It was good times. I was wondering what happened to it. SCOTS, the Woggles, Snatches of Pink, the Dynamite Brothers, New Town Drunks... to name a few were seen there by me. Can't remember anything sucking... everyone was very friendly. Always fun talking to Rick, Mary and Dave of SCOTS. They are one of the most friendly bands I've ever met. One of Dave Quick's bands played, although I can't recall which one at the moment. I highly recommend attending the Heavy Rebel Weekender. I wish SCOTS would play that one. Dave, you listening?

Man, I would love to have made that! Hell, I never even heard of FuzzFest before! I'm sure there were offshoots, like there's offshoots of other fests...I think Sleazefest was inspired by one in Athens, GA that I think was called Trashfest (not sure), but you can see the roots of it in the Sleazefest documentary...

TeenFink said:

Speaking of old garage fests, does anyone remember the FuzzFests? I think this was the first one:

http://www.cheepskatesmovie.com/id51.html

How many of those were there? And weren't there other FuzzFest offshoots in other towns later on, like in the '90s and early '00s?

I'm all about B in a bar chord...

Ha, the first album is one of my all-time favorites. I think the second still has some good stuff, and think LONDON CALLING is a great album but one I can occasionally get sick of hearing--or rather, hearing about.

The rest...not so much, really, but the first one especially was a HUGE part of my life.

When The Clash were making records the definition of punk was up for grabs: to say that 'The Clash' is their only punk album is to mistake distorted guitars for the definition of the style, but there are a lot of bands from the last 30-35 years that have taken a far more rockabilly influenced approach to punk. It's just that with the success of hardcore it's easy for people to think that's the only punk bloodline. I also know a lot of punk and hardcore bands that are prone to outbreaks of reggae and dub, that's a long standing relationship in the UK.

Is Sandinista an album of punk rock songs? No, obviously not. It's an album of probing, creative experimentation, and given the band's background in the punk scene, one of the most courageous artistic statements of the late C.20. I'd sooner listen to someone trying to find a new path in music than someone retreading the sounds of the past: nostalgia peddling conservatism is definitely what punk is NOT, although a lot of people pursue just that agenda nowadays using punk rock sounds.

Agreed: both LS and Kopper are doing great things for a form of music that is skirted by the mainstream. I am sure there are plenty more purveyors of this stuff out there, too. Everyone should be welcome to the proverbial table, hence the beauty of this GP community.

Regarding this comp: the advantage of working digitally allows us to all communicate and collaborate internationally and create this thing for next to no cost "in the comfort of our own home", and hence allowing it to be shared with the world. 

We all had a hand in this, but Kopper really did a great job of organizing it all.

Cheers!

I was thinking the same thing when you first proposed this idea, but I decided just to keep my mouth shut, because I didn't want to look like I was trying to start a fight.

BTW, I think you and LS complement each other in what you do.  You promote the more raw and raunchy stuff (I was surprised at how hard rocking a lot of it is on the compilation), while LS plays the more polished and produced stuff.  I don't think there's anything wrong with either method; it's all just a matter of preference.  Sometimes I like raw and raunchy, other times I like polished and produced, although I have to admit that I do tilt slightly toward the polished and produced.

Looking forward to more compilations.  If you can turn me onto some cute girl bands, you'll be my hero:)

kopper said:

I'm kicking myself that it took me five years to think to do something like this! Guess I've got Little Steven to thank for that, huh? ;)

I just joined up here, and I have to say the compilation far exceeds the expectations I had. Now I know better; I can't wait to hear more.

Thank you Kopper!

awesome ... and, yeah, thanks again, man, good job.

kopper said:

I'm attaching the printable CD insert here for you guys for Vol. 1. This has a song list on the back side, so when you fold it and insert it into one of those slimline jewel cases, you'll have a track listing.

Hey, another thing you could do---print on heavier paper, like card stock, fold it over, trim the right side of the cover, but leave tabs on one side of the top & bottom, fold them in and glue to the other side, and you have a paper sleeve, no jewel case required. Don't forget to landscape!

G. Wood said:

Yeah man, looks great. Lil' tip--you gotta change to landscape in your printer preferences, or it'll be too small.

kopper said:

I'm attaching the printable CD insert here for you guys for Vol. 1. This has a song list on the back side, so when you fold it and insert it into one of those slimline jewel cases, you'll have a track listing.

Yeah man, looks great. Lil' tip--you gotta change to landscape in your printer preferences, or it'll be too small.

kopper said:

I'm attaching the printable CD insert here for you guys for Vol. 1. This has a song list on the back side, so when you fold it and insert it into one of those slimline jewel cases, you'll have a track listing.

Ha! I thought that name looked familiar.

BTW, do yourself a favor and go see Dick Dale the next chance you get. Trust me, it'll rock.

Also, I love how the comp is only $6.99 on Amazon. Talk about "budget rock"!!

Mike Humsgreen said:

That were me, sorry surf is cool but it doesn't make me rock.

kopper said:

So far the only review on Amazon is a positive one, but this comment is a bit strange:

There is a surf song on here but the majority of this comp is pretty rockin.

Like a surf song can't be rockin'? Er, OK... I kinda wish we had MORE surf bands submitting tracks! But, whatever.

Anyone else want to write a review of it?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VTRTDC

Not a promo video, but...

It's so crazy.  This does imply that Dave is not too severely impaired from his stroke which I am happy about.  I hoep something good comes out of this.  The guys you mentioned could certainly use the work too. Ha!

2 good books on Blondie and Debs :):)

Bring more books on :):)

Supercool, thank you.

Awesome! Thanks!

HUGE band the Pyronauts :):):)

The Razorblades from Germany, The Taikonauts from France, Araban from France, Los Tiki Phantoms from Spain are my favourites at the moment.

I recently discovered the Pyronauts that is a killer band too.

Off to see them in London tonite, expect to be completely deaf in the morning. Ace.

they are just about the best thing rocking the planet mate. Saw them in manchester last year in a small venue, they were poorly lit and (according to some who stayed at the back(?) the sound was crap. Bollocks to 'em they blew the roof off my head...and they feed (back) off of distortion.

they're playing a bigger venue this Sunday, but I'm too damn broke to go see 'em, shit sucks, but I'm glad if they're making more money now coz they should be ELEVATED ON HIGH BY ALL. they looked damn cool too, pulling those MC5 dual guitar raise 'em up moves.

Peace and Noise

No you are right. Jim was the singer in Thee Hypnotics. It was around 22 years ago. We were on the same label when I was in The Fuzztones & we did gigs together in around 89-90.

Johnny Bean said:

I saw JJR live recently in Zürich it was a great gig. At the gig i realised i remembered two of the guys in the band from the from the old Alice in Wonderland/Gossips days in London as Thee Hypnotics, am i wrong or was that 25 years ago LOL!
Great to see that are doing so well, playing big shows with the Stooges must be a dream come true :)

Saw the Jim Jones Revue last night in my hometown of Bristol UK, what can i say, quite possibly one of the best gigs i have ever seen, full in your face unashamed rock n roll, a tremendous wall of sound, at times like Nine Below Zero on crack at others like Little Richard with a piledriver!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVClmEKbm0I

Oh and ps first post, Hey hey everybody.