Haha, right, the fact that the Dirtbombs did it brings it up on my radar, there's nothing bad with that I think. Two scenarios apply:

A) I would not hear of it, if it was another band, cause I'm slow that way and would possilby pick it up years later when I come across it in a yard sale. Because: I like the connection of electronic beats and handmade beats and would check it out.

B) I'm basically open to that kind of experiment, be it a fail or a win, to speak in internet lingo. So, it would be on my radar anyhow, popularity enhancing it or not. Just a matter of finding it then :)

Go for the "weird" stuff (in whatever context), yes. I'm still waiting for Mick to go all Funk, like he said he would some time ago. Now that would be boring to 92% of ... hmmm, everyone.

Sounds stoopid to me.

It's not just because it's the Dirtbombs that I'm paying attention, there is a history of bands with punk roots mixing dance beats of various styles with guitars. It doesn't always work but Gang of Four, Delta 5, Public Image, Cabaret Voltaire, The Fall and many others have all produced great music by mixing things up a bit.

kopper said:

The song posted above sounds like someone trying to learn guitar over a techno backbeat, at least at the beginning. Then later on it sounds like disco, then back to meandering guitar that goes nowhere. I find it quite tiresome and annoying. There's no ROLL to it. Like a continuous buildup but no climax. I mean, what's next? Hand claps? I usually try to listen to things a few times before giving any opinions, but in this case, I'm with Teenfink.

Also, consider this: Would you be paying ANY attention to this if you didn't know it was the Dirtbombs?
Mike Humsgreen said:

I don't know much about techno but because they are using actual instruments to do the covers, it just sound like a jazzy instrumental. The redigitized stuff on scion just sounds like someone shat on my speaker.

I get the idea of using guitars to play computer music, the Dirtbombs have done it before covering Soft Cell. I don't think Mick Collins is doing it to get a reaction or to piss anyone off, it seems he's genuinely interested in doing something different and stretching what he can do with a regularish band format. And from what I've heard so far of Party Store I like the results. It reminds me a bit of Can and Neu!

The Scion remixes seem a bit pointless though in that they've just turnd it back into more or less the same techno tunes they were originally.

The song posted above sounds like someone trying to learn guitar over a techno backbeat, at least at the beginning. Then later on it sounds like disco, then back to meandering guitar that goes nowhere. I find it quite tiresome and annoying. There's no ROLL to it. Like a continuous buildup but no climax. I mean, what's next? Hand claps? I usually try to listen to things a few times before giving any opinions, but in this case, I'm with Teenfink.

Also, consider this: Would you be paying ANY attention to this if you didn't know it was the Dirtbombs?
Mike Humsgreen said:

I don't know much about techno but because they are using actual instruments to do the covers, it just sound like a jazzy instrumental. The redigitized stuff on scion just sounds like someone shat on my speaker.

I don't know much about techno but because they are using actual instruments to do the covers, it just sound like a jazzy instrumental. The redigitized stuff on scion just sounds like someone shat on my speaker.

fuuuuuuck... are you guys HIGH? i got about a minute and a half into that song and had to turn it off. it (like most techno or *RALPH* "UK GARAGE") is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. and if that makes me a "garage purist" then so be it.

PASS.

I ain't know dadgum purist, but I'm not a big techno fan and it's taking me some time to warm up to this one. Downloaded it from eMusic yesterday.

ACE for real! I think it's hothothot and I'm as cool with it as a fridge in the ARCTIC wastelands! A freaking amazing album if you ask me. Dirtbombs are never wrong.

Paul Cooper said:

Purists of any sort miss out on all kinds of good shit.

Mon Slav Chaos said:

I guess, I'm not a purist.

Tied in with that are the (Scion sponsored) techno remixes of Ditbombs songs that were announced two days ago. Here is the press release with links to free downloads:

The Dirtbombs, the venerable Detroit garage outfit formed by Mick Collins, will be the next entry in Scion A/V's ongoing remix series. While the project intitally seems at odds with The Dirtbombs' oft-traditional blend of garage, punk, and soul, the new album marks a stylistic departure for the band, paying homage to the diversity of their hometown with a collection of classic Detroit Techno covers. Scion A/V, long proponents of both the garage rock and Detroit techno scenes, are commemorating the effort by releasing an EP of techno remixes of The Dirtbombs' covers, along with a booklet of stories by Collins about his youth in Detroit, his first exposure to Detroit techno at parties in 1982, and, most surprisingly, his forays into making dance records before forming the massively influential garage band The Gories, which his name would soon become synonymous with.

