I mean...really...I cant hold my piss in any longer..when the hell is this coming out.

I missed one of your criteria - The Monofones aren't American - oops!  Here's a few amazing and relatively new female-fronted bands:

The Woolly Bandits (from Los Angeles, with Sky Saxon's former backing band)

A Giant Dog (Texas)

Persian Claws (Vermont)

The Love Me Nots (Arizona)

And you're probably familiar with Shannon and the Clams.

Now that I think about it,  there's an impressive number of women in the garage punk scene nowadays.

As far as female-fronted garage punk, two of my current favorites are right here on the Hideout.  Highly recommended!

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (I was at this show, they were dynamite!)

And from Switzerland, The Monofones (awesome fuzz guitar!):

Hi there, for Cramps type bands there's a great Japanese female punk rock 'n' roll band called The 5678s who are great if you've never checked them out. Also, as dave recommended, The Scientists are great - also the first album Kim Salmon made after the Scientists with his band The Surrealists called 'Hit Me With the Surreal Feel' - has some cool, lo-fi cramps style covers of 50s-early 60s stuff.

For more female-fronted garage punk, there was a great band in Bangkok a while ago called Pussy and the Learjets - there are some cool clips of them on YouTube and they released one 7'' single with Metal Postcard Records.

Thanks everyone for your recommendations, it's a shame though that the Scientists and Gore Gore Girls are already disbanded (hopefully there are more bands like them active these days) but anyways I really appreciate it.

If there are any more current female fronted/all female garage rock/punk bands I'd love to hear them too (but by that I don't mean to let the bands with guys out!).

No!  "Murder City Nights"!

Dead Boy said:

"Man With The Golden Helmet".

You're talkin' 'bout "Blood Red River", right?  I can't recall the cover well, but maybe, it was good, so I bought another their single which includes Radio Birdman's cover "Man With The Golden Helmet". :)
 
John Battles said:

I like La Secta ,from Spain , better than The Scientists....But , I don't listen to

Sorry for last 2 incorrect links.  I wanted to link:

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Set-It-On-Fire/master/224051

Also, as Dave says, I can recommend the Spoiled Brats' "Rich Kid".

And, how about Gore Gore Girls' "Loaded Heart"?

K-Holes: "Scary" and "female fronted"

http://www.facebook.com/The.Bloodhounds check us out from los angeles 

here's our sound cloud https://soundcloud.com/the_bloodhounds

garage! rock n roll! 

I like La Secta ,from Spain , better than The Scientists....But , I don't listen to them , anymore , really. That was during the Great Garage Scare of The 90's , before Major Labels STARTED PICKING UP ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS GARAGE.......
 
Dead Boy said:

 If you like the Scientists, the tribute album of them "Set It On Fire: A Tribute To The Scientists" is great, too!!!

 

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

http://www.discogs.com/artist/

Sugar+ShackHoneymoon Killers

 

Crisis said:

but I'll check the Detroit Cobras and the Scientists.

 If you like the Scientists, the tribute album of them "Set It On Fire: A Tribute To The Scientists" is great, too!!!

 

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

http://www.discogs.com/artist/

Sugar+ShackHoneymoon Killers

 

Crisis said:

but I'll check the Detroit Cobras and the Scientists.

My band The Mad Doctors is a b-movie-themed garage punk band - hopefully you'll dig our stuff! End of shameless self-promotion.

Thank you for the welcome Gringo Starr, although I'm curious as to why there was such a problem before with this kind of topic but well that's just a story for another day I guess.

Thanks for the recommendations dave, I do know The Avengers and X Ray Spex but I'll check the Detroit Cobras and the Scientists.

And about The Dyes I already know them and I'm really liking how they sound.

So in general I appreciate all your suggestions people, keep' em coming please!

On all counts - The Dyes , from Chicago. Two women on Guitar , Bass and Vocals , one mighty, mighty man on Drums. Cramps - absorbed , as opposed to just influenced , but , they've got their own thing. An extremely rare ( In Chicago , anyway .) collision of Rockabilly and Garage sounds , covering some songs associated with The Cramps , as well as a great version of Jackie DeShannon's version of Elvis' "Trouble" , and others , but also coming up with the goods , in the songwriting dept. Singer/Guitarist , Lisa , draws from Wanda Jackson , but , sounds like she's chosen evil over goodness .  Kim Fowley recently dubbed her "The Devil's Bride".

