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    • April 10, 2012 8:08 PM CDT
    • Yes , Dieter (Sorry , maybe that's not his name.), I think , asked me for a comment , before the show . I just said , no one knows what's going to happen , but , that I had a great feeling about it , then , I said "Y2K IST monk Time !!". Shoulda been the name of the movie. Oh , well.
       
      Jersey City Mods said:

      We've been to many Cavestomps and seen most of the bands already mentioned but the one that sticks most in my mind was the Monks.  Not only was the show fabulous, but they (and their wives) were great fun to hang with at the bar.  Glad part of it was captured in the doc "Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback".

    • April 10, 2012 8:04 PM CDT
    • mAN , TOUGH BREAK....i KNOW jAN sAVAGE PLAYED WITH sKY AND tHE sEEDS FOR A WHILE. I saw them twice , and it was Sky Saxon backed by The Wooly Bandits . They sounded great . Sky was in great voice in Las Vegas , 2003 . They played here a few months later , and someone offered to get sky HIGH (I won't say who , he's a friend. It just was'nt a great move , like when another friend got Arthur Lee plowed on White Russians before his show , 10 years earlier. Arthur sounded beautiful. He did half a set.) .....Sky was singing in keys not known to man !! But , it was still fun , in spite of it all. Sky Saxon was a sweetheart , man. You accepted him on his terms , or not at all....

      I heard The Prunes' UK gigs were'nt very good. Now , I find that hard to believe , because they're definitely in my top five , but , even the official DVD , while good , does'nt sound as good as they did when I saw them....
       

      But , if you're in the USA , now (And , welcome.) , you'll have more chances to see QUESTION MARK AND THE MYSTERIANS , THE GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL BAND IN THE WORLD , BAY BAY !!!!!!  Those are his words , but  , you know he ain't lyin'.

      As for The Sect , They never fail ! UH HUH , EE- VUN ! FORESOOTH, FIVESOOTH , ALREADY !!                     sORRY YOU MISSED the monks . They were who they were , so they were still great.....You could'nt expect it to sound like the record. This was'nt even supposed to happen , and yet , it did. Their wives , incidentally , were all real sweethearts , too.
       hicksville hogwash said:

      Saw The Seeds well more like The Warts I think they were called with Sky singing.  I love the seeds so much I did not want the dream of seeing them live ruined, it was a good dream too, anyway the chance to catch Jan Savage playing one string persuaded me to go...  unfortunately Jan Savage had quit the tour so I got Sky and The warts... now these young warts dudes were excellent... sky was well sky.

      So then we went to see The Electric Prunes original line up....  well the night I went the droning wahwahwahwahwahwawawawawawaw guitar player was sick, thanks to a curry in Birmingham, uk so we got a half decent event with the rhythm guitar dude embarrassingly trying to cover for the lack of the weird pruney sounds... It was OK but not great.

      The Downliners Sect were another matter 8/10 and crane played the same guitar as I owned (a framus nashville) with a few headcoats filling in for missing downers.

      Missed ? & mysterions I was outside but couldn't get in...  had a courier job at the time and was going through London so detoured in hope I could use synchrinicity and just get in with no money...lol.

      Also missed The Monks who played the day before I moved to uSA...  so sad about that one.

      Does Bo Diddley count as reformed??  anyhow 10/10 is my grade for Bo.

    • April 10, 2012 10:45 AM CDT
    • Saw The Seeds well more like The Warts I think they were called with Sky singing.  I love the seeds so much I did not want the dream of seeing them live ruined, it was a good dream too, anyway the chance to catch Jan Savage playing one string persuaded me to go...  unfortunately Jan Savage had quit the tour so I got Sky and The warts... now these young warts dudes were excellent... sky was well sky.

      So then we went to see The Electric Prunes original line up....  well the night I went the droning wahwahwahwahwahwawawawawawaw guitar player was sick, thanks to a curry in Birmingham, uk so we got a half decent event with the rhythm guitar dude embarrassingly trying to cover for the lack of the weird pruney sounds... It was OK but not great.

      The Downliners Sect were another matter 8/10 and crane played the same guitar as I owned (a framus nashville) with a few headcoats filling in for missing downers.

      Missed ? & mysterions I was outside but couldn't get in...  had a courier job at the time and was going through London so detoured in hope I could use synchrinicity and just get in with no money...lol.

      Also missed The Monks who played the day before I moved to uSA...  so sad about that one.

      Does Bo Diddley count as reformed??  anyhow 10/10 is my grade for Bo.

    • April 10, 2012 3:00 PM CDT
    • Interviewer: "Why are you so angry?"

      Iggy Pop: "Work ethic."

    • April 10, 2012 2:11 PM CDT
    • Thee favourite converter tunes, pulled straight outta thee ether, for me would be stuff like:- 

      The Human Expression - Love at a Psychedelic Velocity

      The Chentelles - Be My Queen

      The Elite - My Confusion 

      The Banshees - Project Blue

      The Shandells - Gorilla

      tHE Music Machine - Talk Talk.....

