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    • December 14, 2011 1:29 AM CST
    • I AGREE , Larry Tamblyn, who already gets cool points for being Russ Tamblyn's Brother, did some great keyboard parts with The Standells - I'm partial to the Faux Gypsy /Italian  Guitar - Keyboard combination he and Tony Valentino cooked up on "Why Pick on Me".
       
      dying slowly said:

      the organ in the standells some times good guys dont wear white blows me away

    • December 14, 2011 1:26 AM CST
    •   I meant to , but I felt I'd have to mention DMZ (Whom I love) , as well as The Lyres (Whom I tried to love.). When Jeff is /was on , he was unstoppable. I saw him once , when he feigned interest , but , just did not care , and , another time where he had his moments , to be sure.
       
      Alex said:

      Obviously Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.  But I'm also surprised to see that no one has mentioned Jeff "Monoman" Conolly from Lyres/DMZ.

    • December 13, 2011 4:32 PM CST
    • esquerita!

    • December 12, 2011 10:29 PM CST
    • Guys like Rosalie and Conolly are good for their respective overall band sounds, but far from "great" players.

      Standouts are Rod Argent, Brian Auger, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Manzarek and vastly underated if somewhat cheesy; Burton Cummings (listen to that live TV stuff Guess Who CD that came out awhile back). Tony Ashton and Graham Bond are pretty dang great too.

      Not to mention the Nicky Hopkins of this world, etc. etc.

      Soul players are a whole other bag - usually much "tastier" players with more of a groove as the music isn't usually (quite) as frantic. Booker T. and Preston are prime examples (though they could probably play rings around most rock players).

    • December 12, 2011 5:19 PM CST
    • Daryl Hooper from The Seeds

    • December 14, 2011 1:20 AM CST
    •  Jake Austen wanted to show a video compiled from Guitar Wold and D'Lana's scenes in "The Sore Losers"on "Chic - A - Go Go". He could'nt show any nude scenes , as it's a kid's show , so he substituted them with footage of The Fat Boys CHOWING DOWN ON A BIG - ASS PIZZA !!

    • December 14, 2011 1:16 AM CST
    • J.Michael is a good cat. Had Bar - B-Cue with him and our mutual good friend , Msr. Jeffrey Evans , on my first trip to Memphis. He also took us to his house and showed us rough footage from Superstarlet A.D. , super cinematography by Chicago's own Mike Miller , better known as "MILLER". He came to Chicago a few years later. The bartender gave him shit , because he does that with everyone. He does'nt work at this bar anymore.....He thought he was being cute. Yeah , whatever.We went to see The WOggles , later , who slept on my floor. McCarthy is a Trash film visionary. Part Russ Meyer , part Al Adamson (He even looks a bit like Adamson !) , and a lot of his own thing.

      Sore Losers is a beautifully filmed , for the most part , expertly casted , sex and EC comic and Rock'n'Roll adventure. I met my future girlfriend at the first screening in Chicago , and , as it happened , Jim Van Beeber rescued her , and my dear lady friend from High school (Who'd just moved here.) , from being slipped a date rape drug by some  no - life havin' douchebag.....I'm told he was'nt lookin' too good when it all was over.

    • December 14, 2011 12:05 AM CST
    • Looks like these guys are doing really well for themselves! This stuff is so rad. The art is incredible! If you go on they're main site: Pork's Site they also have really cool nik-naks to buy. Great find man!

    • December 13, 2011 9:57 PM CST
    • It appears to be the same guy that puts the whole thing together - Sean Aaberg. Did you check out the buttons? Yeah, yeah they're reproductions, but whatevs:



      kopper said:

      That cover kicks ass. Whose artwork is that?

    • December 12, 2011 8:25 PM CST
    • Yep, totally dig it.

    • December 12, 2011 6:41 PM CST
    • That cover kicks ass. Whose artwork is that?

    • December 12, 2011 5:05 PM CST
    • Pork Magazine

      A friend of mine turned me on to this, caught me completely off guard, check it out it's pretty cool stuff:

      Pork Magazine

    • December 13, 2011 4:51 PM CST
    • Damn! I'm so happy I saw this this is so sick. I like the rawness of his voice. It might be a bit corny but The Ghastly Ones have some pretty cool stuff and also Messer Chups from Russia has a sick spook vibe.



      Marty Shane, Pacifiction Records said:

      I was gonna post a vid of The Fang by Nervous Norvus... and then I stumbled on this!

    • December 13, 2011 11:09 AM CST
    • The rest of the Out of the Vaults episodes can be found here:

      http://www.garagepunk.com/category/podcast/out-of-the-vaults-into-your-ears/

      It sort of got left behind when we transferred the podcasting over to the Hideout. I'd love to post more episodes of that if we get more good live recordings (we simply need the material). But each of the show producers is kinda on their own in that regard.

      Aside from that, I'm always open to new show ideas. And even if I don't decide to include it on the station/network (I admit I'm very picky), you're still free to produce it on your own and promote it on the Hideout.

    • December 12, 2011 6:07 PM CST
    • Well, as for gigs recorded, we use to have this cool podcast :

      "OUT OF THE VAULTS INTO YOUR EARS".

      As far as I remember, THIS was the latest episode, hosted by Mr Gringo Starr himself :

      THE UNTOLD FABLES recorded live in 1985 !!!

      You can check FREDDI's blog too, in addition to his cool KICKS FROM THE BOOT podcast, he posts some bootleg recordings of live gigs.

    • December 12, 2011 2:28 PM CST
    • cool ! yes it is a vt+ il go and have look around.

      dying slowly said:

      is it a vt+? caus thats what ive got if it is go on the vox website click toneroom an search garage rock click the name decay666 and go throse those tones their mine

      amoebaboy said:

      there is no way i could afford an ac 30, so i went out and bought a vox  valvetronix , the real thing it aint, but it still sounds friggin awesome.

      its the cheap alternative, for folks like me who hardly have a pot to piss in.

      loads of classic amp models to choose from with a selection of useable fx on board.

      seriously, go and try one, our guitarist has a cool  orange tube amp, even he was impressed by it

    • December 12, 2011 2:07 PM CST
    • Hi Mole - for a 16th of a page (the small one!), it's £88 (+VAT) for a label to plug it wares.  But if you're an independent record store, real shop and/or online, they do a cheaper deal for £35.  Alas, we only qualified as a label but I do know that after advertising via RC the lovely FruitsdeMer chaps sell out of their 500 press runs very quickly....

    • December 12, 2011 12:51 PM CST
    • Is that the dude that hand-presses stuff? Many moons ago the [pre-Embrooks] Lyds ended up with a NZ hand-pressed clear vinyl 7", that was pretty gravelly but fun. Kinda played a bit like an acetate, i.e. you wouldn't get too many plays out of it before it started to deteriorate...!! 

      Thee Wild Wraith said:

      Anyone interested in doing short runs might consider Peter King out of New Zealand. He will do minimum runs of 20. His prices are pretty damned cheap as long as you do a small run (like 100 or less). Most people wouldn't want to do that, but I think it's great. Aside from the normal stuff he also does 5"s, 8"s, square records, triangles and custom shaped stuff. Everything he does is on clear vinyl.

      He doesn't have a website, you have to call him or write him a letter for a quote. If anyone is interested I can email you his contact info. There are a few videos of him making records up on youtube, do a search for "peter king vinyl".

      I was pretty happy with the records he did for me. They look great. I'd say the sound quality is a little lower than a regular record, but still really good in my opinion. He's a good option for smaller bands, and people interested in weird/novelty vinyl. Also he's just a really friendly and helpful guy.