I think the use of the word "like" in the context of Facebook is in most cases as ludicrous as Myspace's use of "friends".

When my band used Myspace, we'd get endless requests from idiots with 5 gazillion "friends", who had no interest in us or our type of music and just wanted to boost their number of "friends".  The only "relationship" we'd ever have with our new found "friend" would be clicking the accept button (or in our case the "up yours, clown!" reject button) in answer to their request. Once that was done, they'd be off to find another new "friend", never to darken our page with their shallow and desperately needy personality again.

We did meet some great bands and people, but they were very much in the minority amongst a tidal wave of losers who seem to view the whole social media thing as a game of top trumps, which if they win somehow proves someone out there actually likes them.

kopper said:

If you don't pay for this new "Page Post Promotion" each post will only be seen by 10-20% of your likers. So in effect, Facebook has just killed off 80-90% of our Facebook promotional reach.

/rant

This new program is about as fucked up as it gets - not only does it apply to business pages, but fan pages as well, which are usually a labor of love for the admin (not a money maker).

I guess this means it's back to email marketing lists for many, which is lame... Between the nickel & dime nitpicking at ebay, the up-coming pay-to-be-listed on Google Shopping, and now this pay-to-post garbage on facebook, it's getting increasingly difficult to be an independent business on the internet. The big boys who can pay to play are taking over (or have taken already) the largest selling, searching & marketing venues available.

To me, it means these venues are hurting - consolidating their revenue sources increasingly inward. It shows investors they can still make money, but glosses-over the faltering organic growth that provides long-term stability.

So I don't rant too far off topic, I'll say this: all of these jackasses are hurting DIY musicians - any venue that excessively charges you to promote, market, sell, share or give away is hurtful to the very narrow margins that allow these people to pay their bills and continue to produce. It further sets up those with means to be gate-keepers of what is or isn't publicly shared.

"Now it's 1984
Knock-knockin at your front door...."

Big Brother is not the government, it's business.

"Get Off The Road", the theme from the Herschell Gordon Lewis film "She Devils On Wheels", is a trash classic about "maneaters on motorbikes". It's been covered by both The Cramps (after the "Girl on a Motorcycle" trailer in the vid below) and The Lunachicks.

Cool. Thanks. I have a couple blues songs on the playlist already. One of them is "Rich Man's Woman on a Poor Man's Pay" by Kid Ramos.

swt said:

A cool song by a band I met here in The Hideout is "She's Kind of Evil" by Thee Fine Lines.

Going back to the blues there's Muddy Waters' "Iodine in My Coffee."

and here's a link: http://www.deezer.com/en/search/thee%20mighty%20caesars

angela davis said:

Oh, and definitely Thee Mighty Caesars' 'Baby Who Mutilated Everybody's Heart'.

A cool song by a band I met here in The Hideout is "She's Kind of Evil" by Thee Fine Lines.

Going back to the blues there's Muddy Waters' "Iodine in My Coffee."

Oh, and definitely Thee Mighty Caesars' 'Baby Who Mutilated Everybody's Heart'.

Lee Moses' 'Bad Girl' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaF6V54gDp8 is one of my favourite songs of all time, although it's a soul song.

The Romancers' 'She Took my Oldsmobile' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBXBgz2pOms.  

The Del Gators' 'Dynamite' (can't find a link, but it's on their album 'Pound Down' on In the Red, and it's extra fantastic because it's a chick singing about a chick).

The Donnas' 'Friday Fun' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUKHbQRA4gM or really anything off the Donnas' first album.  

The Masonics' 'Schitzo' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_duIuPR-_E.

Woman is Trouble by The Beguiled.

Yeah,  Tommy seems awesome for sure. Not a huge fan of Uncle Monk though either. Funny enough, of all the Ramones related solo projects, CJ's Bad Chopper LP is far and away the best....blew me away.  I liked Dee Dee's I.C.L.C album too.
John Battles said:

. Tommy sems like a great person , but , I did'nt go see his band , Uncle Monk. I like Bluegrass , but , in my opinion , that's not even good Bluegrass. More like Deadhead Bluegrass. The stuff I heard , there were'nt even any breakdowns.

Oh yeah, I read that. Other than some sibling rivalry, which probably hurt Joey as much as it did Mickey, I think you'd have a hard time pointing to anything that indicates that Joey was anything but a sweetheart. Sure, he was dysfunctional in some ways, OCD, physical problems, but he certainly wasn't mean.
 
John Battles said:

YOU'RE RIGHT , i WON'T DEFEND TED NUGENT , BUT , TO SEE THAT THERE'S TWO SIDES TO EVERY  STORY , ONE IS ADVISED TO READ MICKEY LEIGH (NEE MITCH HYMAN , JOEY'S BROTHER.)'S BOOK , "I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE". JOEY COULD BE A BULLY , TOO.

