Well said.

The Pygmies said:

The Black Lips definitely seemed to have influenced alot of bands when they first came out....maybe a little too much!!!

King Khan

Mark Sultan

Ty Segall

Jack White

Jay Retard

Greg Cartwright

If we're just talking the last ten years I would say

Mark Sultan

Jay Reatard

Justin Nobunny

Gentleman Jesse Smith

Bobby Ubangi

The Black Lips definitely seemed to have influenced alot of bands when they first came out....maybe a little too much!!!

The delegation from Rogers Park is in agreement.
 
Leighton Koizumi said:

Jay Retard for me isn't really Garage Punk . . . "over rated"  . . ..

Mark Sultan. Tragically underappreciated though.

The Black Lips hands down and then Jay Reatard. Dare I even mention the Strokes at first.

Jay Reatard, Black Lips, Los Peyotes, Kurt Vile

King Khan for sure!

Me

Jay Retard for me isn't really Garage Punk . . . "over rated"  . . ..

Yes to Fred Cole. Musically , he wastes people one third his age. He may be in
 his 60's , but , he's still got plenty of teen angst. But , he's not against the younger acts , he's WITH 'em. Plus , he's such a cool , so down to earth he's sinking in it ,  person. As much as I loathe reality shows "The Adventures of Ma and Pa Cole", starring Fred and Toody , the mind numbingly rare still -ongoing R'n'R love story, could be the antithesis to"Family Jewels' , and a LOT funnier , besides.

J

on S said:

Greg Cartwright and Fred Cole!

The most important garage rocker is of course Billy Childish of the Headcoats  and his many other  bands .

Not sure if it fits the timeline, but Greg Lowery gets my vote.

-Erika

Greg Cartwright and Fred Cole!

Good

Andy Climax said:

Thee Oh Sees!!!

Wild Billy Childish gotta be up there for the British beat sound. just heard some of his new stuff in the last week. Not lost any of his edge or diatribe! Lovely

I just immediately thought of Jay Reatard and John Dwyer, but I'm talkin' heroes of the 00s. 

In Switzerland we have to say Reverend Beat-Man !

jay reatard. got my head back into new music.

On the one hand , we've always been missing diversity on the Garage Front, but , today , just like in the 90's , there are a lot of bands with no discernible 60's influences , but , people fawn(ed) all over 'em and call 'em the second coming of Garage Rock or Garage Punk (Same thing , to me.). A band does'nt have to out and out copy The mid 60's stuff to pass muster as a Garage band , but , a lot of people , it seems , are'nt even listening to it , and there's people in Micronesia that know it's more accessible than ever , today. A lot of Rockabilly bands are'nt listening to real Rockabilly , either , or , if they do , it's in moderation. As Poison Ivy said , centuries before The Internet , "There's no excuse for not having good influences.".
 
John Carlucci said:

I was lucky enough to grow up in NYC & witness the 70's CBGB's/ Max's Kansas City Punk movement first hand. The most amazing part of that scene was that there were no rules. It was a blank canvas. There were so many diverse artists playing together on the same evenings. There were art bands, Hard rock bands, Rockabilly bands, gay People, Straight People, Black People, White people, Hispanic, underage kids & older musician's all mixed up together in this amazing creative blender. We need to get back to that. We need to tear down the walls again & start over. Rock N Roll has become so very predictable these days. There are a few exceptions. My vote for who will save Rock N Roll goes to Nick Curran & The Lowlifes & the Jim Jones Revue. Both of whom I saw live this past week, & quite honestly I've not seen many bands in recent memory that come close to either of them as far as having the true spirit of Rock N Roll. (except for The Woggles of course)



kopper said:

Oh, and I totally agree. You know what was refreshing about going to the Scion Garage Fest in Lawrence this past weekend? The fact that most of those bands don't really draw any influence from '60s garage. I mean, I guess you could argue that there are elements of it here and there, but none of those bands (with the only possible exception being the Gories) can be painted into a "garage rock" corner for being '60s garage revivalists. Most draw on obvious '70s punk and '80s art rock/new wave/no wave and even hardcore punk influences... and that was very refreshing!
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I agree , the primary riff to "Bad News Travels Fast" sounds like "Locomotive Breath" , but , not  note for note , in my mind...."Nine Months Later' always sounded like "12 Months Later" by The Sheep. The chorus , anyway.
 
kopper said:

Yeah, I actually really like some of the Fuzztones' stuff from the '80s (esp. "Bad News Travels Fast" — funny, never noticed the connection to "Locomotive Breath"... I'll have to check that out), but I just don't see how they've done anything groundbreaking or worthy of notice (to the general public, especially) in the last ten years to even warrant getting nominated in this discussion. In the '80s? Sure. But not the '00s.

Definitely Jay Reatard