 

Opening with the classic 1981 A Number of Names single "Sharevari", recontextualized through both theDirtbombs' and ubiquitous Detroit house DJ Omar S's filters. Then, handclaps and heavily delayed guitar lines signal the intro to techno collective Ectomorph's remix of the band's take on Knights of the Jaguar's classic 1999 single "Jaguar". The third and final remix, of Innerzone Orchestra's "Bug in the Bassbin", is a gritty facelift by Kyle Hall, the 19-year-old prodigy already being praised by the likes of XLR8R and many others as the new face of Detroit techno. Closing out the collection is the original Dirtbombs version of "Sharevari".

 

 

Scion A/V Remix: The Dirtbombs tracklisting:

1. Sharevari (Omar S Remix)

2. Jaguar (Ectomorph Remix)

3. Bug In The Bassbin (Kyle Hall Remix)

4. Sharevari (Original Dirtbombs Version)

 

 

 

Stream and download Scion A/V Remix: The Dirtbombs here:

Stream: http://soundcloud.com/scionav/sets/scion-a-v-remix-the-dirtbombs

Download: http://scionav.com/thedirtbombs   

 

Watch the trailer here: http://vimeo.com/18965404

 

To see the video for The Dirtbombs' cover of "Sharevari" that came out last month as part of the latest installment of the Scion A/V Video series click here: http://vimeo.com/15623513

 

 

Purists of any sort miss out on all kinds of good shit.

Mon Slav Chaos said:

I guess, I'm not a purist.

I guess, I'm not a purist.

Can't be complete without I WAnna Be Your Boyfriend. 

gary us bonds  - i wanna holler(but the town´s too small)

the gizmoes     - muff divin

garnet mimms - as long as i have you

fontella bass - rescue me

charles sheffield - it´s your voodoo working

sons of cyrus      -  downtown

Biram will be at the Casbah on the 17th, for any San Diego/SoCal people.

Chad said:

Scott H. Biram

also

Rev Beat Man

 

Hasil Adkins the crazy rocker!!! Some other lonely rockers I like are

Urban Junior

King Automatic

Ty Segall

King Louie One Man Band

and from my from my own country Dead Elvis and His One Man Grave offcourse!!!

Where are the one-girl bands?

bbq

bob log3

seasick steve

the lonesome organist

and i also dig the venus flytrap one girl band

Cause it's like breathin air: You cannot NOT!!

Seriously, Dan Kroha (The Gories, Demolition Doll Rods....) is like ripping with this outfit, love his singing, love the playing. It's just all awesome. Songs like "medicine cabinett" and "Mink Dagger" are Killer. naturally, I can't wait for more from them. No matter how long it takes.

What do you think? Join in the choir??

I love the first Clash album, and the second one had great moments ("Safe European Home" is one of my favorite Clash songs), but it wasn't as good as the first.  I have mixed feelings about "London Calling," but it does have another favorite song of mine, "Death or Glory."

I thought it was interesting how Johnny Ramone would acknowledge the Clash as the only band equal to the Ramones in "End of the Century."  

Over the past ten or so years, I've gotten into a number of both all female bands and female fronted bands, along with a few female artists, and I would just like to know which ones are your favorites.  This can include the whole history of rock'n'roll, from Wanda Jackson to the Shangri Las to Janis Joplin to the Runaways, etc.

Here are my favorites, in order of preference...

Manda and the Marbles

The Pipettes

The Cocktail Slippers

The Charms

The Holograms

The Paybacks

The Runaways

Les Hell on Heels

The Gore Gore Girls

Vibeke Saugestad

Suzi Quattro

The Donnas

Rose Elinore Dougall (Former Pipette)

What a fuckin' evening!  Bet you wish you had a video camera at the time!

Pat said:

I'm a big fan of Guitar Wolf,

While i was on tour in japan, we went to see Guitar Wolf backstage before their show in tokyo on the first night there, we meet the Foo Fighters guys in the audience and make fun of Dave Grohl.

Days after that we went to restaurant with Seiji and the manager after  an other Guitar wolf show  ! nice chat about a french version of "Jet boy jet girl" and the manager went out completly drunk !

 

I'm a big fan of Guitar Wolf,

While i was on tour in japan, we went to see Guitar Wolf backstage before their show in tokyo on the first night there, we meet the Foo Fighters guys in the audience and make fun of Dave Grohl.

Days after that we went to restaurant with Seiji and the manager after  an other Guitar wolf show  ! nice chat about a french version of "Jet boy jet girl" and the manager went out completly drunk !

Here's hoping...

Heather Drain said:

I'm seriously hoping this is only temporary since Radioblivion was one of the very first podcast I heard from Garagepunk. Sometimes creative folks just need a break.

THEE WYLDE OSCARS !!!

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