I've read similar things about Chuck, but always wanted to check him out because I've been listening to him from at least age 5, I grew up with him. Chuck, Elvis, Jerry Lee, and Carl Perkins shaped my musical tastes from a young age, plus I just respect the hell out of Chuck for his contributions to RnR. And of course I always wanted to check out Jerry too haha
The thing about young age is true (I'm 18, but I've listening to this stuff for 13 years.) It all started when I heard Elvis (the 50s stuff, I was never really into the 70s stuff.) When I was in school I was known for liking the old stuff that all my classmates hate, I can't help it I just flat out hate new music, rap & dubstep are just shit in my opinion. I love country but today's country is a travesty, but musicians like Ty Segall I dig. I always tried to get my friends into the older stuff but they wouldn't have any part, so I guess more for me right haha.

"erhn" , sorry that's Gallic for "when".

Matt , I was just fortunate enough in that I waited long enough , someties well over 10 or even 20 years , and some of my favorites did resurface. But , it was to my advantage that I was in my 20's and  30's when interest started picking up on some of these artists.  OF COURSE , SOME PEOPLE I KNOW SAW  THESE ACTS THE FIRST TIME AROUND , and were just as happy to see 'em "Second Time Around".

I would say , re. first generation Rockers , Chuck is extremely dodgy. He always has been , but , he had his moments , depending on his moods. I SAW HIM AT HIS BIRTHDAY SHOW IN ST. LOUIS IN '01 . He was ON FIRE , but , I saw him a few years ago , and he was terrible...If you can see him for free or damn near it , I'd say , go , but , if you see him , regardless , be prepared for the very real possibility of a letdown.  I know you want to honor your elders , the few living creators , and that's commendable.  I SAW JERRY LEE A FEW YEARS AGO , IT WAS JUST THE OPPOSITE , he was playing and singing in peak form. LITTLE RICHARD AND FATS DOMINO ARE RETIRED .....

But , it's up to the younger people to inform people about Rock'n'Roll. I don't sneer at teens and twenties ehrn they tell me they're just getting into the original stuff. I was there , once , too. I think it's great , young men and women going against the grain. You can't change everyone , you can only show them how much fun YOU'RE having.  

All I can say is your one lucky SOB man haha. By time I had really started listening to Link and digging his music he had been dead for 3 or 4 years (RIP) So unfortunately I missed out. Guess I need to jump on the stick and go check out a Chuck Berry show while I have the chance. I missed out on Blue Cheer too I didn't really get into their stuff until 2010, which is too bad I would have loved to check them out.

Thanks , Matt. I did'nt think I'd ever get to see Link Wray , but , in 1997 , he started touring the US , almost nonstop.People who could'nt decide whether or not to go see him , I had no patience with 'em.

I CAN GLADLY SAY I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW MANY TIMES I SAW HIM. 

Biut , it was the same way with Blue Cheer , a lot of people passed on seeing them when a true rarity started to become less rare....

The first Blue Cheer album probaly my favorite by them, I mean they packed so much raw power into just six tracks, I mean how many other bands could that (especially now days haha.) I haven't heard the Dead Man album but now I'm eager to check it. Link Wray is killer I mean how could anybody whine about what equipment he used, the man was a legend. I would have loved to just been in his presence, hearing Rumble in person would've been a dream come true. I'll definitely check out that website for that interview, sounds like a good read.

Matt, Of course , you're speaking my language. When I found "Vincebus Eruptum" , I was blown away by how intense the whole thing sounded. I love "Outside Inside'' , too. They just took what they had , and added some embellishments to it , without ruining it. It's a more layered sound (Recorded outdoors , then sprinkled moderately with "Faerie Dust". ) . Tell you the truth , I don't dislike any of their albums , but , the first two , and the side on "New ! Improved ! "with Randy Holden set the bar. Dickie once said that the ONLY bands  he considered peer bands to The Cheer were The MC5 and The Stooges. But , I've been listening to a lot of Late 60's - Early 70's Hard Rock , lately.  I broke down and bought the new reissue of "Dead Man"  by Josefus , on numero records. I'd been warned against it in the past. I loved the title track (Tell me it does'nt soung like something off "Funhouse".) , but had never heard the rest of the album. Yes , it tends to be sloppy , but in a GOOD way.

