I concur!  CHEERS Paul!

Paul Messis said:

Guys.... shameless self promotion here... But I feel my sounds are pretty good NEW garage.

www.paulmessis.moonfruit.com.... on arsebook too.

Paul

Hi John,

what you said bout the Nervebreakers is absolutly true-do you have their live cd with (good-ole)ROKY ERICKSON.WONDERFULL!!!Live in Dallas ´79-perhaps Rokys best live cd ever.Superb......no more to say!
 
John Battles said:

I'm not hearing much , personally. Wait , did I already answer this ? If not ,Sons of Hercules (Around roughly 20 years , tho' , and I do mean roughly.) , Ugly Beats , Velveteen Loveseat , The Dyes (Rockabilly meets Garage by way of The Cramps and Wanda Jacksonmeets the eternally great , but , public interest could go spiraling into oblivion , AGAIN ,  due to people thinking they're the ONLY band of their kind , The Sonics ,  and no longer obscure Rockabilly covers - tho' no one else will DO most of 'em.) , Woggles , ? and The Mysterians , New Colony Six , Alarm Clocks , Remains , Kenny and The Kasuals (On a good night.) , Love Me Nots (Tho' not all of their most recent stuff.) , Wooly Bandits ( Ditto.) , Nervebreakers ( Too garage for The Punk Scene , Too Punk for The Garage Scene. What higher praise do you need?) Eve and The Exiles (Austin , Blues / Garage Rock'n'Roll. Ex - members of Sir Douglas Quintet and Neurotic Sheep.), Gories , Msr. Jeffrey Evans , and probably some other cool stuff.

Guys.... shameless self promotion here... But I feel my sounds are pretty good NEW garage.

www.paulmessis.moonfruit.com.... on arsebook too.

Paul

I think you mean "Ugly Things" magazine. Also check out bands on Soundflat Records in Germany for a good mix of new European bands.

Duke Of Earl said:

It's hard to keep out of the past because I generally like old bands better(even the obsurities) but I figure the more current bands, the more live shows. Do the Nervebreakers, and Remains still play live. That would get me out. With the Ugly Beats it appears your referring to the band, though I really liked the magazine. I would want to read more of those. I can tell that you have similar interest in wild rock bands.

-StayCool

It's hard to keep out of the past because I generally like old bands better(even the obsurities) but I figure the more current bands, the more live shows. Do the Nervebreakers, and Remains still play live. That would get me out. With the Ugly Beats it appears your referring to the band, though I really liked the magazine. I would want to read more of those. I can tell that you have similar interest in wild rock bands.

-StayCool

John Battles said:

I'm not hearing much , personally. Wait , did I already answer this ? If not ,Sons of Hercules (Around roughly 20 years , tho' , and I do mean roughly.) , Ugly Beats , Velveteen Loveseat , The Dyes (Rockabilly meets Garage by way of The Cramps and Wanda Jacksonmeets the eternally great , but , public interest could go spiraling into oblivion , AGAIN ,  due to people thinking they're the ONLY band of their kind , The Sonics ,  and no longer obscure Rockabilly covers - tho' no one else will DO most of 'em.) , Woggles , ? and The Mysterians , New Colony Six , Alarm Clocks , Remains , Kenny and The Kasuals (On a good night.) , Love Me Nots (Tho' not all of their most recent stuff.) , Wooly Bandits ( Ditto.) , Nervebreakers ( Too garage for The Punk Scene , Too Punk for The Garage Scene. What higher praise do you need?) Eve and The Exiles (Austin , Blues / Garage Rock'n'Roll. Ex - members of Sir Douglas Quintet and Neurotic Sheep.), Gories , Msr. Jeffrey Evans , and probably some other cool stuff.

