Bandcamp is hit and miss but the tags are usually helpful. If you like GSMD, you might also want to check out the Cosmic Dead (http://thecosmicdead.bandcamp.com/).

Axel Björnsson said:

I know about gsmd great stuff. yeah I have never got into bandcamp. maybe I should check it out more.

Dead Man said:

I've been surprised at how many good bands I've discovered on Bandcamp. If you haven't already, check out The Spyrals, Great Society Mind Destroyers, Magic Shoppe, and Radar Eyes.

I've recently heard  Catl - Soon This Will All Be Gone(2012). Amazing juke-joint blues from Toronto.

SFTRI, Estrus and Empty definitely! I recall, also, Dog Meat from Australia was good one.

I don't Think Facebook makes a difference. I never use Facebook to find out more about a band or pay attention to there "likes". I think word of mouth is key. If you are good live people will here and want to see you play and Ya got get to music out to them. Maybe Facebook is good of that? I don't know. Maybe I'm just old school? Or just old? Haha

Don't think it's killing music at all. We somehow have fans in 20 Countries around the world through facebook. Kind of weird, but really cool!  Now... we don't get a lot out of promoting on facebook. We generally get more "likes" after we play a show than just people finding us randomly via facebook. I don't think the site is a good place to find bands unless you have already heard of them. Aside from that it's ok for networking with other bands and finding some gigs here and there, but even then that is with people and bands we already know.

My .02¢ - Rev. Dr. Doomtone

I think we'll start seeing more of this type of stuff there, in a desperate attempt to 'increase revenue'.

Check this shit out...

I was just on our Facebook page posting about the new episode of Sounds Like Crime when I noticed a little drop-down menu at the bottom of the post that said "Promote." "What's this?" I asked myself. Come to find out it's some new money-making scheme by Facebook to charge people with pages for EACH wall post they make (which has apparently been in place now for a month but I didn't know it). The GaragePunk.com Facebook page has 11,924 likes, which means if I want to post an update there now that will be seen by all of our fans, it'll cost me $50. Yes, FIFTY BUCKS per post to ensure that it reaches all 11,924 folks who like the page. If you don't pay for this new "Page Post Promotion" each post will only be seen by 10-20% of your likers. So in effect, Facebook has just killed off 80-90% of our Facebook promotional reach. Facebook claims that nothing has changed about how posts are shared with the people who like your page, but I have noticed that since this change has taken effect, our post likes and comments are down considerably, so I'm a bit skeptical of that claim.

I don't think I need to remind ANYONE how rich this Mark Zuckerberg asshat is (and if you've seen The Social Network, you know he's an asshat), so it really surprises me that they'd pull something like this in an effort to make even more money. Unbelievable.

Ditch Farcebook. Use the Hideout.

/rant

Face-Eating Contest

Oh yes, it is true -- this woman loves Roky Erikson's music, past and present --

John Battles said:

What about the girls? Women love them some Roky , too . That is a great collection , and you NEED THIS AND THE "APRIL FOOLS DAY " INTERVIEW (FEATURED , IN FULL, ON "LIVE AT THE RITZ , 1987.".).
 
Alexander said:

YEBO,the one you need is:ROKY ERICKSON AND THE ALIENS-THE EVIL ONE(plus one) as the cd version,because it has the "modern humans radio show" as bonus cd.

This CD is a Roky`s best-and every good man should have something of his musical output!!

We have band members ranging from 22 to 60 years old.

Hi! We're a band from Indianapolis started by two friends while drinking and watching the movie "Midnight Madness". Eddie Deezen plays the leader of a nerd scooter gang in the movie. Being fans of Eddie's other work as well (in addition to being a little bit nerdy ourselves), we decided to name the band DEEZEN. We actually have Eddie Deezen's blessings upon our band name and pen pal with Eddie about what the band is doing, ect. We love the garage, rock and roll, and early punk sounds of the 60's, 70's, and early 80's. We play originals and a few covers here and there of songs we like by the Sonics, the Pagans, the Cramps, the Kinks, Link Wray, Saucers, and so on. Glad to be part of a community of like minded people. We have a recording on our profile page if you want to check it out!

Cheers! - Rev. Dr. Doomtone of DEEZEN

Also, the Kissettes's back band is the Nomads.  "The Kissettes A' Go-Go" is a pretty good single. (but it's pricey now!!!)

And Robert Johnson And Punchdrunks is(was) a rockin' inst band.  They have some good tunes!

 
John Battles said:

You're right. The Nomads did a single , included in Next Big Thing Magazine , in the Late 80's , as The Screaming Dizbusters. Of course , they covered "Next Big Thing" . "Yeh , I knocked 'em dead in Dallas. They did'nt know we were Swedes.".
 
kopper said:

Aren't the Screaming Dizbusters actually the Nomads? Thought I read that somewhere before (never heard 'em, though)...

whatwave dave said:

Here's a few more......The Creeps (1st 2 LP's only), Union Carbide Productions, Backdoor Men, Wilmer X, Shoutless, Wayward Souls, Bottle Ups, Cornflake Zoo, Livingstones, HighSpeed V, Screaming Dizbusters...and there's lots more.