 

Touche. But , a lot of public figures have at least two personalities , for their public and for the people they have to work with. Then ,there's relationships , but , that's more personal , or should be. I never met Johnny or Joey ,but , both Dee Dee and Marky
were super nice when I met them . Tommy sems like a great person , but , I did'nt go see his band , Uncle Monk. I like Bluegrass , but , in my opinion , that's not even good Bluegrass. More like Deadhead Bluegrass. The stuff I heard , there were'nt even any breakdowns.

Tyler said:

As a kid, i remember reading that Johnny was the kindest of all the Ramones when it came to the fans.
 Johnny is my favourite Ramone. The guy was on the road in a van for 22 years with incredibly fucked up people, and was the main guy responsible for keeping it all together, and how the Ramones "sound" was executed was because of his guitar style, even over Tommys drum style. One of the funniest quotes I've ever heard is recently from Johnnys recent biography. It was along the lines of "Everyone thinks i was an asshole. I'm not an asshole...i just didn't like the people I was around". Can't argue that. Johnny Ramone rules. Joey and Dee Dee were not exactly saints either. If I stopped listening to a band because of how big of an asshole one of the members were, i'd have to rid 95% of my record collection :P
G. Wood said:

Anyway, I stopped listening to The Ramones after I found out that Johnny was a bully, manipulator, misogynist, woman beater, etc. (kind of like Nugent). Joey hated him, insomuch as his kind heart could hate.

YOU'RE RIGHT , i WON'T DEFEND TED NUGENT , BUT , TO SEE THAT THERE'S TWO SIDES TO EVERY  STORY , ONE IS ADVISED TO READ MICKEY LEIGH (NEE MITCH HYMAN , JOEY'S BROTHER.)'S BOOK , "I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE". JOEY COULD BE A BULLY , TOO.

I FOUND A LOT OF JOHNNY'S BEHAVIOR ABHORRAL , BUT , I ALSO RECOMMEND "COMMANDO" , THE POSTHUMOUS AUTOBIOGRAPHY , REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU STAND..... THE RAMONES WOULD'NT HAVE MADE IT , EVEN AS FAR AS THEY DID , IF THEY WERE'NT  HYPER - DYSFUNCTIONAL , FOR WHATEVER REASON. THEY HAD TO START DYING TO BECOME SUPERSTARS. I'M SURE A LOT OF YOUNGER PEOPLE THINK THEY WERE HUGE. IN SOME COUNTRIES , THEY WERE. THEY RODE OUT INTO THE SUNSET ON THE LOLLAPALOOZA TOUR , BUT ,THEY WERE SUPPORTING METALLICA AND SOUNDGARDEN. THEY PROBABLY WERE'NT TOO HIGH ON THE BILL AT THE US FESTIVAL IN '82 , EITHER , AND PEOPLE THREW CRAP AT THEM. I DID'NT CARE IF THEY WERE DOING A BAD SHOW (LIKE THE LAST TIME I SAW THEM , BUT THE MONITORS WERE FUCKED , AND THEY COULD'NT HEAR EACH OTHER. OF COURSE , ALL ANYONE COULD THROW WAS PLASTIC CUPS , BUT , IF THEY DID'NT LIKE IT ,  NOONE WAS BLOCKING THE EXIT DOORS.), THEY HAD SO LONG SINCE EARNED OUR RESPECT, IT'S HILARIOUS AND TRAGIC IN ONE FELL SWOOP..

PEOPLE FEEL ENTITLED , EVEN WITH A BAND THAT WORKED THEIR BALLS OFF FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

G. Wood said:

Ted Nugebt is one of the biggest assholes on the planet. Recent quote--"Feminist, what's that? A fat pig who doesn't get enough?" I'm doing this from memory,so a few words might be wrong. That's just a sample of his idiocy. There's plenty more.

Anyway, I stopped listening to The Ramones after I found out that Johnny was a bully, manipulator, misogynist, woman beater, etc. (kind of like Nugent). Joey hated him, insomuch as his kind heart could hate.

John Battles said:

I know , a lot of people did'nt like their version of "Journey" , I did , but I did'nt like everything C.J. sang on. I think I liked him doing "My Back Pages" more....I know The Nuge said "Tell that kid he sang it with a lot of attitude". John Drake , who sang on the original , lives here in Chicago. He's a good cat. I've only ever seen him sing , once. He recently sat in with Ted , AND Derek St. Holmes. Now , I am 30 + years past caring about
 Ted's post - Amboy Dukes stuff , but , I would have gone to see that , if it was'nt , like $60.
swt said:

I like Acid Eaters too. I'm a sucker for "Journey to the Center of the Mind."

