I would have to say Los Saicos' Wildteen Punk From Peru.  It is consistently great from start to finish and their some truly amazing musical and primitive feeling moments in it, especially with the final song "El Entierro Dos Los Gatos."

And the cover to that Sam the Sham is a scream, too!

If modern-day garage counts (and evidently it does):
I Know You Fine, But How You Doin' - Gories
Blue Dirge - Beguiled
Dear Independence - Blue Van
Live For Buzz - Swingin' Neckbreakers

More sixties gold:
The Remains
I See The Light - Five Americans
Midnight Ride With Paul Revere & the Raiders

Stay Sick by The Cramps

And I'm glad James mentioned Their Second Album by Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs. That was kind of a concept album with songs about magic and voodoo featuring great covers of songs like "I Got My Mojo Working," "Hoochie Koochie Man,"  "Magic Touch," "The Gypsy" and their hit "Juju Hand." Wish I still had that!

I Know You Fine But How You Doin' - the Gories
Songs the Lord Taught Us - the Cramps
Gruesomania - the Gruesomes
The Kids Are All Square - Thee Headcoats
Dinosaurs - the Sting-Rays

:)

That all makes sense.  The compilations are more than fair enough compensation for waiting for the next podcast.    

As I've been told, Noise Annoys is on hold because of all the work that goes into the Hideout compilations. And there are at least 3 volumes to come out in the future. So it might take a while still. "One man can only do so much good!" ;)

I can only guess that Lord Muck of the Nasty Grind is busy, busy with his business, based on what he said when I spoke to him a while back.

I *loved* Noise Annoys. Would be great to see that one make a comeback!

I'm surprised this thread still gets replies every now and then.

BTW, I'm off to Cleveland tomorrow to see Prima Donna at a venue called Now That's Class.

Coincidentally, if anyone here is into the Oi thing, my pal Sara and I who I did a glam special with last year are teaming up this week for some Oi and bootboy stompers (Gonads definitely on deck).  Archives are up for 2 weeks, should be fun.

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Chris Henniker said:

A lot of the Oi bands were influenced by glam and music hall too, like The Gonads (being from South London, I'm stating the obvious local example). You've reiterated what I said about musical divisions, with kids being into one thing or the other. Football fans dressing up as Alice Cooper or Bowie being indicative of this. As a teenager,  I was an indie kid and my sis liked dance music and early jungle. Perhaps it shows there's no such thing as a typical teenage music.

A lot of indie has an English approach, especially the mod influenced and cutie stuff. No wonder why Go Sailor or anything on Thee SPC doesn't fly in the US.

matthew rosedon said:

Thanks for the responses to my Why glam meant next to nothing in the US query.

Some further thoughts:

The UK has a tradition of camp theatricality from the music hall and the pantomime.  It's often said that the average Englishman can't wait to drag up.  This is reflected in The Kinks, Madness, the Smiths and many others who are quintessentially English in their approach (I know the Kinks enjoyed American success but not in their 'English' period of 1965-71 approx.)  Perhaps this doesn't translate across the Atlantic beyond cult status.  When I think of mainstream US rock of the early 70s names like Lynryd Sknyrnd and the Doobie Brothers spring to mind - music (I use the term loosely) and image as far away from The Sweet and Roxy Music as it's possible to get.  Perhaps good old fashioned prejudice played a part whereby glam was seen as limey faggot music and not rawk.

Like punk a few years after, glam was reaction music - reaction against the grey and dreary 70s that was life in England, and also a reaction against the grey and dreary music of Pink Floyd, Yes etc.  A generation gap was opening up in popular music in the UK where your big brother listened to prog rock and wore an ex-army greatcoat while your kid sister had pictures of Bolan on her bedroom wall and wore glittery make-up.

To ask another question:  Glam rock was teenage music.  If glam meant next to nothing in the US what was a 13 year old listening to in Montana or Massachusetts in 1973?  Did a specific teenage music still exist?

Anything on State Records...especially The Offhooks - Outside Looking In (no vested interest at all!).

90's: Spaceshits-Winter Dance Party, Metros-S/T, Problematics-TheKidsAllSuck, Loli & The Chones- Total Fucking Genocide

00's: The Reds-s/t, Boys Club-S/t, Heartattacks-Here Come The (the Swedish band, not the Atlanta one), Fe Fi Fo Fums- Shake All Night

11's: OBN III's- The One and Only

John..I saw you in the Fu**tones in Glasgow many moons ago...good rockin' gig that night. Played with the 'tones in 91 in Edinburgh at the venue - by this time Chris Harlock was on bass and Phil Arriagada on guitar. 'Twas a great gig, but my memories are kind of spoiled by the fact that Mr P kept trying to trade his pussy paisley tele (or strat) for my '63 English baby blue Phantom (rarer than rocking horse shit BTW, 'tho I didn't know it at the time) and he kept hitting on my girl...so yeah, he's a big headed c**t

Baz

@John - Have you seen the new Fuzztones tour poster? It's bizarre! A graphic of Rudi as a Medusa with every member of the Fuzztones throughout the years in his snake-like hair! Check it out:

Just keep going...it took me forever...but I got there in the end. All the advice so far is good advice. Practice, practice, practice...spend the time on your own perfecting it..and keep it simple.

