One of, if not the best young UK garage bands. Chris will be truly missed. 

oui, c’est vraiment très triste !

This is terrible. 

Sad news indeed, saw them play only the other week.

Just found out, very sad. 

Very sad news.

They were supposed to play in Brighton on the 11th of August! What a terrible turn of events.

So sad...I really dug these guys

Damn...

Just read this on Facebook... Thee Vicars have a page here on the Hideout.

Sad news. Chris Langeland, guitarist and co-songwriter with Thee Vicars (the one on the right in the photo below), was found dead late on Wednesday evening. I'll be attending the funeral in Bury St Edmunds on Tuesday 7th August.

-PJ Crittenden

This makes me think of a crossbow.

Axel Björnsson said:

 ...........!!!!!!!

fuck yeah man, iv never heard of Mujeres, thanks for that!

Sean G. said:

Stop me if you've heard these:

Almighty Defenders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAg4kN5pi3U

King Khan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxDlcIjfpvY

Mujeres: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT5ZMIrCBQU&feature=related

That's off the top of my head... I do a Garage, Surf, and Lofi show but Black Lips are pretty unique not sure if there's much that's real similar to them.

I'll second the nomination for Acid Baby Jesus.

Hey Andrea, of course I "know you from around Boston" haha. Giuda was supposed to be Sun. which is only a hair better than Mon. but I have high hopes that it's worth going out early in the week. Unnatural Axe is on the bill and I'm not sure who else. That record is pretty darn good.

ZantiMissKnit said:

Joanie,

Hey, Andrea here (you know me from around Boston).  Thanks for posting about this.  I've seen the name Giuda bandied about but hadn't located anything about them yet.  This is some great stuff!  Shame they are playing on a Monday night, but I still may have to go check it out.

Joanie Lindstrom said:

For those of you who want to see someone new sounding like the heyday of upbeat rocking glam, check out Giuda from Italy doing a short tour in Sept.

http://terminal-boredom.com/forums/index.php?topic=35390.0

Should be good.

I've seen Hanoi Rocks, both way back when and more recently. I also happened to be in Finland in 2001 when Mike Monroe and Andy McCoy played at a festival to test the water as to the reception Hanoi would receive (didn't go - I was motor racing instead). My friends translated the (glowing) reviews for me!

D.

Joanie,

Hey, Andrea here (you know me from around Boston).  Thanks for posting about this.  I've seen the name Giuda bandied about but hadn't located anything about them yet.  This is some great stuff!  Shame they are playing on a Monday night, but I still may have to go check it out.

Joanie Lindstrom said:

For those of you who want to see someone new sounding like the heyday of upbeat rocking glam, check out Giuda from Italy doing a short tour in Sept.

http://terminal-boredom.com/forums/index.php?topic=35390.0

Should be good.

Cool, thanks for sharing. I saw the Creation the year before (Oct. 2001) at Cavestomp in NYC, a month or so after 9/11. They were fantastic... and, if I remember correctly, they had a member of the Buzzcocks in the band?

I just posted this on my blog and thought some here may be interested. It's a 2002 recording from The Beat Kitchen in Chicago. Not sure how widely circulated it is, but if you don't have, it's a pretty nice artifact.

http://greatwhitewonders.blogspot.com/

I used to love Lolita No. 18. The real garage stuff with harsh cartoony vocals screaming out "Hang on Snoopy" (SIC) was great.  Benten used to be a real kinda garage girls label. But Lolita, ever since they did a collaboration with Toy Dolls and had a significant line-up change, have become more of an oi punk thing in Japan. Poni-Camp has the guitarist from Lolita No.18 and they have more of a powerpop/punk sound. But all the real great Benten bands from the 90's just don't exist anymore.

ANYBODY REMEMBER FIFI AND tHE MACH 3 ?

John Battles said:

OH , YEAH , I THINK  I  SAW THEM. I'VE ALREADY PUT A LOT OF THE JAPANESE 90'S/00'S BANDS BEHIND ME , THOUGH.

swt said:

I'm a big fan of the Benten bands.

Here's Lolita No. 18 covering a Sex Pistol classic

hee

The Michelle Gun Elephant was pretty bitchen too.

