My (Brendan, of The Pygmies [I specifiy this because a few of us use this profile])Favorite around Alberta (Canada) is definitely The Ketamines.

Check them out and other great bands on the monster garage label Mammoth Cave Recordings, out of Lethbridge, Alberta (Canada)

Here's a great video for the first song off their full length LP Spaced Out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkG64thS9VU

Burlington, VT- Persian Claws, Blue Button, Vacant Lots...and my band of course haha!!

As Portsmouth is "my city", and the only Garage band to come from there (of any note) would be the Green Hornets, but the Vendetta period. After that they were a little too "pop" for my taste.

In Toronto, some of my current favorites are the PowWows, Evil Eyes, Leather Uppers (who just played a show recently, so I guess they are current?), Primordials, BBQ (now lives in Toronto), .... all I can think of for now.

Ottawa and Montreal have better "garage" bands. Toronto seems to have better punk/ hardcore/ metal bands.

Understanding that this is my band account for Thick Shakes... I think I would pick

Radio Control from Boston, MA, or Triple Thick (Who are on the Hideout, I believe).

So, bands local to you. Signed or unsigned, current or past?

Mines would be The Kosher Pickles from Glasgow, Scotland.

The Spits !

does Angus Young count also? ;-)

if they have a biiiiiiiig subby bassdrum ... well, then i don`t care ;-)

but honestly: with a bass player in your band you look more sexy, hehe.

CHEERS

I think the Equals had to have had a bass player in the studio. That instrument was usually the loudest thing heard on their records.
 
John Battles said:

The Equals , three Guitars , no Bass....centuries before it was cool.

 

Sometimes , the fewer people you have , the less likely someone is to get killed. Also , two people might have the chemistry that 4 or 5 don't. It all depends. If it's still good music , I don't mind the absence of a bass so much. But , about 10 years ago , the bassless bands started getting so bad , Donald "Duck" Dunn , God rest his soul , probably could'nt have helped them.

Sometimes it's just doin' with what you got. I'm a bass player (living in Olympia, WA at the time) and when a drummer friend of mine, Matt, said we should start a band, the Bodides, we were switching off between drums and guitar because it was just the two of us. I thought, fuck yeah. We played our first gig a week later with the Rock and Roll Adventure Kids from Oakland (two guys).
Matt's touring thru L.A. now with his current two person band, The Maxines.
I'll agree that sometimes a bass would have filled out the sound a bit, but that's not what we were after. Nobody ever left a show feeling they didn't get their moneys worth for the performance.
And as far as band dynamics go, there's less people to disagree when I make a suggestion. Oh yeah!

It works for some people. The Cramps made it for 10 years without a Bassist , but , when they opted to bring one in , that was their choice. The music did'nt suffer. Royal Pendletons , a famous producer....HMMMM....tried to straddle them with a studio Bassist. Big money was offered , but , they knew that'd never happen. Guess who?  The Equals , three Guitars , no Bass....centuries before it was cool. The Dead Boys started out without a Bass player because Jeff Magnum did'nt want rejoin them after their first incarnation as Frankenstein . Gibson Bros. , Demolition Dollrods , others , I dunno. Someone said the first - ever Rockabilly - influenced band without a Bassist was The Cramps. But , that honor would actually have to go to Suicide. They got along , but , that's a horse of  a different color. Silver Apples , too. They made it work. Lee Michaels only had himself on keyboards (And other instruments , in the studio.) and a drummer. What's that relatively new two - piece Black snake orchid overdrive , or something. Keyboard player , drummer , non - suck 70's Rock. I forget their name , sorry. Black opel cobra or something.

You can OD on bass , crank it up way too loud when it does'nt work that way , or , of course , crank out the terrible 80's Funk (Seinfeld incidental music , anyone? I had to FOLLOW AN HOUR OF THAT , RECENTLY. ) influence. Sometimes , it's the Soundman's fault , if he's used to DJing "Dance" music , the bass and drums will be painful. Untamed Youth even got the Disco treatment the first time they played in Chicago , more than 10 years after their first attempts to get booked here...... 

ROCKS au circuit !!!!

The documentary is great. Be sure to also check out these two totally cool 1966 live clips from a French TV show. Lord Sutch rules!

Haha! Like the guy playing it (only kidding Mr Batio!)

I've actually played BC Rich's that were quite good instruments (at what they do) albeit awful looking things and those JEM thingies sure play super fast but sound super terrible.

Lets face it, all ya really need is vol/tone controls and nothing beats a well set up Bigsby if you're fond of wiggle sticks...

