well, there is like 3 ways to play an E7 and I know three ways to play an E9. It's just the fact that you have to do a little work to get the right sound. hey, I sound like a lazy guitar player! lol But no, when you add in all those variations and there's several chords going on it can take a minute to figure out. I get bored of that after a while and just make my own music... But it's cool to see all that great stuff on that site. Shake Revard said:

"wish it had some notes on if they should be barre chords, etc.
seems you have to toy with them..."


yeah, sometimes an "e" isn't a normal first position chord (i guess that's correct terminology) or barre chord. it might be some weird variation like an E7 or E9.

Good luck!

yes...webrock.free.fr is cool but it can't help me finding how to play an E or and A in this or that piece of music. Generally for me is not a problem finding what chords play in a piece. but i play them ALL in a barrè style cause is the only one i know.

"wish it had some notes on if they should be barre chords, etc.
seems you have to toy with them..."


yeah, sometimes an "e" isn't a normal first position chord (i guess that's correct terminology) or barre chord. it might be some weird variation like an E7 or E9.

Good luck!

yeah. that's the best source i've found too. wish it had some notes on if they should be barre chords, etc. seems you have to toy with them... great stuff for oblivian/gories fans fo sho. Shake Revard said:

Forgive my belated reply:
I wish that when I'd started learning to play guitar, there'd been some Link Wray tab book available. It seems criminal there still isn't one around.
I recommend the Chuck Berry tab book published by Hal Leonard. The 50s Decade series tab books by Hal Leonard are also cool. They tipped me off to different chord positions that I was unfamiliar with.

Finally, here's a good online tab resource for garagepunk and related genres.
http://webrock.free.fr/

Forgive my belated reply: I wish that when I'd started learning to play guitar, there'd been some Link Wray tab book available. It seems criminal there still isn't one around. I recommend the Chuck Berry tab book published by Hal Leonard. The 50s Decade series tab books by Hal Leonard are also cool. They tipped me off to different chord positions that I was unfamiliar with. Finally, here's a good online tab resource for garagepunk and related genres. http://webrock.free.fr/

yeah. let me get back to you later. got stuff to do b4 work. something i can tell you fast. Look at Koppers' page. He's got a slide show and one pic has "how to play punk." it's a joke but that will help you. Johnny Ramone played 99% of everything w/one Barrechord shape. for a solo he would just play one of a few of the strings by themselves w/out moving his whole hand! amazing how simple can sound so wonderful. also you tube Ramones you can find other people playing Ramones songs and that will help. it's not difficult. songs like Loudmouth have like 4 different chord changes tho. croatoa said:

Joenzy said:

yeah. "different voicings" means different sound pitchs. You mix them (chords; ways of playing the same chords) up, and you have a larger arsenal (more sounds) to pick from. It doesn't matter how much you know. It's what YOU like and what sounds good to YOU. Listen to the Velvet Underground. Very simple but it was the way Lou Reed played. Same with the stooges - very simple chord(s) but it was the way Ron Asheton played which is more difficult than just know a bunch of chords. Bo Diddley is amazing for that stuff on the 5th fret. he just pops his finger up and down. The same with the Kinks you get that jumping sound. Play that same stuff fast and break it up with the jumping sound
and you got the Ramones. Play Barre Chords up and dwn the neck and you got Nirvana. It's all style. Forgive my laymans terms as I am self taught except thru other street musicians...

yeah when i listen to the velvet underground, the stooges, the ramones i fell the difference by ear...but i don't know the technics to obtain the different sounds...and the tab in the web generally they're not complete or correct. do you know somewhere where i can find good tab (written like they REALLY played the piece)???

Joenzy said:

yeah. "different voicings" means different sound pitchs. You mix them (chords; ways of playing the same chords) up, and you have a larger arsenal (more sounds) to pick from. It doesn't matter how much you know. It's what YOU like and what sounds good to YOU. Listen to the Velvet Underground. Very simple but it was the way Lou Reed played. Same with the stooges - very simple chord(s) but it was the way Ron Asheton played which is more difficult than just know a bunch of chords. Bo Diddley is amazing for that stuff on the 5th fret. he just pops his finger up and down. The same with the Kinks you get that jumping sound. Play that same stuff fast and break it up with the jumping sound
and you got the Ramones. Play Barre Chords up and dwn the neck and you got Nirvana. It's all style. Forgive my laymans terms as I am self taught except thru other street musicians...

