For main stream stuff, there are a lot of good girl groups comps that you can normally find digging through the buck bins. They usually chock full of groups like the Shangri-Las, Shirrelles, Ronettes, Crystals and Angels.... All of whom are in the same vein, but the Shirrelles and the Ronettes are my personal favorite. A lot of the motown stuff is pretty great too... The Supremes (Before Diana Ross became the vocal point), Marvelletes and Martha and The VAndellas are can't miss records.

Hey...can anyone suggest great '60s-'70s girl groups? I've never really jumped into that genre...thanks!

Tough one, but one has to be seeing the Knoxville Girls for the 1st time @ the Middle East in Cambridge, MA around '99-'01....Andre Williams & The Sadies were supposed to headline, but Andre bailed. No worries cuz the Knoxville Girls rocked out for an hour and a 1/2, and blew the full house away. Jerry Teel and Kid Congo surpassed everyone's expecations. Great topics!

What are your most memorable gigs and why?

yeah that looks BADASS got one? Sumiji said:

Hey!

I got a black hollowbody teardrop and gots to say it is pretty awesome. Mines has 3 lowoutput humbuckers. I actually am thinking about selling it though. The phantoms look fab too! Have you checked out the Hallmark Guiar sweptwing?

Hey!

I got a black hollowbody teardrop and gots to say it is pretty awesome. Mines has 3 lowoutput humbuckers. I actually am thinking about selling it though. The phantoms look fab too! Have you checked out the Hallmark Guiar sweptwing?

Oh man... My favorite is likely to change every time you ask me. Here are some likley #1s:

The Cynics: Rock N Roll
The Seeds: Self Titled
Question Mark & The Mysterians (Both Cameo LPs)
Thee Headcoats: Beach Bums Must Die
The Nomads: From Zero Down (I think that's the title. The one that came out on Crypt in the 80s featuring the 60s Band. I could probably pick )
Kinks: Self Titled & Something Else

ok, here's the song uploaded.....

That link is somehow incorrect :(

Hi everybody,

my band and I want to do a cover of the Centurys' great song "hard times",
our only problem is that none of us can properly understand the complete lyrics...

Is there anybody who knows where to find them on the Internet or is there any native english speaker who'd like to write the lyrics down for us ??

PLEAAAAAAAAAAASE help us!

Here's a link where you can listen to the track:

http://www.garagehangover.com/mp3s/Centurys/CenturysHardTimes.mp3

thx & greetings,
Calle

Hi everybody, my band and I want to do a cover of the Centurys' great song "hard times", our only problem is that none of us can properly understand the complete lyrics... Is there anybody who knows where to find them on the Internet or is there any native english speaker who'd like to write the lyrics down for us ?? PLEAAAAAAAAAAASE help us! Here's a link where you can listen to the track: http://www.garagehangover.com/mp3s/Centurys/CenturysHardTimes.mp3 thx & greetings, Calle

How lame can Chicago be? I've been DJing somewhat regularly for close to a year, playing Garage and Garage-Punk nights in one extremely "hip" neighborhood and in one neighborhood known for the incredible numbers of people in search of nightlife. Strangely, I haven't made any friggin' progress in repeat audience members. The only people who compliment me on what I play (besides the two or three friends who show up in support) are usually the wait/kitchen staff, who never get to sit out and listen to the music for more than 5 minutes at a time.

I've tried flyering, MySpace, CraigsList, and anything I can with my limited budget. Anyone got any bright ideas on getting people to go to my garage DJ nights in a digital age?

Any suggestions for an intro to great girl groups? Thanks!

The listener to comment ratio is all wacky!

The majority of folks that leave comments for the podcasts, are other GaragePunk Podcasters!! No offense to y'all (the couple, or so) that do leave comments; but what gives? Is it too much of a pain? Do we need to make it simpler to leave feedback? Do you not care? Do you care, but believe that your comments don't matter much? Can't really be arsed? Been planning on getting around to it, but forget? Other reasons? As those great philosophers Tupelo Chain Sex axed: What is it?!

yup, very pop and psych... a little different from the garagepunk lockstep... I rilly rilly dig all that hook and melody driven stuff. Don't think the M&Ms did anything other than that single, but the tune's co-writer, Paul Collins had the Nerves (as in "Hangin On the Telephone") and then the Beat -- both classic and essential power pop. croatoa said:

yeah, my preferred songs of the podcast remains the gentlemean jesse, the M&M's (there's no lp out there??). and the Shake shakes...
but all the episode of "Hanging on..." are power pop oriented?????? I want them all !!!!!

yeah, my preferred songs of the podcast remains the gentlemean jesse, the M&M's (there's no lp out there??). and the Shake shakes...

but all the episode of "Hanging on..." are power pop oriented?????? I want them all !!!!!

Yeah The Gentleman Jesse LP is great. I'd go for The Pointed Sticks, Cheap Trick(mainly In Colour) , The Fevers, Statues(These guys are fuckin killer), The Pets, FM Knives, Big Star, The Funfuns(shameless self-promtion. www.myspace.com/thefunfuns) I dunno. I just like poppy punk stuff too.

Kopper popped a link to how to subscribe here... http://tiny.cc/BTJU4 but you right, I'm just p[osting taht now... yes, I be slack, but I went to see Wreckless Eric and drank way way too much!! I blame Amy Rigby. no matter how much booze I consume, she still sounds like a chipmunk with a thumb up its ass... now all I have is this awful lingering hangover! waaaaa! double bummer... Gentleman Jesse canceled. the poor boy got mugged a coupla days ago and got his nose broke! waaaa waaa waaaaaa! but I'ma posting that p-list in minutes.

How can i have the playlist in my mail???

generally i read it in the garagepunk podcast playlists (but it's not there!!!!)

Thanks PJ. Just sent Tim a message via MySpace.
Never seen The High Plane Drifters live but I noticed that they seem to play at the same venues in Teesside that we do.

Cool! We need more Europeans. How many are we by the way? Lord Muck, Sonic Nightmares, and??

I'm talking to Evert of Grunnen Rocks about adding a "Grunnen Rocks Radio" podcast to our arsenal, too. He's thinking of doing about 10 episodes per year...

Steve Pallow rules! And Brazil produces some very handsome wimen... I'll brush up on my Portuguese.

What the fuck!!! Steve Pallow??!--
He's a pal of mine from the old daze in L.A. Looking forward to hearing from him and the show (I guess I'll listen now since it's posted)
-- haven't seen him since the Necessary Evils played in Basel (Switzerland) in the early '90s. Very cool news, Kopper!