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michael j.fox
Garage Punk Hall Of Fame...gosh, I don't think it's real...I think this is a hypothetical question.
Uh, I'm getting a headache.
Everybody here has their own idea about what constitutes "garagepunk" and which bands represent that musical concept to them. Sometimes there seems to be too much emphasis on the "punk" aspect of "garagepunk".
Let the music do the talking.
How many Bo Diddley songs (or songs in Bo Diddley style) have you heard by the other (semantically non-challenged) garage bands on the list?
Jeez, just Billy Childish alone...
I agree, this discussion may have gone out. I wanted to point that out, but got a little soft on the approach. 60's Garage Punk, would you say is US based? I lean that way. Then came bands like The Stomachmouths and many others from all over the world following that glorious period of 1963-1967 in Garage Punk that I love.
karen said:i just want to add one more thing and then i'm done here- i thought this was garage PUNK hall of fame. these are all good/great artists, but some of them miss the mark. i love link wray, can't deny his contribution, but he's not garage PUNK. i mean, am i taking this too literally?
Looks like I'll be the first to add The Gruesomes to the many other solidly fab artists being listed.
I have a liking to so much music. Some is considered "Garage" to many. From the Dutch comes Q65, Outsiders, and The RO D YS (roadies), and Beat Music such as The Zipps were great! So much of America was close to Euro Freakbeat and British Beat and Mod music to go around.
But two bands set me off forever after a first listen in 1965 - The KInks and The Sonics. After that I was never the same.
20 years later I met and still know The Cynics. Still fantastic with the nucleus of Gregg and Michael. Some of their best friends has not been mentioned yet. The Sound Explosion from Greece, along with The Sick Rose stand tall in the Garage music history.
In 1989 I saw The Cynics one week, The Fluid the next week, then Thee Headcoats after that. I am still not the same since..Amazing shit!