They didn't use pedals, but a lot of garage bands used Reverb in the 60's..natural hall reverbs ( I know Link Wray recorded songs this way ) and Spring Reverb Units. I recently bought a Vibro Champ XD ( Tube Hybrid amp ) and I swear by it..I can get very decent overdriven tones on the tweed setting and the blackface clean settings are damn close..I've owned a Pro, Super and Twin Reverbs and it's %95 there. Most solid state/hybrid amps are rubbish, but I have found the Vox Pathfinder 15R & Vibro Champ XD to be solid amps for practise & recording basic demos.

Bamalama Records said:

I am not a believer in distortion pedals - too friggin' metal and rawk. Overdrive your amp - that's the only distortion you need. Or loosen a tube like Link Wray. Slash your speaker cone with a razor blade (that's how Dave Davies did it and I swear by it but I have several amps) and it's not that expensive to put in a new cone.  Get an amp with tremolo or, most importantly, REVERB! DON'T GET A REVERB PEDAL!! Nothing sounds worse... A tremolo unit is ok if you can't get an amp with both but reverb pedals are the seed of Stan's nutsack. Nobody in the 50s or 60s were using pedals and you don't need 'em. Get a fuzz for solos or single note riffs but distortion pedals - bleh. People rely WAY too much in pedals these days (that and fucking modeling amps - LOSER) and they don't sound organic - they sound fake and sterile and shitty (and not in the way you want it to sound shitty). Cheap guitars aren't really necessary but they will work well. My main guitar these days is a Kent Americana.

 

Listen to records you like and learn the songs and then STEAL THEM! You'll learn everything you need to know. Lessons, books, etc are overrated and a waste of money.

Not "beat," per se, but I'd have to say the most authentic band I've heard the past couple of years is Nick Curran and the Lowlifes, hands down.

The Wylde Mammoths had a great and really authentic mid 60's teen garage sound.

Show #385: "The Eggman Collection #119"

NOTE: Due to an illness in my family which has me a little distracted at the moment, plus working 50-plus hours a week, I will be doing only Eggman Collection specials in the next couple of months until things slow down in the fall. I'm calling it "The Back-To-Back Eggman Collection End Of Summer Super Spectacular Extravaganza!"
The Eggman Collection is basically a big potpourri of every song I've ever liked in my life...EVER! It's literally a huge mixing bowl full of songs written onto tiny pieces of paper. Over 15,000 songs that I've been compiling for the past 20-plus years of my life. Every song I've ever liked has gone into this bowl, and every three weeks I draw them out one-by-one and play them for you in no particular order. A mix of everything and anything I like, no matter what genre, era, style or year of release...if I like it, then I'll play it! No repeats of the same song ever! Tune in tonight (Friday) at 10pm EST for the 119th installment of The Eggman Collection and hear bands and artists like: Gryphon, MAson, Bee Gees, Tudor Lodge, Funkadelic, October Country, The Tremeloes, The Dolphins, Rainbow Ffolly, Dirty Filthy Mud, The Lollipop Shoppe, The Savage Rose, Kaleidoscope, The Joint Effort, The New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, The Rock Garden, The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Moles, Guru Guru, Matching Mole, and many others!!!

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Oh and white wires too!

https://www.facebook.com/thewhitewires

Hey! found this today is good shit, love the way is recorded

http://numbskullaction.bandcamp.com/

and maybe if you haven't heard us...

http://meanbikini.bandcamp.com/

Fuck PANDA KID from Italy ,

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Panda-Kid/143451572382189

the scrags http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIhEQERSGKg

Hi!

Try Sonic Negroes and Stupidity.  /Erniz

pussy riot?

McRackins...don't like their records that much, but they're really great on stage...

okay, and last but not least...

THE NEANDERTHALS on 'Ghoul-A-Go-Go'

...plus the World Famous Pontani Sisters

hehe, yep! close this one...

Alex said:

The Mummies.  End of discussion.

I'm really big on walking around with my phone blasting music out of its little bitty Tart 'n' Tiny sized speaker. Under normal circumstances, i just let it play on Shuffle. However, if the weather or atmosphere suggests something specific, i play that instead...for instance, "Talk Talk Talk" by the PSYCHEDELIC FURS is good if you're walking by the river at night, but not as good if you're walking to get ice cream at Noon. 20/20 is good if it's damp out; "Where It's At With The Wind" works well in late afternoon. The DREAM SYNDICATE are good if it's Fall, and MICK FARREN & THE DEVIANTS "Screwed Up" is particularly excellent if you are by the river and it's dark AND you're all fucked up. Otherwise, as i said, shuffle play.

