You're right, and this was also true for when we added the GaragePunk Hideout to Wikipedia (here's the link), which will probably end up getting deleted because it lacks notability. There just aren't enough news sites out there "reporting" on websites like ours! I guess it doesn't matter that we have 7,500 members or over 12,000 likes on Facebook... if you don't have a proper press article that explains the site with "verifiable facts" then you're screwed. So it's lacking verified citations, but what can you do? You can't write those articles yourself, and most "journalists" (and I use that term VERY loosely these days) rarely ever care about a site like this to even bother with visiting it, let alone spend any time here to get the general vibe or learn more about the Hideout Comps, GPPR, etc. I think there's just too much gray area around "press articles" vs. blog posts. What should make one a proper citation and the other not?

G. Wood said:

I was asked to write a Wikipedia page for my friend's band. After reading the requirements detailing who qualifies for a page that won't be deleted, I questioned whether my friend qualifies, even though she's released 3 albums for actual labels, has tons of press, and plays regularly from LA to NY. 

It's not easy to write a proper Wiki article. It needs to have verified citations from press articles (not online blogs), and be composed of verifiable facts. It's very different from just dashing off a promo bio full of adjectives. Which is why I never finished it.

But yeah, it's true. No one cares about my garage band. I have maybe 25 fans worldwide, and half of them are musicians, who are on the last album. I don't have a band, I have a circle of friends.

I was asked to write a Wikipedia page for my friend's band. After reading the requirements detailing who qualifies for a page that won't be deleted, I questioned whether my friend qualifies, even though she's released 3 albums for actual labels, has tons of press, and plays regularly from LA to NY. 

It's not easy to write a proper Wiki article. It needs to have verified citations from press articles (not online blogs), and be composed of verifiable facts. It's very different from just dashing off a promo bio full of adjectives. Which is why I never finished it.

But yeah, it's true. No one cares about my garage band. I have maybe 25 fans worldwide, and half of them are musicians, who are on the last album. I don't have a band, I have a circle of friends.

IF IT'S A BAND THAT'S WHINING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET ON WIKIPEDIA , YEAH , LESS THAN 10 MIGHT BE MORE LIKE IT  . BUT , IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BAND THAT'S PUT IN SOME TIME , BETWEEN 10 AND 30 YEARS , MAYBE MORE , AND BUILT UP A NATIONAL FOLLOWING OF SOME KIND , BUT , NEVER GRABBED THE BRASS RING FROM THE WHITE STRIPES , OR WHOEVER ,  LESS THAN 1000 IS'NT EVEN ACCURATE . IT'D BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.....AND , THAT'S NOT GOING TO ASSURE THEM A PLACE ON WIKIPEDIA , EITHER .     BUT , THESE CRAP BANDS WHO SEEM TO THINK MEDIA ATTENTION SHOULD JUST BE HANDED DOWN TO THEM , THEY REALLY SHOULD BE GLAD IF ANYONE CARES AT ALL.
 
kopper said:

Less than a thousand? Let's try less than 10!!

John Battles said:

 I HAVE'NT READ THEWHOLE THING , I CAUGHT THIS  AS I WAS GETTING READY TO TURN THE OLD IDIOT BOX OFF....But , it looks pretty funny. Someone went to a LOT of work to get their point across. Anyway , do that many Garage Bands  really think they belong on Wikipedia when they have following of , oh , let's be kind , less than 1000 people? There have got to be a number of Garage Bands , past and present , that are pretty big in our world(s) , but , they're not whining if they have'nt yet rated a mention in Wikipedia.

Hear hear!!!

SMF said:

Here's who cares about my band:

Me

Otto

Dave

Andy 

We ARE the band...

That's all that matters!

We are back in the recording studio next month. Who cares about that? See above.

This is certainly better than growing up...

Less than a thousand? Let's try less than 10!!

John Battles said:

 I HAVE'NT READ THEWHOLE THING , I CAUGHT THIS  AS I WAS GETTING READY TO TURN THE OLD IDIOT BOX OFF....But , it looks pretty funny. Someone went to a LOT of work to get their point across. Anyway , do that many Garage Bands  really think they belong on Wikipedia when they have following of , oh , let's be kind , less than 1000 people? There have got to be a number of Garage Bands , past and present , that are pretty big in our world(s) , but , they're not whining if they have'nt yet rated a mention in Wikipedia.

Haha, very funny and a somewhat accurate account of a lot of bands I've encountered over the last 25 years...

Here's who cares about my band:

Me

Otto

Dave

Andy 

We ARE the band...

That's all that matters!

We are back in the recording studio next month. Who cares about that? See above.

This is certainly better than growing up...

I like "Sticky Fingers" too:)  "Dead Flowers" is one of my favorite Stones' tunes.

sideshow Barty said:

sticky fingers is being a little overlooked here,cant you hear me knockin and sway are on it ffs,and yeah everyones always goin on about exile being the best record ever made.....probably 'cos it is.

sticky fingers is being a little overlooked here,cant you hear me knockin and sway are on it ffs,and yeah everyones always goin on about exile being the best record ever made.....probably 'cos it is.

