I think if a band can stay together for a long period of time it is making it. It says a lot about a band / group. It's hard to get 3,4,5 musicians to always agree 100% on everything. Even more so the longer they are together.

To me selling out is when it becomes all about the money, and less about putting out good music. Please don't just toss an album out there with one damn good song and 7-8 other crappy songs for fill space.

"I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll."   Bill Wyman

  As someone who holds a BFA in fine Art & who has been playing music for 40 years, my feeling on the subject is that any real artist needs to be true to themselves. That is why I decided to stop trying to make a living off music. I have another career that supports me. This way the music I make is music that I like. I don't have to compromise or sell out because that's not my goal.

....And how could I forget , "The Raver" ?
 
John Battles said:

A LOT of people share your opinion. I had the pleasure of being able to tell them I , and many others , want to adopt them as an American band.
 
Gruesome Grinham said:

For me "I Just Sing" is A KILLER.

I cannot list my fave Troggs tracks, as i have an huge amount of time for this band. In My opinion probably England's only genuine Sixties garage outfit.

A LOT of people share your opinion. I had the pleasure of being able to tell them I , and many others , want to adopt them as an American band.
 
Gruesome Grinham said:

For me "I Just Sing" is A KILLER.

I cannot list my fave Troggs tracks, as i have an huge amount of time for this band. In My opinion probably England's only genuine Sixties garage outfit.

Alright thanks er'body, I got some songs to look up...

For me "I Just Sing" is A KILLER.

I cannot list my fave Troggs tracks, as i have an huge amount of time for this band. In My opinion probably England's only genuine Sixties garage outfit.

God , There's so many.

Feels Like a Woman , Strange Movies , Gonna Make You (Even the 70's version.) , Lost Girl , Just a Little Too Much *, Evil , The Yella in Me , Maybe The Madman , Heads or Tails ,

Say , Darlin' ,  Hip Hip Hooray , 66 54321 , Girl in Black , I Can Only Give You Everything **,,

Surprise , Surprise (I Need You) , From Home , I Can't Control Myself , Night of The Long Grass , Supergirl , Hot Stuff , Suspicious , I Don't ,   I Do , I Do , and a zillion others.

* A Ricky Nelson/Johnny and Dorsey Burnette cover. Their version is SAVAGE.

** Recorded shortly after THEM's original.

My favorite Troggs ballad is probably "A Different Me". "Queen of Sorrows" , too.

What they did to "Satisfaction" and , especially, "Good Vibrations" is a whole 'nuther animal.

Since "A Bigger Bang" , they've shown a lot more focus . Some of that stuff they did in the 80's and 90's ,well ....THAT made me wish they'd hang it up.This may not be a classic , but it's good, raw , Rock'n'Roll. More than we have the right to ask of 'em , but , I'll take it.

Have you seen Bourbon Army ?  I saw them earlier in the year on my way back to the states from Amsterdam. Took the boat down the river and spent a couple nights in London.

www.reverbnation.com/bourbonarmy

There are loads of bands playing around the Uk. Check out my band The Hi Class Joes from Bristol, MFC Chicken and King Salami from London, Les Bof and the Brutes from Scotland. The Staggs from Wigan and the Romleys from Liverpool, The Arousers from Oxford, and everyones faves The Masonics who still gig regulary. 

Snakeman 3 are good friends of ours and I'd highly recommend them! We're playing with them in November so it might be the same gig!

Snakeman 3 are playing in November - they got back to me, so am gonna check it out...I've now got a TON to get on with - thanks a lot guys!

Someone just posted RIP re BB Cunningham on one of the YouTube Uploads for "Electrode" -- playing it now.

And Fuzzmeister -- if I recall, the Australian gov't has upped the retirement age for pension eligibility... Wonder what will happen in the US if there is a change of gov't.

Your point re age and work is well-taken. Then again, if we supported our musical legends properly they might not have to do anything but the work they love and are meant to do.

Thanks for the food for thought. Mel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2ye-pBipf8

Fuzzmeister said:

Is this the same BB Cunnigham that did the instro "Electrode"?

In any case, sad that anyone still has to work at 70, no matter what kinda job.

My old band Arctic Circles used to do Let it All Hang Out live, as I'm sure many other bands did and no doubt still do. A classic.

RIP

Is this the same BB Cunnigham that did the instro "Electrode"?

In any case, sad that anyone still has to work at 70, no matter what kinda job.

My old band Arctic Circles used to do Let it All Hang Out live, as I'm sure many other bands did and no doubt still do. A classic.

