Skurkarna are a great instro band from Gothenberg. They have a track on one of the Hideout comps.  Check out their hilarious profile here on the Hideout:  http://garagepunk.ning.com/profile/SKURKARNA

Let's keep this topic about Sweden, guys. Not Norway, Finland, Denmark, etc. Thanks!

Also, the Kissettes's back band is the Nomads.  "The Kissettes A' Go-Go" is a pretty good single. (but it's pricey now!!!)

And Robert Johnson And Punchdrunks is(was) a rockin' inst band.  They have some good tunes!

 
John Battles said:

You're right. The Nomads did a single , included in Next Big Thing Magazine , in the Late 80's , as The Screaming Dizbusters. Of course , they covered "Next Big Thing" . "Yeh , I knocked 'em dead in Dallas. They did'nt know we were Swedes.".
 
kopper said:

Aren't the Screaming Dizbusters actually the Nomads? Thought I read that somewhere before (never heard 'em, though)...

whatwave dave said:

Here's a few more......The Creeps (1st 2 LP's only), Union Carbide Productions, Backdoor Men, Wilmer X, Shoutless, Wayward Souls, Bottle Ups, Cornflake Zoo, Livingstones, HighSpeed V, Screaming Dizbusters...and there's lots more.

Unfortunately we are having turntable issues, so although we prefer it as a format, we won't be able to play as soon as we'd like so CD is preferred.  Cheers!

Do you cats accept vinyl submissions too?

BLACKCAT69 said:

Bands! Send a snail mail CD to us: CJAM 99.1 FM, Room B-20 c/o The Trip! 401 Sunset Ave. Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4

Bands! Send a snail mail CD to us: CJAM 99.1 FM, Room B-20 c/o The Trip! 401 Sunset Ave. Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4

I've never once been on Facebook. I go to shows, play shows, parties, buy records....whatever. I don't feel like I'm missing anything by not being on Facebook. I don't have anything against it. Everybody I know is on it. I guess I just never got around to joining and probably never will. My band may be on it, but I'm quite sure it's not. I know our drummer is on it, so maybe he did something? ... anyway, I would say no, it's not killing music?

I don't Think Facebook makes a difference. I never use Facebook to find out more about a band or pay attention to there "likes". I think word of mouth is key. If you are good live people will here and want to see you play and Ya got get to music out to them. Maybe Facebook is good of that? I don't know. Maybe I'm just old school? Or just old? Haha

Don't think it's killing music at all. We somehow have fans in 20 Countries around the world through facebook. Kind of weird, but really cool!  Now... we don't get a lot out of promoting on facebook. We generally get more "likes" after we play a show than just people finding us randomly via facebook. I don't think the site is a good place to find bands unless you have already heard of them. Aside from that it's ok for networking with other bands and finding some gigs here and there, but even then that is with people and bands we already know.

My .02¢ - Rev. Dr. Doomtone

I think we'll start seeing more of this type of stuff there, in a desperate attempt to 'increase revenue'.

Check this shit out...

I was just on our Facebook page posting about the new episode of Sounds Like Crime when I noticed a little drop-down menu at the bottom of the post that said "Promote." "What's this?" I asked myself. Come to find out it's some new money-making scheme by Facebook to charge people with pages for EACH wall post they make (which has apparently been in place now for a month but I didn't know it). The GaragePunk.com Facebook page has 11,924 likes, which means if I want to post an update there now that will be seen by all of our fans, it'll cost me $50. Yes, FIFTY BUCKS per post to ensure that it reaches all 11,924 folks who like the page. 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. Facebook claims that nothing has changed about how posts are shared with the people who like your page, but I have noticed that since this change has taken effect, our post likes and comments are down considerably, so I'm a bit skeptical of that claim.

I don't think I need to remind ANYONE how rich this Mark Zuckerberg asshat is (and if you've seen The Social Network, you know he's an asshat), so it really surprises me that they'd pull something like this in an effort to make even more money. Unbelievable.

