Hi there, I'm Jarkko from Helsinki, Finland - from a part of town called "The Arabia Beach" to  be more exact. I just got into this great community, and I'm EX-FOKKEN'-STATIC about it! I play drums in a couple of bands, one of them very 77-punk / garage oriented (stayin' ingognito as of yet, since we're kind of in between phases right now, and will most likely change our name in the weeks to come...)

I'm thinking of starting a blog here about the Finnish garagepunk/garagerock scene (since it is THRIVING, man!), introducing the greatest bands one at a time. Stay tuned! ;)

Anyhoo, it's great to be here, can't wait to get  to know the lovely people hiding out here!

@John: I think the Youtube site is maintained by someone in the band. You might contact them through Youtube if you have an account and see if your teacher was in this band.

I MEANT "GLAM" , NOT "CLAM ". BUT , I COULD'NT EDIT IT. NOT REALLY. 

John Battles said:

Yeah , I agree. It's good Rock'n'Roll , but , nothing spectacular. I would'nt even call it Glam. They adopted a more "Butch" version of The Dolls' look , as though women in LA would'nt want to sleep with guys who looked like THAT (uh , ok.). LA , of course , had Rodney's English Disco , and early bands like Shady Lady....They were probably the most clam - conscious major city in America atthe time....It seems like a lot of the like - minded (But arguably less - rockin') bands in New York that shared stages with The Dolls
 , early on , fell apart before the latter got signed.
MikeL said:

Any Silverhead fans around here?  I finally got around to checking them out by ordering a CD copy of "16 and Savaged" from amazon.  It's a solid effort by a solid band, if nothing spectacular.  I especially like the opening track "Hello New York," which to my mind sounds like a great title and theme song for a sitcom about someone new to the Big Apple (yeah, that's never been done before).

Anyway, I decided to finally check them out because Michael Des Barres recently released a new CD called "Carnaby Street," and I heard a track from the CD called "Little Latin Love," which really rocks BTW.  I'll probably order a copy of it next month.

Yeah , I agree. It's good Rock'n'Roll , but , nothing spectacular. I would'nt even call it Glam. They adopted a more "Butch" version of The Dolls' look , as though women in LA would'nt want to sleep with guys who looked like THAT (uh , ok.). LA , of course , had Rodney's English Disco , and early bands like Shady Lady....They were probably the most clam - conscious major city in America atthe time....It seems like a lot of the like - minded (But arguably less - rockin') bands in New York that shared stages with The Dolls
 , early on , fell apart before the latter got signed.
MikeL said:

Any Silverhead fans around here?  I finally got around to checking them out by ordering a CD copy of "16 and Savaged" from amazon.  It's a solid effort by a solid band, if nothing spectacular.  I especially like the opening track "Hello New York," which to my mind sounds like a great title and theme song for a sitcom about someone new to the Big Apple (yeah, that's never been done before).

Anyway, I decided to finally check them out because Michael Des Barres recently released a new CD called "Carnaby Street," and I heard a track from the CD called "Little Latin Love," which really rocks BTW.  I'll probably order a copy of it next month.

Any Silverhead fans around here?  I finally got around to checking them out by ordering a CD copy of "16 and Savaged" from amazon.  It's a solid effort by a solid band, if nothing spectacular.  I especially like the opening track "Hello New York," which to my mind sounds like a great title and theme song for a sitcom about someone new to the Big Apple (yeah, that's never been done before).

Anyway, I decided to finally check them out because Michael Des Barres recently released a new CD called "Carnaby Street," and I heard a track from the CD called "Little Latin Love," which really rocks BTW.  I'll probably order a copy of it next month.

I went last year. Actually I attended very few official SXSW events. (I did not buy a wristband and wouldn't pay hundreds of bucks for the badge.)

But I won't hesitate to say I had a whole lotta fun. Saw bands like The Gories, Kid Congo Powers, Thee Oh Sees and went to a couple of Saustex Records events and saw The Hickoids, The Grannies, Glambilly, Pinata Protest.

As some of you know, I'm a country fan, so I spent part of my time seeing acts like Ray Wylie Hubbard, The Waco Brothers, Calamity Cubes, Hellbound Glory, James Hand, etc.

And I saw a great modern soulster, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound. (But I don't think Chuck Berry was there. I did see Little Richard there a few years ago and Carl Perkins a few years before that.)

If anyone gives a flying hoot,  blogged it all HERE.

No... 

I wouldn't run around like a kid on spring break, but there's always several bands in the line up that I'm interested in.  It's no Gonerfest, but it still looks like a hell of a party.  Wasn't Chuck Berry there last year? worth it, just for that.

