Downloadable PDF format or read it online:

http://www.scionav.com/music/scionzines/index.html#general2,?zineid=51151

It's pretty much what you'd expect. Lots of articles on (or interviews with) the bands they're working with/supporting. It's not that any of it is bad, per se, but this Scion thing is just starting to get really predictable. And the focus seems to all be about the modern, cutting-edge "garage" bands (most of whom would probably like to shy away from that moniker if they could) with very little if any mention of the great garage rock & punk stuff of the past.

Thoughts?

By the way, I sent Christopher Roberts at Vice Records an interview over three months ago asking him a bunch of questions about Vice and Scion and the whole "garage" marketing scheme... he never replied (and I've resent it to him several times). I just reminded him again. Maybe he'll answer it this time, who knows. I guess if he doesn't answer them I could always just post it here and we could make up our own answers. Heh.

Murder City Nights #4 - It'll chew you up, spit you out, and leave you begging for more.
Featuring rad shit from the Hip Priests, the Phantom Limbs, Oblivians, Sonic Negroes and more!



SET LIST:

• Li'l Boys Play With Dolls - The Lords of the New Church
• Whips and Spurs - Sonic Negroes
• Bad Attitude - Testors
• What's What - The Riverboat Gamblers
• I Want You So Hard (Boys Bad News) - Eagles Of Death Metal
• Getting Hit On At The Bank - The Briefs
• Kill Someone You Hate - Redd Kross
• League By Herself - Consultants
• Uncontrollable Urge - D.I.
• Pony Dress - The Flesh Eaters
• Hot Knives and Hornets - The Phantom Limbs
• Lexicon Devil - The Germs
• XOX - Hot Snakes
• Born in '69 - Rocket From the Crypt
• Let´s Get Fucked - The Hip Priests
• Feel Free - Cheater Slicks
• Earthshaker, Yeah! - The Revelators
• You Fucked Me Up, You Put Me Down - Oblivians
• School Is for Donkeys - Will Crum
• She Said Yeah - The Rip Offs
• To Find Out - The Keggs
• Thee Most Exalted Potentate of Love - The Cramps
• Teenage Head - The Flamin' Groovies

Is "Garage Beat '66" considered a standard yet? That series and "Back from the Grave" get the best stuff out. 

"Psychedelic States" is hit or miss, and for whatever reason, whenever I find them in a shop, the discs are in really shit quality, even if they're still wrapped.

"Don't Press Your Luck: The In-Sound from Connecticut" and "We're Gonna Change the World!" are my two favorite regionals. I hate to sound like a Sundazed fanboy, but hell, I am. Oh well. 

Oh! "Ft. Worth Teen Scene!" Classics, all!

some i could think if now...

Gravel Comps

Return of the Young Pennsylvanians / Pennsylvania Unknowns

Quagmire Comps

Ikon Story

Texas Flashbacks

GYRO1966 comps!!!!

I(Axel) went 1999, after having seen the video of an earlier one(1994 I think). It was my first trip to the dirty south and that place, at least Local 506, really deserved the name. Tits, beer, booze, sweat and rock'n'roll. I have picture proof of all that. I went alone, all the way from Germany, but made friends fast, esp. Leo from the Cowslingers(who played) and his wife Jen. I was excited to get to see the Woggles finally and Nashville Pussy. Other great bands, which I had never heard of before, were Jack Black(HRW Dave's band), Twin 6(reminded me a lot on Turbonegro) and Helldorado from NYC. It was a great festival and, along with both Heavy Rebel Weekenders I went to(2 & 3), probably the best one I have been to up to this day. It's hard to believe it took place in such a small bar...I had been to Treblefest, Denver, the year before. Great line-up(Hate Bombs, Swingin' Neckbreakers, Fleshtones, Vendettas with sexy Buffy, Quadrajets, Mullens...) but the atmosphere was not nearly as 'hot' as at Sleazefest.

Oh wow! If you could post that vid that would be great! I know there was a documentary on the very first one (it's broken up in parts)...Anything you can dig up (including your other stuff) would be great material for us needy garageheads on here!

Blair said:

BTW, somewhere around here, I have the video from one of the Sleazefests.  I'll have to dig it up again.

BTW, somewhere around here, I have the video from one of the Sleazefests.  I'll have to dig it up again.

So, something that I've been kicking around in my head for awhile, ever since I found out my old drummer was moving away -- and seeing the absolute stone cold bitch it is to try and find a new one -- is the idea of stripping it back to just two guys, a guitarist(me) and a bass player, sharing vocals, and having the bass hold down the rhythm and the low end(with, obviously, some rhythm guitar mixed in). Obviously, anything can work given the right mix of people, talent, and music, but I was wondering if anybody had tried this, had any suggestions; pitfalls I should look out for, things like that?

Not dead.  Sleepin'.