RIP

IT MAKES ME FUCKING SICK , MAN.   BTW , CUNNINGHAM WAS STILL JERRY LEE'S BASSIST AS OF LATE LAST YEAR WHEN I LAST SAW JERRY LEE , AND , NO DOUBT , HAD'NT RETIRED , BUT NEEDED A DEMEANING AND DANGEROUS SHIT JOB LIKE THIS TO PAY THE BILLS. I SAW B.B. DO A SOLO SHOW WITH JAMES BURTON ON GUITAR AT THE PONDEROSA STOMP. IT WAS GREAT. OF COURSE , HE DID "LET IT ALL HANG OUT" (DR. IRA MADE HIM DO IT TWICE !), AND HIS EARLIER ROCKER "BANDSTAND ROCK". HE BROUGHT SO MUCH TO JLL'S BACKING BAND. THE KILLER ALWAYS HAD FINE GUITARISTS LIKE KENNY LOVELACE AND JAMES BURTON IN HIS BACKING BANDS , BUT , USUALLY , CLUELESS BASSISTS AND DRUMMERS , WHENEVER I'VE SEEN HIM IN THE PAST 25 - PLUS YEARS. THAT SHIT STOPPED WHEN B.B. ENTERRED THE PICTURE. CUNNINGHAM MAY NOT BE HELD IN AS HIGH REGARD AS DONALD "DUCK" DUNN  IN MEMPHIS , BUT , HE WAS WELL RESPECTED , AND JUST DESERVED BETTER.

You'd swear he owned K-Tel , too , he was on ALL those records. But "I'm a Train" is one of my favorites.

Albert Hammond ~
 "I Don't Wanna Die in an Air Disaster" — US 0 (1974)
 "I'm a Train" — US 31 (1974)

Albert Louis Hammond OBE (born 18 May 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer from Gibraltar.

Burt F. Bacharach (May 12, 1928) ~ Trains and boats and planes

Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas ~ Trains And Boats And Planes

The British Invasion was a phenomenon that occurred in the mid 1960s when a group of rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom, as well as other aspects of British culture, became popular in the United States.

Chuck Berry's greatest vehicle song , and one of his best songs , period , barring possibly "Maybelline" , was "Downbound Train".The original "SS396" was released (Twice) as a promotional 45 by Paul Revere and The Raiders. It's been comped a couple of times on Raiders collections , and even on the first "Mexican Rumble: Psych- Out South of The Border" (!!). 'Night Train" was always believed to be about a train , but , maybe also about that FINE beverage (Buy it by the bottle , puke it by the roadside.), if only as an in - joke . When James Brown got around to doing a vocal version (The first?) , he rattled off all the train's destinations ("Miami , Florida, Atlanta , Georgia !)...... 

That must have been unbelievable. The 2nd time The Pretty Things Yardbirds Blues Band played here in Chicago , there were only about 40 people in attendance. The upside of that was , I got to visit with Dick Taylor at length. He's a sweetheart. Spoke to him briefly at The House of Blues , too , while a bouncer , not quite secure in his masculinity at all , was shouting at me to leave , even while I WAS leaving.

. If you like the bands you mentioned....maybe I'm dead wrong , but , I saw God Bullies once , and they sounded a lot like The Birthday Party to me. I started listening to The Jazz Butcher again , recently. They were all over the place . Loosely associated with the whole Garage/Trash /Psychobilly thing , as was some of the Goth and Gloom MUSIC HAPPENING AT THE TIME. Lindsay Hutton told me "The Cure , The Cramps and Siouxsie have NOTHING in common except that maybe they all use a lot of hairspray !".....You might want to check out the Blood on The Cats (LP and Video) and Revenge of The Killer Pussies" (LP) comps if you have'nt already. Bone Orchard and Inca Babies appear on 'em , as well as The Stingrays , Vibes , Milkshakes , Screaming Lord Sutch , Sharks ,  Even Shockabilly. NO ONE sounds like The Cramps , but , they influenced so many other bands. Deja Voodoo , admittedly ,  sound like a Cramps bootleg. That's GOOD. In more recent years , The Dyes wear their influence like a badge. 3-D Invisibles are'nt really Crampesque , but , they're some of the best modern Horror/Novelty Punk Rock.

I was at a loss to mention anything that is NOT The Everly Bros. , but , that does'nt mean I don't have other favorite duets or vocal duos.

blahblehblahbleh said:

all everly brothers all the time..its not very sexy or crazy but that two part close harmony is pretty interesting

Too sentimental to my taste but is a good song:

"Year One " by X . Did for "No Trespassing"by The Ventures what The Cramps did for so many other instros. "I'm Coming Over " must be 1:30 or less , too.

these are the songs less than 2 minutes in my phones playlist ive been rocking http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dUXjiiPhRiQ http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xsOmUCRiLzQ http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NzZKO-fLZSg http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nZEvLHY_wak http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja2NXS3njXs