Show #366: "Bands & Artists Starting With M, Part 6"

Every 3 weeks I do a series of shows I call the "Alphabetical Series" where I randomly draw a letter of the alphabet from a hat. Whatever letter I draw, I take all the bands and artists in my collection (from the 50's, 60's & 70's only) that start with that letter and play them in strict alphabetical order one by one until I run out of time. This week I drew the letter "M". This is the sixth time I've drawn the letter "M", so I will start from where I left off on show #5 (which was with The Joe Meek Orchestra). So, tune in tonight (Friday at 10:00pm EST) to hear 3 hours of bands and artists that start with "M" like: Mefisto, Mehrpouya, Mel & Tim, Melanie, Gil Melle, The Mello-Kings, Melody Fair, Tina & David Meltzer, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Members, Members Of Time, The Menaces, Mendelbaum, Carlos Mendes, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Mendoza, Marianne Mendt, The Menn, Mephistopheles, The Mercenaries, Mercy, Merkin, The Merlynn Tree, Jason Merrick & The Finders, Merriday Park, and many others!!

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Egg

Where are you based? In the UK, these dudes are worth checking out:

http://www.stanleysonline.co.uk/

hi, i just got an old Sony reel to reel. i want to record with it but i need some tape. Anyone know of a place online that sells tape that isn't too costly?

                                                          Thanks, Cory

Check this out:

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/little-steven-you-got-it-wrong-my-top-five-garage-bands

Elvis P. and Neil Young .....

No need to write a single word about the KING. He will always be my " light in the dark "

Neil Young is so much " part of my life " ... he writes the songs I'll never have talent for ....

Thanks lads. I'll study this well.

Take a look at some of the humbucker sized P-90 pickups, you'll get a much brighter sound, same fit as a humbucker. SGs with P-90s are fabulous!

Seymour Duncan

Jason Lollar P-92 ($$$$ but great)

 You might also try changing the values of the pots (but keep the old ones in case you ever want to change it back...).

But 7JDH14 is right, the SG wont sound like the GL, but it might sound pretty nice!

Swapping the pickups will change the tone, but it's not gonna make your SG sound like a Legacy. There's a lot more to the Legacy tone than just the pickups.

You can put single coils in the SG. It might look strange, but I've done it before and I kinda liked it. You can either just put them right in there using the existing pickup rings, or you can use these adapters: http://www.guitarfetish.com/Humbucker-Rout-adapter-ring-Fits-Tele-Bridge-Pickup-THREE-COLORS_p_4350.html

Either way, there are humbuckers out there that sound like single coils. Just search online and you'll find them.

There are humbuckers pick ups, that are splittable to single coil, so you could have both sound on same guitar or blend 'em, and don't need to change them both. For example Seymour Duncan distorsion, try it in bridge position.

Does this make any sense to you?. I got a beautiful Gibson SG Standard which I don't wanna sell away. The only problem is a don't like the sound of the guitar as well as my G&L Legacy(fender strat). Than I got this idea, to buy fender pickups and put them into the gibson. Or do you know about some nice bright sounding pickups who will work aswell as fender pickups? Please share your information! 

There's a little bit of Fugazi and Gun club according to me...

I'm beginning to think it might be a local Rochester band that pre-dated my move here in 1990.  Thanks to all of you for trying!

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking...

John Battles said:

No idea....Sounds like an early to mid -80's Post Punk thing (And , by that , I mean stuff like The Minutemen as well as experimental bands from London that only 50 people ever heard until recently....). Maybe not. The singer does'nt sound familiar. Somebody else might recognize it , tho'.

No idea....Sounds like an early to mid -80's Post Punk thing (And , by that , I mean stuff like The Minutemen as well as experimental bands from London that only 50 people ever heard until recently....). Maybe not. The singer does'nt sound familiar. Somebody else might recognize it , tho'.

definitely wish i had the Big Beat UK Trash stuff, the Gories, the Gruesomes, anything Billy Childish, Cramps (Gravest Hits & any live recordings), Gun Club, Gravedigger V, Mummies & the 1st Meteors album.

J'etaime Le Pere Bloodshot Bill , and , Hell , he does'nt even live here !

 I'm out of the loop. The weather's been shitty (Tho , mild for a Chicago winter , I grant you.) , and The CTA  is slower than ever....I recently saw Tutu and The Pirates and The Mentally Ill do a bill together. Everyone came to see Tutu (Popular late 70's  comical Punk Band) , but  , while they were GOOD , just predictable , I thought The Mentally Ill blew them off the stage (Figuratively.) . Mentally Ill were based in Deerfield , Ill. , released two singles ("Gacy's Place " being their calling card.) , and did their very first gig almost 30 years after forming (The C*nts , arguably  Chicago's first Garage revisionist group , kept a comparably low profile for years , as well.)....

Quite honestly, I've had a bad sinus headache all day long, and I didn't sleep too well last night, so death is looking pretty good right now.

Time For Tiffin said:

A tad harsh to wish someone dead cause they don't share your love for some bloke ain't it?

Feathered Apple Records said:

You better drop it anyways, because you don't even seem to be capeable to spell my pal's name correctly, and because you've already spoiled it anyways! It makes no sense to clean wash afterwards, better drop dead!

A tad harsh to wish someone dead cause they don't share your love for some bloke ain't it?

Feathered Apple Records said:

You better drop it anyways, because you don't even seem to be capeable to spell my pal's name correctly, and because you've already spoiled it anyways! It makes no sense to clean wash afterwards, better drop dead!

That's what I call a good sport!

MikeL said:

Hey, I'm cool with it, and I can understand his position. I've been in the same position myself when it comes to Little Steven, so now I'm getting a taste of my own medicine;)



Gringo Starr said:

Ha ha ha! Easy does it guys! No need to fly off the handle. Right?

Hey, I'm cool with it, and I can understand his position. I've been in the same position myself when it comes to Little Steven, so now I'm getting a taste of my own medicine;)

Gringo Starr said:

Ha ha ha! Easy does it guys! No need to fly off the handle. Right?

Ha ha ha! Easy does it guys! No need to fly off the handle. Right?

Alright man!

Thanks for the fotos & reports and all. Hope you get better soon and swing out of the hospital as soon as you can.

swt said:

I've been out of commission since I got back from SXSW (Had hip replacement surgery on Tuesday. Still in the hospital. Sucks getting old!)

But here's my daily blogs from the festival CLICK HERE  My photographic evidence is HERE. 

Among the garagepunk types I saw: The Gories, Kid Congo Powers, Thee Oh Sees, The Spitz, The Hickoids, Glambilly, The Grannies ... 

I've been out of commission since I got back from SXSW (Had hip replacement surgery on Tuesday. Still in the hospital. Sucks getting old!)

But here's my daily blogs from the festival CLICK HERE  My photographic evidence is HERE. 

Among the garagepunk types I saw: The Gories, Kid Congo Powers, Thee Oh Sees, The Spitz, The Hickoids, Glambilly, The Grannies ...