I remember The Makers.  Did'nt like 'em.
 
John White said:

I agree, The Blacks Lips have been an important band, and everything you said is true. But, when it comes down it, I liked the last White Stripes record. The last Black Lips record, not so much. I have a feeling that they are changing their songwriting style to gain mainstream success. Anyone remember The Makers?

P.S. I JUST HEARD "MAKIN' TIME" IN A BEER COMMERCIAL , MAYBE THAT'LL HELP MOTIVATE EDDIE Phillips (WHO'S A REAL ACE GUY.) TO GET THE CREATION UP AND RUNNING AGAIN , IF THEY ARE'NT , ALREADY.
 
John Battles said:

Long before The White Stripes caught on , and actually , before there even was a White Stripes, There was Msr. Jeffrey Evans , The Gories and Jack O' Fire , as far as (Mostly) white acts are concerned. LONG before they shaped Punk Blues , Hound Dog Taylor created it. But , Pat Hare had that sound some 20 years before , and Cub Koda was punkin' the HELL out of them Blues from the 70's to his all too untimely passing.....

I'm not hearing much of anything new in the Garage and so -called Garage genre  that I'd call important. As far as important old school people who still have a lot to offer , or did in the past 10 years , we've got Roky Erickson, Fred Cole , The Alarm Clocks , The Sonics , ? and The Mysterians , the recently defunct Mike and The Ravens , The Remains , The Electric Prunes (Whose status , it seems , remains in flux. ) , The Electras (Same.) , The late , great Wailers , The late , great Blue Cheer , The Troggs , The Pretty Things , The Downliners Sect , The Creation (Anybody heard from them?) , Mitch Ryder , Mark Lindsay , Scott Morgan , The Stooges , The Nervebreakers ,  The New Colony Six (On a good night.).

You don't have to be hip with the kids and their outasite beat to have something that's of worth. 

Gerry ? Gerry Marsden? I thought he was alive. And no one would accuse him of being a Garage Rock Godfather. Gerry Rosalie ,of course , is still with us. Maybe I'm missing someone.
 
Andy Climax said:

Gone but never ever forgotten. Lux Interior must be as important to Garage, Rockabilly, Beats and any other genre of scuzzy rawk'n'roll. Not just the last 10 years but 30. Influenced by and for so many of our (anti) hero's. the Cramps introduced so many including the mainstream to our particular brand of madness. He's an ambassador and a gentleman. I hope him, Sky and Gerry are sittin round a table now with very smug faces on, coz they Fkn deserve to. Lux Interior R.I.P

I'm 42 and my son that is 19 plays in my band. I used to joke about him being my younger brother, but I figure fuck it, it's pretty badass that I'm in a punk band with my son. Shit, maybe I can keep going until he has a kid old enough to play and we could be a triple threat! LOL

Amazing. Never seen that clip. Sean looking like Basi Rathbone as King Richard III.
kopper said:

Sean Bonniwell R.I.P.

'Talk,Talk' was one of a brace of singles that I bought as a (barely) teenaged musician after I got my first 'record player'... so yes, he had fans even as far away as down here in South Australia... dunno how or why, but Adelaide, pretty much alone in Australia, had songs like this and 'Pushin' Too Hard', 'Psychotic Reaction', '...Too Much to Dream...' and other Nuggets staples in the 'Top 10' on our local AM station,5KA... so Music Machine and Love and the Seeds and 13th Floor Elevators were well-known and inspired a thriving garage scene here... we did all these songs in my school band, 'the Souls of Misery'... great time in music!

Sad news indeed! We'll certainly be playing a tribute on this week's edition of our radio shows...

OH , NO....If it's true , that's very sad. You want to talk about underrated....

It's strange , I was just thinking about him , not a half - hour ago. A friend of mine was hanging out with Rudi Protrudi , when Sean came by. Sean overheard them talking about Jim Morrisson , and he said "JIM MORRISSON ?!  JIM MORRISSON WAS AN AGENT FOR SATAN !!!".