yeah. "different voicings" means different sound pitchs. You mix them (chords; ways of playing the same chords) up, and you have a larger arsenal (more sounds) to pick from. It doesn't matter how much you know. It's what YOU like and what sounds good to YOU. Listen to the Velvet Underground. Very simple but it was the way Lou Reed played. Same with the stooges - very simple chord(s) but it was the way Ron Asheton played which is more difficult than just know a bunch of chords. Bo Diddley is amazing for that stuff on the 5th fret. he just pops his finger up and down. The same with the Kinks you get that jumping sound. Play that same stuff fast and break it up with the jumping sound and you got the Ramones. Play Barre Chords up and dwn the neck and you got Nirvana. It's all style. Forgive my laymans terms as I am self taught except thru other street musicians... Jimmyspaz said:

croatoa said:

Joenzy said:

well, for proper finger positions "tab books" may or may not help. it's hurky lurky. hit or miss.
but, it's worth a shot looking into tabs - even on the net. maybe check into guitar pro. it's a music program that has tabs and you can follow it through. you will know when somebody doesn't tab something right.
but there's variations of different tabs so you gotta filter through them. another idea is to have a friend who can show you a couple of things or just by going to shows and watching people and maybe approaching them and ask a few questions...

yes...infact when i go to concerts (not only garage punk) sometimes i look at "strange" (for me) positions of chords and i say "why is doing this in that way????"...i usually use one position for ALL the chords moving my hand through the guitar...

Well different voicings of chords sound different, if you just slide power chords around they all have about the same tonality, I didn't really get into this a lot until I seriously started plying the blues, I learned a lot of "jazz" chords from T-Bone Walker and the like. Or Bobby "Blue" Bland's arrangement of "Stormy Monday",,,,,,

croatoa said:

Joenzy said:

well, for proper finger positions "tab books" may or may not help. it's hurky lurky. hit or miss.
but, it's worth a shot looking into tabs - even on the net. maybe check into guitar pro. it's a music program that has tabs and you can follow it through. you will know when somebody doesn't tab something right.
but there's variations of different tabs so you gotta filter through them. another idea is to have a friend who can show you a couple of things or just by going to shows and watching people and maybe approaching them and ask a few questions...

yes...infact when i go to concerts (not only garage punk) sometimes i look at "strange" (for me) positions of chords and i say "why is doing this in that way????"...i usually use one position for ALL the chords moving my hand through the guitar...

Joenzy said:

well, for proper finger positions "tab books" may or may not help. it's hurky lurky. hit or miss.
but, it's worth a shot looking into tabs - even on the net. maybe check into guitar pro. it's a music program that has tabs and you can follow it through. you will know when somebody doesn't tab something right.
but there's variations of different tabs so you gotta filter through them. another idea is to have a friend who can show you a couple of things or just by going to shows and watching people and maybe approaching them and ask a few questions...

Well 5 watts doesn't sound like much power but an old Fender Champ rocks!! I've seen Eric Clapton playing through one on stage too, just need a GOOD mike set-up for it. The best tone I've heard lately was a '53 Tele through a matching (came as a set) Champ. Not loud but magical tone, just turn both knobs all the way to the top and plug in, no pedals needed! As far as garage-punk tones on guitar I can't argue with any of the comments made here, I personally used the first couple of Ventures albums as texts for riffs, licks, and tunes. You can't go wrong with Nokie!! And another good band to listen to for garage style riffing is the McCoys, "Sloopy" is an all time classic and Rick Derringer's lead playing is great!!

well, for proper finger positions "tab books" may or may not help. it's hurky lurky. hit or miss. but, it's worth a shot looking into tabs - even on the net. maybe check into guitar pro. it's a music program that has tabs and you can follow it through. you will know when somebody doesn't tab something right. but there's variations of different tabs so you gotta filter through them. another idea is to have a friend who can show you a couple of things or just by going to shows and watching people and maybe approaching them and ask a few questions... croatoa said:

mmm, 5 watts seems too small...i'll try to find how expensive is a deville in italy (where i live)...

i...yes, i know how it sounds a garage band...but sometimes i have strange doubts about some kind of power chords or the right way to the positions for the solos (and how to create them)...but maybe it's only a matter of time and listening to...

do you still have the book?is there a miracolous possibility of a pdf somewhere in the web?

For solos try finding a book on traditional blues scales or 50's R'n'R this will will help a lot, I learnt guitar from a book called Traditional American folk music written in the early 60's, most of the music was from 30's to the late 40's, it helped to understand the roots of rock'n'roll, remember most garage bands started off playing a mix of 50's R'n'R and blues, then developed thier own sound out of that, good luck..... croatoa said:

mmm, 5 watts seems too small...i'll try to find how expensive is a deville in italy (where i live)...

i...yes, i know how it sounds a garage band...but sometimes i have strange doubts about some kind of power chords or the right way to the positions for the solos (and how to create them)...but maybe it's only a matter of time and listening to...

mmm, 5 watts seems too small...i'll try to find how expensive is a deville in italy (where i live)...

i...yes, i know how it sounds a garage band...but sometimes i have strange doubts about some kind of power chords or the right way to the positions for the solos (and how to create them)...but maybe it's only a matter of time and listening to...

