Hey Fuzzheads,
I want to hear your opinion on what/where/when the BEST garage music festivals are, both in the US and Europe. I want to give some FREE Knights of Fuzz DVDs and other garage goodies away at a a couple of the best ones -- so I want to hear what ya'll think.

(New Marshmallow Overcoat video up at the myspace page soon, btw.)

FUZZ IT!
--The Guru of Garage

We have The Blast Off Festival in Nottingham U.k which is excellent but unfortunately not on every year :(

I had a really GREAT time at the Funtastic Dracula Carnival in Spain last year.

Spaniards REALLY know how to throw a party!

The Gories, Go-Nuts, Gravedigger V, Theee Bat, Shannon and The Clams, and Giuda all played, really intense weekend, wildest 3 nights of my life, it started Thursday night, and there were parties going on non stop til Early Monday morning. Great bands, great dj's, great time, best atmosphere there too.

Yep,
Tuscany is one of the most beautiful Region to have a holiday! So much to visit!
and around there, are beautiful beaches too. Maybe you could come next year!?!
Would be fun!! :) 

melissa scott said:

Damn -- garage/surf in Italy in the summer? How much fun is THAT? *pout* No can go! *double pout*

Yippee!!
Flights are booked, can´t wait to see all this cool bands and be back in Tuscany!
My paypal-account got finally unlocked and was able to donate something as well.
What a pity, so few supporter... and only one day left!!
Please, help if you can! <3  

Tersicore said:

Well, this year i won´t miss the Surfer Joe Summer Festival in Italy! 

Can´t wait to see The Apeman!! but the other bands too! :)

  

That´s so cool! The three days for Free! I guess i´m gonna donate something!
hope to meet some of you there!

Johnny Rad Fest in San Diego, Ca.

 I guess I can't argue with that statement ,  if they never broke up in the past 30+ years , but , I was'nt impressed when I saw them.

I think is the same band and same tunes! 
they call themself: "Planet Earth's longest running modern surf band."

John Battles said:

THE INSECT SURFERS....Unless they've changed drastically , that was some stone Hippie Surf , like The Mermen , but a little heavier. IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO THAT I SAW THEM , AND OVER 10 YEARS EARLIER , MY FRIENDS AND I TRIED TO GET INTO A SHOW THEY WERE ON (MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE SAME BAND.).

THEY USED TO DO A THING IN CHICAGO AND THE BURBS , CALLED  TIKI FEST , THE TRASHMEN , VOLCANOES , NEANDERTHALS , AND A BUNCH OF AREA BANDS PLAYED.

Last year's Munster Raving Loony Party was BLAST! 3 days of poolside craziness!

Tersicore said:

This sounds very cool... Thanx, hope to get there too.

Monster Mash Records said:

Did anyone mention this awesome swimmingpool party!?

Munster Raving Loony Party at Koppers hotel in Pineda de Mar, Spain!!

THE PARKINSONS (Portugal/uk) 
HIPBONE SLIM & The KNEETREMBLERS (uk)
THE HUSSY (usa)
KING AUTOMATIC (france)
DEAD ELVIS & HIS ONE MAN GRAVE (disgraceland)
THEE GRAVEMEN (swe/uk)
THE TOYOTAS (Germany)
THE FELINES (Denmark)
THE EVILTONES (uk)
KING JARTHUR & his LORDS (Spain)
THE VOLADORAS (Sweden)
THE KNEEJERK REACTIONS (uk)
LOS GLURPS (Spain)
LEADFOOT LEE'S ONE MAN TRASH (uk)
THE WILDMEN (Italy)
ONE MAN BUZZ (Italy)
ALL GIRL DJ crew
SPOOKY PROM CINEMA

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Munster-Raving-Loony-Party/2284685172...

This sounds very cool... Thanx, hope to get there too.

Monster Mash Records said:

Did anyone mention this awesome swimmingpool party!?

Munster Raving Loony Party at Koppers hotel in Pineda de Mar, Spain!!

THE PARKINSONS (Portugal/uk) 
HIPBONE SLIM & The KNEETREMBLERS (uk)
THE HUSSY (usa)
KING AUTOMATIC (france)
DEAD ELVIS & HIS ONE MAN GRAVE (disgraceland)
THEE GRAVEMEN (swe/uk)
THE TOYOTAS (Germany)
THE FELINES (Denmark)
THE EVILTONES (uk)
KING JARTHUR & his LORDS (Spain)
THE VOLADORAS (Sweden)
THE KNEEJERK REACTIONS (uk)
LOS GLURPS (Spain)
LEADFOOT LEE'S ONE MAN TRASH (uk)
THE WILDMEN (Italy)
ONE MAN BUZZ (Italy)
ALL GIRL DJ crew
SPOOKY PROM CINEMA

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Munster-Raving-Loony-Party/2284685172...

Did anyone mention this awesome swimmingpool party!?

