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    • March 15, 2013 8:29 AM CDT
    • You're talkin' 'bout "Blood Red River", right?  I can't recall the cover well, but maybe, it was good, so I bought another their single which includes Radio Birdman's cover "Man With The Golden Helmet". :)
       
      John Battles said:

      I like La Secta ,from Spain , better than The Scientists....But , I don't listen to

    • March 14, 2013 4:33 PM CDT
    • K-Holes: "Scary" and "female fronted"

    • March 14, 2013 1:26 PM CDT
    • I like La Secta ,from Spain , better than The Scientists....But , I don't listen to them , anymore , really. That was during the Great Garage Scare of The 90's , before Major Labels STARTED PICKING UP ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS GARAGE.......
       
      Dead Boy said:


       If you like the Scientists, the tribute album of them "Set It On Fire: A Tribute To The Scientists" is great, too!!!

       

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdLHvbbMcwM

      http://www.discogs.com/artist/

      Sugar+ShackHoneymoon Killers

       

      Crisis said:

      but I'll check the Detroit Cobras and the Scientists.

    • March 14, 2013 10:14 AM CDT
    • My band The Mad Doctors is a b-movie-themed garage punk band - hopefully you'll dig our stuff! End of shameless self-promotion.

    • March 14, 2013 6:15 AM CDT
    • Thank you for the welcome Gringo Starr, although I'm curious as to why there was such a problem before with this kind of topic but well that's just a story for another day I guess.

      Thanks for the recommendations dave, I do know The Avengers and X Ray Spex but I'll check the Detroit Cobras and the Scientists.

      And about The Dyes I already know them and I'm really liking how they sound.

      So in general I appreciate all your suggestions people, keep' em coming please!

    • March 13, 2013 4:33 PM CDT
    • On all counts - The Dyes , from Chicago. Two women on Guitar , Bass and Vocals , one mighty, mighty man on Drums. Cramps - absorbed , as opposed to just influenced , but , they've got their own thing. An extremely rare ( In Chicago , anyway .) collision of Rockabilly and Garage sounds , covering some songs associated with The Cramps , as well as a great version of Jackie DeShannon's version of Elvis' "Trouble" , and others , but also coming up with the goods , in the songwriting dept. Singer/Guitarist , Lisa , draws from Wanda Jackson , but , sounds like she's chosen evil over goodness .  Kim Fowley recently dubbed her "The Devil's Bride".

    • March 13, 2013 1:43 PM CDT
    • Welcome! I'm out-of-the-loop currently on bands, but I can recommend the Spoiled Brats from the '90s, and the Avengers and X-Ray Specs from the '70s.

      Also, I think the Detroit Cobras are still around.

      As for the Cramps, the Scientists sound a lot like them in their later stage.

    • March 13, 2013 7:26 AM CDT
    • First off, welcome to the Hideout Personality Crisis. I just need to quickly inform you guys that I had to close two discussions about Female Fronted Garage Punk. The member that was causing much of the problem is not with us anymore so I'm pretty confident we can give this a third try. Just keep it clean and on-subject (Garage Punk).

    • March 12, 2013 10:36 PM CDT
    • First off, it's amazing how many bands from outside the us are doing such great music but I've been wondering, what's going on with the local american scene? are there any new bands worth checking out? are there any female fronted bands out there? Also I would like to know if there are The Cramps-style bands out there or not and if its possible can anyone direct me to garage rock/punk bands who are kind of scary and b-movie monster like?

      I'd really appreciate all your help people. I know I'm new and shouldn't be doing this kind of post but I'm really eager to discover more music.

    • March 14, 2013 9:57 PM CDT
    • hey, i'm glenn and i'm just getting started on this site. i first got into rock n roll in 1967, right after the 'garage band era' of the mid 60's. i saw rock and roll die out (commercially at least by 1970) and started getting into other types of music at the time. i was happy when i first heard punk on kroq back in 1977 and it was like a breath of fresh air, or whatever it was ;) i started my radio show in 1995 and have been on once a week doing a rock n roll/punk show ever since then. it's been really fun, but i'd like to change to an an all-garage format, which would exclude all the hardcore and classic punk that i've been playing all these years. i'll miss it when i get my new show soon, but we can all probably agree on this site that 60's and retro garage punk is the best of all ;) hope to chat with some garage rockers on here soon and thanks for this site. 

    • March 12, 2013 10:28 PM CDT
    • Hi everybody, my name is Alvaro, I'm from Chile and I've known this website for about 3 years now, but just recently I took the courage to become a member.

      I do a lot of reading (sometimes play videogames too although I suck at them), listen to music and one of my favourite bands is by far the Cramps, I'm currently broke and looking of a job.

      To be honest I didn't know much about garage rock and garage punk but it was the Sonics who got my attention with their "strychnine" but the more I got into these genres of music the more I liked it, and hopefully I will meet here good people who will point me in the right direction.

      Stay sick!

    • March 13, 2013 9:37 PM CDT
    • Yep, a very dynamic and interesting cover!!. Didn´t know this guy! Love it!
      This beat for sure the psychobilly version, (which doesn´t beat the original but is fun)!
      :)


      The Fnords said:

      This is good too, very different from the original. D.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDiAP8JgD2s

    • March 12, 2013 6:29 PM CDT
    •  I'm partial to T.Tex Edwards' version , partly because he was one of the first people to cover it , that I know of , and mainly because he did a great job , without relying too heavily on the original. Southern Culture on The Skids did a really good verson , too.  Wanda was'nt aware the song had  a "Cult" following until she started touring again , and people began requesting it. I like The remake with The Cramps , but , for me , you can't beat the original , it has everything . That's Roy Clark doing the proto - psychedelic "Eastern" guitar .

       

    • March 12, 2013 5:10 PM CDT
    • Hey! This Born Bad series are awesome!! Cheers

      Dead Boy said:

      When I found that video of Tav Falco, I didn't know (remember) who played the original, but I just thought that I've heard that tune by someone somewhere.  I didn't even know who is Wanda Jackson (except her name), but now I found why I've heard it, because I have "Born Bad" volume one!!!
       
      Tersicore said:

      @Dead Boy, would be the Tav Falco your favorite? :)

    • March 12, 2013 2:12 PM CDT
    • That's just so funny.

      Jarkko Immonen said:

      Haven't read the whole thread so dunno if this one's been posted already. Be as it may, one of my favorite punk moments ever (from the Joe Strummer documentary):

      Joe Strummer talking to the camera, backstage, pointing at passed out Bernie Rhodes:

      "Look, that's the man who invented punk. Obviously it was too much for him."

    • March 12, 2013 12:55 PM CDT
    • Haven't read the whole thread so dunno if this one's been posted already. Be as it may, one of my favorite punk moments ever (from the Joe Strummer documentary):

      Joe Strummer talking to the camera, backstage, pointing at passed out Bernie Rhodes:

      "Look, that's the man who invented punk. Obviously it was too much for him."

    • March 12, 2013 1:05 PM CDT
    • I couldn't really form any sort of opinion based on the clip. Could be great, but sure, more likely to fall in the "mmkay..." category, sad to say. Here's hoping for the former...  

      Brit Jean said:

      I felt like this will be 2013's Loutallica. Aghhhhhhhh. I wanted to like the single. 

    • March 12, 2013 12:26 PM CDT
    • I am very PA but you know I was not referring to you.  You are a terrific leader.  I'll never forget what you said before we went on stage at Chicago.  It pulled everyone together as a unit, giving us confidence and we subsequently played a great set to start off an equally great tour.  I'm honored to have been a part of it.