Hi, there`s some moonster videos and fucking rock `n` roll in my podcast: http://moonster.rockandrollpod.com/wordpress/ you`re all invited to join the party!

Jan 18th

18.00-19.30 Lowcut Preburner - Guest DJ Nils from Doomed Denmark

Cola Freaks - live from LADES (17/1-2009)
Spids Nøgenhat - Udkoksning i 3 satser (Cinderella cover) (live from Stengade 30, 6/12-2008)
Guido & Maurizio de Angelis - Il Grande Racket (THE BIG RACKET)
Nico Fidenco - Emanuelle in America Sweet (EMANUELLE IN AMERICA)
Mario Migliardi - Matalo! (Theme song - single version in stereo) (MATALO!)
Franco Micalizzi - Folk and Violence (VIOLENT NAPLES)
Goblin - Suspiria (Main title) (SUSPIRIA)
Franco Micalizzi - Special Cop (ITALIA A MANO ARMATA)
Goblin - Buio Omega (Main title) (BEYOND THE DARKNESS)
Stelvio Cipriani - Small Town Pleasures (TENTACOLI)
Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
Angel Witch - Angel of Death
Church of Misery - Spahn Ranch
Amon Düül II - Eye Shacking King
Om - To the Shrinebuilder
Cola Freaks - live from LADES (17/1-2009)

19.30-20.30 Lowcut Classic with Jens

Magnetix - Real Man
Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
Under Al Kritik - Konflikter
Nobunny - I Am A Girlfriend
Baseball Furies - Arch Ememy
A.H. Kraken - Verschwende Deine Jügend
XTC - Meccanic Dancing
Masshysteri - Vår Del Af Stan
The Rebel - Iran's Nuclear Threat
Inmates - On The Dots
Hunches - Frustration Rocket
Terror Visions (Jay Reatard) - Today I Abused My Love
Christian Death - Spiritual Cramp
King Custer & The Magnetix - Nothing
Brats - Technology Baby
Digital Leather - Abrasion
High Tension Wires - Hibernate
The Freeze - I Hate Tourists
Bags - Survive

The Concussions - their Magic Fingers CD on Double Crown is a must have. There's 4 or 5 tracks off it on their myspace.

The Latest Ogga Boogas (from Melbourne) Record is pretty good, would be cool for your show!!

Just keep doing what you are doing. I love being introduced to old tunes I haven't heard before and that's what I like about Garage Punk!

Lemme know what you'd like to hear and I'll see what I can do. No promises.

We played with the Ettes a couple of times and managed to get a copy of that LP off em, and it really is a cracker, very raw with loads of fuzz face on the guitar and bass. This is used to deadly effect live, where they really shine I think. Its difficult to capture that live feel sometimes, but I think they do a good job, the drummer Pony is dead sexy too! deffinitely worth a listen after a few beers on a Friday night!

aint heard the new Billy Childish LP yet so no comment there...

Dr Know - Bad Brains
Sir Henry Fiat - HFOS

Let my say three words that sum up this entire release: FOREST RAY COLSEN Why review an entire album, when one song rules my fucken world. I don't care when this album came out, I don't give a flying fuck what label it is on. Collector scum stats mean diddly squat. Just listen to this song. Then listen to it again and again. Great lyrics, scorching guitars and a chick plays drums! Listen to the song, then Youtube the fucker - If that doesn't sell you on this band, then get the hell out of town, cos this is garage punk at its finest and you are not fit to breath the same air as the Hex Dispensers The Oblivians did it it with "And Then I Fucked Her", The Cosmic Psychos with "Pub" and the Hex Dispensers do it with Forest Ray Colsen, and that is write a song that epitimizes an entire album. Alex Cuervo has been in some other fine bands such as Black Top and King Sound Quartet, and the other three members also have fine pedigrees, but this album manages to leave everything else in the shade. No mere piece of kiddie punk, this is clever and engaging music for grown ups. You know the only bad thing about the Hex Dispensers is they are in Texas and I am in Australia. By the way the other nine tracks are just as good.

yeah, kopp. notice how i didn't answer the question? kopper said:

There's no way in hell I could ever just pick one album. It's these types of questions that can honestly drive a man insane.