I too live in australia and would love to fly to memphis for the gories/ oblivains show. I can always dream!

Uh... what? I know the Mummies are coming to Austin in like, June.......

Just got my tickets for the Detroit show. Anyone going?

I like the songs alot. Very cool if they're uncomped. Some quick online searches didn't reveal much except the Wakefield Co. did some mastering for Sonobeat out of Texas. There's a pretty comprehensive history at the below link, but unfortunately, none of the matrix numbers match yours. If you exhaust other options, maybe you can contact Sonobeat to see if they have a SJW contact. Then maybe you can confirm or deny that part or get more information. Sonobeat Records Sometimes, it's so hard to track this stuff down. You can find people who where actually there and still don't remember anything after all these years. If nothing else, you're left with great undiscovered gems minus the history. After the listen, now I want to know who it is! Contagious! Good luck & keep us posted.

Sidney J Wakefield? That's helpful, I might be able to follow up on that. Thanks. I screwed up and posted the wrong link, though, sorry about that. The first post now has the correct link in it, it is: http://www.box.net/shared/2dpj5r7ur1 Cheers -- H.

Mad Mojo Marmalade said:

The link opens to 2 Biscaynes songs.

The link opens to 2 Biscaynes songs.

Howdy, all --

I have a white-label test pressing 45 that's been driving me nuts since I bought it, I have no idea who it might be, or anything else about it, so I'm wondering if anybody can help me identify it. Byrds-sounding SoCal folk-rock, has to be 1965 or 66, could very well be the session musician mafia (Terry Melcher and his extended musical family)... or it could possibly be unknown teenagers from someplace. There's a link at the bottom to mp3.s of the two songs.

If anybody's a whiz at decoding information from matrix numbers, the dead wax reads DD-HA-1/DD-TB-1 and (looks like) SJW 7561 on both sides.

While you're there, you might enjoy the Mac Davis protest-song bandwagon-jumping Sonny Bono (or Dylan?) imitation from 1965-ish or the LP by Modern Five, a Euro beatgroup that gigged and recorded in Mexico around the same time.

Link: http://www.box.net/shared/2dpj5r7ur1


Thankee schoen --

Hugo M.
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A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican April 3, 2009 Think of Elvis crooning "Wooden Heart" with the puppets in G.I. Blues. Think of John Lennon rocking out with a toilet seat around his neck as he, Stu Suttcliffe, Pete Best, and the other Beatles entertained hopped-up, drunken sailors in various night spots along Hamburg's Reeperbahn. Indeed, some strange rock 'n' roll hoodoo was cooking up in Germany in the early 1960s. And those with ears to hear realize that these cosmic forces, harnessed perhaps by U.S. military intelligence, culminated in an obscure but influential band called The Monks. Though their lone "official" album Black Monk Time, was not released in the U.S. during the '60s, it became an archetypal cult classic — its praises sung by the likes of Jack White and The Fall's Mark E. Smith. But it's available now. A company called Light in the Attic is re-releasing Black Monk Time and issuing a new compilation of lesser-known recordings called The Early Years, 1964-1965. Though you can't buy the CDs until April 14, you can listen to both HERE. (You have to register, but it's worth it.) For those not familiar with the story of The Monks, the band was the product of the U.S. Army. Gary Burger, David Havlicek (aka Dave Day), Larry Clark, Roger Johnston, and Eddie Shaw were American soldiers stationed at Geinhausen, east of Frankfurt. According to the Early Years liner notes, Burger originally was into country music, while Day was an "Elvis worshipper." The two guitarists started jamming together at the base's Army service club and eventually formed a band called The Torquays — named after an instrumental hit of the day by Raton, New Mexico's finest band, The Fireballs. The Torquays were a fairly typical "beat band" of that period, performing a lot of covers by American rock and R & B groups. (A couple of their songs are on The Early Years — "There She Walks" and "Boys Are Boys," an early version of a tune that would appear in a radically different version on Black Monk Time.) They played mainly at Army dances and at Army-sponsored events to promote goodwill (in hospitals, old-folks' homes, etc.). Though nobody was getting rich, the Torquays gig was fun enough that even after they were discharged from the Army, they stuck around in Germany. But then things started getting weird. The band changed its name. The guys got bizarre haircuts — shaving the top of their heads, leaving a monk-like fringe. And, most important, they began seriously experimenting with their sound, writing songs based on primitive beats and minimalist lyrics. Clark's organ style alternated between medieval cathedral, roller rink, and the Tex-Mex-influenced style then in vogue with bands like The Sir Douglas Quintet and Question Mark & The Mysterians. Burger started fooling around with guitar feedback and fuzztone. And for reasons still unclear after four decades, Day traded his guitar for an electric banjo. Some of the tunes sound like crazed polkas or travelogue music. "Hushie Pushie" from The Early Years sounds like a mutation of "Tiger Rag," except they sing "hushie pushie" instead of "hold that tiger." This wasn't the Summer of Love for The Monks. Some of their song titles were punk-rock angry: "I Hate You" and "Shut Up." No longer bound by military censorship, some Monks songs contained vague political rants. Take "Monk Time" (the version on Black Monk Time)

"You know, we don't like the Army. What Army? Who cares what Army? Why do you kill all those kids over in Vietnam? Mad Viet Cong. My brother died in Vietnam. James Bond, who is he? ... Pussy Galore is coming down, we like it! We don't like the atomic bomb."