    • April 9, 2012 10:14 PM CDT
    • Good list . At first , I thought ,  maybe too many fast songs for a novice , but , then you said they were into.....well , that stuff. Don't forget "7 and 7 Is" by Love and "1523 Blair "by The Outcasts , if you want your friend to hear some intensity that makes an ass out of Hardcore....Don't get me wrong , I liked some HC , to a point , but , I don't think it has the staying power of 60's or 70's Punk.

    • April 9, 2012 5:30 PM CDT
    • Nuggets / Pebbles comps just to start

    • April 10, 2012 12:23 PM CDT
    • seldom to never. at least we have each other. digitally.

    • April 10, 2012 7:44 AM CDT
    • I had a funny experience at lunch on Sat.  A work friend and I were two of 5 people sitting at the bar.  The bartender/waiter was playing hip hop and Latino music, I assumed on an ipod.  He was talking about dj'ing to one guy but I didn't really pay attention.   As we were leaving, I heard the customer ask if the dude liked the Misfits.  He said yeah, goes to change the music as we're walking out and I'm thinking "I know this song" and after a second, I realize it's Jeff the Brotherhood and went back in to ask him.  He high fived me and told me he was excited cuz they're playing soon. I had to one up him tho and say I've seen them 3 times already.  But it was surprising after what we'd been hearing for an hour.  People are out there.

    • April 9, 2012 9:36 PM CDT
    • Kinda never.  It was easier when I was younger and in college where people often defined themselves by their musical tastes so it was a constant and accepted conversation.  Now I feel too old to let people know that I still collect records and go to shows.  Happily, my husband shares my musical interests.

    • April 10, 2012 10:29 AM CDT
    • If you are looking for fuzztonessoundalikes... go find the band the fuzztones ripped off 97.65% - top fuzz twin gits, organ whirling, tuff vocals, great lyrics, all black wearing, one glove toting geniuses just go to The Music Machine.

    • April 10, 2012 8:52 AM CDT
    • Aren't garage punk and greatest album mutually exclusive terms?  On vinyl, going round at 45 rpm, on some obscure label, and lasting no longer than 2:20 - otherwise it doesn't count (he said controversially).

    • April 9, 2012 4:33 PM CDT
    • the Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, if you ask me for tonights fave

    • April 10, 2012 12:56 AM CDT
    • Kd Lang constant craving…. For years i thought it said "Can't stand gravy"

    • April 9, 2012 10:05 PM CDT
    • SURE , THAT WAS A BIG DEAL "I THINK I'M IN LOVE...COS I CAN'T GET IT UP !"..... I saw Lava Sutra perform it , that way , one time.
       
      zacharythax said:

      Is anyone out there old enough to remember Eddie Money on early '80's top 40 FM singing:

      "I think I'm in love / and my nuts are numb / I think I'm in love / 'cuz I can't get it up."?

    • April 9, 2012 9:47 PM CDT
    • How about some groovy trashy lo-fi slimy Canadians:

    • April 9, 2012 5:35 PM CDT
    • Back From The Grave

      Pebbles

      Fuzz Flakes & Shakes

      Teenage Shutdown

    • April 9, 2012 5:26 PM CDT
    • Sonic's more fun fore me

    • April 9, 2012 5:25 PM CDT
    • How many copys have you seen lately?? Thank's... I need it :)

    • April 9, 2012 4:28 PM CDT
    • the Fuzztones!

    • April 9, 2012 2:59 PM CDT
    • Wrekking Hours for April 9th, 2012!!

      On todays show we're featuring a special guest from the Detroit Psychobilly Alliance. Be sure to tune in and find out about all the Psychobilly happenings coming up around Detroit!!

    • April 9, 2012 2:51 PM CDT


    • Ryan Hatt said:

      But seriously, there's always Ken Burns...

      Now that would be a perfect fit! A forgotten and ignored legacy of musical significance (like Jazz).  But I'm sure someone like Ken Burns may dismiss it as not having the drama, and profound significance on culture to warrant his expertise.

    • April 9, 2012 2:41 PM CDT


    • kopper said:

      Well, to be done right, it would have to be enormously comprehensive. With thousands of garage bands sprouting up all over the world from '65 thru '67, it would be quite a task. The best way to go about it would be to do a series of documentaries and focus on regional scenes, such as Texas, the Pacific Northwest, Michigan, Australia, etc. Sort of like how the later volumes of the Pebbles comps were focused.

      Agreed!  And a good angle for marketing the project would also be the legacy of popular Rock bands who's origins came from this important time of experimentation and creativity! For example The Spiders (who became Alice Cooper), Golliwogs (Credence Clearwater Revival) Terry Knight and the Pack (Grand Funk), The Heard (Bob Segar), Grim Reapers, Paegans (Cheap Trick) etc..