Velvets are okay for me, but not 'on the road'...hate Pere Ubu (hehe...), love THE RAMONES, THEE HEADCOATS and Phil's Girl Groups seem to be okay, too...as you mentioned, it depends on one'S mood a lot, of course...

Elliot Smoke said:

I tend to enjoy Velvet Underground, Pere Ubu, Ramones, Soft Boys, Headcoats and 50s Spector-ish girl groups on my perambulations. Depends on my mood.

some more stuff I like...

DC SNIPERS - I Want Some Knives

DC SNIPERS - All Humans Are Garbage

THE PERSUADERS - My Life My Way

yeah, CHEATER SLICKS!!!
Sir Coyler said:

"WALK UP THE STREET" - CHEATER SLICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

goddamned, wish I could agree, but not my cup of tea, actually, but who cares, great choice for you, so...
Ashlee Reyes said:

 King Tuff's BAD THING

Tijuana Panthers' CREATURE

FIDLAR's West Coast

(EFF IT DAWG LIFE'S A RISK)

New Order's TEMPTATION

yep! no introduction needed...

peskypesky said:

Ramones

Stooges

hehe, like this song a lot, still love the Turks' version a lot more than the original, anyway, great explanation, maybe everyone should listen to it before going to work...

ixnayray said:

Mr. Suit by The New Bomb Turks. It makes me feel like a total badass. Then I arrive at work and get bossed around all day.

yep, great album to listen to, especially when on the way to yer loved one, i guess...

Mark George Harrison said:

When my other half lived in London my favourite album for getting from Kings Cross to where she lived was The Monks 'Black monk time', perfect for pushing through a crowded London on a Friday afternoon!

sorry, no clue 'bout this one...really dig rockabilly a lot but I'm not an expert at all...

Last Night said:

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/radioblivion-no70-the-end

What is the first song in the intro ???

Last Night said:

Which make me think about the first song in the Radioblivion intro i can't figured it out, it goes "Wild Street, Wild Street, I'm just born on a Wild Street", i guess it's a psycho band...

any idea?

hehe, great taste. man...

Jarkko Immonen said:

Aaah, life and the places it takes us...

gary gilmore said:

 -just remembered listening to this on a neon yellow sony walkman on my way to this chic-who-never-ended-up-being-my-true-love house! hah!

Anyhow, I found myself pondering this question A LOT this morning, trying to come up with the perfect playlist song-by-song. I came to the conclusion that there are several variables to be taken into account - whether it's a brisk sunny morning and you're on your way to the gym or the beach, a grey afternoon and you're stuck in the after work traffic, of if it's a cool evening stroll, destination unknown. To me, the answer would be drastically different on each occasion.

But, based on the commute this morning (it was a bit chilly but sunny outside), I would have to say that in the ideal situation I would've:

- started off with some good ole 70s/80s power pop, as that tender, not-quite-awake-yet state of being calls for some sweet, up-beat melodies (btw, I consider it important not to put the music on before stepping out of the door, but preferably just as you breath in the first of the fresh morning air):

POINTED STICKS - PART OF THE NOISE

THE RUBINOOS - I WANNA BE YOUR BOYFRIEND

THE LIMIT - UH OH

- then, around the time I got on the bus, feeling energized and positive, I'd crank it up a notch, and the person sitting next to me would just have to deal with my lip-syncin'-head-boppin'-eyes-closed demeanor:

RADIO BIRDMAN - MURDER CITY NIGHTS

THE KIDS - THIS IS ROCK 'N ROLL

PAGANS - WHAT'S THIS SHIT CALLED LOVE?

SWEATMASTER - ANIMAL

- finally, getting off the bus and taking the short walk to the office, I would pull out all guns and yank my neck like crazy with my fists in the air, parading my armpits to everyone present:

TEENGENERATE - DRESSED IN BLACK

THE REATARDS - TEENAGE HATE

OBLIVIANS - CHRISTINA

Then, when I got to work I'd be like "What? Those stats don't add up? That meeting's been cancelled? We're going bankrupt? SO THE FUCK WHAT, BRING THE MOFO ON! I'M READY! YEEEEEEEAAAAOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Holy shit - I really gotta try this out one of these mornin's...)

hehe, remembering the good ole' walkman-days, great choice i think...

John Battles said:

My favotite song to start out down the street with my ipod (I listen to tapes on my Walkman more often , if anything , these days.) is "I Don't Believe in Anything" by The Nevebreakers. Mainly because it's the first song of theirs that turns up , but , also , it's a good one to face the hordes out on the street with.... 

The Astronauts - Surf Party b/w Kuk