can anyone give us a potted history of the bands that flew the garage flag through out the wilderness years?

maybe break it down to early/late 80s and early/late 90s with suggested singles or albums.

beyond the gories, mummies and eternal stalwart billy childish my knowledge is a little lacking in this area.

Most hated song ever is 'Hotel California by the Eagles'. Next up is 'Simply the best by Tina Turne'r.

 When I am forced to listen to evil nasty top 40 radio I substitute the word 'WANK' for the main verb in the song. Elton John's 'I'm still standing' becomes 'I'm still Wanking'. Mick Jagger and David Bowie's 'Dancin in the Streets' becomes 'Wanking in the Streets'  Wham's 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go' Becomes 'Wank Me Off Before You Go Go' etc..

It passes the time.

Lions do a great cover of girl from the north country

Not sure if you will like the music but video great!

Try this for a bit of colour!

really great band.

Check out Glenn Prangnell's top-notch work here:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=graysbrooke&aq=f

Particularly the Paul Messis and Groovy Uncle clips - inspired genius!

I have a two-register Farf for sale if someone is interested.

The Nord is about it so far, but I think there is a new digital Hammond coming out (SK1?) that will also have Vox sounds. I play a Hammond XK1 and it has an almost-but-not-quite voxy preset.

I've tried a couple of cheap old combos from E-bay but there's the question of reliabliaty and/or cost to service them

A Solton Turbo rotary for me - a lot cheaper than a lesley and louder too....

Hey listen professor, you know I don't have my math together ;) the fastest refernce I had at hand was the Ventures.

Original song/theme: Haven't looked into it, but I don't guess so. It sounds way polished.

I'm guilty of taking this one off topic, sorry everyone!

kopper said:

Yeah, the Ventures covered the Hawaii Five-0 theme, which was composed by Morton Stevens.

Does the new series use the Ventures' version?

Mardy Pune said:

Huh? Haven't you seen the original series?

IDON MINE said:

Ha! TV's got it's lucky days when it comes to music ;)

 

Besides, I'm still kinda weirded out by that use of the Ventures tune on the Hawaii Five-0 show, but I'm happy to hear it anyhow.

Sure did! Just weirded out in a good way to see this new show have that old style tune on it. Figured they would go with something like New Republic ;)

Mardy Pune said:

Huh? Haven't you seen the original series?

IDON MINE said:

Ha! TV's got it's lucky days when it comes to music ;)

 

Besides, I'm still kinda weirded out by that use of the Ventures tune on the Hawaii Five-0 show, but I'm happy to hear it anyhow.

Yeah, the Ventures covered the Hawaii Five-0 theme, which was composed by Morton Stevens.

Does the new series use the Ventures' version?

Mardy Pune said:

Huh? Haven't you seen the original series?

IDON MINE said:

Ha! TV's got it's lucky days when it comes to music ;)

 

Besides, I'm still kinda weirded out by that use of the Ventures tune on the Hawaii Five-0 show, but I'm happy to hear it anyhow.

Huh? Haven't you seen the original series?

IDON MINE said:

Ha! TV's got it's lucky days when it comes to music ;)

 

Besides, I'm still kinda weirded out by that use of the Ventures tune on the Hawaii Five-0 show, but I'm happy to hear it anyhow.

I hate to admit this, but I went through a brief phase of being addicted to 90210.  Still, nice to hear a band got some exposure on a popular teen show.

I saw this and I got excited.  I don't know why, it isn't like it will really happen.

http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2011/05/riot-fest-hints-at-misfits-with-glenn.html

Riot Fest hints at MISFITS with GLENN DANZIG reunion show

Glenn Danzig / The Misfits

Riot Fest has been hinting all afternoon about a possible Misfits reunion with Glenn Danzig. Stay tuned to Riot Fest, as they will announce the full lineup next month.

Oh, I beg to differ! The "Girls in the Garage" comp series has tons of great '60s girl garage trash. So does "Girls Go Zonk."

Anela Go-Go said:

unfortunately, there weren't too many good girl groups from the 60s.
but who has a podcast with just good 60s girls garage?

The Kingsmen "Money" / "Bent Scepter".  Absolutely rocks, brings the house down!

Not garage as such but I got an ep by the Searchers. Its got' Farmer John' on it which is a cracking track! I also got 'Meet the Dakotas' ep with The Cruel Sea which is a brilliant insrtumental.

I'm after 'Mogambo' by Sounds Incorporated.

