Never! No-one ever even has a clue what I'm talking about. From what I can figure on this & other sites (I'm on Surf 101 too) within a radius of about 100 miles there are maybe 4 people. We should form a band right?! Or, is it because I'm so socially dysfunctional that I'd never find out who likes the same stuff anyway? Guess we'll never know... ;-) What is kind of nice is that it's a bit like Jagger meeting Richards because one of them had a blues album under his arm, like a secret code. This Saturday I'm meeting a guy who lives 80 miles away halfway for a drink because we both wanted to hang with someone who likes the same music for once. Awww! Someone call my wife if I'm not back in 3 hours...

Do any of you musos know of really good spring reverb software plug-ins? Anything that comes even close to the real Fender Reverb Tank with the drip. I know that nothing can but just wondering if I could improve the fidelity of my guitar recordings by adding it in the mix in stereo rather than recording the pedal rev from the cabinet with a mic. Cheers. Winston.

PS. I sometimes sit in with the great house band in a bar a few miles away. The bass player is 60, the guitar player 64 & the drummer 72. Admittedly the drummer's getting a little shaky(!) but the kids in the bar couldn't give a damn & have a ball.

Hey Matt. You might be surprised by the age of some of the members I'm 50 this year & garage/surf is a passion I developed in the last 5 years, I can't get enough, listening to podcasts on this site feels like it did listening to Beefheart & Roky Erikkson as a 14 year old with my pal who is 54 & still my pal. We msg & fileshare 2 or 3 times a week all obsessively about music! I'd do dumb dad-dancing if I could too but my knees can't take it any more!

Hey Bazza. Winston Texas over in Cumbria here (50 this year). Good idea this post, you might want to check out this thread as it made me smile.

http://garagepunk.ning.com/forum/topics/how-often-do-you-meet-people-in-person-with-your-music-taste .  

I haven't met one person round these parts who like this music who has even heard of surf except bizarrely an old lady in Lancaster who loved gogo dancing in the early 60's

I'm writing my own stuff under the AGENT TWANG!! name you'll find some of my tunes on my page. Been trying to put together a band for the last year without success but won't give up. Great that you have like-minded players to work with & looking forward to checking out your links. Cheers.

Hi Peter, I live in Cromer now, was born in Norwich. Yeah my boyfriend's friends used to do Thee Coffin Club! There isn't a lot but another friend runs Cave In which is a monthly pysch, beat, r'n'b etc night which is a bit of a hidden treasure! The Norwich garage scene is rubbish but we are hoping to do a small gig at Olives in july for my birthday and get the Higher State to play with a local band called Beast with a Gun, so keep your eyes peeled!

Wish I could make that. I just saw The Calamity Cubes in Austin. The Dirt Daubers and Legendary Shack Shakers are coming here to Santa Fe next month. (All those are on my new Big Enchilada  podcast) Wayne the Train and Dale Watson both are full-blooded honky tonkers. And I love Rachel Brooke too!

(IS T-Model Ford supposed to be there? I saw him about 15 years ago at a private BBQ -- he played til the cops made him stop!) He's bound to be pushing 85 now)


The new episode is up and ready for your ears and hearts.

Give a listen as I tell you what the following songs have to do with Peter Bagge's infamous comic series HATE.


A Simple Gesture - J Church
Hate Your Friends -
The Lemonheads
Tarpit -Dinosaur Jr.
Beergasm -The Karl Hendricks Rock Band
Slack Motherfucker -Superchunk
They Don't Care -Fastbacks
Stumblin' Man -Tad
If I Think -Mudhoney
Feels Blind -Bikini Kill
One Out of Four -Seaweed
Be Nicer To Me -Can You Imagine?
I Can't Control Myself -The Troggs
Lil' Red Riding Hood -John Felice
Can't Stand It  -The Greenhornes
Muck 'n' Bullets -The Mobbs
New Resolution -Heartless Bastards
California Sun  -The Ramones
No Correspondence -The Beckett Quintet
Mine All Mine -The Beat Rats
Love Is All Around (The Troggs Cover) -Mooseheart Faith
Ain't like you -The Primates

  I agree. But it won't stop gouging , later on , from corrupt individuals. I heard one theif , I mean , merchant , charged $125 for a RSD 45 , after the fact. Enough people jumped in his shit about it. But , it goes without saying , these overpriced items may be rarities to people who never go to record stores , but , labels like Sundazed , much as I like 'em , definitely failed. For $12 a 45 , they could have offered more material that is'nt readily available . But , it was'nt just them. They were just one of the  only labels I had any interest in.