Wow, I totally forgot about the Manikins. Agreed. Great band!

The Manikins, 1st album is really good. later stuff is pretty much the same as the hives

Thee Gravemen - good trashy two-man band.

Can't talk Swedish garage without mentioning The Hellacopters and The Hives.

Hey, that's well cool!  I'll give it a good listen in a while.
 
Veit Rausch said:

The Nomads.. of course!

but all in all I prefer something like on this sampler:

http://oogatjackatapes.bandcamp.com/album/pickled-herring-punk

The Nomads.. of course!

but all in all I prefer something like on this sampler:

http://oogatjackatapes.bandcamp.com/album/pickled-herring-punk

That's the spirit!

"The Young Animals" "The Cycle Savages" (I think.) - The Orphan Egg. Insanely underrated Garage -Psych band that released one great album.They reformed , recently , and are on You Tube. I don't know how many original members are involved , but , if ya likes screamin' guitars.....

Like most bands I like, the first recordings are the best and the early German, leather clad Beatles were great as they ripped off American rock-n-roll just as the first few Stones records were brilliant as they ripped off American blues and rock-n-roll.  The issue for me stems from the later recordings of both bands.  Not a fan of anything after Some Girls or Revolver, but i'm a snob.  The Stones remind me of a really successful athlete who stays around past his prime and embarrasses him/herself as their skills diminish.  Thankfully Yoko came and broke up the Beatles before they became Wings. 

Pulled double duty for the final time (for a while at least) filling in for the Folk/Blues show and my radio program Revolution Rock. 

Download Revolution Blues (Some Folks Get The Blues Fill-In) here:
http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/536-Some_Folks_Get_The_Blues-20120529-0900-t1338278400.mp3

Download Revolution Rock here:

http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20120529-1030-t1338283800.mp3

Check out this weeks blog post on the Punk/Power Pop single Danger Love by The Vice Creems produced by Mick Jones of The Clash: 
http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2012/05/vice-creems-danger-love-show-406.html

The play list(s):

Revolution Blues

1.  Tim Harden – Black Sheep Boy
2.  Dan Vacon – My Scene’s Better Than Your Scene
3.  Sumner Brothers – Big Rock Candy Mountain
4.  Ray Condo & The Hard Rock Goners – Rock Island Line
5.  Stingin’ Hornets – Hornet Hive Hop
6.  Billy Childs - Call Me Shorty
7.  Bobby Allen – Mean Woman Blues
8.  Bloodshot Bill – Rattle My Brain
9. Henry Priestman - Did I Fight The Punk Wars For This?
10. Kris Kristofferson – Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
11. Jack White – Blunderbuss
12. Buster Brown – Doctor Brown
13. Peppermint Harris – Wait Until It Happens To You
14. Wilbert Harrison – Kansas City
15. Chuck Berry – Things I Used To Do
16. The Ten Commandments – Not True
17. Reigning Sound – Watching My Baby
18. Ry Cooder – El Corrido De Jesse James
19. The Smiths – Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
20. Ed Kuepper – Car Headlights
21. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – The Long Shadow
22. Matthew Barber - Got That Lonesome Feeling On My Mind
23. Long Distance Runners - Election Day
24. Maps & Atlases - Remote & Dark Years
25. Alex Chilton – Alligator Man
26. The Clash – Lonesome Me

Revolution Rock

27. Crash 80s – Waiting For The Heat
28. The Dream Dates – The Mess You’re In
29. B-Girls – “B” Side
30. Thee Oh Sees – Heavy Doctor
31. Long Weekends – Quarter Sticks 
32. Lollipop Shoppe – You Must Be A Witch
33. Sam The Sham & The Pharrohs – Ain’t Gonna Move
34. Spacecraft 7 – Santa Domingo
35. New Kind of Mambo – New Kind of Mambo
36. Wavves – In The Sand (Live)
37. Thrush Hermit – Hated It
38. Hater – Down Undershoe
39. The Soles – Candles
40. The Visitors – Sad TV
41. Rich Kids – Ghosts of Princes In Towers
42. Nick Lowe – So It Goes
43. Bonus Boys – Wasting Our Time
44. The Testors – Time Is Mine 
45. U2 – Streetmission
46. Vice Creems – Like A Tiger
47. Vice Creems – Danger Love 
48. The Bell Peppers – Bell Pepper Hop
49. Link Wray – Dueces Wild

Here's why not:

HOW THE BEATLES DESTROYED ROCK'N'ROLL

Great read.

cool!!

SLC #8 is online!!!

have a good time listening.

cheers

D.D.