Welcome! I'm out-of-the-loop currently on bands, but I can recommend the Spoiled Brats from the '90s, and the Avengers and X-Ray Specs from the '70s.

Also, I think the Detroit Cobras are still around.

As for the Cramps, the Scientists sound a lot like them in their later stage.

Check out Lisa Doll & the Rock n Roll Romance. She makes great, fast-charging songs and she's a member on here!

Swedish garage from the 80's

http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-real-cool-time-revisited-swedish-punk-pop-and-garage-rock-1982-1989-mw0001987312

Radio What Wave Playlist Mar 14/2013

We've got two, count 'em, two sets of guests tonite! We've got The Shanks from Orangeville Ontario (they've been on Radio WW at least once before) and Mad Anthony, all the way from Cincinnatti who were playing together that evening at the Richmond Hotel in downtown London Ontario.

1. Black Frame Spectacle...Bored Of The Lie...from their latest,The Grady Sessions 2. 2 piece combo form just east of here who will be playing tonite at Fanshawe College along with Doghouse Rose.

Black Frame Specatacle, London Music Club, June 8/2011.

2. Almighty Rhombus...Honest Liar...from a demo and they were also in town the night of this show at The APK (Brennan's).

3. Bang 74...Bells Of Revolution...from their brand new CD, Hi-Flying Dreams. 3 piece from Spain that bring back the early 70's guitar pop sound that we all dig.

4. Cheap Speakers...Looking Backwards...from their brand new CD, Switches and Levers. Guitar pop from Toronto.

5. The Small Faces...Me You And Us Too....from Best Of The Immediate Years CD. Picked this up at Kissin' The Carpet, the monthly garagepunk show in Hamilton Ontario a couple weeks back.

6. B10...The Last Canadian Bastion....local trib to Stompin' Tom. This song was written the day after The Stomper passed away, recorded that day and then played the same day right here on Radio WW! Had to play it again this week to start our Stompin' Tom trib...

7. Stompin' Tom Connors...To It And At It...from a 7".

8. Stompin' Tom Connors...Sudbury Saturday Night....from the Northlands Zone LP.

9. Stompin' Tom Connors...My Stompin' Grounds...from a 7".

10. Stompin' Tom Connors...Horseshoe  Hotel Song...from the Live At The Horseshoe LP. All of the Stomper Records were on Boot Records, his own record label.

About this time the onair studio was invaded by The Shanks and their buddy Arthur.

11. The Shanks...Feel The Holes...from the CD of the same name.

The Shanks at The Spoke, Oct 14/2011.

12. The Shanks...When We Come...from the Feel The Holes CD.

And about this time, the guys from Mad Anthony forcibly removed The Shanks and sat down to talk about Mad Anthony.

13. Mad Anthony...Bear Attack...from their latest self titled CD.

14. Mad Anthony...Yellow Pages...as above.

Around this time, the University Police arrived to escort both bands and their entourages to the gates of the University campus, with promises to never return!

15. The Gruesomes...For All I Care...from the re-issue of Tyrants Of Teen Trash.

16. Les Sequelles...Un Scotch SVP!...from their Tes Chansons Cruelles LP on Dionysus Records. Quebecois combo whose record i picked up at the London Record Show a few weeks back.

17. Don't Touch The Dancers...You're Girlfriend's A Slut...from the North Of The Border download from Synicalist Records. Chris Forrest, from the Just Another Punk Show that is heard every friday at 8PM on CHRW, released this. And this combo is local and fairly new.

18. Generics...I Wanted To Be A Punk...from Slippery's Club Hits, the cassette that comes with WW 24. And speaking of WW24, thanx to all those that came up and said hi and bought a copy at the London Indy Media Fair last weekend!! There was a young girl, maybe  15, saw the zine and asked 'is that like Radio What Wave??' I was kinda shocked and answered yes and she was familiar with the show and said it was one of her faves!! And we thought it was only old guys reliving their youth listening to this show!! Or maybe it was just a dream....after all it was kind of a long day sitting at the table.

19. Black Jasper...Just Die Fast...from the Scum Of The Moon CD. Black Jasper are Jasper and King Khan playing 70's KBD punk rock.

Thanx for all the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages etc!! And a HUGE Thanx to The Shanks and Mad Anthony for taking the time to appear live on Radio What Wave!! Mad Anthony will be back in London on Friday Mar 22nd at Call The Office! You've been warned! All pictures from What Wave archives, please ask before using/posting.

