yes. trendy as fck.. i have a DJ night where I play tons of BFTG tunes, stuff from all those awesome comps from Teenage Shutdown to the Quagmire series, but people don't seem intrested in really knowing the genre. as well as more current garagepunk band... instead tons of people go out to this other night where they play nothing outside the Nuggets comp and even then its usually only the Sonics, sometimes 13th floor elevators and a bunch of other top 40 tracks from the 60's and people are always at shows trying to brag about how much they know about "garage" and how good it is but can never talk any further than the sonics, mummies, gories, white stripes, and the black lips.

Or tell the Monks to forget about the banjo.

John Carlucci said:

I totally agree with this part of your post. I've always hated labels. I feel that having preconceived notions and rules in any specific genre stifles creativity. Think about it, if the 13th Floor Elevators were a new band starting out today, how many people would say, "You can't have a jug player in a Garage Band!" lol! 

I totally agree with this part of your post. I've always hated labels. I feel that having preconceived notions and rules in any specific genre stifles creativity. Think about it, if the 13th Floor Elevators were a new band starting out today, how many people would say, "You can't have a jug player in a Garage Band!" lol!

Old School Hero said:.

On a side note: I do think it could go big in a real and honest way. I think this because there are a ton of people who can't stand rap or techno..and that's all you have a choice to dance to these days. I find that pure Rock 'n Roll is quite dancable and could make a huge comeback if done by the right bands, with the right DJ's, and the right people starting it.

For as long as I've run this website (or at least since I started the old GaragePunk Forums in 2002), the Mummies and Gories have always been discussed a lot. And even before that, going back to the mid-'90s, they've also been highly revered on other websites and email lists (like the Bomp list, for example) and I spun the hell out of them on my old radio show in St. Louis. In fact, the Mummies got played more than any other band on my show over the course of more than a decade.

Plus, both of those bands have reformed and started playing out again in recent years.

jamie said:

It is trendy at the moment. Lots of real young "hipsters" come see my two garage style groups. They all like The Sonics, Gories, Mummies, and The Black Lips. Not much beyond that, although these people also seem to be into all sorts of different music genres, alot of gothic sort of stuff and grunge. Basically anything with guitars. I think what it really is, is these people are looking for something more alternative than the generic indie stuff. And it is fun music that you can dance to and have fun. As opposed to the poser synth arty indie disco bands and the people that see them.

 

But then there are other local groups who call themselves garage when although they might know a few garage bands, because they themselves are really indie people, they don't really get it. And you get them saying things like "We are a garage rock band influenced by Joy Division and The Slits and The Jam". But because they play on line ups with actual garage style bands and the crowd of young people is the same, it doesn't really make a difference.

 

What I want to know is why is it The Mummies and The Gories, out of all the 80s garage bands, to be talked about so much now?

This is my 75 Gibson Les Paul Triumph Recording bass. One of only 200 made in white. (which has faded to yellow) It's one of the best sounding basses I ever heard.

Nope. I never owned a Phantom. I had a Rickenbacker endorsement deal when I was in The Fuzztones so that's basically what I played. Before that I used my 67 Gibson EB2, the one in my profile picture. I was going for that Yardbirds sound. They used the Epiphone Rivoli, which was basically the same instrument. The Phantom's look cool, but I never liked the feel of the neck. My buddy Ryan who plays in a local SoCal band called Thee Spectors has the coolest Phantom ever. I'll try and get him to join & post some photos.

Luke Greenwood said:

you use to be in the fuzztones yeah? do you have any cool phantoms you can post pics of in here?

John Carlucci said:

Hey, you look familiar to me!

 

Nice! love the blue finish!

DammitDave said:

Burns Cobra and a Vox combo that I played on vacation.  You can't keep from playing Shadows licks:

First 2 singles.  He's ex- vocalist of Der KFC.

Early;



And some tunes of Trio, Palais Schaumburg, (early) Die Krupps etc...

Ha ha! I guess you were inspired by the last episode of Sonic Nightmares! Actually, Grauzone is a Swiss band - Neue Schweizer Welle! And they were from Bern (where I've been living for the past twenty years!).

Ideal was really good. And Spliff, are they NDW?

I personally like Joachim Witt´s "Goldener Reiter" very much. Jaki Liebezeit on drums.

Who likes it? And what are your fave bands?

Show #340: "Bands & Artists Starting With G, Part 6" playlist:

The Gremlins [NZ]- "Blast Off 1970"
The Gremlins [US] - "Wait"
Greta Ann - "Sadness Hides The Sun"
Marc Grey - "My First Day Without You"
Greyhound - "I've Been Trying"
Greylock Mansion - "Over My Shoulder"
Griffin - "I Am The Noise In Your Head"
Marcia Griffiths - "Melody Life"
The Grifs - "Catch A Ride"
Carol Grimes & Delivery - "Blind To Your Light"
Bob Grimm - "It Never Stays The Same"
Grin - "Like Rain"
Grisby Dyke - "Mary Ann She"
Grobschnitt - "Nickel-Odeon"
The Grodeck Whipperjenny - "Sitting Here On A Tongue"
The Grodes - "What They Say About Love"
Groep 1850 - "Little Fly"
The Groop [AUS] - "Such A Lovely Way"
The Groop [CA] - "I Try To Think Of You When I Can"
The Groop [OH] - "[unknown title aka 'Alright!']"
Groop Therapy - "Ronnie, Ronnie"
Grootna - "Full Time Woman"
The Groove - "The Wind"
Groovie Goolies - "Cling, Clang"
The Gross National Product - "Cover Girl"
Luther Grosvenor - "Waiting"
The Grotesque Mommies - "One Night Stand"
Groundhogs - "Cherry Red"
Groundspeed - "L-12 East"
The Group [FL] - "Land Of Lakes"
The Group [IA] - "Why Does My Head Go Boom"
The Group [OH] - "What Could I Do"
Group Axis - "Silly Ants"
The Group Image - "Banana Split"
Group Nine - "Nights For Laughing"
Group $oall - "Will You Teach Me How To Love"
Group Therapy [NL] - "Silhouetted Summer Dream"
Group Therapy [US] - "Magic In The Air"

