Gonna go against the grain here and say pretty damn regularly. We're in a small city, but there are quite a few rock n roll bars that fill up every weekend with rockers and rollers. I moved here three years back from Manchester (UK) and, while there there's a massive amount of folks who you meet on a night with similar tastes, I never thought I'd be able to walk into a bar on a Sunday afternoon and hear The Sonics follwed by Tom Waits. I guess it also helps that everyone talks to strangers here. There's not that immediate cynicism that they must be after something.

Nope. Even in a city as big as Los Angeles. Hell, ESPECIALLY in Los Angeles.

This stuff's been known , on a collector level since the early to mid 70's , then became something of a movement by the late 70's. But , there still are'nt enough people behind it to dismiss it as a "Fad".

Mardy Pune said:

Never, I'm known as the guy who listens to that weird music. One of my friends once told me the whole garage rock/punk thing was a fad that would be all gone in a couple of years...

Virtually NO ONE trusts anyone else , even if they're just saying hello , or dispensing with a stray compliment , to just say SOMETHING....Sometimes it does take something , like someone wering a T-shirt  or button that suggests they may like some of the same music as you. Even then , a lot of people are'nt real keen on conversing with people they don't (Yet) know....Not that that's the absolute rule , but it'slike that , most of the time.
 Alot of people think they're too cool. Merde.   
melissa scott said:

Yes, and you know it -- Doors and Stooges.

At least we have the Hideout to 'meet' people with the same tastes in music, films, tv, cars, drinks, etc.... :D

Yeah, WTF? Could be because out and about people in general believe the hype that all strangers can't be trusted. But those same people are ok talking to strangers online. Go figger.

Ghislaine Korb said:

NEVER!...oooh how come all of us say the same?WTF?

anybody a Doors fan here?

True. I'm lucky we still have some , here.

dave said:

Every day!

That being said, the number has dwindled drastically with the closing of most record stores.

Never, I'm known as the guy who listens to that weird music. One of my friends once told me the whole garage rock/punk thing was a fad that would be all gone in a couple of years...

let's just all meet then

It happened a lot when I worked in a record store in the mid-'80s.  Not so much since then.  I met quite a few recently at SXSW, but I'll have to wait a year to meet any more.

Yes, and you know it -- Doors and Stooges.

At least we have the Hideout to 'meet' people with the same tastes in music, films, tv, cars, drinks, etc.... :D

Yeah, WTF? Could be because out and about people in general believe the hype that all strangers can't be trusted. But those same people are ok talking to strangers online. Go figger.

Ghislaine Korb said:

NEVER!...oooh how come all of us say the same?WTF?

anybody a Doors fan here?

...and c'mon aren't we all Stooges fans?

NEVER!...oooh how come all of us say the same?WTF?

anybody a Doors fan here?

....Not very often. People in record stores tend to be very focused on liner notes and stuff ....Well , so am I , BUT , i CAN'T SEE FOR SHIT. iT'S ALSO BECOME MORE OF A "COUPLES" thing. So , people generally don't want to be bugged by the likes of me , tho' I could probably teach them PLENTY....SOMETIMES , I'LL SEE SOMEONE CHECKING OUT A GREAT RECORD WITH A LOOK , LIKE "SHOULD I ?", AND I'LL TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM. But , that rarely turns into a real conversation... AS FOR THE WORLD OUTSIDE THE SANCTUARY OF A RECORD STORE , It seldom happens. But , it used to. When I first moved to Chicago , 25 years ago , people seemed friendlier and more outgoing , regarding meeting people with similar tastes in music , because we all WANTED to meet such people , wherever they were , and they seemed to be almost everywhere , back when.

I run into the same kind of problem when I ask women I don't know "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?"

electrocute your cock said:

Almost never. Sometimes I'll be shopping and I'll whisper to the person standing next to me "are you a boy or are you a girl" and see how they react. But it's not an approach I'd recommend, it can lead to all sorts of crazy misunderstandings.

