Daddy Long Legs on Norton Records.

I've just heard this fantastic new band called The Rip Em Ups yeah? See they're really good. http://youtu.be/fkbxD_UJH6o

Through them I found the magnificent A-Bones. I also really like the Jim Jones Revue.

But I'm stuck! All I wanna hear is good old fashioned new rock and roll. Not too over the top. Not too garagey. More 50s style I suppose. Please help. I will return favours using positive feel good comments. Mikebails.

Hi. I'm not that new. I was on here before but messed up my sign in details so I've signed up again. I'm mike. I'm in a rock and roll band called Hailbails in Leeds, UK. I love it. I love all rockin music especially rockabilly and well fifties music really but also am a big fan of the Sonics too. Also dig new music that fits the bill.

Nice to meet y'all!

Elmar Gimpl said:

Audio Gasoline said:

Turbonegro "Ass Cobra"

A legendary album, with one of their worst songs: Screwed & Tatooed

 

Gawd I hate that song.

well, this one hasnt been on the original release version, i think only on the us version. but i remember this song being on a compilation LP of the german fanzine called OX.

Ah, you're right, only on the US version. I should've known that. Maybe that's why it doesn't really fit with the rest of the album.

Audio Gasoline said:

Turbonegro "Ass Cobra"

A legendary album, with one of their worst songs: Screwed & Tatooed

 

Gawd I hate that song.

well, this one hasnt been on the original release version, i think only on the us version. but i remember this song being on a compilation LP of the german fanzine called OX.

Turbonegro "Ass Cobra"

A legendary album, with one of their worst songs: Screwed & Tatooed

Gawd I hate that song.

I might have to go with an album where Side A is great and Side B is very disappointing... "Stoner Witch" by The Melvins

The Gun Club's Miami comes to mind... The one track of course being... nnngghhh... Watermelon Man. The saddest cover choice in history. Otherwise the album's a solid block of pure gold.

They have the wrong picture of Rough Trade East, they have Rough Trade West there which is a tiny shop, East is more modern in design and has a coffee shop in there and is a decent gig venue.

hmmm... methinks they did all their research via the internet, and perhaps haven't actually visited any of these stores... At least, judging by their comments on Mississippi Records in Portland. It's an amazing store, but very small and rather specialized in their offerings. Their old blues reissues are highly recommended. "The largest record store in Portland is Jackpot." Uh, sorry but no, not by a long shot. If you're passing through the area, other must-see record stores would be Music Millenium (the oldest and largest indie shop), Jackpot (a hipster's wet dream), Green Noise (a garage punk mecca and home to Dirtnap Records) and 2nd Avenue Records (a little pricey, but STACKED to the rafters, and full of rare stuff you usually have to find online).

Glad to see Reckless Records (Chicago) on the list, they're incredible. For Chi-town shops, Dusty Groove probably should've gotten a mention too. And jazz hounds MUST visit Jazz Record Mart at least once in their lifetime - the largest collection of jazz records in the world, with stuff you could spend decades searching for.

Let's start with this list:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mariasherm/best-record-stores-around-the-world

I've been to a few of the ones on that list, and would have to add a few to it that got omitted, namely good ol' Goner Records in Memphis, the Record Exchange here in St. Louis, and, even though I've never been there, I can imagine that the Crypt store, Cool and Crazy in Hamburg, Germany, would be right up there, too.

What are your nominations?

I really enjoyed the Death doc as well although I'm not nearly as smitten with their music as I am with Los Saicos'. BTW, the best music doc out there to me is still Beware of Mr. Baker, one of the funniest, most outlandish docs I've ever seen. I gained new respect for Ginger Baker's talent, and even if his personal life has been a mess, I couldn't help admire the guy.

If it's a good film , with footage we've never seen , I'll always check out one of those rockumentaries on artists that , even after they've reformed , toured ,  been in major TV commercials , and had Henry Rollins claim to have discovered them , like the monks , they remain cult heroes . The Death film was VERY good , I thought , despite the obvious lack of period footage. It brought real emotion. I saw the Source Family /Ya Ho Wa 13 film , too. I thought it was very good , too. Let's face it , it's not a story either of us could have made up. Unfortunately , Sky Saxon is barely a footnote in the movie (or the book)  , but , yes , The Seeds are finally getting their due , with a full length documentary film to complement the amazing CD reissues. Still curious to see and hear how "Raw and Alive" turns out.