Ditto The Plagues!! Boy, wotta top cut!! Would happily sacrifice a vital organ for a SET of Miramar Dovers singles!! Fave 45 I own may well be my German pic sleeve issue of 'Wars Or Hands Of Time'/'Undecided' by The Masters Apprentices, or the multitude of 'You're Gonna Miss Me' [Elevators] variants including German art sleeve, Canadian and US Contact. Most expensive [and therefore most treasured] so far is 'Someone To Love'/'Free Advice' by The Great!! Society on Autumn subsidiary, North Beach. However, this could all change tomorrow...!

Alright I'm scanning through old topics and I know it's probably useless to reply to such an old post but I believe that's an Electro Voice mic. RE15 I think.

The Chesterfield Kings are a great band, but it doesn't surprise me that they can be pricks.  I've never met Gregg Prevost, but I can tell from looking at him that he just lives in his own world.

I too subscribe to Sirius:)  I love Handsome Dick Manitoba, and I like Kim Fowley too, even though he comes off as such a creep.

Rob Filardo said:

i don't hate the UG, i just still have some bitterness b/c of that whole Kings Krap.. Little Steven has the right idea, and his guest DJ's on his satellite shows are cool(Kim Fowley, Andrew Oldham, etc)

and, despite the fact that i am not a Chesterfield Kings, i'm still friends with Paul Morabito.

FYI - Rick Cona and i used to play together in a band called The Veins(w/ex-Uncle Sam singer Dave Gentner)

...and Paulie Rocco(R.I.P.) and i, along with 'Frantic' Frank Deblase, used to play together in The White Devils.

The kings can still put on a good show but overall, i don't have a high opinion of them personally.

i don't hate the UG, i just still have some bitterness b/c of that whole Kings Krap.. Little Steven has the right idea, and his guest DJ's on his satellite shows are cool(Kim Fowley, Andrew Oldham, etc)

and, despite the fact that i am not a Chesterfield Kings, i'm still friends with Paul Morabito.

FYI - Rick Cona and i used to play together in a band called The Veins(w/ex-Uncle Sam singer Dave Gentner)

...and Paulie Rocco(R.I.P.) and i, along with 'Frantic' Frank Deblase, used to play together in The White Devils.

The kings can still put on a good show but overall, i don't have a high opinion of them personally.

Glad to hear that too:)  Again, my condolences for getting blacklisted from the UG.

Rob Filardo said:

 

oh and we were never blacklisted in Rochester, just from Miami Steve's show and the House of Guitars(probably lol)

Thanks for telling us your side of the story:)  BTW, I was real happy for you guys when you did get some airplay on the UG.  I also still listen to your garage pop releases on occasion.  Please don't hold it against me for still listening to the UG.

Rob Filardo said:

well part of that story is true. i played bass/farfisa for the Priests. our singer did kick the shit out of Paul Morabito of the kings(and Moviees)at a Creation show at the Mohawk Place in Buffalo, but even Paul now admits he deserved it.

the song Little Steven played on his show from our Get Hip release, 'Tall Tales' was called 'MORE" and it was part of a weekly or so feature on Miami Steve's show called 'Coolest Song Of The Week' or something...andy from the kings apparently ALLEGEDLY filled Miami Steve's brain with all sorts of nastiness about us saying we're no good, etc, we beat up his guitarist, etc....kind of like going to the high school principal...and well, we were blacklisted from that radio program.

 

oh and my other band The Quitters wrote an anti-kings song called 'Monkee Suit which wasn't played much at the Babiuk household.

 

the Cavestomp story is totally accurate, unbelievable, and fucking hilarious even to me! :)

 

we went on to do some US touring, Las Vegas Shakedown, SXSW, and a European tour in 2005. after that, we split up and i have no idea where anyone is. i'm still stuck in Rochester.

MikeL said:

I thought so, because I heard a story through the grapevine that one of the members got into a fight with one of the Chesterfield Kings, and that got them blacklisted.  I don't know if the blacklist applied to certain clubs, or just to CK gigs, or the whole city of Rochester.  

 

I saw them for the last time in late 2004, when they shared a bill with the Cynics at Rosebud, a now defunct club.  Their lead singer and I swapped some stories about the festival at Randall's Island, and he also told me how the band begged Gregg Kostelich to sign them to get them some airplay on the Underground Garage.  They did get their CD released on Get Hip a few months later, and one of their songs was named "Coolest Song in the World" at the time of the release...then Gregg and Little Steven had their falling out, and that was the end of the Priests getting any airplay on the UG.  I felt really bad for them.

 

 

 

 

Hideout Admin said:

I have "Tall Tales" on Get Hip. It's not bad. I played three or four of those songs on my old radio show, The Wayback Machine, a few times. And yeah, they were from Rochester.

Ken said:

I remember them...  I never saw them, but I really liked the two CDs on garage pop.  I remember wishing that those had come out on vinyl...