I can see it being useful if your were in a sonic youth cover band and you didn't want to lug around 20 guitars... Pressing a button and switching from standard to an open A or a custom tune is kinda cool... However, EAGDBE (flat) is all I write in, and I personally don't care that much about being in tune to be concerned with it in a live setting... I carry 2 guitars to shows because I tend to break strings...

Mostly it just seems kitschy and I would feel like a total tool being onstage with one.

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Thanx it must of been the Johnny Fuller version that I learned it from, I remember the Sam the Sham version, it was different. Maybe it was on a Kinbgsmen album? it does seem like the kind of stuff they did. Thanx again.

My God! I 've thought for years that I learned Haunted house from the Kingsmen. Shit!! Well it was over 40 years ago. Where did Haunted House come from??

Actually, the B-side to The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" was "Haunted Castle," which is an entirely different song from "Haunted House."

Every garage band in the 60's did Haunted House and we all knew it because it was the B=side of Louie Louie by the Kingsmen. Can anybody think of similar obscurities that were played for that reasons? Or are there any B-sides that you love and want to spread the word on?

Ya, Matt was the guy i dealt with at Skull Duggery, sorta remember something about him moving....think it was to go to school or something. Figgered he was a basement or bedroom operation and could easily move.

when i was ordering records from matt of skull duggery, he was based in massachusets at the time. he released some records by the lillingtons, a banana splits tribute 7", a 10" sampler called fallen on deaf ears, a young fresh fellows 7" on some other releases. he did put a fluid waffle record very early on which he sent me for free and i still have.

Ya, Skull Duggery from minnesota...used to trade stuff with them many years ago. They put out a least a coupla 7' ers, did some Canadian releases, like Hoover Effect, Scarlet Drops and maybe Fluid Waffle if memory serves me correct.

Try Speed City Records in London Ontario Canada. Mike Todd will do his best to help you out . He has a website up.

does anyone remember the Skull Duggery Label in the early to mid-nineties? they released some of their own records, but mostly stuff from other labels. i wish i had bought all the mummies 45s and donnas 45s at the time. impossible to get now.

Shit, I forgot all about them. They always had a healthy dose of punk rock on hand.

I haven't bought it yet (waiting to get it from a friend), but everyone who's read raves about it. Apparently, he does go into detail about the British rock scene of the 60's, so it's definitely not just about the Stones.

[quote]Fueled by amphetamine psychosis and the music of Bob Dylan and the Fugs, a band that was of the people playing for free from flatbed trucks and alternatively on bills with the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Deviants and Pink Fairies were key in shaping a London that was still swinging. This is the fascinating story of a musical and social movement that left behind psychedelia and preempted punk rock, and it features the likes of the Edgar Broughton Band and Hawkwind. Introduction by Mick Farren.
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45 pages into this awesome book on the wacky London underground scene in the late60s/early70s - Fans of Mick Farren's excellent Give The Anarchist A Cigarette should order Keep It Together - RIGHT NOW!

Interesting...

Just wondering who else out there uses Twitter... I kinda like it. It's sorta like a mini-blog that can also work like a kind of chat interface. You only "follow" (or receive updates from) people you know or like or otherwise want to follow, so it's not like you have to follow everyone's updates (because many of them are really geeky and boring). Plus, the updates are short (140 characters or less). And if you get a few friends to sign up and use it, it can be kinda fun. It's taken a while, but it's really growing on me, despite the fact that most people I know aren't using it (yet).

It's also very useful when you're out and about because you can quickly check it from your phone to see what everyone's up to. For example, I know someone who was doing this last year at SXSW and they were able to find out where all the cool after-parties were instantaneously (while they were out trolling around town), just by getting the Twitter updates sent as text messages directly to their mobile phone or instant messenger (although I haven't done this yet myself).

I have two accounts, one for myself, and one for GaragePunk.com.

http://twitter.com/kopper

http://twitter.com/garagepunk

My record label:

http://twitter.com/TIRCrecords

Noise Annoys:

http://twitter.com/Noise_Annoys

Damn, they are great! The video is awesome. Thanks for the knowledge transfer.

One of the definitive '60's punk rock tunes! Chesterfield Kings used to do it live back in '80-82......and they had the steps down!

I totally agree...I love that song..and the band...been listening to them since I was a wee lad...I heard Stiv Bators say in an interview...live at CBGB's DVD....that he loves PR and the Raiders...thought that was very cool..and kinda a un-punk thing to say back then.

I just got this in;

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Date: January 28, 2008
Seattle, WA USA

Seattle Rock Singer Ben McMillan Loses Battle With Diabetes

After an eight-year battle with diabetes, Ben Scott McMillan, legendary vocalist for GrunTruck and Skinyard died in his hometown of Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. at age 46.

Complications from a related blood-clotting disease are said to have worsened his diabetic condition, which was severe.

The survivng members of Gruntruck, as well as other Seattle rock luminaries are planning an assortment of tributes and memorial projects in his name; details to follow.

Yeah - the vintage rat is great... we play with noise a lot in my band (the Hydes), and on some songs I end up getting on the floor and playing with the knobs live, in conjunction with my Whammy - with my reverb cranked all the way up, i get some fantastic whale song feedback...

We're a 3 piece with 2 guitarists and a drummer (no bass), so I have to keep as much low end as possible in my tone. I keep the filter knob turned down all the way, and keep my guitar in the neck position with the tone knob set from 3-8. I play with a 80's Fender HM that I through some EMG 81's in (metal!).. which are really loud pickups... when I turn the distortion knob up all the way on the Rat I instantly get some great feedback to play with.

It's a fantastic pedal - very versatile. It's got a great Blues tone as well with the distortion and the filter set about 1/2 way up.

On the classic/vintage Rat pedal you have 3 knobs "Distortion" "Filter" and "Volume" If you turn the Distortion up and roll the Filter down (plus also play with the tone knobs on your guitar too) you can get some amazing tones out of a Rat pedal. You can control the amout of feedback/saturation by a couple of factors. Knowing what kind of pick-ups you have in your guitar (single coil or humbuckers) and the pick-up selection position. In the forward (neck) position you will get a richer bassier tone, and in the back (bridge) position you will get brighter tone. If you roll your tone knob back to compensate for the freqeuncies that might cause squeal on your guitar, you can control the sound of the pedal. Every guitar/pedal combination has it's own characteristics, so you need to play around with what works for you and "dial things in" to your own tastes.

BTW I have an 80s original version (which has been beaten up a bit, but still sounds good) and an 90's Vintage version of the Rat and I like the sound of both of them. Each has their own specific sound and combinations with certain guitars I use.

I hope this helps.

Oh yeah - and a proCo Vintage Rat that I got in the 90's... It's like a feedback machine.

Agreed, getting things down first and sorting it all out later is definately best. Sometime you can get some good bits and pieces that connect up with other bits and pieces. Try not to over connect parts though.

Good stuff will last, and crap will be well... Crap! (you just have to know good Crap from the forgetable stuff)

Good Luck!

Yep, thats rythym & booze, he, he, : )

At least in 24 Hour Party people the guitars were supplied by Hooky from Joy Division/New Order, so you knew they were accurate. I agree that the second half of the film was not as good at the first half, but it wasn't unwatchable. It was just a pandering, self-serving ego fest to Tony Wilson (and if you listen to his audio comentary even he admits to that). Oh well, its better than Ollie Stone's Door's movie.