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Thanks, good stuff kopper. I'm adding some videos of bands I just thought of that are relevant to my request:

kopper said:

Pagans. 'Nuff said.

Early Bad Brains instantly comes to mind if you're not already into them. They were totally uncompromising and HR was a brilliant frontman 

http://youtu.be/_-7tryyJ0Ro

A latter day one that comes to mind would have to be AMEN, again, Casey Chaos is a nuts front man with plenty of Iggyisms

http://youtu.be/ouEBWQGSkzE

Pagans. 'Nuff said.

Pretty damn cool, thanks. They were a band that I never really looked into.

whatwave dave said:

 

Lately i just can't seem to get enough DOA...saw singer Joe Shithead do an instore last week and bought the DOA book (Talk- Action=0 by Joe). They might fit what you're looking for...Vancouver punk from 1978 that is still around to this day.

Lately i just can't seem to get enough DOA...saw singer Joe Shithead do an instore last week and bought the DOA book (Talk- Action=0 by Joe). They might fit what you're looking for...Vancouver punk from 1978 that is still around to this day.

Well, I guess I'll have to check them out now. Just out of the blue, my parents knew Bobby Soxx from the Stick Men with Ray Guns growing up and they said he was about as crazy as you can imagine.

joey fuckup said:

Ha, well, the small rock 'n' roll world we live in...G.G. was best friends with Jeff, matter of fact they recorded together as the Murder Junkies way back in the day. There is an album out of their collaborations, and they did a lot of shows together.

Ha, well, the small rock 'n' roll world we live in...G.G. was best friends with Jeff, matter of fact they recorded together as the Murder Junkies way back in the day. There is an album out of their collaborations, and they did a lot of shows together.

Not so sure about the whole southern vibe but otherwise the bottles to the head thing sounds like GG Allin, which reminded me of another punk band I like: The Jabbers.

joey fuckup said:

Well, one band that came out in the early '80's (and are still around) are ANTiSEEN. Not sure if you are familiar with them, but the lead singer belts out some throaty vocals over ballsy Southern hardcore punk. One of his trademarks is to take a broken bottle and repeatedly jab it into his forehead until blood is pouring down his face. He's done this so many times, he now just has scar tissue on his brow. I've gotten to hang out with the band and interview its frontman Jeff Clayton for a podcast I used to be on. He's actually a nice guy, but it's balls out fury when he hits the stage. The band are Southerners, so expect Confederate flags, pro wrestling homages (they've done shows before with barb wire strung up on the stage), hardcore covers of old honky tonk songs, and salutes to the American troops. They're pretty much the real deal.

Well, one band that came out in the early '80's (and are still around) are ANTiSEEN. Not sure if you are familiar with them, but the lead singer belts out some throaty vocals over ballsy Southern hardcore punk. One of his trademarks is to take a broken bottle and repeatedly jab it into his forehead until blood is pouring down his face. He's done this so many times, he now just has scar tissue on his brow. I've gotten to hang out with the band and interview its frontman Jeff Clayton for a podcast I used to be on. He's actually a nice guy, but it's balls out fury when he hits the stage. The band are Southerners, so expect Confederate flags, pro wrestling homages (they've done shows before with barb wire strung up on the stage), hardcore covers of old honky tonk songs, and salutes to the American troops. They're pretty much the real deal.

The Stooges were always kind of my basis for what punk should sound and look like and honestly, the Dead Boys were really the only first wave band (to me) that approached the vocal and physical ferocity of Iggy...Radio Birdman and The Saints may have been a close second but were pretty tame and later, The Germs were pretty damn raw.

Can you guys suggest any other punk bands (preferably from the first wave or early hardcore scene) that have that kind of spit and blood delivery, rather than the more tuneful Ramones/Buzzcocks vibe.

I totally agree with you.. haha I always spell rock n roll wrong.. 

Ok my band was playing at international festival in my town and by older rewiews and describes (including from ourselves) we're described as a 60's revival psychedelic rock. (ofcourse we have influence from bunce of other genres as well) But that description really tracked us down. One journalist was not happy with us.(fuck journalists by the way) I can respect his opinions and all that crap but he killed his credbillity by saying that The Piper at the gates of dawn with Pink Floyd is what psychedelic is supposed to sound and our music were just chaosistic. (has he fucking listened to 13th Floor Elevators? That's what psychedelic is supposed to sound for me thou) The chaosistic is the psychedelic.. Different opinions.

