Hi dying,

It's a 1967 KAPA Minstrel teardrop.  KAPA was a small guitar company in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington DC.  KAPA made the bodies, bridges and tremolo units, and assembled everything; the necks, pickups and electronics originally came from Hofner (though later KAPA made their own), and the tuners came from Schaller.  KAPAs were were relatively cheap guitars, which meant that garage bands could afford them. I think KAPA ceased to exist in 1970 (bought out by Mosrite -- another great garage rock guitar maker).

-A

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dying slowly said:

what is that guitar?
THEE DIRTYBEATS said:

THEE DIRTYBEATS use mostly period instruments from the mid-60's, including KAPA, Mosrite, Rickenbacker and Fender guitars, Fender and Ampeg amps, Big Muff fuzzes, and Morley wahs.  It helps us better recreate the awful/glorious racket made by the original garage bands of the day.   

My '67 KAPA Minstrel teardrop (see attached pic) is a good example.  It was a cheap guitar way back when, and today the pickups are particularly touchy... but the sound, as unpredictable as it is, is so wonderfully gritty, it's just glorious.  I ended up using it on all the solos I played on our debut ep.

-A

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The Bowery Electric is a really cool place.

 
MikeL said:

I like the Bowery Electric in NYC, along with the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, OH, and Skully's in Columbus, OH.  Here in Pittsburgh, I like the 31st Street Pub and Gooski's.

 

I like the Bowery Electric because it's just a couple doors down from where CBGB used to be, and it has something of a CBGB vibe.  

 

I saw two of the three Rolling Rock tours at the Beachland Ballroom, and I saw Manda and the Marbles during their CD release party for "Angels with Dirty Faces" at Skully's (One of my all time favorite gigs).  I also saw MATM for the last time at Skully's.

 

I like the Pub because it is like a home grown version of CBGB, without any of the history or prestige.  Gooski's has a great jukebox, full of garage, glam, punk, and post punk bands.

le Mondo Bizarro in Rennes, France is one cool club too !

Very cool... many thanks...

I bet the car company itself has very little to do with it. It's marketing, and whoever their marketing agency is (I think it's ATTIK or Rogers and Cowan) most likely came up with the whole plan/strategy to conquer the young, trendsetting hipster market (think 18-24 year olds) by getting them involved with Vice, and Vice just happens to be vesting a lot of promotion into garage rock these days. Scion has done some pretty unique things in marketing its brand that other car makers haven't tried. Watch the video on this article to see what I mean.

About Scion

Scion, from Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., was developed with a new generation of youthful buyers in mind.  Scion's mission is to provide distinctive products, the opportunity to personalize, and an innovative, consumer-driven process at the retail level.  The Scion brand features three ground-breaking models with a wide array of standard features: the xD urban subcompact five-door, the iconic xB urban utility vehicle, and the tC sports coupe.  The brand often applies new practices in all aspects of its business and pushes the creativity envelope with non-traditional advertising and marketing to engage young consumers. For more information, visit www.scion.com.

joey fuckup said:

Yep, downloaded mine a couple of weeks ago...Ha, sorry I didn't post something about it on here (Thanks Steve). There's also a free download from King Khan on there too! I was really impressed with Scion's music site, but honestly haven't had the time to check out their online 'zine. Very cool (and odd) that a car company would put this much effort and support into music, though, but I'm not complaining at all! Hopefully I'll make one of their garage musicfests one day (granted they continue to do one every year).

King Khan! Fuck a duck, I'm downloading now!

I've posted in here before that I saw a free Scion show in New York last year -- Kid Congo Powers with Hux & His Punx. The weird thing is, I'd just bought my airplane tickets when I got this email hyping the show.

(Here's a video from that.

