29 years old, from Cape Breton Nova Scotia, Canada…lived in Moncton New Brunswick with my wife for 4 years now. Play guitar… in numerous local bands over 12 years now, all garage punk related…including the Teenage Hurricanes, Pushers, Dunce Club, and more recently the Beaten Hearts.
Been into 70’s Punk/Proto/Garage since about age 11. In ‘95 heard Rocket To Russia, instantly became a Ramones fanatic, spent early teens reading rock'n'roll history books, bands that influenced the Ramones, bands the Ramones influenced, their peers, etc…and saving allowances to order new albums. By 13 I loved Stooges, Mc5, and Black Flag. Kept discovering more throughout teens, including the Real Kids, Dictators, Teenage Head, Saints, Undertones, Gruesomes, etc. Loved Tricky Woo a lot too before they turned into hippie jam rock
By late teens I was into later Garage Punk stuff and 60’s punk stuff. After the Ramones, the next game changer for me was probably Teengenerate. Discovered the Search and Destroy Search Engine in the early 2000’s. Found the hideout in 2009 after looking for the old forums and realizing they no longer existed.