I'm not hearing much , personally. Wait , did I already answer this ? If not ,Sons of Hercules (Around roughly 20 years , tho' , and I do mean roughly.) , Ugly Beats , Velveteen Loveseat , The Dyes (Rockabilly meets Garage by way of The Cramps and Wanda Jacksonmeets the eternally great , but , public interest could go spiraling into oblivion , AGAIN ,  due to people thinking they're the ONLY band of their kind , The Sonics ,  and no longer obscure Rockabilly covers - tho' no one else will DO most of 'em.) , Woggles , ? and The Mysterians , New Colony Six , Alarm Clocks , Remains , Kenny and The Kasuals (On a good night.) , Love Me Nots (Tho' not all of their most recent stuff.) , Wooly Bandits ( Ditto.) , Nervebreakers ( Too garage for The Punk Scene , Too Punk for The Garage Scene. What higher praise do you need?) Eve and The Exiles (Austin , Blues / Garage Rock'n'Roll. Ex - members of Sir Douglas Quintet and Neurotic Sheep.), Gories , Msr. Jeffrey Evans , and probably some other cool stuff.

I knew I should have bookmarked the website I saw announcing the reissue of The Gizmos split with Dow Jones & The Industrials "Hoosier Hysteria." Early this year I was on a website that said the record would be repressed by, what I believe was, this past October. I have been unable to track down any confirmation of that.

I was excited that it would be out on vinyl, not CD.

http://www.slippytown.com/gizmos.htm  Seems to be the go-to site for The Gizmos, but nothing on the Hoosier album.

Anyone know if this is actually in the works or out already?

You don't want to put stuff in the boot of a Mini; it gets wet! Mind you, stuff gets wet on the floor too, best just put it all on the seats.... the old Ludwig kit - bass drum, floor tom/rack tom (inside it - top skins only) went on the back seat, cymbals on top of bass drum, snare on top of that, suitacase full of things on the front seat, hi-hat sand and big boom cymbal stand on floor in back.

I'd quite like another Mini.....

I recently picked up a 1963 Silvertone Head/Cab and a Fender Esquire w/ a hot 50s pickup, and a Colorsound OverDriver. This set up can take me from 60s Stones to 72 at Madison Square Garden. The pickup almost makes the Esquire sound like a Les Paul Jr with more twang.

It balances out nicely with my SG and Traynor. Though I have modded my Traynor so it combines elements of Vox, Marshall, and Hiwatt. For any kind of gritty rock it can't be beat. I use a modded DOD 250 and LPB-1 at times too. Any crude transistor based pedal and a tube amp will get you great rock tones from fuzzed out Black Keys to stringy twangy Black Lips and everything in between.

cool

Hell YEAH-great stuff.THIS is R´n´R-history.

Best clubs for R´n´R shows?? Hafenklang,Grosse Freiheit in Hamburg or Paradiso(Amsterdam).Wild at Heart and SO36 in Berlin.

chuckle

Even better.

You should be able to buy the DVD from J. Michael McCarthy (Guerrilla Monster films). Try emailing him: mike@guerrillamonsterfilms.com

http://www.guerrillamonster.com/movies/sore_losers/index.html

Thanks for posting!  I have never seen the film but I have the soundtrack on vinyl. I do not know where to stream unfortunately.

know any sites to stream this movie?

A better experiment might be to buy a cheap speaker for your current amp to modify into Swiss-cheese. Smaller inexpensive amps tend to distort all on their lonesome. A franken-speaker in yer gigin' amp may give you a better idea when played at gig volume. Link Wray use ta' poke holes in his speakers and keep the volume ALL the way up.

Jamie said:

Cool choices. Have you ever tried the infamous "poke holes in your amp" trick? I haven't yet, but one of these days I'm going to get a small amp and try it out. I heard that Dave Davies had a small amp that he then ran through Vox AC30 I believe. If I could find a small cheap amp I would try it.

Scratch that. it's been resecheduled AGAIN for the 8th instead. What a network.

Andy Seven said:

"Oil City Confidential" will be on the Documentary Channel this coming Wednesday, December 7th. Hot diggity dawg.

