I went to the Bach site, looks cool, Europe has so many choices for low end guitars. I read Guitarist magazine from England, it's the best guitar mag out there, the ads for guitars only available overseas are great, cool designs and low prices. Most stuff in the US has a metal look to them, if you walk into Guitar Center you see rows of pointy strat like guitars, I wish someone would import Fret King over here. Ersk A. Loisque said:

I'm always looking for the cheapest (yet decent) alternative around. My main axe for garage rock is a telecaster by the brand Bach (http://www.bachmusik.com/en/) and I think it does the job just as good as a mexican fender. But then I've done some sweet mods to it: Seymour Duncan Little '59 in the bridge position, tonerider hot classic in the neck position (go buy toneriders, they sound REALLY good! I used to have a hot classic in the bridge as well but I got tired of the single coil hum, I'm more of a bucker guy), locking tuners and a Bigsby B50. Mahogany body and maple neck. Our lead guitarist (who usually plays an american tele) borrowed it for a rehearsal once and his guitar sound became way more distinctive with my guitar. It may not have the feel of a fender or gibby, but price wise - It's the deal!

See?That's what i 'm talkin about.

Ersk A. Loisque said:

Giannis KRI said:

I am not saying he's a bad guy,but it doesn't look good.




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Or this one:


I mean, he nails it, but I wouldn't be able to play any proper rock n roll song on a guitar with a floyd rose.. It's just plain wrong!

I think Scion's approach to marketing is really well thought out. They also work with Juxtapoz magazine, it gives their product a real smart street credential. I'm on my second Scion XB, great car, the seats fold down and I can fit all my bands equipment in it. The headroom is awesome, I'm 6' 2" and I still have another 6 inches before I hit the roof. When you buy a Scion you don't negotiate the price, they are already set, so you don't have to go to other dealers to find a better price. Interest rates are the only thing you might be able to pit dealers against each other with, but I think it's all based on your credit score. Anyway, I like the fact that Scion is so involved with garage rock, you just don't see a lot big companies doing something like this.

Thanks for posting, very entertaining.

Scion and Vice are really helping to inject some life into this scene/culture. I just wish I'd see more of it in my own hometown.

It's being played in three parts on consecutive days, third part's available tomorrow, then the whole thing will play on thursday.

Great. Where's part 3!?

I'm halfway through part 1 right now, it's really fucking good.

New Garage Explosion!!: In Love With These Times is a new documentary,
presented by Scion A/V in association with VBS.tv, about the bands and
culture surrounding the international garage rock community. Artists
featured in the film include The Dirtbombs, Black Lips, Jay Reatard,
Jack Oblivian, Hunx & His Punx, Pierced Arrows, Thee Oh Sees, The
Clean, Girls, Goner Records, Human Eye, Vivian Girls, Smith Westerns, Ty
Segall, Davila 666, Golden Triangle, Magic Kids and many more.

http://www.scionav.com/film/newgarageexplosion/

Click on the VIDEO tab to watch. Pretty cool!

The Ashbass Fuzzrite is the only one I've heard of from that list and it's a great pedal.

j'avais oublié les Dogs !!

fuzzybeb said:

Ramones 1 st and leave home road to ruin
Damned damned damned damned
heartbreakers lamf
the saints strandded
undertones
buzzckocks

Ramones 1 st and leave home road to ruin
Damned damned damned damned
heartbreakers lamf
the saints strandded
undertones
buzzckocks

Yep, i remember that group....

There was also groups for selling records...sold a bunch of records that way. Long before ebay started.

Just curious if anyone here ever used this old usenet newsgroup. When I first got a computer and had access to the Internet in the spring of 1994, this was the place to go for garage (and related punk/rock'n'roll, noise, & trash) discussions, at least outside of AOL, which at that time was like the Facebook of the Web. AOL had what they called discussion folders (I think), and I remember setting up a couple... like The Green Door and Primitive Garage Rock'n'Roll. It was somewhere around this time that I also discovered the late, great Bomp List.