I did a whole set of Japanese rock on my podcast a couple of years ago. It's here: http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/big-enchilada-27-forbidden

OH , YEAH , I THINK  I  SAW THEM. I'VE ALREADY PUT A LOT OF THE JAPANESE 90'S/00'S BANDS BEHIND ME , THOUGH.

swt said:

I'm a big fan of the Benten bands.

Here's Lolita No. 18 covering a Sex Pistol classic

hee

The Michelle Gun Elephant was pretty bitchen too.

I did a whole set of Japanese rock on my podcast a couple of years ago. It's here: http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/big-enchilada-27-forbidden

it's done.

finally I decided to take just current and active bands (I hope so). And also I made a german/swedish lesson  part between the songs. this is love...

Listen:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3217067/sweden.html

Side A:
01. Sexpistolstanten Och Mockfjärdsvapnet - Byt Job Äckel
02. The Ziphs - The Sun
03. Bäddat för Trubbel - Homeopati
04. UX Vilehead - Sick Sensation
05. Harelip - Sex Crime
06. Dixie Buzzards - Ain´t Going Back
07. The Tundra Fucks - Don't Leave Me Alive
08. Hooly Hoofbeats - Teen Devil
09. The Branded - Drive Me Outta My Mind

Side B:
01. The Surfties - Jack The Bear
02. Wet Bags - I'm A Zombie
03. Wallrides - Fucked Up Life
04. Deliverance Brothers - She Is Too Punk For You
05. Moralens Väktare - Konsumera!
06. Impo And The Tents - Don't Give Me Your Number
07. The Holograms - Chasing My Mind
08. Ras - Vill Ha Mer
09. The Ziphs - Thinking Of You

Enjoy and give me some feedback, if you want!

Thanks for your help and so on.

The X-Boyfriends are some friends of mine, they've been playing locally for a couple years, but just getting their shit together online. 

They've got some songs up on their FB page, check it out.

Ah, Naz Nomad. Had a few drinks with their number one fan Dave Vanian at an AFI gig in London one night. He was with Pinch and Patricia Morrison and was in a 'full Vanian outfit', never took his white gloves off all night, even when buying drink! 

John Battles said:

     That's too funny. I still think the funniest instance of hot (NOT!!!!!) tidy whitey action on stage was when I saw The Damned , I think , in 1997. Of course , The Cap'n was known for lettin' the ol' boy out  , from as far back as the first U.S tour in '77 (With The Dead Boys) . But , at this gig , he was down to his not - so - tidy whities, toward the end of the show ("Make 'em beg"). They were hangin' so low on him , he could have had a hammock - stuffing contest against Felix and his Amazing Underpants , AND WON !  But , WHEN THE SHOW WAS OVER , INSTEAD OF GOING BACKSTAGE (There was'nt really a backstage entrance from the stage , itself.), He just lept off the stage , still in his underwear , until , predictably , a female fan yanked them off. He carried on , smiling , shaking hands , giving people the "Thumbs up" sign , going , "RIGHT , CHEERS! BRILLIANT ! NICE ONE !".

......OH , AND THEY TELL ME OF THIS BAND CALLED NAZ NOMAD AND tHE NIGHTMARES.  THEIR REISSUE IN THE 80's OUTSOLD HALF THE EVA CATALOGUE AND "PEBBLES VOL. MCXVIII . Vatican City Lashes Back.". DAMNED if it did'nt.

You never fail to put a smile on my face JB! What is a 'full slab?' never heard of that before, and Ive watched a lot of 'man versus food!'

John Battles said:

 No , it's true. Mick is from The Deep South . He led the big migration to England that was later followed by The Walker Bros. , Jimi Hendrix , Suzi Quatro and Sparks. He had to take a course in Assimilation , though when he attended The London College of Economics. IN OTHER WORDS , WHEREAS AN ENGLISH PERSON MIGHT SAY "BANGERS AND MASH , PLEASE" , MICK WOULD HAVE SAID , "A FULL SLAB , WITH LOUISIANA HOT SAUCE , CORNBREAD , AND WHAT SIDES HAVE YOU GOT?".

