Got this at a flea market two days ago, it cleaned up nice and sounds good. Name is "Howard," but I'm told they were also sold as "Zim-Gar." Japanese, 60's.

Hmmm....my facebook newsfeed seems to be made up of people competing for how many garage rock videos and songs can be posted.  I usually average 3 to 7 "likes" but everyone does much better.  But there's like 25 people competing for space.



sonicmama said:

Never. Where i live, it's like people's music taste died in 2004, they're still listening to bad punk music and honking on about Groezrock, if you put on a "garage" show no one would come. If I ever post a video on Facebook you can pretty much see the binary tumbleweeds blowing around my newsfeed. Ho hum. That's why I love this place!

LOL! I hear ya sista...

sonicmama said:

Also I am a girl (really) so unless I want to wear too much make up and dance to Rihanna I'm screwed for going out with girlfriends.

Also I am a girl (really) so unless I want to wear too much make up and dance to Rihanna I'm screwed for going out with girlfriends.

Never. Where i live, it's like people's music taste died in 2004, they're still listening to bad punk music and honking on about Groezrock, if you put on a "garage" show no one would come. If I ever post a video on Facebook you can pretty much see the binary tumbleweeds blowing around my newsfeed. Ho hum. That's why I love this place!

Very true.  I've met a lot more people here (and the original garage punk website) and also on myspace and facebook than I ever met in real life.

Scott_hn said:

Kind of gives me the warm fuzzies to know there are youngsters who appreciate the "good" music... I don't go to concerts as frequently as I did in the 80s/90s, so it is very rare that I meet anyone in person with similar music taste. The advent of the internet and subsequent introduction to fellow virtual fans has been the bees knees.

Kind of gives me the warm fuzzies to know there are youngsters who appreciate the "good" music... I don't go to concerts as frequently as I did in the 80s/90s, so it is very rare that I meet anyone in person with similar music taste. The advent of the internet and subsequent introduction to fellow virtual fans has been the bees knees.

My band (original spirit-of-66 style stuff) includes a 65-year-old guitarist, a 46-year old drummer (ahem), a 33-year-old bassist, and a 22-year-old keyboardist. It's not the years -- it's the mileage. (Although I use earplugs now -- trying to save what I have left.) I expect to keep playing as long as the body holds out. The spirit remains willing.

At 48, my slam-dancing days may be over, but the concept of "too old to rock" does not compute. Fuck that shit.

Old dame? I see old dames that look as good as Ronnie like I've seen Kid Rock or Axl Rose carry a tune in a bucket....But , yeah , it is the original Mysterians. Robert Martinez was their first Drummer , but , he joined the Army before the band had a hit. So , he's back with them , now. But , "?", Bobby Balderrama , Frank Rodriguez , also all founding members. Frank Lugo was their second Bass Player (Who , along with Rodriguez , knew his number was coming up , so they enlisted on the "Buddy System".) , but, the first one , whose name I forget , was'nt with the band that long. So , yeah , they've got a right to say "Original ?ATM."
 
swt said:

Yes, Question Mark! When I saw him in New York last year, all the Mysterians, allegedly,were the originals and they were full of crazy energy. Here's a video of them playing "96 Tears" with an old dame named Ronnie Spector:

 

kopper said:

There are lots of bands still playing out with members in their 50s and up. The Fuzztones, D.O.A., The Cynics, The Fleshtones, The Chesterfield Kings... I'd bet all those guys are in their 50s. Nikki Corvette is still rockin', too. Take a look at the lineup for the recent Norton Records fest... The Real Kids (they ain't kids anymore!), the Great Gaylord, Andre Williams, The Sonics, ? and the Mysterians, Randy Fuller (Bobby's brother), Flamin Groovies, etc.

Don't know much about what Billy Childish has been doing lately but Thee Mighty Caesars have always been one of my faves.

Woah, that's cool. I wouldn't even know how to pull that off though. Couldn't someone just shut you down?

You can also do something like this:

http://garagepunk.ning.com/forum/topics/guerilla-shows

;)

http://garagepunk.ning.com/forum/topics/rip-michael-davis-of-the-mc5

If I'm not mistaken, no one on the GPHO has acknowledged another loss to the early punk legacy:

MC5 bassist, Michael Davis passed away a while back. 

More information here:

http://www.billboard.com/news/mc5-s-michael-davis-remembered-by-wayne-1006236552.story#/news/mc5-s-michael-davis-remembered-by-wayne-1006236552.story

Added audio for another old episode recently:

http://www.garagepunk.com/waybackmachine/2003/08/19/episode-402/

Enjoy!

I'm A.J.Smith of The Plimptons- www.theplimptons.co.uk

Been into 60s garage rock since 1998, the mystique of the whole era has fascinated me ever since I started diggin a little deeper into 60s music than the usual folks.

Some of my favourtie associated acts are The Dickies, Dead Milkmen, Chocolate Watchband, The Left Banke, Love, Troggs and The Turquoise.

Hi! My names Ox.

