Don't know if the Del Monas were mentioned. And maybe doesn't really count, but the Damned as Naz Nomad & the Nightmares.

The Compulsive Gamblers!

the cheepskates were awesome too

Forgot the Superrock of The Fleshtones

I don't have much to add:

The Coyotemen

The Pandoras

 

So many great bands during the 80’s/90’s.  The Mighty Caesars, the Cynics, and Gruesomes stand out for me.  

The Sonics are great and influential, but they don't really apply to this discussion thread relevant to "Key Garage Bands of the 80s/90s".

 

"re: ... The SONICS (1st Garage band ever)"

... The SONICS (1st Garage band ever)

From everything I ever heard from any 80s garage band the Chesterfield Kings gotta be the best that put out the most solid albums. Its impressive to me that the CFKings could nail the sound of the best 60s bands as well as they did. Check out the Steppes Harps and Hammers LP. Of course theres quite a few cool bands, but I think a long list would just add to the confusion. Don't overlook the Gruesomes.

primates

also did anyone mention Spacemen 3

"The Rebel Kind" comp. is highly recommend!

 

 

Forthcomings by Butch Willis and the Rocks is an overlooked garage classic from '86.

Dont't forget the mighty Sound Explosion! Their album on Music Maniac is one of the best of the Garage Revival era! Also try to track down their 7" singles.

British bands from the mid eighties revival - The Stingrays, The Vibes, The Tallboys, The Cannibals, The Milkshakes, The Bugs, Ug and the Cavemen, The Prisoners, The Purple Things.

Pick up "Children of Nuggets" on Rhino. That will be a good introduction.

And there was a whole pile of Canadian bands from that era as well;

 

The Gruesomes, 10 Commandments, The Worst, Dundrells, Deja Voodoo, Frankenstein 5, Smugglers, Vindicators,The Fiends, Cryptics, UIC and lots more that i can't think of at the moment...

Club Dog and Alice in Wonderland (run by the Dr) were also good clubs, but generaly had more psych bands than garage (Magic Mushroom Band, Treatment, Ozric Tentacles, etc)

Rip off Records!! Look em up and their catalog is a good reference. Also the drags were pretty great.

Whatever happened to the Playn Jane. 

One of the greatest Psych bands of the 80s never cracked it on vinyl but some of the greatest gigs at the Marquee in my memory. 

 

One classic friday night with the  Prisoners at the Clarendon in Hammersmith  Twas the mutts nuts !!!!!! 

 

 

 

I played in The Surfadelics in the mid-80s in London (not to be confused with the later, Italian band!) There was a big garage scene at the time, centered around the Clarendon at Hammersmith. I remember The Milkshakes, The Cannibals, Treatment (psychedelic)

 

Plan 9, Plasticland, Dream Syndicate, The Last, Vietnam Veterans, Lyres, Midnight Records, Rain Parade, The Morlocks, The Nomads, The Steppes.  Just to name a few!!!

Oh yeah, man, oh yeah. It's amazing to see how many great bands put out records then.

Glad to see the Humpers in there among those other legends. That is a lively scene those guys came from. If I'm not wrong Red Aunts come from that corner too. And you know who that is folks right? Hint: TWO TEARS.

kopper said:

Let's not forget the Drags, the Cynics, the Devil Dogs, the Revelators, the 5.6.7.8's, Bantam Rooster, Cheater Slicks, Lord High Fixers, Jack o' Fire, '68 Comeback, the A-Bones, the Dirtbombs, the Stomachmouths, the Satelliters, the Raunch Hands, Honeymoon Killers, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Chrome Cranks, the Fall-Outs, the Subsonics, Sons of Hercules, the Barracudas, the Stems, the Real Kids, Lyres, DMZ, the Mono Men, Lightning Beat-Man's stuff (solo as well as w/ the Monsters), the Joneses, Dirtys, the Swingin’ Neckbreakers, the Humpers, the Spaceshits, the Royal Pendletons, the Reatards, Country Teasers, the Screws, Bassholes, the Insomniacs, the Kaisers, the Fleshtones, the Untamed Youth, the Von Zippers, the Woggles, the Fells, the Mullens, the Hentchmen, the Boss Martians, Sugar Shack, the Dukes of Hamburg, the Mortals, the Nomads, (early) Dwarves, the Compulsive Gamblers... and the OBLIVIANS!!

Also, it should go without saying that we're also including the Cramps on this list.

I always liked me some Mudhoney.

KK Dirty Money said:

This is great! Good subject, good question, good responses. Thanks!

 

I guess I'll chime in as the "grunge guy""...

 

I always thought Mudhoney was a pretty cool band from the latter part of that era, along with some of the other Sub Pop bands from back then.

Look into the Sub Pop label for that Seattle slice of this pie. 

Let's not forget the Drags, the Cynics, the Devil Dogs, the Revelators, the 5.6.7.8's, Bantam Rooster, Cheater Slicks, Lord High Fixers, Jack o' Fire, '68 Comeback, the A-Bones, the Dirtbombs, the Stomachmouths, the Satelliters, the Raunch Hands, Honeymoon Killers, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Chrome Cranks, the Fall-Outs, the Subsonics, Sons of Hercules, the Barracudas, the Stems, the Real Kids, Lyres, DMZ, the Mono Men, Lightning Beat-Man's stuff (solo as well as w/ the Monsters), the Joneses, Dirtys, the Swingin’ Neckbreakers, the Humpers, the Spaceshits, the Royal Pendletons, the Reatards, Country Teasers, the Screws, Bassholes, the Insomniacs, the Kaisers, the Fleshtones, the Untamed Youth, the Von Zippers, the Woggles, the Fells, the Mullens, the Hentchmen, the Boss Martians, Sugar Shack, the Dukes of Hamburg, the Mortals, the Nomads, (early) Dwarves, the Compulsive Gamblers... and the OBLIVIANS!!

Also, it should go without saying that we're also including the Cramps on this list.