And it would be even better to see some Hideout bands on the schedule, don't you think?

Are you being a little sarcastic when you say "What a whole lotta fun"?  

I think this was just announced today.  The South By Southwest festival is taking online applications from bands who'd like to showcase at the 2013 event.  ("Over 2,200 acts from around the world..."). What a whole lotta fun.

http://sxsw.com/music/news/apply-showcase-sxsw-music

Wow -- love your zine.  You've some gorgeous visuals!

THEE DIRTYBEATS - 100% maximum vintage garage
http://theedirtybeats.bandcamp.com

PS - And yes, we remember Brautigan.  Who can forget the cover of his Rommel Drives On Deep Into Egypt?

Hi !

I've just started to archive my fanzine (Started last year in Bangkok) on a blog.

It goes like this :

http://krankfanzine.blogspot.com/

More to come SOON !

Enjoy and Destroy, 

Ax

Lots of great suggestions. Great question for the group. Great answers all around.

Seriously check BOTH of these bands out. Really, truly great stuff.

The Future Primitives said:

Hey!

Have a look at our bandcamp (http://thefutureprimitives.bandcamp.com/) because you might like what you hear. We also recommend you listen to Dusty Mush from France, http://dustymush.bandcamp.com/.

Hey!

Have a look at our bandcamp (http://thefutureprimitives.bandcamp.com/) because you might like what you hear. We also recommend you listen to Dusty Mush from France, http://dustymush.bandcamp.com/.

Is anyone (in America) on here into turntable.fm? I hang out in a room called Punk Gunk, Garage, Psych n Wild Shit. Mad people who hang out in there have VERY good taste and it's a pretty easy way to discover new bands. Check it out if you haven't and if you have come jam with me sometime.

The Mummies

The Phantom Surfers

Okay, when I was a kid, I thought Creedence were saying "There's a bathroom on the right" (Bad Moon Rising) lol!

Thanks for the words...I'll check out Pirates Press and Rainbow!

Just gave this a quick relisten via Youtube (didn't feel like digging thru the record/CD crates!).

I dunno - something about that solo sounds really tentative, like he was still warming up or something.

You know , as much as I love that song , I can't really make out the guitar solo in my mind , right now that you mention it.

I've found nothing beats a Fender Twin with shitloads of verb, a strat set to the bridge pick up & a nasty ratty splattery 60's fuzz..roll of the volume maybe just a tad on the guitars volume knob..heaven.

The August 5th Show: The Book of Trash!

Listen now! : http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20120805-0030-t1344123000.mp3

The Setlist:

 Last I heard , recently , Dave Hill is still doing fine.I think he's 90 years old , now.

John Battles said:

THEY SURE WERE ! I was lucky that I got to see them several times....Milt Trenier had his own club , fantastic place , a real 50's coctail lounge/Jazz club , but anyobody that had PANTS on could come in. The Treniers played there about twice a year. I first saw them in '89. Great performance , but not much at all , in the way of rockin' R'n'B. i WAITED ABOUT 5 YEARS , and saw them again , and the OKEH collection on Sony had come out , so , from thereon in , they were ROCKIN' THE HOUSE , AGAIN !!! If they had an engagement at Milt's place , I'd go at least two nights. I also saw them twice in Vegas. They were the last of a line , barring their friends , Freddie Bell and Sam Butera. Actually , when I saw Bell , it was a big letdown. Never got to see Sam , a bigger disappointment. Milt just turned 82 , and still gigs on a regular basis.
 
BackdoorStan said:

That guy could squeal up a storm, the Treniers were amazing

Never practiced , late on . That's pretty funny. But , certainly believable. Of course , Mole was in The Mystreated ...I don't have a lot of their stuff , but , they were definitely on the money.

Fortune and Maltese , too , had to be seen to be truly appreciated , but , I liked that they did their homework , and wrote songs in MANY styles of that era , not just monster gurl put downs and/or NW -ish Frat Rockers , like when Frat parties contained kickass music , not just guys getting their asses kicked. Mike Maltese was living here in Chicago , too , because of his work , but he'd drive to Kalamazoo every weekend (Fuck me , I dunno , Five hours?) to work on songs with Freddie Fortune. That's Kaiser - like dedication. In fact , once The Neanderthals , Kaisers , and Fortune and Maltese played a show together at Fitzgerald's in Berwyn. We probably did take stuff like that for granted in The 90's.

Hey Drew, have you checked out the official GPPR Guidelines?  http://garagepunk.ning.com/group/garagepunk-pirate-radio-fans/page/podcast-guidelines

Good luck.