Alder Kings , I've never heard of , but , there's always been a Surf scene in The Chicago Suburbs , AFTER THE BIG SURF SCARE OF '95-'97 ENDED.

The modern Surf/Instrumental scene in Chicago begins and ends with The Greaseballs. They could not be touched. They were only around from about '86 TO '90 , BUT HAVE RECORDED AND PERFORMED , SPORADICALLY , SINCE.   Bill Bulinski , their Lead Guitarist , was the original axeman with The Electras (As in "Dirty Old Man" and "Action Woman".).

Spies Who Surf were The Greaseballs' friendly rivals. In terms of popularity , they won. But , they went from being an MTV-ish sounding take on Surf to a Jazz - oriented , not so Surf-sounding Instrumental Rock. I saw several of the original band members perform "The Ventures in Space" a few years back , tho' , and they were ON FIRE !!!
 

The Defoliants were going on at the same time , but , as I noted , earlier ,
whenever I saw them , they were mostly New Wavish vocal - Rock , WITH THE OCCASIONAL SURF iNSTRUMENTAL. OBVIOUSLY , THEY WERE INFLUENCED BY AGENT ORANGE (CHECK THEIR NAME.) , BUT, EVEN THEY STEPPED UP TO THE MIKE , SOMETIMES......

 Kill, Baby...Kill! said:

Kill,Baby...Kill! - Anniston, AL www.reverbnation.com/killbabykillal

Daikaiju - Huntsville, AL www.daikaiju.net

Necronomikids - Tuscaloosa, AL

Alder Kings - Chicago

Guantanamo Baywatch - Portland, OR

The Icepicks - Maine

Coffin Daggers - NY

El Fossil - Atlanta, GA

The Summer Creeps - Roswell, GA

Team Void - Dayton, OH

I could honestly keep going all day with this list. The genre is blowing up, nation wide.

Here's my interview/adventure with Kim Fowley one night in LA, 1974.

http://denimdelinquent.net/dd5fowley.htm

Yeah , That's about the size of it. Fowley was polite enuff to me when I met him , but , the guy who played him in the Runaways movie was almost too subtle..... 
 
Glenn Barton said:

Can't wait for the doc. Wild story about the Rockaround. I guess Fowley courts that kinda' stuff with his charming persona. Still, his sense of humor (as such) and way with words can really crack me up sometimes. Seeds memory from childhood.... riding home at night in the back of our '65 Studebaker Commander... I'm adjusting the time on my plastic Trix non-functional wristwatch cereal box prize while listening to "Pushin' Too Hard" on the radio (KAKC- Tulsa). Now, I can listen to my own band do it live. The Seeds have staying power. Let's do the Time Warp again...

 

Can't wait for the doc. Wild story about the Rockaround. I guess Fowley courts that kinda' stuff with his charming persona. Still, his sense of humor (as such) and way with words can really crack me up sometimes. Seeds memory from childhood.... riding home at night in the back of our '65 Studebaker Commander... I'm adjusting the time on my plastic Trix non-functional wristwatch cereal box prize while listening to "Pushin' Too Hard" on the radio (KAKC- Tulsa). Now, I can listen to my own band do it live. The Seeds have staying power. Let's do the Time Warp again...

I heard about this , but , it was so long ago , I forgot about it. I think the story of The Seeds is just as interesting and relevant as that of Love , the monks , or The 13th Floor Elevators.

I'm amazed Kim Fowley had anything good to say. Of course , it was shocking that Sky actually sucker - punched him at The Vegas Rockaround in 2004. I was'nt in the room when this happened , but , the two , very visibly , avoided each other all weekend. Fowley told my friends and I , "You fucking Garage kids ! You just want to jack off and smoke a joint to the new Seeds reissue !" , then he looks at one guy I did'nt know , and asked him , "Are you gonna sit here and tell me you would'nt fuck Brittney Spears if you had the chance?" , to which he replied , "I might fuck her BOYFRIEND , whoever that is at the moment , but , I'm a QUEER!".   Kim did'nt have an answer to that one.  This article is the first time I've ever read ANYONE describing Sky Saxon as "Handsome" , though countless women have said he had irresistable sexual magnetism. He was never seen , at The Rockaround , without at least one , sometimes two , women on his arm. But , even as a much older man , his gentle nature (Barring the Fowley incident.) drew female fans to him.....it all seemed innocent enough , really.

The Big Beat/Ace reissue of "The Seeds" is BAD ASS , by the way. I did'nt understand the line about the album not possibly containing any outtakes. They're there.

The early Wailers fall under that banner , even the early Ventures , as they were never a Surf band , anyway. Charlie Gracie's "Live Stockton Globe , 1958" , The Fireballs , Bobby Wayne, Johnny and The Hurricanes , Viscounts , stuff like that.  Link Wray , goes without saying.

I would be , too , but , it shrunk in the wash , years ago. IF I SHOULD LIVE TO BE  , MAYBE IT'LL FIT , AGAIN !
 
Glenn Barton said:

I am barely into any of that music but I say NO CUT-OFF! Get burried in it when you are a hundred and five if it's what you like. I'll be wearin' my Blues Magoos T till about then, myself.

 

I am barely into any of that music but I say NO CUT-OFF! Get burried in it when you are a hundred and five if it's what you like. I'll be wearin' my Blues Magoos T till about then, myself.

All of the above!