 "TEA , milk and sugar , with lemon , if you will".        "Sweet tea , ma'am"

 " I SAY , I DON'T ARF FANCY HER !"    "Gaaahhh damn ! She's hot as July Jam".

" I quite like Muddy Waters on Chess Records , me. It'd be an HONOUR  to share the same stage with him , one day....AHHHHH. As if that'll ever happen." 

"Muddy Waters? I filled his car up with Regular , once. Purdy good guy to shoot the shit with.".

 Mark George Harrison said:

Are you trying to imply Micks not from the deep south JB? The ever changing Jagger voice has always amused me, from well spoken middle class young man to naughty cockney to cringe inducing faux American accent. Still, when you've got his money!

John Battles said:

Mark George ,    WHA' , Y'MEAN , SOUTH OF LONDON?

I've been too busy to just look it up , but , for eons (That's aoens in Yankeese.)

 I thought Jagger was saying " I'm gonna hit and run rape her in anger"
(In "Midnight Rambler" ) , which , I thought , even for him , was misogynistic as Hell , though , obviously , not coming from the First Person P.O.V. , but from a role played in the song.     But , then , it occured to me , he was probably saying "Rapier" , as he's reading off a list of weapons ( " Knife - sharpened tipee - toe , shoot 'em dead....cloak and dagger....stick my knife right down your throat".).

I also thought an audience member was saying "CODS , HAM !!! CODS , HAM !!!" , BUT , Rock'n'Roll fucks upyour ears.

Mark George Harrison said:

Sorry JB, I did wonder at you getting something wrong!

A lot of Jaggers lyrics are hard to decipher due to his 'southern drawl!'

John Battles said:

THAT'S WHAT i WAS SAYING  , THAT THE CORRECT WORD WAS RAPIER , THE WAY I ORIGINALLY HEARD IT , THOUGH , WAS RAZOR.   FROM "HONKY TONK WOMEN ON , IT'S CORRECT LYRIC , FIRST.           ANYONE WANT TO TACKLE "MIDNIGHT RAMBLER , AND STAY FASHIONABLE , WHILE WE'RE AT IT?
 
Mark George Harrison said:

Whiskey in the jar is rapier JB, not razor. 

John Battles said:

"Hot and Nasty" , Black Oak Arkansas - "They call me hot and nasty , they call me Mr. Pansy.".       Actual lyric - "They call me Mr. Fancy".

Johnny Thunders (And Walter Lure's Heroes) "Too Much Junkie Business"

"Your the coolest thing in town , with your face flat on the ground. Friends went through your pockets as the coffee went down...."

"...AS THE COFFIN WENT DOWN".

( I thought they were saying "Coffee" in reference the suposedly surefire way to revive an OD victim by pouring hot coffee down their throat , which , reportedly , is how original Dolls Drummer, Billy Murcia , died. ).

 

"Honky Tonk Women" , YOU KNOW WHO. "I laid a Divorcee in New York City..."

                                 "I LATER DID THE SAME IN NEW YORK CITY....". 

 

"Whiskey In The Jar" (Trad.) - Dubliners , Thin Lizzy.

" I first produced me pistol , and then produced my rapier." 

"And then produced my razor.''.

 

David Bowie - "Hang on To Yourself" -     "And we move around like tigers on vaseline"

                "If you like f*gg*ts and vaseline".  I'm sorry , that IS what it sounded like until I saw the actual lyrics.

 

"All The Madmen "- "My libido split on me , give me some good old lobotomy."

                           "And The Beatles split on me...." (Very topical for 1971.)

"Ziggy Stardust" - "He could lick 'em by smiling....." . Do I have to say it?

                           "The kids were just crass"     "The kids were just crap.".

 

"Suffragette City"  "AW , DOOGIE , DON'T CRASH HERE"  

                           "There's usually dope 'round here....".

 "Width of a Circle"    'To which he laughed insane "Kahlil Gibran".

                           "To which he laughed and said "God's will , children."

 

Romeo Void (I forget the song.)    "Get THAT JERK OFF YOUR MIND" (Do I have to say it?).