Almost never. Sometimes I'll be shopping and I'll whisper to the person standing next to me "are you a boy or are you a girl" and see how they react. But it's not an approach I'd recommend, it can lead to all sorts of crazy misunderstandings.

Just my band maids. We are the only 3 people in my country ( which I know) who are very  into 60's garage/psych/surf any kind of nice groovie old music. But there are people who like more major stuff like Ty Segall, The Black Lips, The Sonics etc....... But there are lot more of rockabilly psychobilly fans everyvere which I don't dig at all (with few exception)

Very rarely -- especially in the garage-punk realm. I remember running into an acquaintance in a parking lot wearing a Dead Moon T-shirt. I almost hugged him.

I am a hillbilly music nut and have a local radio show for that obsession, so it's a little easier to find common ground with folks with old country stars like Willie Nelson or Roger Miller. (Just don't ask me about virtually any country act played on commercial radio since about 1980.)

I do a weekly music column at my paper (the local daily). So people cone up to me all the time and say stuff like, "You're a music fan. What do you think of the new Rod Stewart album?" My first thought is usually "You don't actually read the words in my column do you?"

On the other hand, ever so often people come up and tell me I've turned them on to some good music with my column or radio shows. That's always nice.

But more often, I'm like Mark. When someone asks me what I've been listening to and I spout off names of bands I really like, even a lot of the country bands, people look at me like I'm nuts.

I have a hideout fest in my man-cave every time I download a new podcast...

Hi!

Love comes in spurts! Murder City Nights #15 is available now!

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/murder-city-nights-podcast-episode-15

SET LIST:

• Fuel - Brats
• Rock 'n' Roll Is Dead - The Hydeouts
• Why Did I Listen To You? - NRA
• Cornered - D Generation
• Little Misfit - The Chelsea Smiles
• Outta Control - Peter Pan Speedrock
• Baby, You'll Regret Me - Hookers
• I Miss Her Beer - Cows
• Murder By Guitar - Crime
• She's Not Changed - Sonny Vincent's Shotgun Rationale
• Punk Church - The Consumers
• Run Away From Me - Movie Star Junkies
• Love Comes In Spurts - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
• Warsaw - Joy Division
• Corprophagist - Thee Oh Sees
• Caesar - Ty Segall
• Joe Strummer's Grave - Billy Childish
• Teenage Kicks - Thee Headcoatees
• King's Lead Hat - The Dirtbombs
• Afro - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
• Mr. Pharmacist - The Other Half
• The Witch - Coachwhips
• Someone Else's Hand - The Juke Joints
• Crimson Ballroom - The Hellacopters

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/murder-city-nights-podcast-episode-15

Yeah, I've seen quite a few of the Northwest sixties bands over the past 20 years or more and the Kingsmen only impressed me once (more to do with HOW they played, not WHAT they played though they did throw in stuff like Dirty Robber and Justine butthat was just the one time).  Most of the time they suck.  Wailers were good the first time I saw them but each performance afterward just got more boring.  While it's sad that Kent Morrell passed on, he was more fun  for people who grew up with him than the cureent garage fan.

John Battles said:

 In the 80's ,  I saw The Kingsmen  (Minus Lynn Easton and virtually nothing from their back catalogue. Too slick and bar bandish.) , Larry and The Blue Notes  (Technically very good , but ,no Garage classics , theirs or others .More Bar Banditis.), And Mitch Ryder , who's never failed , but you may not call him Garage. .

SOME OF THE BEST i'VE SEEN HAVE BEEN Richard and The Young Lions , ? and The Mysterians , Electric Prunes , New Colony Six , Third Bardo , Alarm Clocks , Standells , monks , Remains , Sky Saxon and The Seeds ,  Wailers , Box Tops (They came on like a Garage band !) , Mark Lindsay.

 

Good but not always great - Blues Magoos , Zakary Thaks , Kenny and The Kasuals (GREAT the first time ,but they don't do many 0f their  originals ).

 

Not so hot - Gants , Beau Brummels , Bad Roads.

 

Terrible -Greenfuz.

