dude, they published literally hundreds of songs...of course there are going to be some real pieces of shit in there with the gold. I think its fair to say they were prolific though

...Someone asked me this evening , out of the blue , "Did the Ramones ever do a bad song?". I did'nt even egg him on.  I don't dislike anything some artists  did , but , sure , The Ramones had peaks and valleys.At the end of the  day , there's nothing I'd throw back.

i guess part of the reason I still like their later stuff as well as I do , is because they were still the underdog band , while other people were starting to get rich re-hashing what they basically invented. "Alternative Music" really WAS , at one time. 
 
Duke Of Earl said:

My least favorite was probably AdiosAmigos, but I liked the Crusher. Not crazy about acid eaters either. I really liked MondoBizzaro though. TooTuffToDie was great, I like it a lot with the exception of wart hog and durango. Havn't heard the new one yet. I hope its good.

THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A BAD IDEA. iT MAY MAKE PEOPLE SEE THAT PERIOD IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
 
Brandon said:

there was always at least 1 really great song on every Ramones album, but the later ones are better chopped up into a big compilation.

Thanks , MikeL .I HAVE TO SAY , THERE'S A LOT OF KICKIN' ON YOUR PART , AND EVERYONE ELSE'S , TOO.
MikeL said:

You sure kicked up a lively discussion around here, John;)

John Battles said:

I like "Strength To Endure" , BUT MAYBE IF IT HAD MORE OF A VOCAL PRODUCTION LIke"let the punishment fit the crime"....i DUNNO , JUST A THOUGHT.
 
Doc Detroit said:

Personally, I like "Strength To Endure" off of Mondo Bizarro. In fact, had we not done a cover of The Ramones' cover of "Let's Dance", my old band probably would have covered Strength To Endure.

Anyway, I'm not sure if I can agree that The Ramones never had a bad album, but all of their albums past End of The Century have at least one or two songs that I truly love.

there was always at least 1 really great song on every Ramones album, but the later ones are better chopped up into a big compilation.

My least favorite was probably AdiosAmigos, but I liked the Crusher. Not crazy about acid eaters either. I really liked MondoBizzaro though. TooTuffToDie was great, I like it a lot with the exception of wart hog and durango. Havn't heard the new one yet. I hope its good.

You sure kicked up a lively discussion around here, John;)

John Battles said:

I like "Strength To Endure" , BUT MAYBE IF IT HAD MORE OF A VOCAL PRODUCTION LIke"let the punishment fit the crime"....i DUNNO , JUST A THOUGHT.
 
Doc Detroit said:

Personally, I like "Strength To Endure" off of Mondo Bizarro. In fact, had we not done a cover of The Ramones' cover of "Let's Dance", my old band probably would have covered Strength To Endure.

Anyway, I'm not sure if I can agree that The Ramones never had a bad album, but all of their albums past End of The Century have at least one or two songs that I truly love.

I like "Strength To Endure" , BUT MAYBE IF IT HAD MORE OF A VOCAL PRODUCTION LIke"let the punishment fit the crime"....i DUNNO , JUST A THOUGHT.
 
Doc Detroit said:

Personally, I like "Strength To Endure" off of Mondo Bizarro. In fact, had we not done a cover of The Ramones' cover of "Let's Dance", my old band probably would have covered Strength To Endure.

Anyway, I'm not sure if I can agree that The Ramones never had a bad album, but all of their albums past End of The Century have at least one or two songs that I truly love.

I don't think I ever heard Bad Chopper. CJ was here several months ago , I think with Ramones "Archivist" Daniel Rey. But , I did'nt feel like going out. I'm liek that in my middle age.
Tyler said:

Yeah,  Tommy seems awesome for sure. Not a huge fan of Uncle Monk though either. Funny enough, of all the Ramones related solo projects, CJ's Bad Chopper LP is far and away the best....blew me away.  I liked Dee Dee's I.C.L.C album too.
John Battles said:

. Tommy sems like a great person , but , I did'nt go see his band , Uncle Monk. I like Bluegrass , but , in my opinion , that's not even good Bluegrass. More like Deadhead Bluegrass. The stuff I heard , there were'nt even any breakdowns.