Of course , Jim stands tall , near the top of my OVERrated column , but , if there's Heaven above us , you know that he'll be waiting , to give Sean his first glass of Irish whiskey.

Sean , if ye be in Heaven today , tis true , the Devil was surely too busy texting all his idiot new arrivals (Kim Jong Il , e.g.)  to see ye by God's throne , hugging Sky Saxon , and , yes , even Arthur Lee.   Go in Peace.

Note : I just saw the other messages , confirming the news.

"Oh , Danny Boy , It's you must go , and I must bide....".

" Hey , Joe , you can't die until your time . Cause death is'nt love , and love is just the hands of time.".

damn...

Sad news, indeed. In googling around for more info, I came across this...how appropriate.

"Reedited by Sean Bonniwell, "Christmas Morning" sounds like the Zombies and the Kinks jamming with the Lafayette Afro-Rock band."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/12/premiere-zebras-christmas-morning-from-struts-in-the-christmas-groove.html

RIP, a much underrated talent.

A major talent who will be missed.

I never got to meet him, but always wanted to tell him how much his music influenced me over the years. Funny when you think of it; 20 or so years after Sean wrote "Dark White" for example, there I was - a young whippersnapper from another country covering his "obscure" song on stage. Your music was incredibly powerful and that far reaching, Sean!

From the moment I first heard The Music Machine, I never stopped listening.

R.I.P. and thoughts go out to all your family and loved ones.

 James

It's confirmed on his Facebook page. What a great loss to the world of Rock and Roll!

Noooooooooo! If any hears any more news please post it here.

Sad to hear such news. I've never listened much of his material, but it really sounds great. 

R.I.P.

Just heard from a pretty reliable source that Sean Bonniwell has passed away. R.I.P.

I have played a long scale Danno for a couple of years in a garage style band and besides the buzzing from the single coil pickups, it plays and feels great.

I also play a Mosrite Ventures model, an Epiphone Jack Cassidy semi=hollow body and find no quality issues between the three.  As for strings, I use RotoSound long scale Jazz Bass  and have no problems with the tuning keys.

I say get it and it will be a nice addition to your other two.

Little White Berry by Roy Castle. 

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kopper said:

Hell, Bobby, you live in Pittsburgh... Get Hip should be able to courier their stuff to ya!

Thanks everybody for all the great suggestions.
I've always done my shopping is stores & have only ordered a few limited run things over the years, but i guess it's time to get with the times ( of course I'll always support the independent shops too. )

Hell, Bobby, you live in Pittsburgh... Get Hip should be able to courier their stuff to ya!

When I put together a play list these days, ten songs that seem to have a habit of showing up (and in no particular order) would be:

1. She's the One  ~ Ramones

2. The Way I Walk  ~  Cramps  (off the Nazibilly Werwoelfen Record...  You know... the version where Lux says "The Cramps are like no other band, and that's because...")

3. Scream ~  Ralph Nielson

4. Stronger than Dirt  ~ Mummies

5. El Entierro de los Gatos  ~  Los Saicos  (I also love Demolicion and  & the Wau Y Los Arrrghs!! cover of it)

6. She's a Bad Motorcycle  ~  Trashwomen

7. Destination Venus  ~  Man or Astro Man version

8. Monkey's Paw  ~  Thee Headcoats

9. My Daddy Is a Vampire   ~  Meteors

10.  Ungaga Unga Unga  ~  Los Infraseres  (I think I got if off of MySpace a few years ago)

 I just got that "Satan Is Real " CD , recently...It is'nt easy to find. I saw Charlie Louvin twice , before his recent demise. Seemed like a REALLY good old guy. He said he was trying to figure whether to do "On Top of Old Smokey" or "Knoxville Girl". I begged him "KNOXVILLE GIRL ! PLEASE , KNOXVILLE GIRL !" , and he did it.....The second time I saw him , he did it , without any coercion. Plus , he told the story behind the song , how it dates back to a 16TH Century (?) English ballad....ABOUT BLUDGEONING YOUR TRUE LOVE AND THROWING HER IN THE RIVER !!!   This stuff did'nt start with Alice Cooper , y'know.