'When You Find Out' may well be one of my all time favorite pop tunes. Here's another:

Gotta check out this video by Just Jeffery (of Tranzmitors) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2I71e3mwl0

Well , living in the Midwest , I've had the stuff coming outof my ears. Not a big fan , and not a big hater , you know. The stuff that's too twee or too derivative of The Beatles , and/ ot helium - addled , I could'nt get behind. Maybe I'm uptight , but , guys who sound like girls (With a few exceptions.) put me off my food. i LIKE  tHE ROMANTICS , NOT EVERYTHING THEY EVER DID. tHEIR FIRST FEW RECORDS HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD MOMENTS , AND THEIR SORT OF RECENT LP (Recent as in about 8 - 10 years ago.) with Clem Burke is VERY good. If you go see The Romantics , chances are Clem Burke is actually Brad Elvis. Not that he's trying to pass , but , he's got that "Clem Burke" style thing down. Burke sometimes gigs with them , but , more often than not , Brad Elvis , who has always resembled a younger , skinnier , Clem Burke (I don't mean for the whole of his music career !) , will be at the kit , and you know what ? You won't mind. HMMMMMMMM Some of my faves ....

Roy Loney _ Sorry.  

Kings - First LP , LIVE 85 CD.  

Artful Dodger - 4 ALBUMS , ALL WITH GOOD MOMENTS.

Telefones - Sign of The Times , The Ballad of Jerry Godzilla , Let's Go Bowling , She's in Love With The Rolling Stones.....

Explosives - Like 'em across the board , but Power Pop afficianados will especially like  "A Girl Like You". One of my favorites is "Summer Come" , which has more Punk edge , UFO , Headhunter , other stuff.

Flamin' Groovies - I will be executed as a heretic , but I don't dig on the Chris Wilson stuff that much , except the very early recordings , as featured on Skydog boots and Norton's "Slow Death". Sure , I like "Shake Some Action" and a couple of Beatle - era Groovies tunes , like "You Tore Me Down" , "Yeah My Baby " is all right , too.

Piper - both albums , the first a bit more.

Is Max Webster considered Power Pop by some ? They're kinda nutty.

Tremblers - Appearing Nightly LP (w/ Peter Noone.)

Trolley (90's , oughts , w/Paul Wall from The Exotics.)

Lava Sutra ( 90's. Chicago did not deserve this great band , which they'd take for granted at a moment's notice.)  

Plimsouls - Whom I like , to a point  (Also probably heresy). I saw them once , really liked them, and decided I'd see them again if I ever had the chance. Had my chance , 25 years later , and the tix were one dollar for each of those 25 YEARS . Sorry , bit too rich for my blood , as only a casual fan , today. Not knockin' 'em. I'm sure I missed out , but , my Brother and I saw the band in their heyday for about one - third of that , each , and saw The Telefones and Robin Lane and The  Chartbusters (The last band , Split Enz , got rained out. They did one song , which we heard them playing on the radio on our way home.) .

Comateens (70's , 80's NYC. Bigger in France.)

MMM - Modettes.

You know , there were many bands in the 70's and early 80's that I conveniently called "Punk Pop". Unlike the latter day "POP - Punk" stuff , these bands , invariably , did'nt feature lead singers who sounded like four year olds who'd developed extremely runny noses and had pissed their pants , besides.  

I mean , bands like The Buzzcocks (Naturally.) , Boys , Lurkers , Dickies , Wreckless Eric ( OK , he's not a band , but , tell HIM that.) , Vibrators , Pleazers , Quick , Rezillos / Revillos , Plastic Bertrand ( I mean the Sire LP.) , eLTON mOTELLO (tHE POOR MAN'S PLASTIC bERTRAND?)....

 REAL KIDS (Maybe not Punk Pop , as such , but plenty Punk with enough Pop.). 

Check out Vancouver's 'Vicious Cycles' 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J1JBuckGs0