These documentaries and revisionist views of who invented punk (Death, Los Saicos) are just so much PR and enthusiasm from fans. Which is fine, but as John says above it doesn't matter - they were great bands, especially Los Saicos. Forget the hype - enjoy the music. And get ready for the Seeds doc. Now, there's a great, great band with no relation to punk and no one cares.

i WOULD'NT SAY LOS SAICOS INVENTED PUNK , BUT , THAT DOES'NT TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT THEY RECORDED AND PERFORMED SOME OF THE MOST DEMENTED SOUNDS ON EARTH UP TO THAT POINT.   BUT , THERE WERE A LOT OF TALENTED BANDS IN PERU DURING THE GARAGE-EARLY PSYCH PERIODS , THAT CUT SOME PRETTY CRAZY SOUNDS. SOUTH AMERICA AS A WHOLE AND MEXICO , TOO.

I bought Los Saicos' 10" reissue in '99 , and , later , the CD , because I found it cheap , and it had a few extra tracks.

Well.......................Your friends should be proud to have a Lutz Vipinderwoman for a friend.

Yeah , P.C. still does the Psych festivals....But , I only go to The Empty Bottle , maybe , two or three times a year. It's too big a pain in the ass to get there and back on Public Trans , and they have  must - see shows with mind - numbing infrequency.....nothing like it was in The 90's. Mind you ,I like the place and the people there very much , but , unlike most people who're all geeked out about it , I was going there 20 years ago.

The Hozac fest (Formerly called the Horizontal Action Fest) is still a huge blowout every year. I wanted to see Deadmoon at one of those fests , but they sell out by lunchtime....I did see Roky , last year , when he played the Hozac Fest. I also saw The Mentally Ill at the pre - party , but that's all I cared about , and that's me . To their credit , the Hozac fest and related gigs have diversified considerably in recent years.

I wish I had friends named Plastic Crimewave, that seems more real to me than something like Janet or Roger, or whatever.  So, do they still put that Psych Festival on at (Im glad to know there is still an) Empty Bottle.  Haven't been there since the Horizontal Action Fest. 

I , technically , subbed for Farren , once , about 10 years ago. My friend , Plastic Crimewave , puts on a big Psych festival at The Empty Bottle in Chicago ,  yearly. So , Farren was slated to be the uber - special guest and headliner (Over Michael Yonkers.). But , he cancelled at the last minute and myself , and our friend , Chris Connolly (I am NOT into that Waxtrax stuff in the least , but Connolly is a prince among men.) were asked to sing some of the songs Mick would have sang. I did "Slumlord" and "Trouble Coming Every Day"(With a verse thrown in for the recently deceased Arthur Kane. He'd been beaten , nearly to death , during the Rodney King riots in Watts.) , and Chris Connolly blew my shit off the stage with a cool - as - fuck "I'm Coming Home".

He had the name recognition , but , we both went over really well. The band sounded great , playing  those songs. I always felt that Farren missed out.

RIP. Now I wanna drink.

My nefarious scheme would collapse once they are in London and I'm the only one at their gig.

But it will be too late for them to oull out so I'll be the only one there jumping like a mad man and shouting requests for Dead Moon songs.  Sounds like a dream come true!

Yeah, and then what you do is get increasingly more confrontational about it and don't forget to send that personal email message saying something like. . . Hey, Why haven't you responded to my request?  I feel like you're ignoring me. 

Actually you can be more and more covert about it, like make different pages of actual "people" from London, so EVERYONE (apparently) wants them to come. . . soon enough they'll do a European tour and what will their 1st stop will be. hint, hint, o right, London.

Perfect scheme.

From the first Girls In The Garage comp: Kim And Grim "You Don't Love Me"

I made two 8tracks mixes with my favorite moody garage tracks. I tried to embed it here but couldn't figure out how ha. So if you want click on 8tracks links.

Love Does It's Harm

Clouds Don't Shine

The most badass of all '60s girl groups, The Hookers. Hits include "On The Stroll," "He's a Pimp," and "Brothel of Love."

I  never had much interest in either bands, because i started at a young age with bands influenced BY them. I heard the first New York Dolls album before I heard any Stones albums....so my way of thinking was "Why have the Stones when I could have an even rawer, sloppier, faster version of the Stones?".
I'd say another thing that happened was that Punk made me take more accessible things for granted. I knew that I could always go to a record store and find something by the stones or Beatles. I think my first Stones cd wasn't until I was like 19. I was working at a gas station, and some guy around midnight popped open his trunk and asked me if I wanted to buy some cd's because he needed money for the Newfoundland ferry.

  In terms of the big 60's bands though, I always loved The Who

I like both the stones and beatles though, and i'm sure overtime I'll like them more and more.