Personally, I like "Strength To Endure" off of Mondo Bizarro. In fact, had we not done a cover of The Ramones' cover of "Let's Dance", my old band probably would have covered Strength To Endure.

Anyway, I'm not sure if I can agree that The Ramones never had a bad album, but all of their albums past End of The Century have at least one or two songs that I truly love.

Yeah,  Tommy seems awesome for sure. Not a huge fan of Uncle Monk though either. Funny enough, of all the Ramones related solo projects, CJ's Bad Chopper LP is far and away the best....blew me away.  I liked Dee Dee's I.C.L.C album too.
John Battles said:

. Tommy sems like a great person , but , I did'nt go see his band , Uncle Monk. I like Bluegrass , but , in my opinion , that's not even good Bluegrass. More like Deadhead Bluegrass. The stuff I heard , there were'nt even any breakdowns.

FORESOOTH , FIVESOOTH , EE -VUN ! THE SECT ARE A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE , BECAUSE THEY SWING WITH THE HOLY TRINITY - BO , MUDDY , AND CHUCK. THROW IN JIMMY REED TO SUPERSIZE THE WHOLE DEAL, AND HEAVENS TO MURGETROID !!!! IT'S LIKE 1963 , BUT , OUR FIRST HANDSOME PRESIDENT IS'NT ASSASSINATED.

I SAW SKY TWICE . FIRST TIME , UNBELIEVABLY GOOD. SECOND TIME , WELL....IT WAS A GOOD PARTY , ANYWAY. I WOULD'NT STEER ANYONE TOWARD THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT. SOHNS DID'NT WANT TO DO ANY OF THEIR ALBUM CUTS FOR YEARS. I HEARD LITTLE STEVEN HAD TO GIVE HIM WHAT FOR , TO DO ANY OF 'EM AT ALL , WHEN THE SOK TOURED FOR THE UNDERGROUND GARAGE. THE REMAINING CHICAGOBANDS ARE ALL STRICTLY FAIR CIRCUIT , THO' I DID SEE THE NEW COLONY SIX DO AN ALL - GARAGE SET, TWO YEARS AGO , AND IT WAS FANTASTIC.

I SAW THEE MIDNITERS AT THE PONDEROSA STOMP WITH GREGORY SINGING , AND THEY KILLED !  ? AND THE MYSTERIANS NEVER FAIL. RICHARD BERRY COUNTS , IN THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS. I SAW RUDY RAY TRYING TO CROSS OVER , BACK INTO SINGING , BUT , HE SANG OVER A CD , EVEN WHEN THEY SUPPLIED HIMWITH AN ACE FUNK GROUP, THE  CROWN ROYALS.  I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE ABOUT THE ALARM CLOCKS , WAILERS , TRASHMEN , AND MONKS . I HAVE'NT SEEN THE SONICS , BUT , JUST LOOKING AT YOU TUBE CLIPS , I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE WHO HAVE , COMPLAIN SO MUCH.  I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THEIR TICKETS , IF I COULD HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED 1000 , 2000 , 10, 000 MILES FROM HERE ,WHERE THEY USUALLY PLAY. 

The latest greatest is a tribute to the power and glory of Shawn Dickinson

Episode 27 – Music to Read Schitzles Der Cat: Side A

Tranquilizer – The Lively Ones
Satisfy You – Thee Vicars
The Owl and the Pussycat – The Bards
Yeah – The Alarm Clocks
El Gato – The Chandelles
Spending Cash, Talking Trash – Thee Exciters
I Can’t Make a Friend – The Vagrants
Rebel Rouser – The Ventures
The Young Psychotics – Tav Falco’s Panther Burns
Knock You Flat – The Dimension
Daddy Walked in Darkness – Gil Bateman
Off the Hook – Dukes of Hamburg
Satan’s Theme – The Challengers
Haulin Hearse – The Ghastly Ones
The Stripper – Rockin’ Rebels
Ain’t That Just Like Me – King’s Ransom
Loco Mosquito – Iggy Pop
Mini-Skirt – 4 Score
Miniskirt Blues – The Flower Children
Tobacco Road – Johnny Kongo and the G-Men
Let There Be Drums – Thee Gravemen
Coffee Baby – Buddy Philips & Rockin’ Ramblers

The Nomads have a new album out since a couple of months.