Waveclipper, you've raised the bar. It's an uncool guitar with excessive unnecessary features.

Hey. I remember thinking the same thing. The guys from Rancid, Rage and others just filled the wings of the stage watching Joey and the guys do their thing. In fact, the band that plugged in just before the Ramones was Rancid. Tim walked to the mic (and this is when Rancid was SUPER fucking popular and on MTV and all that crap) and he said something like "the only reason we're here is b/c we get to play with one of the best fucking bands in the world - the Ramones!!!" Still one of my all-time favorite shows. Drove from Cincinnati to Tennessee b/c it was one of only 4 dates that Rage Against the Machine played. great to see them, rancid, melvins, screaming trees... even soundgarden and metallica weren't "bad."

Dalevis said:

I saw them on that Lollapalooza tour in Rockingham, NC. What struck me about that show was that guys from all the other bands were at the side of the stage watching the Ramones.

I was introduced to the Ramones by the End of the Century album by MTV of all things. I still have that one memorized. Whatever I could find I would buy. I didnt grow up with the benefit of hipster hindsight. I bought an album like Animal Boy when it was released and I loved it.

I saw them on that Lollapalooza tour in Rockingham, NC. What struck me about that show was that guys from all the other bands were at the side of the stage watching the Ramones.

I was introduced to the Ramones by the End of the Century album by MTV of all things. I still have that one memorized. Whatever I could find I would buy. I didnt grow up with the benefit of hipster hindsight. I bought an album like Animal Boy when it was released and I loved it.

I'm ready to testify!

Kick out the jams motherf...er!!!

Give a try to the ProCo You dirty Rat effect...I've just bought used and it sounds great in my opinion

I've just test the new effect for some minutes yesterday (today will be the official test with the band) and as the claim says: it has "more fuzz than a police convention!" ha ha, that's right! What a powerful fuzz it is!

I've got a '78 Telecaster and a Peavey Calssic 30 amp and it sounds great! Unfortunately I can't push it to the limit cause with my guitar the amp starts screaming cause of the too bright tones but is still a great effect.

Sure that with a guitar with humbucker pickups it will give you the boost as a fuzzed single coil guitar can have.

I've also got a Big Muff effect but this Dirty Rat sounds even better.

Some of my most fave:
The Hondells-"Hot Rod High"/"Little Honda"
The Sigma Five-"Comin' Down"/"Pop Top"
Warren Smith-"Miss Froggie"/"So Long I'm Gone"
MC5-"Looking at You"/"Tonight"
T.V. Slim-"Flatfoot Sam"/"Darling Remember"
The Dictators-"Who Will Save Rock 'N' Roll?"/"Savage Beat"
The Howlin' Wolf-"Evil is Goin' On"/"Baby How Long?"
The Replacements-"I'm in Trouble"/"If Only You Were Lonely"
The Lime Spiders-"Slave Girl"/"Beyond the Fringe"
Bill Walker-"Party Time"/"Wineo"
The Mutants-"I Say Yeah"/"Cafe au Lait"

The week's show featured music from the new Hives album, two tracks from the recent Hideout comp (Blue Squares & The Scumbags), New Kind of Mambo, Guided By Voices, 999, Ty Segall and more!

Download/listen to the podcast here:
http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20120710-1030-...

Check out my blog post on Lex Hives:
http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2012/07/lex-hives-show-412.html?spref=fb

The play list for this week:

1.  Teenanger – Red Eye Station
2.  Jaill – Perfect Ten
3.  Mystics – Last Time (Demo)
4.  The Scumbags - My Baby’s Gone Away
5.  The Blue Squares – It’s No Wonder
6.  New York Dolls – Looking For A Kiss
7.  The Professionals – Payola
8.  Iggy Pop – Sweet Sixteen
9.  Fictions – Fication
10. Terminal Spectators – Another Day Another Dream
11. Guided By Voices – Hang Up And Try Again
12. Sloan - People Of The Sky (Live)
13. New Kind of Mambo – Luv Me True
14. New Kind of Mambo – Land of 1000 Dances
15. Paul Jacobs – Pickin’ Up The Slack
16. Pow Wows – Pandemic #44
17. Ty Segall Band - The Bag I'm In
18. Ty Segall Band – Oh Mary
19. The Black Angels – She’s Not There
20. The Spelling Mistakes – Hate Me, Hate Me
21. 999 – You Can’t Buy Me
22. Raptors - Can't Win
23. The Hives – 1000 Answers
24. The Hives – Take Back The Toys 
25. The Hives – Patrolling Days