Yea, hard not to notice as this is maybe 1 of the only 2 punk records I like to ever come out of here.

I have the joyo vintage overdrive - it really is bloody great, I leave it on all the time for a nice amount of grit before a variety of fuzzes. Get one - and even if you don't like it it costs bugger all for such a good sounding pedal. got mine on ebay for $50 - I think.
I've also got the joyo dyna compressor - used it on bass to good effect but haven't really given it a thorough going over.
The pedals are solid and well made, as good as many 'boutique' pedal.

The Keggs 7'' on Orbit from 1967 with To Find Out/Girl. I'll post more 60's double sided killers when I think of more.

I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND , FOR SURE ,  BUT , I THINK THE CHEAPEST I'VE SEEN IT WAS MAYBE $69.99 .
 
whatwave dave said:

And worth every cent for the stupid grin it puts on my face every time i play I Can't Hardly Stand It  or   The Way I Walk    or Drug Train   or...the list goes on. Way better sound then the original LP's i've owned since they came out.

I was able to get it for $80 Canadian  when it came out, so theoretically it should be way cheaper in Chicago....

John Battles said:

I KNOW I SHOULD , but , Hey , Seuss! IT'S LIKE , $80.
 
whatwave dave said:

The Cramps    File Under Sacred Music     Early Singles 1978-1981

Best single i've bought in ages times 10 cause there's 10 killer singles in the box. Really nice pressings (at least mine is, and i bought it when it came out late last year) where you can actually hear Lux breathing at times. It's on Munster Records and i've seen copies at a coupla local record stores recently, so there's still copies floating around waiting to be nabbed by the likes of you!

And worth every cent for the stupid grin it puts on my face every time i play I Can't Hardly Stand It  or   The Way I Walk    or Drug Train   or...the list goes on. Way better sound then the original LP's i've owned since they came out.

I was able to get it for $80 Canadian  when it came out, so theoretically it should be way cheaper in Chicago....

John Battles said:

I KNOW I SHOULD , but , Hey , Seuss! IT'S LIKE , $80.
 
whatwave dave said:

The Cramps    File Under Sacred Music     Early Singles 1978-1981

Best single i've bought in ages times 10 cause there's 10 killer singles in the box. Really nice pressings (at least mine is, and i bought it when it came out late last year) where you can actually hear Lux breathing at times. It's on Munster Records and i've seen copies at a coupla local record stores recently, so there's still copies floating around waiting to be nabbed by the likes of you!

 SOME OF MY FAVES....nOT EVEN SCRATCHING THE SURFACE , BUT......

PAUL REVERE AND tHE RAIDERS "oRBIT - tHE sPY"/ "Beatnik Sticks"

Johnny Hallyday - "Voyage Aus Pays DES vIVANTS"

Love - "7 and 7 is " mixed hotter than Hell.

DONNY B. WAUGH. i'M SORRY , SCREW SPRINGSTEEN . wAUGH IS tHE jERSEY ROCK KING

"yOU bETTER bELIEVE IT" / "C'mon Everybody"

Chuck Berry "No Money Down" / "Downbown Train.

Ann-Margret "It's a Nice World To Visit (But not to Live In)/"You Turned My head around."

Dave Berry '' dON'T gIMME nO LIP cHILD".

svt "wANNA sEE yOU Cry"

Nervebreakers - All 3 original singles ( reished on gET hIP).

any Little Richard on Specialty

I KNOW I SHOULD , but , Hey , Seuss! IT'S LIKE , $80.
 
whatwave dave said:

The Cramps    File Under Sacred Music     Early Singles 1978-1981

Best single i've bought in ages times 10 cause there's 10 killer singles in the box. Really nice pressings (at least mine is, and i bought it when it came out late last year) where you can actually hear Lux breathing at times. It's on Munster Records and i've seen copies at a coupla local record stores recently, so there's still copies floating around waiting to be nabbed by the likes of you!

NICE. That image will always remind me of former funnyman , Dan Akyroyd as Tom Snyder and Mick Jagger as himself on SNL.
 
G. Wood said:

I'm more interested in picture sleeves than the actual music, I confess. Recently got this one, which I've been looking for forever.

The Cramps    File Under Sacred Music     Early Singles 1978-1981

Best single i've bought in ages times 10 cause there's 10 killer singles in the box. Really nice pressings (at least mine is, and i bought it when it came out late last year) where you can actually hear Lux breathing at times. It's on Munster Records and i've seen copies at a coupla local record stores recently, so there's still copies floating around waiting to be nabbed by the likes of you!