I think the person who taped this was standing just to my left)

Yep, downloaded mine a couple of weeks ago...Ha, sorry I didn't post something about it on here (Thanks Steve). There's also a free download from King Khan on there too! I was really impressed with Scion's music site, but honestly haven't had the time to check out their online 'zine. Very cool (and odd) that a car company would put this much effort and support into music, though, but I'm not complaining at all! Hopefully I'll make one of their garage musicfests one day (granted they continue to do one every year).

are you askin' bout man or astro-man ? just to make sure that is the band/question... lol

i have just bout everything they have put out - love'em to bits and try to make every show the do round here - there haven't bin that many but still -shrug- most of the vocals i know can think of are sound bits off b movies - like "the lizard king attacks" love that track -  or off is it.... man or astro-man? "nitrous burnout"  project infinity cd/album has a few more vocals/sound bites  like - "transmission from venus" but "manta ray" is full/has full vocals on deluxe me in space  ep. there is the track named u-uranus and that also has full vocal - hope this help you out - and again this band RAWKS!!! lol keep kewl/keep warm/keep it garage!

just noticed that this question is from way back in nov. 2010 so not sure if your still on this site or what but feel free to answer me back and or too tell me to piss off - lmfao up to you

oh yeah here is an mp3 of them you might just dig it's one of the track i mentioned to yeah

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Lucas Best Schmit said:

DEFINITELY recommend the Hex Dispensers. I myself am a big fan of Murder City Devils and Black Eyes & Neckties.

kopper said:

I'd recommend the Hex Dispensers, Lost Sounds, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall... stuff like that.

The Urges Theme on their Dirty Water 7" is pretty dark and dancey. I'm not too keen on the Hollywood Sinner's song on the other side though. It's a bit sort of... tame? But trying to sound wild? I dunno, maybe it's just because the studio's never a good place to go wild.

But I digress. Os Haxixins for sure. Twin Guns for maybe. Wau Y Los Arrrghs!'s song Carerra Especial is real real real good. It's on Slovenly, and speaking of Slovenly, JC Satan have a few good dark stompy songs, but they're peppered in amongst some forgettable echofests. That's their first LP anyways. Haven't heard the new one yet.

DEFINITELY recommend the Hex Dispensers. I myself am a big fan of Murder City Devils and Black Eyes & Neckties.

kopper said:

I'd recommend the Hex Dispensers, Lost Sounds, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall... stuff like that.

yeah !

here's a good ska/rocksteady podcast, not often updated but really good songs :

http://skaandreggaeshirts.podomatic.com/rss2.xml

love this song from Night at the Hop comp on Sprirt of 69 :

I love this stuff! I also really like the early dub stuff like King Tubby, Prince Fari & Lee Scratch Perry (before he went nuts).

Definitely.  Toots & The Maytals were always my favorites.  Toots Hibbert is a great soul vocalist -- always reminded me of a Jamaican Otis Redding.  A lot of the Trojan Records artists were terrific. 

I love ska, especially the mod/skinhead stuff.

Well-known fact that Cook and Jones were both huge Faces fans, going so far as to say on the record that that's who they wanted to be when they decided to form a band (prior to it being called the Sex Pistols, the early Wally Nightingale-fronted "The Strand"). And yes, all of the members each had their own influences, but most of them were glitter rock (namely the Faces, The Stooges, The Dolls, Alice Cooper, Bowie, and T.Rex, along with the aforementioned Modern Lovers. Don't forget, too, that Matlock was supposedly kicked out of the band for liking the Beatles and the Who, so there was also a powerpop influence, whether the other band members liked it or not).  

Sorry for bumping an old thread, BTW, but it's kinda up my alley. ;) 

"Oil City Confidential" will be on the Documentary Channel this coming Wednesday, December 7th. Hot diggity dawg.

I know of a couple powerpop bands, but alas, their 'bods' aren't very power pop

Oops, I meant to post this:

I've seen Collins a couple of times this year. Great that he's still around and rocking quite hard.

A fun Powerpop song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv4kB-m-SL0

An oldie but a goodie, Joe Jackson's Look Sharp album is another big time favorite. If you've never heard it, I suggest you give it a listen!

 

Oh,didn´t know that they reissued "ACID DREAMS"-must try to get it!

Thanx for the info!!!!
 
Dead Boy said:

I found that "Acid Dreams" (the original version) has reissued on CD, but "Acid Dreams Testament" (which has many bonus tracks) is still available!  "Acid Dreams" has some tracks which "Acid  Dreams Testament" doesn't have, but "Testament" is better than the original, I think.