 

British section - Pretty Things , Creation ,  Yardbirds, Downliners Sect , TROGGS !

 

hONORABLE MENTION , HARD ROCK- Blue Cheer , Iron Butterfly .

 

 In the 80's ,  I saw The Kingsmen  (Minus Lynn Easton and virtually nothing from their back catalogue. Too slick and bar bandish.) , Larry and The Blue Notes  (Technically very good , but ,no Garage classics , theirs or others .More Bar Banditis.), And Mitch Ryder , who's never failed , but you may not call him Garage. .

Little Willy was the first 45 I bought with my own money. I felt so proud. THEN , of course , my Brother brings home a K-Tel LP with Little Willy on it.....I saw SWEET in '90 , with Mick and Andy. Then , later , with just Andy .....Brian was too out of it , and , sadly , losing his voice , to pass muster when given the option of rejoining the group. Reportedly , he'd kicked the bottle by then , but , there's documentary footage of his last tour , or one of the last...It's terrifying. He still seems very polite and reserved , overall , but he looks like he'd just passed an audition for the part of The Crypt Keeper. Bryan Gregory just LOOKED the way he did. Everyone knows Brian Connolly was once the ace face on the Glam and mid - 70's Hard Rock scenes. To see him looking THAT horrifying , less than 20 years after leaving theoriginal band , it's beyongdtragic.

I like the Sweet too:)  BTW, you should check out Dave Thompson's book about the Sweet, titled "Blockbuster."

Johnny sic said:

The Sweet!!! It doesn't get any better.

Good call , Mike L . Two of my favorites by The Ramones  are "I Don't Wanna Be Learned , I Don't Wanna Be Tamed" and " I Can't Be" , which , like most people , I never heard until the 90's.  i'M NOT A BIG BEATLE FAN ANYMORE , but  I SAW MACCA on TV , with The Queen in the audience , and , when he finished playing "The END" , I WAS GOING , LIKE "DO IT ! DO IT !!!" , But , he did'nt do all 30 seconds (?) of "Her Majesty".   Don't think she would have been amused.  There were a couple of short , unlisted vignettes that , I'd say , qualified as songs on "The White Album"  like "Can You Take Me Back (Where I came From)".

Aloha!

Changing Pickups make sense - instead of Fender PUs try some P90s (they are single coil too and make a really dirty sound - think of ooooooold Gibsons they had these PUs) plus you can get some in Humbucker-Size from Seymour Duncan or so...so you dont have to change the pickguard, too - they really fuckin rock!!!

Cheers from Munich,

El Presidente

Show #367: "The Eggman Collection #111" playlist:

King Crimson - "Cirkus including Entry Of The Chameleons"
Downliners Sect - "Now She's Dead"
Gun - "Dreams And Screams"
Joni Mitchell - "Chelsea Morning"
The Shy Limbs - "Reputation"
Majority One - "Don't Mind The Rain"
Jason Crest - "A Place In The Sun"
Bob Dylan - "Masters Of War"
Blind Faith - "Presence Of The Lord"
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - "Mother"
Five By Five - "Fruitstand Man"
Egg - "A Visit To Newport Hospital"
Porter Wagoner - "The First Mrs. Jones"
Love - "Signed D.C."
Can - "Mother Sky"
Jimmy Soul - "If You Wanna Be Happy"
Funkadelic - "I'll Stay"
The Lee Kings - "Orient Express"
The Peppers - "Just A Rock"
Jon & Robin - "Thursday Morning"
T2 - "Timothy Monday"
The Rats - "Turtle Dove"
Joyfull Noise - "People Get Together"
Grapefruit - "Lullaby"
The Battered Ornaments - "Twisted Track"
Joy Division - "A Means To An End"
Erkin Koray - "Seni Her Gordugumde"
Willow - "Thinking Of You"
Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs - "She Left, I Died"
The Rain - "She Is A Friend"
The Blue Rondos - "Little Baby"
Diane Hildebrand - "Jan's Blues"
Mythos - "Concrete City"
Gracious! - "The Dream"

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