You're better served ,in my humble opinion , supporting the smaller stores who are'nt selling "The vinyls" exclusive to RSD , just offering substantial bargains on their own stock.

...A total of 21 bands that I don't know , but , I guess that means little. I'll be at the show , Sunday , May 20 , when Roky plays .
 
John Battles said:

ROKY MUTHAFUCKIN' ERICKSON !!!!

Also Redd Kross , Human Eye , White Mystery , and some bands I don't know.

ROKY MUTHAFUCKIN' ERICKSON !!!!

Also Redd Kross , Human Eye , White Mystery , and some bands I don't know.

Who's playing?

 I lucked out and got some cheap airfare to Chicago, it just happened to coincide with Chicago Blackout Fest 2012! It will be my first time going to Chicago, was curious to see if there will be any GPH members in attendance?

The rock n roll madness carried on when neighbours complained and the police were called. I once read Kerrang's list of crazy rock n roll stunts. It included the 2003 Darkness act at Reading Festival when the singer got everyone to stick their thumbs up instead of their middle fingers. I despair with them.

The Pulsebeats said:

This is amazing stuff.

You've gotta love how the mainstream music press is completely unaware of where any sort of pulse is. The NME's reaction is, "They put a gig on in their house! Who puts a gig on in their house?! Crazy!"

Bring on more Ikea gigs. Love it.

John Waters and Jim Jarmusch are the coolest when it comes to rock n roll appearances.

Oh yeah, Gene Simmons in Runaway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9zzHnRYxtc

Levon Helm in Shooter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn60YWO218k

Lee Ving in Clue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNUP-so0ndQ

TOL-PUDDLE MARTYRS from beloved Australia.....kickin' ASS since 1966!!!!!:):))

DOLLY ROCKER MOVEMENT from my beloved Australia:):)

Ultra 5 are kick ass:)

IDON MINE said:

Thanks for that! Had not heard of them before! Also the Pandoras are the THING.

Jersey City Mods said:

Here's another from a band that we loved in the 90's. It might scratch your itch.

Ultra 5 "She's the Girl"

I THOUGHT IT SOUNDED LIKE "And little early birdie came by anus curly whirly , and asked me if I needed a ride", too ....

Here's a good one - "You Don't Know (How Young You Are)" 13th Floor Elevators.

"Her daily life revolves around a thousand petty hassles"

"Her daily life revolves around a thousand EDDIE HASKELLS.".
 
b0nes tra5hyf said:

Ha ha ha, that's a classic misheard lyric. Wrapped up like a douche in the middle of the night...

John E. Midnight said:

Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the Light"

..."deuce", not "DOUCHE"

I was kinda one of those people Kopper mentions... though it was way before I discovered the Hideout (which incidentally does very cool contemporary comps! Great work Kopper! [even though I haven't actually got any of them... see below!])

I used to make CD-Rs for use on our radio shows (saved carrying in boxes of CDs!) and then give them away to friends... And as Kopper says, now you can just do downloadables...

However, not everyone has access to, or can afford to use, the internet... so there is still a place for the trusty CD.... For example, we live in rural Australia, there is only one internet provider (bloody TELSTRA! Listen to the brilliant song by Sour Sob Bob about its woefulness!) and just a couple of downloads and clips on youtube uses up the whole month's usage! It sucks! But I digress...

My point is that there is a market for well-thought-out compilations... maybe tying up with a good independent label (such as 'Off the Hip' or 'Laughing Outlaw' or.....) and though you won't make money, you should hopefully cover your costs, and we, the public, will get some great music... compilations ROCK!

Failing that, yes, make CD-Rs and give 'em away... and please send me a copy! heh heh!

Cheers