Chicago's Tijuana Hercules was a really cool trash-blues-punk group. http://www.myspace.com/tijuanahercules

Agreed: there are a lot of bluespunk bands slithering around out there, they are just not at the top of the heap these days and don't get a lot of attention (unless you're talking White Stripes, Black Keys, etc.) Has anybody heard of The Immortal Lee County Killers II from Alabama? I play in a bluespunk two-piece called Las Drogas (based out of Ypsilanti, MI - near Ann Arbor and Detroit) We play a mixture of garage, blues, rockabilly, 50s/60s rock, punk. www.myspace.com/lasdrogasrock http://www.facebook.com/pages/Las-Drogas/136540006382577 Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MwOsTEsmLU Jon Spencer Blues Explosion had some good stuff, so did Fat Possum Records

And... 24 Brothers at www.myspace.com/twentyfourbrothers is still around from sweden!

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profile/LonesomeGhost?xg_source=profiles_memberList

Check out Lonesome Ghost on here on the Hideout....they will be on Volume 2 of It Came From The Hideout.

Wow, that post was over two years old, Alex!

Check out Mottey's Garage on realpunkradio.com .  He does his usual punk and garage shows, but each month, he also does a punk blues show.

My blog: Bleedin Out

Punk rock, garage rock, omfug

Nice! The cut-up! Keith Richards talks about doing that on one of the tunes on Exile.

I love it. The classic Borroughsian "Cut-Up" method! I wonder how man great bands have done the same for at least some of their lyrics. There are some folk who believe that the right "chunk dada dunk da donk de dunk, bwaan ahhhn bahn bum ba!" on the guitars and drums can literally save souls, and a few others beside, who believe that, properly utilized, the cut-up technique can anticipate the future. The Greeks had their "Oracle at Delphi," garage-punks and other rock n rollers have their Oracle at Gibson.

Another tip: Don't just mumble over the music. Hush it, wail it, scream it, bark at it, do whatever you have to to put a full range of vocalizations over the top of the song before you start adding too many words to the mix. I was working on one this morning and the "mumble-with-authoritah" wasn't working for me, so I started vocalizing blasts of brass, Within 10 minutes I managed to dig out a really cool verse for a new song.

I hate writing lyrics.  What I tend to do is get the song pretty well done already and then pull out one of a few notebooks that I have that I keep tossing fragments, bits of poetry, words that pop into my head, and see what fits.  Sometimes I'll grab a whole page from the book, slice it into pieces, and then toss them in a hat to pull out random pieces and see what I can string together.  Usually, I find that figuring out the song, then the melody line, then the lyrics, works best for me, but even better if I already have stuff floating around that I can turn into lyrics, if that makes sense.

Did anyone mention Forbidden Dimension or any other Jackson Phibes' stuff? He's a Canadian that totally rips: punky, smart, fun, technically literate, sings about goth/horror stuff non-stop, and even wears make-up and other horror costume/goth get-up. Check it out: http://forbiddendimension.exophagy.com/main.html

Jeff, I might be up for it but my schedule is a little nuts until May. I do have an enormous Aussie garage/punk collection, it's actually kind of ridiculous how much music I've accumulated specifically from Australia, and as you know I've already got the radio credentials. The only thing is that I am indeed an ex-pat - grew up in Adelaide, but I'm in the U.S. It'd be much cooler if you could get an actual Australian to do it because I lost any traces of my accent back in '89, so it's gonna be obvious I'm a Yank :-)

Anyway, you know where to find me I think :-)

Jenni/LPL

WORT 89.9 FM, Madison WI

Ahh, just joshin'.  I saw a great Dennis Wilson doc the other night. Came out around the time Smile was being put out.

enz

Renato Carvalho said:

Lol no, Beach Boys of course

enzo said:

Like Marky Mark?

Renato Carvalho said:

D# minor for me. anything sharp minor really but that's the first chord to my favourite verses ever, Good Vibrations.

I'm 25, I have a blog, though I haven't done much with it for a while

I don't post in-print stuff, in fact I try not to post stuff other blogs have posted (which is why things are very slow). There have been a few posts where I might have one or two demo songs for a band and those have been very popular, with some people writing back trying to find out where they can buy. Never a whole album.

The worst are the ones with ads. No two ways about it, profiting off a band's work

Ben, you didn't read the instructions very closely, did you? I deleted your attachment.

Hi Kopper,

Thanks for creating these opportunities for garage music lovers and creators of...

Formed in January 2011, Silver Sound Explosion are a three piece rock and roll band. 
Ben plays guitar and the sings lead vocals, Kirsty plays two drums (floor tom & snare) with cymbals and sings backing vocals, Chris plays the bass guitar.
A single (two songs) were recorded in March 2011 with producer Fran Ashcroft (Happy Beat) at Whitby Studio's Ellesmere Port for release on iTunes on June 1st...(this date is yet to be confirmed)

We'd like to put forward the flipside track "Telephone Wired" as it best gives off the underlying garage flavour of our music, which is ultimately about stripping things back to the bone, embracing simplicity, and working with Fran was essential to capture that with his understanding of that simplicity.

Hope we may be considered for release for the Comp Series.

Have a great day,

Ben