Here's a link to the podcast:

http://chrwradio.ca/content/radio-what-wave#prev-shows

Show #413: "Bands & Artists Starting With M, Part 7"

Every 3 weeks I do a series of shows I call the "Alphabetical Series" where I randomly draw a letter of the alphabet from a hat. Whatever letter I draw, I take all the bands and artists in my collection (from the 50's, 60's & 70's only) that start with that letter and play them in strict alphabetical order one by one until I run out of time. This week I drew the letter "M". This is the seventh time I've drawn the letter "M", so I will start from where I left off on show #6 (which was with Merriday Park). So, tune in tonight (Friday at 10:00pm EST) to hear 3 hours of bands and artists that start with "M" like: Merrilee & The Turnabouts, Max Merritt & The Meteors, The Merry Dragons, The Merry-Go-Round, Merryweather, The Merseybeats, The Merseys, 2 different Messengers, The Meters, Methuselah, Michael & The Messengers, Michael & The Mumbles, Michaelangelo, Lee Michaels, Mickey & Sylvia, The Mickey Finn, Middle Of The Road, 2 different Midknights, Midnight Circus, The Midnight Snack, Midnight Sun, Midsommar, The Mighty Avengers, Mighty Baby and many others!!

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Live every Friday night at 10pm to 1am EST on WSCA-LP 106.1 FM, Portsmouth Community Radio!

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Egg

where can I hear Das Volt mister? just discovered Electric Eels. what a violence!!!!!!!!

John Battles said:

i MAY HAVE ALREADY SAID SOMETHING HERE.....Younger men , take comfort in knowing the MEMORY is first thing to go.... I'm a writer , "Musician" and sometimes visual artist , based in Chicago. Before that , I lived in Dallas and Arlington (Or Dullass and Arlingfun as we used to say....), Texas. Lived in parts of Illinois prior to that , too. I write and illustrate for Roctober magazine - www.roctober.com   , and worked with Bad Trip , Black To Comm , Psychotronic Video , and others. I've got a piece in the recent Roctober retrospective "Flying Saucers Rock'n'Roll" , and in the Roctober - released or related "A Friendly Game of Poker", "T.V. a Go - Go" , and a book of interviews with Dan Clowes ("Ghost World" , "Eightball" , etc.) . I'VE BEEN PLAYING MUSIC , OFF AND ON , FOR 30 years. BUT , i'VE REMAINED A SOLO ACT WITH JUST A FEW SIDE PROJECTS (Inc. DAS VOLT , FRONTED BY BRYAN McMAHON OF THE ELECTRIC EELS. ) .   You can see my one You Tube video , my version of "Six Days on The Road", at totallybmx (That's not my page , so , show some respect.)......It'll explain why my report card says "Does'nt Play Well With Others".

Oh ! Music .....Rockabilly , Garage , Psych , Country , Blues , Early Hard Rock , R'n'B , Punk , Instrumental Rock , other stuff.

 

hey, i'm glenn and i'm just getting started on this site. i first got into rock n roll in 1967, right after the 'garage band era' of the mid 60's. i saw rock and roll die out (commercially at least by 1970) and started getting into other types of music at the time. i was happy when i first heard punk on kroq back in 1977 and it was like a breath of fresh air, or whatever it was ;) i started my radio show in 1995 and have been on once a week doing a rock n roll/punk show ever since then. it's been really fun, but i'd like to change to an an all-garage format, which would exclude all the hardcore and classic punk that i've been playing all these years. i'll miss it when i get my new show soon, but we can all probably agree on this site that 60's and retro garage punk is the best of all ;) hope to chat with some garage rockers on here soon and thanks for this site. 

The Fnords are great defo check them out!!!

My band are a bit more down the power pop/punk route but still check us out!

www.nervoustwitch.bandcamp.com

Yep, a very dynamic and interesting cover!!. Didn´t know this guy! Love it!
This beat for sure the psychobilly version, (which doesn´t beat the original but is fun)!
:)

The Fnords said:

This is good too, very different from the original. D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDiAP8JgD2s

Awesome cover!

Miss Strange said:

I've always dug Big Blacks cover of "the Model"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_tK1xw8AzA

over Kraftwerks original (funny how dated the intro sounds)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQIYEPe6DWY