You're right  , Eddie would have been proud of the vast influence he had on so many genres of music. But , I'm reminded of when Hell truly froze over and Link Wray started touring the states again , in the 90's...Some of these whiners were getting their panties in a bunch , because Link was using a Marshall, when (a)Who's to say he would'nt have used one , sooner , if they'd been invented , yet , and (B) THEY WERE GODDAMN LUCKY TO SEE HIM !!!!!   

THANKS FOR ASKING ABOUT MY ARTICLE. i REALLY DOUBT IT'S ON LINE , ANYWHERE......

I even forget the zine's name , offhand , but , I still have a couple of copies. If you'd like , though , it should be easy to find the interview I did later with Dickie Peterson. Go wo www.roctober.com.   It should be  under "select articles"....

It's shame, Blue Cheer really doesn't get the credit they deserve, I mean c'mon that first album was killer, anybody who can't dig Blue Cheer doesn't have their head screwed on right. For me I've always been a bigger fan of the harder rock of the late 60s to the mid 70s, I like metal but it just didn't grab me like the precursors of the genre did. I would take Blue Cheer, MC5, The Stooges,etc., over alot of that stuff anyday. I think Eddie would have dug Blue Cheers cover (or at least appreciated it, because it shows that he influenced them and that were fans.) Any copies of your article floating around, sounds like something I'd really like to check out.

Thanks , Matt.  In the post - Synthpop 80's , I tried to check out everything. I'd been exposed to the burgeoning Speed Metal , Industial (Not Wax Trax/Dance shit.) , and  , of course , Hardcore and later Punk sounds , but , when I first heard Blue Cheer's version of "Summertime Blues , which sounds like someone kicking in a row of TV sets , then threw them out a 10th story window , all that macho crap I was hearing did'nt sound so tuff no damn more. They STILL don't get the credit they deserve.

I've always loved Eddie Cochran , and never understood why people could'nt like him , and like B.C. 's version  of "Summertime Blues". I understand if it's not to someone's taste , or even too excessive. But , who's to say Eddie would'nt have dug it. I was briefly in a Rockabilly band with a guy that HATED Blue Cheer , but , it was partly because his Dad loved them. I wrote an article on Rockabilly from the Late 60's to the Punk era. I prefaced it with that same story , and I had the chance to give Dickie Peterson and Paul Whaley a copy of the article. For all we know , had Eddie lived , he might have produced their records.

Blue Cheer also recorded a killer version of "Somethin' Else" , posthumously , as a bonus track on the "Rocks Europe " CD.

John Battles, about how Blue Cheer can make a modern metal, punk, and hardcore band sound lame, that's dead on man. The first thing I heard by Blue Cheer was Summertime Blues (the original by Cochran is one of my favorites, and whenever I see a cover of any of my favorite 50s RnR songs I gotta check it out.) Their version of it completely blew my mind, it was such a different sound, then the Cochran version, man I was in love with Blue Cheer after that haha.

I picked up a DMZ '45 20 some odd years ago.  It was a reissue...I forget now.  They were the band that did it for me.

Mark

www.fifty-fourfortyorfightradio.com

I first picked up "Nuggets The Hits" in '85 , tho' I was aware of Pebbles and other comps , because it had all my favorite Garage Rock HITS THAT , BACK THEN ,YOU COULD STILL HEAR ON THE RADIO.  

But , some were songs I'd only heard OF , like "Are You A Boy or are You a Girl" (Could'nt believe how sloppy and raw that sounded , to still be an AM RADIO HIT.). I knew about Blue Cheer , but had never heard them until I got that comp. Blew my HEAD off !!! I knew they were considered the First Heavy Metal band , but I had no idea they could make so much Modern Metal , Punk , and , yes , Hardcore , sound lame.

I was hooked , after that. I think bands have been pretty good about acknowledging them , but , it took the Stoner Rock Movement to make people see the connection. Last time Blue Cheer played in Chicago was with three of four Stoner Rock bands. They were'nt even on top of the bill , but , they made an easy meal of all the other bands (In a friendly way. It helped that the audience was receptive to every band that night.).