Very nice album including a cover of a Jack O song.

Listening to the New Hives album, Lex Hives, right now. So far so good

Baboon Show

Satan Takes a Holliday

Maby more Punk than Garage. Great bands though.

The Scrags. Garage from my hometown Gävle

 DIG ME HARD , mIKE , I WAS'NT TRYING TO PUT AN ALL - ENCOMPASSING LABEL ON TENPOLE TUDOR. THAT WOULD'NT BE FAYRE...I MEAN , FAIR. BUT IF THEY / HE DID ANYTHING THAT COULD BE LABELLED "PSYCHOBILLY" , I MISSED IT. YOU'RE RIGHT , THO' ADAM ANT TRIED TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR, DRAWING FROM HISTORICALLY INACCURATE SOURCES (NICE ONE !) ....BUT, BRITAIN COULD BE BEST SERVED IF WE ALSO REMEMBER FREAKBEAT , EARLY PSYCH , THE TROGGS , PRETTY THINGS , DOWNLINERS SECT , SCREAMING LORD SUTCH , AND PROTO PUNK , LIKE THE DEVIANTS , THIRD WORLD WAR , STACKWADDY  , JESSE HECTOR IN GENERAL , AND THE PINK FAIRIES, TO NAME A FEW....
Mike Humsgreen said:

I think Tenpole Tudor was just fun, putting it in a box like Celtic or olde English makes it sound like he was taking it too seriously! But I would say any hall of fame would need to be different based on geographical locations. So for instance New York would have a garage rock hall of fame completely different to Detroit.

The UK would have a hall of fame that would see more British invasion type stuff along with the glam punk, and I would put Tenpole Tudor in with them. Maybe he wasn't quite like the Addicts but then Adam and the Ants was doing a similar thing about historically inaccurate highwaymen.

John Battles said:

I was going to mention Hasil. His APPROACH was Garage Punk , even if his music was wild Rockabilly. It's also true of Cordell Jackson , the Mother of D.I.Y. . Do people consider Tenpole Tudor "Psychobilly"? Seems he was around before The Meteors , Guana Batz , Demented Are Go , etc. , were happening. He was into this Celtic/Olde English thing that's very interesting. Bloodshot Bill , again , rare , non - pussy Rockabilly , but, arguably Garage Punk in approach.

Bodies by Sex Pistols?

Pauline was maby trouble in a different way than you ment though.

"Get Off The Road", the theme from the Herschell Gordon Lewis film "She Devils On Wheels", is a trash classic about "maneaters on motorbikes". It's been covered by both The Cramps (after the "Girl on a Motorcycle" trailer in the vid below) and The Lunachicks.

Download or stream the entire June 8 show right here!

Jenny Lee (Do the Jerk) – Bobby Fuller
Lena Lee – Nic Dalton
Twinkie Lee – Larry Bright
Rosa Lee (Stay Off the Bell) – Andre Williams
Georgia Lee Brown – Jackie Lee Cochran
Shirley Lee – Bobby Lee Trammel

Don’t Let Her Be Your Baby- The Del-Rays
You Deserve Each Other – Robert Mitchum
Spy School Graduation Theme – Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Summertime – Steve Turner
Land of 1,000 Dances – New Kind of Mambo
Cravin’ – Swingin’ Cornflake Killers

She’s a Bonfire – Angus MacManus
1323 BC – Molten Universe
Take Me Down to Your River – Johnny Casino & the Secrets
End of the World – El Pathos
Shootin’ From the Hip – JJ & the Real Jerks
Journey to Tyme – Kenny & the Kasuals