I live in Sydney and play in a garage-y type band called The Knits. Influenced by The Sonics, Jay Reatard and such. I am new to this board. Seems fun tho!

http://the-knits.tumblr.com/tagged/video

Mega Balls

Rock Vomit

The Slutbots

Beauty Clot

Dungeon of Horrors

Undecided Voters

Cold Case Posse

The Fucking Assholes

Reaching Out to Republicans

The Retweets

Invasive Species

North Carolina Sewer Monsters

Hmmmmm, it may be Michael Davis, but I don't know, actually, but I think, hmmmmmmmm, it's not Ron(?????).

The sax player was Ben Miller..

DESTROY ALL MONSTERS - Art Garage Punk 1977 - 78

Kustom City Sounds

Playlist

4-27-12

Hour One

The Thunderbeats – Confusion

Meisha And The Spanks – Mmmade For Me

Thee Wylde Oscars – Right, Yeah

Thee Dirtybeats – You Lied To Me Before

Urge Overkill – Sister Havana

The Nomads – Miles Away

Dean Carter – Rebel Woman

Fidlar – No Ass

Electric Frankenstein – Cocaine Blues

Dewey Cox – Half The Boy

Eddie Cochran – Somethin’ Else

Colin Winski – Rock Therapy

Go Cat Go – Little Baby Doll

Blasters – Border Radio

Light Bulb Alley – Pepper Spray

Beasts Of Bourbon – Drop Out

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Dr. Feelgood

Gonn – Blackout At Gretely

The Jim Jones Revue – Fish 2 Fry

The Excitements – Take The Bitter With The Sweet

The Moonglows – Real Gone Mama

Hour Two

Dex Romweber Duo W/Jack White – Last Kind Word Blues

Tokyo Sex Destruction – Pills To Wait For The Summer

Thee Exciters – Flower Punk Girl

The Ramones – Judy Is A Punk

The Woggles – Something To Believe In

Death Set – Distressed

The Dustaphonics – The Jinx

Tropic Of Thunder – Theme

Tommy Roe – Jam Up & Jelly Tight

Blue Snaggletooth – Star Flight

Hypathia Lake – Suicide

The Cramps – You Got Good Taste

The Inmates – Jealousy

The Undertakers – I Wanna Come Back (From The World of LSD)

The Penetrators – Bad Woman

The Flaming Sidebuns – Crashing Burn

The Kaisers – Time To Go

Wah Wah Pedal

The Doors – Been Down So Long

Hot Tuna – I Wish You Would

Rivera Playboys – I’m The Pusherman

No Bunny – (Do The) Fuck Yourself

Hour Three

The Black Keys – Money Maker

Soledad Brothers – Cage That Tiger

The Monofones – Alright

The Defeatist Beat – Kicks

The Get Wets – Beat Beat

Cheeteh Club Promo

Boris The Spider – Turn That TV OFF

Lantern – Bleed Me Dry

Cave – WUJ

The Revellions – Down On Your Luck

LoveStruck – Comb Your Hair

Phantom Creeps – Voodoo Spell

Deadbolt – Voodoo Doll

The Crack Pipes – Record Player Party

Sons Of Hercules – Brain Dead

The Stooges – Little Doll

The Breakups – Feel Alright

Cavemanish Boys – Come On, Baby

Hour Four

The Darkside – Guitar Voodoo

Spacemen 3 – Losing Touch With My Mind (Live)

Sunray – Incantation

Dazed and Confused – Gilliagan’s Island

Sun Dial – Rollercoaster

The Dead Weather – Hang You From The Heavens

Thee Oh Sees – Cannon Crawler

A Place To Bury Strangers – Onwards To The Wall

The Black Angels – Bad Vibrations

Black Moth Super Rainbow – Twin Of Myself

Main – Cypher

Barracudas – I Can’t Pretend

Stoneage Hearts – Eye Of Lie

The Dolly Rocker Movement – In My Words, In My Mind, & In My Soul

 

 

 

 

I'd be really interested in hearing what you can do with that Mic.

Not a fan of the VE-20. It just sounds so digital and cold. You can use a DI box reversed to use pedals to correct the impedence. In the past I used a Roland space echo with a mic just plugged straight in with no issues. It's not necessary but it's not a bad idea. I actually got a great deal on one of these and am going with this:

http://www.placidaudio.com/the-copperphone/

Too expensive normally but I'm getting itfor more than half off in a trade. Today I ran vocals through a '65 Reverbrocket (mic'd through the PA) and ran the guitar through a '62 Reverbrocket. They looked cool as shit sitting together so I think that's what I'm going with. Also thought about running vocals through my Selmer Treble N Bass or a Royal Guardsmen (which is what I did when we recorded- reverb + a bit of trem + some fuzz = TRASH and AMAZING!!). I was trying to go small with pedals but nothing's going to sound as good as running through an amp so to hell with it. And speaking as a sound guy, I'd rather mic an amp anyway. It's extra gear but the sound is what's most important anyway. I'm willing to suffer!

I did a cool interview with Vadge Moore from the dwarves, in 2001, its available for free in pdf from www.vadgemoore.com in the interviews section

 

SATAN'S GIFT TO WOMEN

 

from a zine i did back in the day

 

Another one: L7 in Serial Mom. Thanks Antonio for posting that clip.