But , The Balloon Farm , what a great single that is . Brownsville Station did a great Metallic Version of "A Question of Temperature", and , of course , Lords of The New Church did a good version , too (Stiv always sounded like the guy from The Balloon Frm to me !).

Haha I guess that's true I've never seen it that way before. it was definitely a life changing experience. Before I heard these records I was listening to alot of classic rock, 50s & 60s country, and oldies radio (primarily 1955-1962/3 pre beatles.) After I heard these two records I was on the hunt for a grittier sound, considering I'm a huge 50s RnR fan, I first found that grittier sound in rockabilly (especially, Love Me by The Phantom, when I first heard that I was blown away) so for a couple years rockabilly was all I needed. But about 2 years ago (I'm 18 btw, so this all happened in a 6 yr span) I found myself once again wanting that grittier sound, I remembered Question of Temperature, so I decided to explore the genre, I checked out the Nuggets series it was great. But than I checked out the pebbles series it was even better, but what really did it for me was the Back From The Grave series. I listened to all of those and I was in love haha. I don't know why I explained all this, maybe I just feel passionate about what music I listen to lol.

Hey Matt, sounds like the "Question" had a pivotal part in both records that broke RNR to you, nice going.

Matt Brandt said:
When I was 12 years old I got a stereo for Christmas. It's one of those with the cd player, tape deck, & record player, you know the whole package. My dad gave me a box of 45s for the record player. In that box was, Question of Temperature by The Balloon Farm and a copy 96 tears by ? And The Mysterians. From the moment the needle hit the vinyl I was immediately hooked. I love 96 tears, but Question of Temperature definitely sealed the deal for me.

When I was 12 years old I got a stereo for Christmas. It's one of those with the cd player, tape deck, & record player, you know the whole package. My dad gave me a box of 45s for the record player. In that box was, Question of Temperature by The Balloon Farm and a copy 96 tears by ? And The Mysterians. From the moment the needle hit the vinyl I was immediately hooked. I love 96 tears, but Question of Temperature definitely sealed the deal for me.

Said it before say it again: OH HELL YEAH!

I don't know how many of you use Spotify, but I created a Hideout Comp Series playlist there and the new comp will be added to it soon, so please follow it and play it often:

GaragePunk Hideout Comp Series on Spotify

Thanks!

swt said:

Loving it so far. Just blogged about it here: 

http://steveterrell.blogspot.com/2014/10/new-garagepunk-hideout-compilation-in.html

Thanks, Steve!

Loving it so far. Just blogged about it here: 

http://steveterrell.blogspot.com/2014/10/new-garagepunk-hideout-compilation-in.html

I still have yet to make a page for the new comp here on the Hideout, add it to the comps page, and submit it to TuneCore for the distro to online stores, but it IS available for purchase/download from the GRGPNK Records Bandcamp store:

https://grgpnkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/countdown-to-a-breakdown-the-best-of-the-garagepunk-hideout-vol-10

33 songs and only a few bands included who have had tracks on previous volumes. Lots of variety so there should be something here to please everyone. BUY OR DIE!! All procedes will go towards helping us pay our Social Engine hosting bills for this site and pay for distribution this and other comps.

Thanks,

kopper

Weird. I must've missed this article... a year and a half ago!

http://www.mtviggy.com/articles/please-explain-garage-punk/

P.S. What the hell is "MTVIGGY"?

PS: And thanks for that interview link of course, Eve!

PPS:Interviewee Olaf Jens also did the crazy shit covers on those!!

Well what the Hell?!?! The 2nd coming is upon us!!

OKAY, thought I'd post some recent reissues & instead of opening a new discussion thing, I think it's fitting to prop them into here, so here goes (don't expect such substantial posts as Kopper's, though, hehe):

The CHEATER SLICKS reissued DESTINATION LONELY from '91 on Desperate Records (already back in May this year!) sportin the slick Dan Clowes cover and fine repro of the whole package. 180gr vinyl etc etc.... Just grabbed one for myself this week - no wonder, but it's pretty crackin! Here's a shot courtesy of Desperate. <---- Sorry, as of now, only a stinkbook page of Desperate exists, ugh.