junk from everywhere, and El Tiki is in a small box somewhere so he won’t be able to play his iPod for you this episode. Give pizza chance.

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

Welcome to the first installment of your bi-monthly dose of Sonic Nightmares for September! Doctor Gringo Starr will get your blood flowing with an assortment of new European garage bands such as Wild Evel & the Trashtones, the Hangee V and the X-Ray Harpoons. Reverend Beat-Man administers the last rites with a barrage of Voodoo Rhythm Records releases including King Automatic, the Monsters and the Del Gators. And just to make sure you’re felling no pain, Resident Anesthesiologist El Tiki pumps you up with a special mix of Northern Soul and Rock Steady featuring the Exciters, the Dynamics and Busty Brown. Love doesn’t always fix what’s ailing you!

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

Special guests Delaney Davidson (Dead Brothers) and Screamin’ Chet Zeller (son of Beat-Man) join the Sonic Nightmares crew this episode which features over 60 minutes of Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Rock & Roll and Garage tracks by artists such as The Kingsmen, Mitch Ryder, Etta James, the Shandells and Mose Allison! Plus a special in-studio performance by Delaney Davidson and the world premier of Screamin’ Chet’s band of eight-year-olds, Game Over. Also expect some gems from the Pussywarmers, Mama Rosin and the Jackets! Please push the download button now!

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

It’s summer time here in be-u-tee-ful Europe and that means the festival season is in high gear. Episode #30 of Sonic Nightmares celebrates the bands playing at some of the best garage weekenders here on the continent. Grab a 10-Euro beer and scrape the mud off your boots and enjoy tracks by Los Peyotes, the Urges, the Phantom Keys, the Mummies, the Fleshtones and many more!

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

SKY SAXON

The day, the date, a thing of uncertainty.

In this the feeler of the generation, the ideal figure for the flowers of this world. A true seed, a grower, a talent no doubt, the original first-planted of all the seed children. Asking, “Please open up the days of dreams and horrors and uncertainties of the years to come.”  This is the mind of beauty, a perfect being. Singing, laughing, crying or writing, the world will not pass him by.

-Lord Tim Hudson from the Future LP

Sonic Nightmares celebrates the life and music of Sky Sunlight Saxon with a full hour of Seeds classics.

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

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!!

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

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.

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

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.

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

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!!

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

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!

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The Untold Fables – Live at Safari Sam’s, Huntington Beach, CA (1985)

With commentary by Gringo Starr from the Sonic Nightmares podcast.

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)

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

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!

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4-in-1 Pack!

Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

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!

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The Truth Network

Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

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!

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

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!

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Hosts: Gringo Starr, Reverend Beat-Man, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki

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!

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