Ditch Farcebook. Use the Hideout.

/rant

Nice playlist!!!!!  Crash 80's!!!!

Minstrels!!!!!  I've heard of them.....didn't they have a record on that what wave label?? See ya next thursday!

Show #376: "The Eggman Collection #114"

Every 3 weeks I do a series of shows called The Eggman Collection which is 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 114th installment of The Eggman Collection and hear bands and artists like: Mountain, The Motions, The Human Expression, George Harrison, The Loose Enz, Country Joe & The Fish, The Monkees, David Hemmings, The Whyte Boots, Spirogyra, Slapp Happy, The Rolling Stones, McGuinness Flint, Euphoria's Id, The Idle Race, MC5, Area, Strawbs, String Driven Thing, Rhys Chatham, Can, and many others!!!

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Egg

I just found this too and was going to post it...

Fritz said:

Here's why not:

HOW THE BEATLES DESTROYED ROCK'N'ROLL

Great read.

Bandcamp is hit and miss but the tags are usually helpful. If you like GSMD, you might also want to check out the Cosmic Dead (http://thecosmicdead.bandcamp.com/).

Axel Björnsson said:

I know about gsmd great stuff. yeah I have never got into bandcamp. maybe I should check it out more.

Dead Man said:

I've been surprised at how many good bands I've discovered on Bandcamp. If you haven't already, check out The Spyrals, Great Society Mind Destroyers, Magic Shoppe, and Radar Eyes.

I've recently heard  Catl - Soon This Will All Be Gone(2012). Amazing juke-joint blues from Toronto.

SFTRI, Estrus and Empty definitely! I recall, also, Dog Meat from Australia was good one.

Face-Eating Contest

Oh yes, it is true -- this woman loves Roky Erikson's music, past and present --

John Battles said:

What about the girls? Women love them some Roky , too . That is a great collection , and you NEED THIS AND THE "APRIL FOOLS DAY " INTERVIEW (FEATURED , IN FULL, ON "LIVE AT THE RITZ , 1987.".).
 
Alexander said:

YEBO,the one you need is:ROKY ERICKSON AND THE ALIENS-THE EVIL ONE(plus one) as the cd version,because it has the "modern humans radio show" as bonus cd.

This CD is a Roky`s best-and every good man should have something of his musical output!!

We have band members ranging from 22 to 60 years old.

Hi! We're a band from Indianapolis started by two friends while drinking and watching the movie "Midnight Madness". Eddie Deezen plays the leader of a nerd scooter gang in the movie. Being fans of Eddie's other work as well (in addition to being a little bit nerdy ourselves), we decided to name the band DEEZEN. We actually have Eddie Deezen's blessings upon our band name and pen pal with Eddie about what the band is doing, ect. We love the garage, rock and roll, and early punk sounds of the 60's, 70's, and early 80's. We play originals and a few covers here and there of songs we like by the Sonics, the Pagans, the Cramps, the Kinks, Link Wray, Saucers, and so on. Glad to be part of a community of like minded people. We have a recording on our profile page if you want to check it out!

Cheers! - Rev. Dr. Doomtone of DEEZEN

That's the spirit!

"The Young Animals" "The Cycle Savages" (I think.) - The Orphan Egg. Insanely underrated Garage -Psych band that released one great album.They reformed , recently , and are on You Tube. I don't know how many original members are involved , but , if ya likes screamin' guitars.....

Like most bands I like, the first recordings are the best and the early German, leather clad Beatles were great as they ripped off American rock-n-roll just as the first few Stones records were brilliant as they ripped off American blues and rock-n-roll.  The issue for me stems from the later recordings of both bands.  Not a fan of anything after Some Girls or Revolver, but i'm a snob.  The Stones remind me of a really successful athlete who stays around past his prime and embarrasses him/herself as their skills diminish.  Thankfully Yoko came and broke up the Beatles before they became Wings.