Here's my review of Joey's latest solo record, which was published in the local newspaper. I've got mixed feelings about it, but there's more good stuff there than I thought there'd be

http://garagepunk.ning.com/group/recordreviews/forum/topics/terrell...

We may be biased, but Klobbermeister is our favorite masked band.

Mask Man is great but no one was ever like Blowfly

King Diamond was cool but I haven't listed to them since I cut my mullet.

Mohammed Rafi put out the classic video Jaan Pehechan Ho

The Vampires were a German instrumental surf group with a girl drummer that all dressed up like Robin the boy wonder. They were great but lost in time, if anyone has more info please share.

My recommendation would be the Christian garage rockers the Knights of the New Crusade

Show #377: "(Early) Father's Day Special" playlist:

Queen - "Procession/Father To Son"
The Wind In The Willows - "There Is But One Truth, Daddy"
Iveys - "And Her Daddy's A Millionaire"
St. George & Tana - "Big Daddy Blues"
David McWilliams - "Daddy Lonesome"
The Humblebums - "Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway"
Shep & The Limelites - "Daddy's Home"
Pearls Before Swine - "My Father"
Chicory Tip - "Son Of My Father"
Bo Diddley - "Diddley Daddy"
The Trashmen - "Whoa Dad!"
The Turtles - "Oh, Daddy"
Magic Carpet - "Father Time"
The Satisfactions - "Daddy You Gotta Let Him In"
Groundhogs - "Sins Of The Father"
Birds Birds - "Daddy Daddy"
Golden Earrings - "Daddy Buy Me A Girl"
The Nice - "Daddy, Where Did I Come From"
Love - "Feel Daddy Feel Good"
The Mothers Of Invention - "Hungry Freaks, Daddy"
Cat Stevens - "Father And Son"
Gil Bateman - "Daddy Walked In Darkness"
Ofo The Black Company - "Beautiful Daddy"
The Lewis & Clarke Expedition - "Daddy's Plastic Child"
Manfred Mann - "So Long Dad"
Thoughts & Words - "Father And Son"
The Who - "Daddy Rolling Stone"
The Syndicats - "Crawdaddy Simone"
Tiny Tim - "Daddy, Daddy, What Is Heaven Like"
Yes - "Dear Father"
Circus - "Father Of My Daughter"
Can - "Father Cannot Yell"
Stackridge - "Father Frankenstein Is Behind Your Pillow"
The Beach Boys - "Child Is Father Of The Man"
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy"
Fire - "Father's Name Is Dad"
The Tonics - "Daddy"
Richard Berry & The Dreamers - "Daddy Daddy"
Jeff Daniels - "Daddy-O-Rock"
The Torero's - "Daddy Loves Baby"
Styx - "Little Fugue In G/Father O.S.A."

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As a genre I love, it's hard for me to say who my faves are, although I do lean strongly towards the Bomboras, Phantom Surfers, the Trashwomen, the Boardwalkers, Royal Knightmares, the Fathoms, and many other of the big names that's already mentioned here. Two bands that aren't surf, but has done killer surf instros that I dig, are Southern Culture On the Skids and the Boss Martians.

Two lesser-known bands I'd like to plug here are:

The D-Rays out of Athens, OH. They're a nice 3-piece that I came across on Facebook who I've played on "40 Oz. Nonsense". I think they've got a couple of releases under their belt now, and you can hear a cool cover of the Ramones' "Cretin Hop" on their ep "Landlocked In Athens".

Find 'em on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/theDRays

They're also right here on the Hideout: http://garagepunk.ning.com/profile/TheDRays

Keep up with 'em on their blog, too: http://draysathens.wordpress.com/

The other band is the Surf Zombies from Cedar Rapids who I came across a couple of years ago. They've released three albums, and their style ranges from not only basic surf, but to the spooky surf and rockabilly-sounding instros. Their latest album "Lust For Rust" has them pushing more towards a "hot rod" sound, but still impressive, IMHO. Their only "website" is their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/surfzombiesband

Thanks. I asked because he was interested in Zim-Gar models. I have one branded Howard, it's like the one on the cover of the 1st Hound Dog Taylor album, but with 2 pickups.

Hi

errr.....If I have a suggestion......

If we all tag our bands with a similar tag (Say "Garagepunk"), and then we log on to LastFM now and again, go into the "Tags" menu, select "Garagepunk", and "Play Garagepunk tag radio".....we will get played a selection of music from the bands that use that tag, if we all do this, we also gain a lot of new listeners (which means LastFM promote you more)..........AND it should create "Similar Artists" links that ARE actually similar to our bands...(we had this problem as well, and I think it happens were you have a low number of (LastFM) listeners....the LastFM software automatically assumes you are similar to the other stuff your listeners listen to....if you have a low number of listeners, even one listener  playing you by mistake can throw the whole thing out)....