Local Lunchbox
I Won’t Let You Down – Ian Olvera & the Sleepwalkers
Like I Do – Sugar Stems
Leave Me Alone – Trent Fox & the Tenants
Blue Tippecanoe – Midwest Beat

Righteous, Ragged Songs – Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires
Red, Red Dirt of Home – Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires
Sarah Winchester – Million Sellers
Miserable – The New Ben Franklins
Big Dawg – The Bad Detectives

Bellar & Bawl – Red Jacket Mine
Tenderfoot – Smudge
The Wrong Chord – The Figgs
Get Up Get Down – The Dahlmans

Saturday’s Best – Swingin’ Neckbreakers
Scream – Ralph Nielsen & the Chancellors
Can’t Change My Style – The Drags
I’m Psyched – The Psyched

Third Degree Burn – The Electric Mess
Find Out for Yourself – The Meltdowns
Drunken Chicken Walk – The Phantom Keys
Help, Murder, Police – Thursday’s Children
I Tried So Hard – The Chaparrels

Together – The Shirley MacClaines
Beach Bums Must Die – Thee Headcoats
Baby Dontcha Tell Me – The Penetrators
Volcano Juice – The Insect Surfers
I Think I’ve Had It – The Mistreaters

Girl – The Cry
Little Runaway – Ramma Lamma
Oldest Story in the World – The Plimsouls
Ruby’s Olde Time – The Fleshtones
Wipeout/Cry, Cry, Cry – The Surf Piranhas
Fast Easy Love – Bangs
Shape of Things to Come – Thee Dirtybeats
Greensleeves – Dukes of Hamburg
Divine – Laughing Sky
Don’t Slander Me – Lords of Altamont

I think the use of the word "like" in the context of Facebook is in most cases as ludicrous as Myspace's use of "friends".

When my band used Myspace, we'd get endless requests from idiots with 5 gazillion "friends", who had no interest in us or our type of music and just wanted to boost their number of "friends".  The only "relationship" we'd ever have with our new found "friend" would be clicking the accept button (or in our case the "up yours, clown!" reject button) in answer to their request. Once that was done, they'd be off to find another new "friend", never to darken our page with their shallow and desperately needy personality again.

We did meet some great bands and people, but they were very much in the minority amongst a tidal wave of losers who seem to view the whole social media thing as a game of top trumps, which if they win somehow proves someone out there actually likes them.

kopper said:

If you don't pay for this new "Page Post Promotion" each post will only be seen by 10-20% of your likers. So in effect, Facebook has just killed off 80-90% of our Facebook promotional reach.

/rant

This new program is about as fucked up as it gets - not only does it apply to business pages, but fan pages as well, which are usually a labor of love for the admin (not a money maker).

I guess this means it's back to email marketing lists for many, which is lame... Between the nickel & dime nitpicking at ebay, the up-coming pay-to-be-listed on Google Shopping, and now this pay-to-post garbage on facebook, it's getting increasingly difficult to be an independent business on the internet. The big boys who can pay to play are taking over (or have taken already) the largest selling, searching & marketing venues available.

To me, it means these venues are hurting - consolidating their revenue sources increasingly inward. It shows investors they can still make money, but glosses-over the faltering organic growth that provides long-term stability.

So I don't rant too far off topic, I'll say this: all of these jackasses are hurting DIY musicians - any venue that excessively charges you to promote, market, sell, share or give away is hurtful to the very narrow margins that allow these people to pay their bills and continue to produce. It further sets up those with means to be gate-keepers of what is or isn't publicly shared.

"Now it's 1984
Knock-knockin at your front door...."

Big Brother is not the government, it's business.

We may be biased, but Klobbermeister is our favorite masked band.

Mask Man is great but no one was ever like Blowfly

King Diamond was cool but I haven't listed to them since I cut my mullet.

Mohammed Rafi put out the classic video Jaan Pehechan Ho

The Vampires were a German instrumental surf group with a girl drummer that all dressed up like Robin the boy wonder. They were great but lost in time, if anyone has more info please share.

My recommendation would be the Christian garage rockers the Knights of the New Crusade