Ah, the old days... haha.

makin believe-social distortion
its alright-del fuegos
death or glory-clash
ramrod(live)-springsteen
sheena is a punk rocker-ramones
hotel yorba-white stripes
devine thing-soup dragons
good girls dont-knack
wiggle stick-rev horton heat
tumblin dice-stones

A smattering of tracks that are always on heavy rotation for me...

The Devil Dogs – Get on Your Knees
Protex – Don't Ring Me Up
V-3 – Inside Outpost
Shearwater - Red Sea, Black Sea
Econothugs - Action
The Adicts – Viva la Revolution
Beirut – Prenzlauerberg
Françoise Hardy – Comment te dire adieu
Pagans - Heart of Stone
The Boys - First Time

Fukkin' Zombie Compromise. I luv that rekkid.

Mark Von Frankenstine said:

Here's some random stuff that popped into my head. It's all pretty scattered, but I love 'em all in their own weird little way:

The Osmonds - Crazy Horses
The Ramones - Carbona Not Glue
Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Center of the Mind
Josie Cotton - Johnny Are You Queer?
Dirtbombs - Your Love Belongs Under a Rock
Turbonegro - Denim Demon
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Zombie Compromise
King Khan and Barbecue - Teabag Party
Holly and the Italians - I Wanna Go Home
Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You

Tomorrow it'll be a different ten.

Here's some random stuff that popped into my head. It's all pretty scattered, but I love 'em all in their own weird little way:

The Osmonds - Crazy Horses
The Ramones - Carbona Not Glue
Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Center of the Mind
Josie Cotton - Johnny Are You Queer?
Dirtbombs - Your Love Belongs Under a Rock
Turbonegro - Denim Demon
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Zombie Compromise
King Khan and Barbecue - Teabag Party
Holly and the Italians - I Wanna Go Home
Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You

Tomorrow it'll be a different ten.

In absolutely no order whatsoever..

Gang, I've been learning the guitar for say, 6 months self-taught. Last two week I'd been practicing triad chords like hell. I decided to put them into a love song of mine that I wrote specifically for real chords. And you know what? It just didn't sound right. It didn't send out the right message I wanted to send out.

So what now? Should I continue learning real chords or stick to something I'm much better at, power chords? Also, with punk/garage/rock and roll, what do you think is the triad chord/power chord ratio being used?

You, mademoiselle, have impeccably good taste!

Isabella Gloria said:

'No No No' isn't my favorite, but to each his own (; BFTG is a MUST MUST MUST have! All garage.. 'noisy and unpsychedelic'! Probably my favorite series. The volumes of the Quagmire series are bitchin' too, especially the first one. Also try some 'Psychedelic States' comps.. Alabama vol. 2 and Mississippi are the best I think! Morgan was right about the TS comps--a lot of the songs are just filler, but my favorite is vol. 4 ('I'm a No-Count!'). 'Get Lost #3' is real raw, but I don't think there are other volumes.. 'Lost Generation vol. 2' is the better of the installments. Trash Box is GREAT and if you ask me, the crappy quality is what MAKES it great. All the 'Garage Beat' volumes have some absolutely amazing songs, but most of them can be found on other comps. And of course, OF COURSE, 'Fort Worth Teen Scene' vols. 1, 2, and 3! And if we're talking about single-volume comps, 'Hang It Out To Dry!' is one of my absolute favorites ever, as well as 'Total Raunch'. 'Searchin' in the Wilderness' is a comp of faaar out European garage. 'Scum of the Earth' is one side of crazy garage and one side of crazy junk.. but it's all good save for a track or two :p Okay I'll try to contain myself from anything further & let other people answer (; but those are my favorites!

pebbles and back from the grave

what a way to die...pleasure seekers

cramps biography

Learn and laugh your ass off at the same time with "I have fun everywhere I go" by the great Mike Edison and "Rock Stardom for dumbshits" by The wonderful Phantom Surfers ! And check the BOOKSHELF group ! You may find other suggestions there !