More often, however, the lyrics were baby-talk simple. Sometimes, just nonsense chants: "Higgle-dy piggle-dy/Way down to heaven/Yeah!" or "Cuckoo, cuckoo/Who's got the cuckoo?/Now someone stole my cuckoo/And I wanna know who who." And as strange and aggressive as the sound was, it somehow never sounded threatening, especially when Burger would introduce tunes like a brainumbling Down'? Well, come on Monks! Let's go!" I, for one, do like "Love Tumbling Down." Instrumentally, the version on Black Monk Time is best, especially the crunching guitar effects Burger gets here. However, on The Early Years, the vocals sound more like a foreshadowing of the music of Ruben & The Jets. Plus, on that version you get the goofy intro. Black Monk Time didn't do much on the European charts and didn't get released in the U.S. until the late '90s. The band recorded a couple of sides in 1967, the country-flavored but still loopy "Love Can Tame the Wild" and the gawdawful, fairy-fey generic folk-rock "He Went Down to the Sea." (Both are included in the reissue of Black Monk Time.) Shortly afterward, The Monks broke up, sparing the world any more crud like the latter song. The Monks had a reunion in 1999 at New York's Cavestomp Festival. Since then, Day and Johnston have died. But as long as people keep discovering this timeless, primitive music, it'll always be Monk Time somewhere.

HAHAHAHAHA that is hot!!!!!!!!!!!! Is that you playing the washboard.

Is it even possible? Well, check this out.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7bAzxPuQME

Anyone see the show last night? Love to hear a review.

And if ya need a life coach ...I only accept payment in the form of bbq

scene the crazy dig? And wtf kinda question is "how good is garagepunk.com?" Fuckin' beautiful, baby... Oh and follow my Twitter, piefaces. I'll show ya "good"

whatwave dave said:

How good is garagepunk.com?

take over the world and spread only cool music.....LOL....

Sweet thoughts .....

Shake Your Ass Records proudly presents.... LOVE BOAT 'Remember The Sabbath Day And Keep It Holy' 7"EP (SYA025) 300 copies - black vinyl 100 copies - burgundy vinyl This garagepop gem by our fave dudes-without-a-cause is finally out. Joking apart, we love our guys so bad and we're very happy to release their 2nd 7" after the glory of their debut 7" on SYA and the awesome album on Alien Snatch! Records. Here's another batch of instant-hits for your dancing bones. A couple of originals and a great cover of Haze's 'I don't want nobody'. All you dancefloors junkies are welcome!!!! more infos and stuff: www.syarecords.it www.myspace.com/syarecords www.myspace.com/loveboatbeibe - come and see the gigs of their upcoming european tour next May

michael j.fox

Almost anything with Russell Quan
The Wailers
The Montells
The Evil
The Haunted
The Pretty Things
The Ugly Ducklings
The Artesians
The Sonics
The Count V
MC5
The Stooges
Chocolate Watchband
Berlin Brats
13th Floor Elevators

adding some faves ...

Gravedigger V + The Morlocs
The Miracle Workers
Hasil
Arthur Lee
The Make-Up
The Moving Sidewalks

The review is better than the record.

I had to work the bar at Angrys mens health and prostate awarenous night.
Is he still fronting the band?

Hi, I'm Jenni and since 2004, I've host(essed) the Leopard Print Lounge show every Tuesday night, 11 pm - 2 am Central Time, on community radio station WORT 89.9 FM, Madison, WI, USA. Station Website: http://www.wort-fm.org. Focus: all the best in modern & classic garage rock/punk, fuzz, psych, rockabilly, Northern soul, power pop, 50s girl groups, psycho/horrorbilly, and anything else we can throw under the heading of "primitive rock-n-roll" (thank you, Reverend Beat-Man). I grew up in Australia and have a special love of the garage sounds from Down Under....and am dedicated to bringing the international garage sound to the airwaves of Madison and beyond. We webstream (http://www.wort-fm.org/listen.php) and have Archives (http://archive.wort-fm.org/) in case you missed a show - we have them up for two weeks, as they air. Hope you can tune in sometime. The LPL is all over the Web: http://www.twitter.com/LPLRadio http://www.myspace.com/costuminatrix Playlists at: http://www.leopardprintlounge.blogspot.com We late night DJs have to work pretty hard to get noticed....hence the multiple Web presences.... Also, we're in a bit of a rock-n-roll recession for live garage-rock shows here in Madison...if you are a band and want to play here I am not a booker/promoter....but I will be VERY happy to help you with all the contact information you need, and play you on the air if I can. I am in awe of the amazing radio programmers keeping the beat alive all around the planet and am honored to be among you! :0) All Hail Rock-N-Roll, Jenni, Your LPL Hostess WORT 89.9 FM, Madison WI http://www.wort-fm.org

Rats revenge part 1 and 2- The Rats


For the "modern bands" ..... The Prisoners

Let me know if you find anything LeftArm, I'll do the same! Left Arm said:

I don't see a music playlist option on any of those. At least the type where you can upload your own music.

Trying to get one going for the Left Arm blog.

I don't see a music playlist option on any of those. At least the type where you can upload your own music.

Trying to get one going for the Left Arm blog.