Munster Raving Loony Party at Koppers hotel in Pineda de Mar, Spain!!

THE PARKINSONS (Portugal/uk) 
HIPBONE SLIM & The KNEETREMBLERS (uk)
THE HUSSY (usa)
KING AUTOMATIC (france)
DEAD ELVIS & HIS ONE MAN GRAVE (disgraceland)
THEE GRAVEMEN (swe/uk)
THE TOYOTAS (Germany)
THE FELINES (Denmark)
THE EVILTONES (uk)
KING JARTHUR & his LORDS (Spain)
THE VOLADORAS (Sweden)
THE KNEEJERK REACTIONS (uk)
LOS GLURPS (Spain)
LEADFOOT LEE'S ONE MAN TRASH (uk)
THE WILDMEN (Italy)
ONE MAN BUZZ (Italy)
ALL GIRL DJ crew
SPOOKY PROM CINEMA

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Munster-Raving-Loony-Party/2284685172...

Damn -- garage/surf in Italy in the summer? How much fun is THAT? *pout* No can go! *double pout*

THE INSECT SURFERS....Unless they've changed drastically , that was some stone Hippie Surf , like The Mermen , but a little heavier. IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO THAT I SAW THEM , AND OVER 10 YEARS EARLIER , MY FRIENDS AND I TRIED TO GET INTO A SHOW THEY WERE ON (MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE SAME BAND.).

THEY USED TO DO A THING IN CHICAGO AND THE BURBS , CALLED  TIKI FEST , THE TRASHMEN , VOLCANOES , NEANDERTHALS , AND A BUNCH OF AREA BANDS PLAYED.

Well, this year i won´t miss the Surfer Joe Summer Festival in Italy! 

Can´t wait to see The Apeman!! but the other bands too! :)

  

That´s so cool! The three days for Free! I guess i´m gonna donate something!
hope to meet some of you there!

Blocked some time off to maybe make the Funtastic Dracula Fest depending on the lineup, but they moved it to the end of October this year so that's out. Any of these other fests happen in late September / early October?

I´d like to have some Info about the Surforama festival in May in Valencia! 
Did someone have been there? Is it on the beach, i guess? Sounds like fun!

That's really cool. The Sloths' name and picture should be bigger, but , that's just  me.

Looks like a really good time. I have'nt done a fest in almost 3 years , it dawned on me , last night ., the penultimate (To this point) Ponderosa Stomp. Well , I went to the Hozac Blackout , mainly to see Roky Erickson. That was a fest , tho' it was so packed to the rafters , I saved my strength , and tolerance for getting crushed , for Roky. 

It's been plugged elsewhere in the Hideout but this looks interesting next month. Not sure if I can make it at this point, but I want to.

http://garagepunk.ning.com/group/western-us/forum/topics/debauch-a-reno-2-the-gories-the-sonics-demon-s-claws-and-more

 

I still much prefer the Roy Loney - era material , though I like the "Slow Death" album on Norton , all pre - "Shake Some Action" (The album , I mean. It's got a very early demo of the song.). It has most of the post - "Teenage Head" stuff that I like. Post Teenage Head. Sounds liek a cereal Kim Fowley would endorse .

Off the site...
Between 1972 and 1978, San Francisco’s Flamin’ Groovies – featuring core members Cyril Jordan (guitar/vocals), Chris Wilson (vocals/guitar) and George Alexander (bass/vocals) – produced some of the decade’s most vital recordings, including the 1976 classic Shake Some Action. Dig It Up! will be the first time since 1981 that the Jordan/Wilson/Alexander line-up of the Flamin’ Groovies have appeared anywhere in the world.

By Flamin' Groovies , do they mean Roy and Cyril ? Because they WILL crush , kill , destroy ! , but they have'nt been calling themselves The Flamin' Groovies. maybe the promoters insisted they do.    One guy I know had the same idea , to do an all day festival in his garage and alley. He asked me to be the M.C. , telling me they might be getting Patti Smith and David Bowie. 

Sydney now has the Dig it up festival, last year The Sonics ,5678's and tonnes more played, this year we got the flamin' groovies, the stems, blue oyster cult, buzzcocks to name a few.
I'm thinking of starting an anti-fest deal, just getting a few bands together, couple of kegs rolling the garage door open and blasting it out of there, have everyone spilling out my front and into my dead end street

Gringo Starr

That fest looks like nothing but F.U.N. Getting up to way too much is never enough garage fun in Europa! *green with envy*.

this year, i'm not going to miss it!

Gringo Starr said:

Yeah, the pub is part of the festival. Bands play there during the day. Great pub. Great vibes.

Fabio said:

yup! :)

Gringo Starr said:

Is the pub called Devils Den?

Yeah, the pub is part of the festival. Bands play there during the day. Great pub. Great vibes.

Fabio said:

yup! :)

Gringo Starr said:

Is the pub called Devils Den?