1st: I don't believe in Race
(what a fucked-up word-invention ... we're humans - and that's that!)
2nd: If you do believe that races exist, here's a translation of my oppinion for you:
I'm a racist - I hate the race of assholes - and it has any colour!

AND NOW (after clearing out the shit) - WHAT'S THIS THREAD REALLY ABOUT:

After 25 years of enjoing Garagepunk & goin' to Gigs, I realized, that (at least here in Europe) the Garagepunk-Band-Scene is very mono-coloured & pale ...
and again: no - I don't believe in race (read 1 & 2 again, if you don't dig it).
The Garagepunk-Band-Scene is basically pale-skinned ... why is that?
Is this a Garagepunk-Phenomena, or is it just my unknowledgeful blindness?

I'm gonna list the bands that come to my mind, being of many colours & nations (and I'm not listing souly 70ies bands like "Sly&the Family Stone" or punkish 80ies Bands like the "Bad Brains", but really the Garagepunk-shit) ...

I'd be thankful to all of you, to list others
& show that the Garagepunk you listen to is not "for-white-kids-only"

So here's my list, and please expand it!

- Love
- Can
- The Morlocks
- The Dirtbombs
- King Khan

Loli & the Chones
Cramps during Kid Congo's time with them.

Then you had 60s group The Boston Dexters, who weren't from Boston, but Edinburgh, Scotland...duh and wot's a Dexter then when it's at home? TeenFink said:

Then ya got fuckers like the Boston Chinks, who are neither Chinks nor are they from Boston!

Lotsa great Chicano garage rockers from the '60s

Thee Midnighters
Sam the Sham (Domingo Samudio)
Question Mark & The Mysterians
Sir Douglas Quintet had some Chicano members (and hell, Doug Sahm was kinda like an honorary Mexican)

Nowadays we have South Americans like Los Peyotes

Guitar Wolf
The Screws (another Mick Collins band)
The Drags (I think CJ is of Latino decent, but i could be wrong)
Teengenerate
Gasoline
and The Von Zippers, they are Canadian (does that count?)

Remember the Chinese Millionaires on Rip Off Records? Neither Chinese nor millionaires. Ha! Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

I'd rather have a band called the Boston Stranglers. Less offensive.

TeenFink said:

Then ya got fuckers like the Boston Chinks, who are neither Chinks nor are they from Boston!

I'd rather have a band called the Boston Stranglers. Less offensive. TeenFink said:

Then ya got fuckers like the Boston Chinks, who are neither Chinks nor are they from Boston!

Then ya got fuckers like the Boston Chinks, who are neither Chinks nor are they from Boston!

Sorry. I think it's kind of funny that the Gories was submitted by a person who's last name is White. John White said:

The Gories

You can add the Makers to this list as Michael and Donny are Asian-American. Actually I guess you can add the Mummies as well and Maz is of middle Eastern descent.

The Jewws?
The Dirtbombs?

The Gories

Let's not forget the multitude of Asian bands (or band members), too. There are also a lot of great Latin American bands & garage/punk music fans... Brazil, Argentina, Chile, etc. Here's another one: Davila 666

? and the Mysterians!

of course, and if yer talkin punk type things 'stead o garage or strictly 60s type o groups then we should also include Pure Hell

What about Death? The Bellrays?

Hi! that's a pretty interesting theme. There's a documentary about this phenomenon (it rather deals with US hardcore punk, but still...) called "Afro Punk": http://www.afropunk.com/. It's worth checking out. Cheers, Doc Sanchez

Thanks Lenny! !!! I'm totally gonna digg into that stuff and @ everybody: keep that list coming! love to see that we're "one world under the influence", gogo! Lenny Helsing said:

All right El Tiki...here's a few more in the worldwide pantheon of not just white / pale / caucasian / aryan type race teen rockers for ye, most of em a rockin and a rollin and oilin in a garage punk and folk rockin psych-o-delliccccious vein...and there are many more too, tho of course I knows where yer comin from - but dig!

All right El Tiki...here's a few more in the worldwide pantheon of not just completely white / pale / caucasian / aryan type race teen rockers for ye, most of em too are a rockin and a rollin and some greazy oilin' in a rockinrollin' garage punk and folk rockin even psych-o-delickk vein...and there are many more too, tho of course I do knows where yer comin from - but dig!
The Zeros
Los Saicos
Tall Emma and his Skipper
The Wheels
The Sea-ders / The Cedars
The Shake Speares
Kareem Issaq & Middle Eastern Rock
The Night Stars
El Abranis
Ray Psyah
The Invaders
Os Rocks
African Boys
Os Rebeldes
Naomi and the Boys
Raks
The Quests
Kouroush
The Fore Thoughts
Lery-Co Jazz
The Tielman Bros
..and of course lest we ferget the mighty Bo Diddley
Los Peyotes
Os Haxixins
Los Explosivos

KING SALAMI

BARRENCE WHITFIELD AND THE SAVAGES count?
(only good for the first couple of albums in my opinion)