I never got into The Morells too much , but , if you good people out there could hear that station , NOW , you'd be shocked to know that . Getting back to Dr. Demento , I have a great , great love for good Novelty songs , but , after a time , The Doctor got stuck in a rut , and you could almost name which songs he was going to play , next.

James Porter said:

It blows my mind to think that WXRT used to play the damn Morells!

Yeah , son , but Texas is so damn big that Portland , Oregon is a suburb !

Kidding , sorry about that. Did'nt you say you lived in Austin ? In another life , perhaps?

The thing is , frat boys probably walk on water in Portland or Seattle as much as they do in the Texas College towns....Granted , some of em knew they had a good thing , and left the rest of us the Hell alone.  The Northwest is proof that there was a time that frat parties featured kickass music , instead of guys just getting their asses kicked.
 
dave said:

Er, Portland, Oregon actually...

John Battles said:

OK , Dave lives in Texas , so he knows. The easiest way to get your house party busted , if you've got bands playing , is to have it next door, or relatively close to , a frat party going at three times the volume. You know they're not going to let them take the fall . Not when there's a perfectly good rowdy Indie - Rock concert with a moshpit going and people pissing their names in green beer in the snow. There's this new thing called Ska I've been hearing about , as well , from Boston . Shoot me your 411 , and I'll bring some of my vinyls !  BTW , heard the new Remains 8 Track , yet ?

Er, Portland, Oregon actually...

John Battles said:

OK , Dave lives in Texas , so he knows. The easiest way to get your house party busted , if you've got bands playing , is to have it next door, or relatively close to , a frat party going at three times the volume. You know they're not going to let them take the fall . Not when there's a perfectly good rowdy Indie - Rock concert with a moshpit going and people pissing their names in green beer in the snow. There's this new thing called Ska I've been hearing about , as well , from Boston . Shoot me your 411 , and I'll bring some of my vinyls !  BTW , heard the new Remains 8 Track , yet ?

OK , Dave lives in Texas , so he knows. The easiest way to get your house party busted , if you've got bands playing , is to have it next door, or relatively close to , a frat party going at three times the volume. You know they're not going to let them take the fall . Not when there's a perfectly good rowdy Indie - Rock concert with a moshpit going and people pissing their names in green beer in the snow. There's this new thing called Ska I've been hearing about , as well , from Boston . Shoot me your 411 , and I'll bring some of my vinyls !  BTW , heard the new Remains 8 Track , yet ?

Seems like something from another era.

On a serious note..... what is the scoop on concert shows and those stores that sell the 12" CDs in Beantown? Going to be there next week for a day or two.

I know, sooo stoopit! FFS, don't these guys have actual CRIME to look out for? 

Downliner song- "He Was A Square" Ain't it the truth!  :D

kopper said:

Hey, what's the 411 on the live local music concert tonight, Dave?

Hey, what's the 411 on the live local music concert tonight, Dave?

This looks really interesting.  "Teenage Kicks" is one of my all time favorite songs.

Mike said:

Yea, I hear you two. And yea, I will most likely see it in someway, even if it's on Netflix. And MikeL, your promise of a drink in writing is a prize enough.

The movie though that I am really looking forward to is Good Vibrations about the Irish label of the same name. Here's trailer:

I NEVER PURCHASED ANY OF THEM , SO , I'M AFRAID I'M USELESS , HERE.....BUT , FUH MAH MONET , THE "DESTROY THAT BOY" CD IS A REMARKABLY CONSISTENT ALL GIRL BAND AND FEMALE FRONTED GARAGE PUNK . IT EVEN HAS ANN-MARGRET'S UNBELIEVABLE PUNK SINGLE "(IT'S A ) NICE WORLD TO VISIT , BUT NOT TO LIVE IN",

I think this is the same one a friend was putting me on to . Thanks !

THE SLOTHS STILL PLAYED , DID'NT THEY ? WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE. LOOKS LIKE A WEAK YEAR FOR FESTS. EXCEPT IN EUROPE , I GUESS.

Yea, like you said, different singer, but still good!

Adrian Alfonso said:

I think the singer from the Okmoniks went on to form a band called the Manxx:
http://styrofoamdrone.com/2012/02/29/the-manxx-messin-around-7/

sounds like the same singer, I'm probably wrong, still good..

I can't believe I forgot about Bleached too! they're great.

There's a band from London called Mean Bikini who are worth checking out too:
http://meanbikini.bandcamp.com/

Loved the Clavins old band Mika Miko too.

I think the singer from the Okmoniks went on to form a band called the Manxx:
http://styrofoamdrone.com/2012/02/29/the-manxx-messin-around-7/

sounds like the same singer, I'm probably wrong, still good..

I can't believe I forgot about Bleached too! they're great.

There's a band from London called Mean Bikini who are worth checking out too:
http://meanbikini.bandcamp.com/

Bleached has their newest stuff all streamin' and whatnot today. Can't wait to get it in the mail!!!! 
http://www.thefader.com/2013/03/29/stream-bleacheds-album-ride-your-heart/

Alex said:

My three favorites of the past year.  At least two of the three have gotten lots of press in our small circle of the music world.  All three are fantastic.

Bleached: http://www.facebook.com/HelloBleached/app_178091127385

Colleen Green: http://colleengreen.bandcamp.com/releases

Pamela (ladies from Wax Idols): http://www.southpawdistro.bigcartel.com/product/pamela-7-ep-members...

I heard a Urinals song that I've never encountered, trance-y