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Egg

Hey K K! I'll get back to you with more over the weekend as I'm short on time right now but the Gore Gore Girls...that's a name I haven't heard for a while....and I'm too tired/lazy to find out how I know it but...they weren't on Get Hip were they or associated with Gregg Kostelach of the Cynics or even the Fuzztones?? I'm pretty sure I've probably seen them! But as I started seeing live bands when I was 11 years old and I'm 53 now all these bands kind of all blur together after a while......

Only got to see The Neckbreakers once and it left a lasting impression on me...only about 10 people to see them and they killed all 10 of us with their balls to the wall rock'n'roll!!! It was like they were playing to 10000 people!! The people that i know that were at that show still talk about it to this day.

Made a live tape of that show and it still blows me away to this day!!

They are bulletproof rock and roll.

What really sucked for me, was there was an amazing amount of good music in the '80's and '90's (garage and punk), but it was next to impossible to find it in the city I lived. The bigger chain stores would never give indie labels the time of day, so special ordering something that wasn't on a major label was impossible. Even the one independent record store we had here (Roanoke, VA) was limited on what they could get. There has been so many bands that I've discovered through the internet, 'zines, Wayback Machine, etc. and it makes me sick to think that I missed out on so much. I mean, like hardly no one listened to the Smiths because they weren't played on the radio, and the only way I knew of them was an album review in Rolling Stone. Most of the bands I did "discover" were from write-ups in Thrasher and Maximum Rock 'N' Roll. Luckily I knew some guys that would send off for tapes and LP's and make me mix tapes. Ugh, and those are gone...if only I still had them...One of the other sources where I would discover cutting edge stuff was through the mail order company ROIR, where I ordered/bought tapes of the Fleshtones, Germs, ? and the Mysterians, Scientific Americans, and others. Guess I'm rambling at this point so I'll stop now...

Dan Electreau said:

Gruesomania by the Gruesomes. 

At the time I was listening to lots of American blues as well, bluesy British bands like the Yardbirds as well as punk/alternative music. I'd always wished for something that combined the toughness and speed of punk with the style and instrumentation of bands like the Animals (harmonica, fuzz, organ) and The Gruesomes delivered!

 

The only problem was that while I was hot for garage rock 'n' roll thanks to the Gruesomes, all the girls I knew were hot for the Smiths (at best) or Platinum Blonde (at worst). 

 

Yeah, I love the Cramps' version! Played that on "Hayride" #2...
swt said:

The Cramps do a good version of "Muleskinner" too.

Thanks Mark! Personally, I didn't think there were too many people over here that would give 2 shits about this show, but it's always cool to hear from folks on here that actually do listen and like it! I'm very appreciative that the "Hayride" has become a fave! I'll see what I can dig up for you as far as "Muleskinner Blues" goes...Thanks again for diggin' the show!
mark young said:

Hey fuckup - 

 

you have managed to become my favorite podcast, somehow.  I suppose i'm in a honkey tonk mood these days.

 

Look here, though, might I request you pop Mule Skinner Blues in your next podcast?  The Lonnie Donegan original would be fine, but there are heaps of great covers out there.  Check out the one by the Wilson Family, which i got from iTunes.  It's more bluegrass than honkey tonk, but that's ok!

 

Yeah, Steve, I remember you telling me about Junior Brown, and that's really cool! I've not had any contact with Eric Hisaw, and it was Jeff Smith of the Hickoids that sent Hisaw's latest disc "Ghost Stories". Quite honestly, I had never heard of him before.

swt said:

I subscribe so I got this a day early. I'm so cool.

 

Glad to hear my old high school locker mate Junior Brown there. Eric Hisaw is cool too. He's been on my local radio shows 2 or 3 times. 

 

ZViva Homer & Jethro!

agreed.  Theirs is based on the Fendermen's version, and not all that tonky.

The Cramps do a good version of "Muleskinner" too.

Hey fuckup - 

you have managed to become my favorite podcast, somehow.  I suppose i'm in a honkey tonk mood these days.

Look here, though, might I request you pop Mule Skinner Blues in your next podcast?  The Lonnie Donegan original would be fine, but there are heaps of great covers out there.  Check out the one by the Wilson Family, which i got from iTunes.  It's more bluegrass than honkey tonk, but that's ok!

I subscribe so I got this a day early. I'm so cool.

Glad to hear my old high school locker mate Junior Brown there. Eric Hisaw is cool too. He's been on my local radio shows 2 or 3 times. 

ZViva Homer & Jethro!

Reposted from my blog, Sailor's Delight:

The thing with surf rock is the songs never sound like their titles. It doesn't really sound like the devil shot his amp. The guitar tone would be more fucked up than it is on "The Devil Shot My Amp." Or, "Hard Traffic" I suppose could sound like the situation referenced in the title, but so can it like any number of other harrowing situations and topics. The other thing about surf rock, though, is you can't name every song "Cool Surf Rock Song #..." So you pick random names. Man... or Astro-Man? were the kings of this. What you get is nine cool surf rock songs, and some even manage to mix things up while staying true to Ventures-isms. "Mezcal Breakfast" has a ska/reggae undercurrent to it. And no, I didn't try to use a sea related metaphor because it's surf rock. I just so happen to like sea related metaphors.