NOW THAT IT'S COOL TO LIKE THE RAMONES , AGAIN (AND IT WAS'NT , FOR YEARS.), THOSE SAME PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY BRAGGING ABOUT HOW THEY SAW THE RAMONES ,IN DECLINE , AND THEY WERE STILL GREAT....

Re John Battles' comment:

"... BUT , I WAS ALWAYS GLAD TO PLUNK DOWN MY CHANGE TO GO SEE THE RAMONES IN THE LAST 12 YEARS OF THEIR EXISTENCE , BECAUSE , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A PITIFUL FEW (CRAMPS , IGGY , MOTORHEAD , e.g.), THE COMPETITION WAS'NT SAYIN' NUTHIN FROM WHERE I STOOD.

Too right! Even on their bad nights (didn't remember hearing any of those), a night of the Ramones live? Well, it couldn't be beat. Sorry. And it wasn't even that the competition as such wasn't just not saying anything, they weren't PLAYING anything I wanted to hear at the time. If there WAS another show on on the same night, I'd still be at the Ramones, thank you very much.

"...and people throwing piles of plastic cups at the band did'nt help. I don't care if it was the worst show of their career , which it wasn't , you respected The Ramones, or you exercised the right to take your lame ass out the exit doors."

Now, ok, I have heard this before but it still makes me certifiably ropeable. I mean, I can't imagine any crowd throwing anything at the Ramones. Seriously? This happened many moons ago; nevertheless, reading it here makes my blood boil. I'm really glad I wasn't at that show because I probably would have gotten into trouble picking a fight with one of those idiots. *sigh* No respect.

I honestly like them all; Their first post-Sire, post Dee Dee LP album "Mondo Bizzaro is very cool. They didn't fall apart, and sound just as great as ever....

thanks. for now the link would be http://rockandrollradio.org/audio/yyyy/yymmdd.mp3

I think we will be going to mediafire link in the not too distant future.

The screamin' Soul Preacher said:

Great playlist !!!

Rock'n'Roll Suicide has always been one of my favorite podcasts around.

And I'm always trying to listen to Rock'n'Roll Party whenever I can but it would be so much more convenient if you could find a way (and the time of course) to podcast this... We, little dedicated listeners all over the world, could then listen to your superkickass show wherever we want via our little cheap mp3s players ! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease... 

Great playlist !!!

Rock'n'Roll Suicide has always been one of my favorite podcasts around.

And I'm always trying to listen to Rock'n'Roll Party whenever I can but it would be so much more convenient if you could find a way (and the time of course) to podcast this... We, little dedicated listeners all over the world, could then listen to your superkickass show wherever we want via our little cheap mp3s players ! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease... 

Stream or download the entire July 6 show right here.

Cool Breeze – Bloodshot Bill
Sweet Breeze – Vernon Green And The Phantoms
Cheesy Breeze – Milton Brown & The Musical Brownies
The Breeze and I – The 4 Most
Cool Breeze – The Daylighters

Jungle Rock – Chimes Of Freedom
Surfer’s Mood – Gene Gray & The Stingrays
The Hunch – Mad Mike & The Maniacs
Sugar Cookie – Evan Johns And The H-Bombs
Shake It On Down – The Mess Around
Daddy Issues – Cudzoo & The Faggettes

Striptease Girl – MFC Chicken
Branded - Thats My Beer – The Branded
The Creeping Ivies – Rock N Roll Party
Ain’t That a Dilly – Marlon Grisham
Cerveza – Boots Brown
Have You Ever Shot Somebody – Michael Shelley

Tipsy – The Jam Messengers
Watch Your Step – Beasts Of Bourbon, The
Dope Sniffin' Dog –Jack.O and the Tear Jerkers

Local Lunchbox
Under the Weather – Head on Electric
Bobby – Midnight Reruns
Dirty Girl – Certain Stars
One Way Street – Nick Pipitone

Friday Night Dance Party – Link Wray
Drums A Go-Go – The Titty Twisters Orchestra
Tornado Love – Blacktop
Boyfriend Street – The Flip-Tops
Pretty Please – River City Tanlines

Blind Man – Tav Falco’s Panther Burns
Go to Him – Ray Brown & The Whispers
Diana – Guantanamo Baywatch
Raina – Nick Waterhouse
Young And Foolish – Wendy Rene

Rock The Universe – The Neanderthals
Thirty Days – Chuck Berry
Dig Myself a Hole – Charlie Feathers

Watching My Baby – Reigning Sound
Wild Romance – Los Straitjackets featuring Sarah Borges
I Thought About You – The Electric Mess
I'm Only Lonely – Gentleman Jesse
Don't Go Too Far – Mother's Children

50s French Movie – The Chrome Cranks
Flower Punk Girl – Thee Exciters
Don't Care About You – The Pygmies
Strychnine – The Anabolics

Untitled – Hank Haint
Shame – Million Sellers
But I Didn’t– Charlie Pickett
Not As Pretty – The Sights
Lakeside – Blue Mountain
Centreville – Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires
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