Don't make it a bigger deal than it already is. First, you will notice that you can feel the vibrations of the guitar in your body, which should help you vocalize a bit. Now start making noise with your mouth, along with every strum or note. Try to match what you are playing on the guitar for now. Practice every day and your ability to do both will rapidly improve.

Yep, practice, that's all you've gotta do. Start by singing small parts of the songs or humming along as you play. And, funny thing, probably the first song that I learned to play and sing simultaneously was Nirvana's version of the Vaselines' song Molly's Lips from the Incesticide album.

this is probably not what you want to hear, but there is no secret.  it just takes practice, like anything else.  start simple, get comfortable with the guitar part you want to play, and then add the vocals.  you should be able to play the guitar part without thinking about it too much.  If you keep at it, it will click.  It took me a while to get the hang of it.  I think the first song I could play and sing simultaneously was About a Girl by Nirvana.  it's only two chords so it was a good one to start with.  if you set your goals to high to begin with it's easy to be discouraged.  hang in there.  you'll get it.  

i'm just learning how to play guitar. i'm using the open e tuning ala early Gun Club.
i wanted to ask you experienced folks how i can go about singing & playing at the same time. any tips?

My band outfit... THE APES PARTY! Our cest hair are natural ;) we're gifted :)

I was at that taping with Hunx and His Punx. I might have been sitting in the audience when they went on. It's very tiring getting to the studio on the CTA , sometimes....

 The Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame won't take Paul Revere and The Raiders seriously , just because of their stage wear. GOD , WHO CARES ?! If WE are to take the Hall seriously , then The Raiders should have been in it before the 90's reared their ugly head.

All those are great! Wild records is the shit, the Montesas stuff they put out is rad too - Also Check Ali Gator & His Real Hot Reptile Rockers for some great raw Rock-AH!-Billy!

Joe said:

Here's some Hideout artists I've been listening to lately (highly recommended!):

JJ & The Real Jerks

Wyldlife

Jukebox Zeros

The Love Me Nots

As for good rockabilly, Wild! Records houses all of the best artists in the U.S., particularly Luis and the Wildfires.

Recently played a friends Epiphone SG with P90s and it was pretty goddam sweet! Still quite twangy and open at lower volume/distortion compared to a humbucker. Another 'P90 in a humbucker casing' to consider is the Tonerider Rebel 90:

http://www.tonerider.com/pickups/r90spickups.html

Haven't tried it myself, but it's on my shopping list.

 It'd take all day to disclose my motivations for the sordid sensations of the big beat that makes you wanna jump in the back seat.....In the early to mid 70'S , The Rock'n'Roll Revival peaked in The U.S. , though Western Europe had been reveling in it , years earlier. As a kid , then ,  I heard something in 50's R'n'R that I was'nt hearing in the newer stuff...Though we're talking about a difference of less than 20 years. I did'nt stop liking the new music , though I was too young to realize much of it was'nt new. The 50's Rock 'n' Roll seemed to be more about having fun than much of what I was hearing. Of course , a lot of it left on a petri dish with a Black Plague cell called Nostalgia. To the world's chagrin , the baccili was released , and , the motivation behind the music was deemed irrelevant. But , not forever. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND .  I found myself taking an interest in 60's R'n'R , 60's and 70's Punk , Rockabilly , Instrumental Rock , Glam , Psych ,  Raw R'N'B and the like ,  because it's FUN, and it's bound by a common energy. Even if you don't like all of it , personally. I LEARNED , EARLY ON , IT WAS UP TO US , INDIVIDUALLY , TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT IF THIS MUSIC WOULD STILL MEAN ANYTHING  , EVEN AFTER IT FELL OUT OF FAVOR FOR A SECOND OR THIRD TIME.....   Anyone remember The U.S. Rockabilly Revival OF THE EARLY 80's ? A thousand 'Billy bands formed in The Stray Cats' wake , but , of course , none of them offered any serious competition.  Robert Gordon had made his last Neo - Rockabilly recordings of note , years before The Stray Cats came back home to , briefly , become stars.....But , a lot of Rockabilly fans and bands stayed at it , even though so much of it still reflects The Stray Cats ' sound and feel in it's utter lack of wildness and sheer raw power that this music was built on. As Tim Warren put it , so many of them did'nt go through Punk Rock , and that accounts for a lot.