Worth a try?

BG

TBGZP

YES I am on it. Captain Higgins. See ya.

Not quite as retarded as claiming we're "stealing" from bands by playing their music on our podcasts or that we're "stealing" their songs by selecting them to be on the Hideout Comp Series, is it, Zoe? I mean, seriously, are YOU fucking for real?

Zoe von Doll said:

@Justin and @Sam, Last Fm is FREE, so why you are complaining about it at all is retarded.  Let alone things like photos of band lineup.  Are you fucking for real?  No one can "tag" their "stuff" as being "similar" to yours.

Sam Sinister said:

@Justin - It doesn't really work like that, the similar artists are determined by people's listening habits, and how they tag bands/songs. You basically have to find people on there who listen to bands that YOU think your band sounds like, and add them as friends, then ask them to listen to and tag your band. It's a huge pain in the ass.

As far as the photos go, I think you're pretty much screwed. Last.fm is all Wiki-based, so anyone can add whatever they want and it seems like there's very little moderation going on over there. 

Justin Scarred said:

Last.fm is currently the bane of my existence. The site is cool and the features are cool, but the similar artists for our band is all jacked and there's no way to fix it. Pretty frustrating, also frustrating to get them to delete the pictures when your lineup changes and stuff. 

I guess it's my fault for ignoring last.fm for the last four years. We used to be on a super extra-punk label and I guess a lot of bands who wanted to be on that label tagged their stuff as being similar to ours and it's not at all. Just as an example listen to this song and then click on any of the "similar artists" - apples to oranges.

 

Anyone else have their band's stuff up there? Have you ever had this problem? Right now we're trying to get our street team to "scrobble" so that this gets fixed, but they don't say how often they re-set the "similar artists" thingy

I'll throw the Beguiled into the mix. A fucking great band.

I think Tenpole Tudor was just fun, putting it in a box like Celtic or olde English makes it sound like he was taking it too seriously! But I would say any hall of fame would need to be different based on geographical locations. So for instance New York would have a garage rock hall of fame completely different to Detroit.

The UK would have a hall of fame that would see more British invasion type stuff along with the glam punk, and I would put Tenpole Tudor in with them. Maybe he wasn't quite like the Addicts but then Adam and the Ants was doing a similar thing about historically inaccurate highwaymen.

John Battles said:

I was going to mention Hasil. His APPROACH was Garage Punk , even if his music was wild Rockabilly. It's also true of Cordell Jackson , the Mother of D.I.Y. . Do people consider Tenpole Tudor "Psychobilly"? Seems he was around before The Meteors , Guana Batz , Demented Are Go , etc. , were happening. He was into this Celtic/Olde English thing that's very interesting. Bloodshot Bill , again , rare , non - pussy Rockabilly , but, arguably Garage Punk in approach.

I was going to mention Hasil. His APPROACH was Garage Punk , even if his music was wild Rockabilly. It's also true of Cordell Jackson , the Mother of D.I.Y. . Do people consider Tenpole Tudor "Psychobilly"? Seems he was around before The Meteors , Guana Batz , Demented Are Go , etc. , were happening. He was into this Celtic/Olde English thing that's very interesting. Bloodshot Bill , again , rare , non - pussy Rockabilly , but, arguably Garage Punk in approach.

Silver Apples and Suicide ,to me ,fall under the banner of "Electronic music that does'nt suck"

Were they still active ( THE LATE , GREAT , Cub Koda WAS KING USZNIEWICZ , AND tHE WIGGINS SISTERS DON'T SEEM INTERESTED IN REFORMING, THOUGH , TWO OF THEM DID , ONCE.) , King Uszniewicz vs. The Shaggs would be the ultimate Battle of The Worst Rock'n'Roll Bands . Don't get me wrong , love 'em both.

Deja Voodoo are hilarious. They sound liek a Cramps bootleg , almost. They did a "REUNION" WITH bLOODSHOT BILL FILLING IN ON DRUMS.

EATER JUST HAD A ONE OF A KIND SOUND....yES , IT WAS pUNK , BUT , WHERE DO YOU PLACE IT?   Classifying Esquerita is difficult , too , but , he's definitely an Artist from the 50's who fucked shit UP! ( He recorded and released records in the 60's , too.).

Stooges speak for themselves , but, you're on to something , here.  It's not just one group or style.

Here's the latest episode, featuring all Latin-American bands, hosted by Kletzl of El Tocadiscos Salvaje!

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/garagepunk-surfcast-28