 But really my point is descripion can be dangerous.. at least when we're are talking about ignorant journalists..

DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR said:

that usually doesn't cut it with potentially interested listeners not familiar with your music. sifting through the gazillion choices requires some specific glittering shiny object word or phrase. sad and as unhappy as it may  be the term rock n roll is meaningless.( FUCK!! NOBODY CAN EVEN AGREE ON HOW TO SPELL IT!!!!!) to one person it means you may be death metal or to another you could be jimmy buffet or you could be a 1953 rhythm and blues offshoot. it would take longer to describe what you mean by rock and roll than to describe yourself. clubs, bookers, websites, bloggers and online mags or whatever will not even bother to listen to an unknown quantity without a stinkin' category marker. we really and truly do not know what category we are supposed to be stuck in. and its a sure bet that like yourself many other bands do not now what they are until someone else tells them..
Axel Björnsson said:

I was onetime obsessed with analyzing my music, talked endless about it. I'm still obsessed with it but I keep it to myself because I think it's dull to describe my art to another person. Recently I just tell people that i play Rock 'n Roll.

In the 60's , a lot of what we now call "Garage " bands got their asses beat by Rednecks , Greasers , Jocks and the like. I'm sure there have been many Garage bands since the 80's that have had guys who did'nt have the guts to get up on stage , themselves  , hurl bottles at them , or pick fights during , or after , the show . Why ?

 Because these poor excuses for men did'nt hear or see something
that satisfied their spoiled brat - big baby macho egos , or were threatened because maybe some of the women stopped listening to them talk about the Football game long enough to watch the band , instead.....

JJ Rassler from DMZ told me a bout a show they did with The Ramones in Cambridge , Massachusetts in 1976. These jockboys were'nt getting their satisfaction , and beat up a couple of members of DMZ during The Ramones' set. There's a bootleg of the show in question , you can hear those chickenshits , loud and clear , busting heads and breaking glass. There's always a chance for violence , whether it's at a "Punk" or "Garage" show, when you get sexually and emotonally insecure guys who've been used to getting their own way , pretty much all their lives ,thrown into the mix.  When more Jocks started getting into Punk Rock in the 90's , it became more and more the case. Hell , I had this big Football guy knock me down to the floor at a Man or Astro Man show , once . There was no "PIT" going , of course. He called foul on ME , because I pushed him back , telling me I did'nt know how to have fun. That's a laugh.

The Terrorists said:

Garage is trendy because it's a safe word-- nobody ever got beat-up cause they played "garage." Unlike punk... 

I've heard many bands that are definitely punk-influenced and whose members have never heard a garage band before except for maybe The Sonics, and i even doubt that much. They don't even hear the music that those garage bands grew up listening to, which is the key to coming up with a believable sound. If you honestly don't listen to rock n roll and blues, your "garagey" sound is likely to come up quite dull.

Not only is a safe word, but it also implies you went through the trouble of listening to music that isn't mainstream, which makes you hip. If only that was true.

These people won't stop at garage, i've heard bands claim they play gospel and surf influenced music and I just dont' hear it. 

that usually doesn't cut it with potentially interested listeners not familiar with your music. sifting through the gazillion choices requires some specific glittering shiny object word or phrase. sad and as unhappy as it may  be the term rock n roll is meaningless.( FUCK!! NOBODY CAN EVEN AGREE ON HOW TO SPELL IT!!!!!) to one person it means you may be death metal or to another you could be jimmy buffet or you could be a 1953 rhythm and blues offshoot. it would take longer to describe what you mean by rock and roll than to describe yourself. clubs, bookers, websites, bloggers and online mags or whatever will not even bother to listen to an unknown quantity without a stinkin' category marker. we really and truly do not know what category we are supposed to be stuck in. and its a sure bet that like yourself many other bands do not now what they are until someone else tells them..
Axel Björnsson said:

I was onetime obsessed with analyzing my music, talked endless about it. I'm still obsessed with it but I keep it to myself because I think it's dull to describe my art to another person. Recently I just tell people that i play Rock 'n Roll.

I was onetime obsessed with analyzing my music, talked endless about it. I'm still obsessed with it but I keep it to myself because I think it's dull to describe my art to another person. Recently I just tell people that i play Rock 'n Roll.

Hey Chris,

  Cool that you bumped this old post.  As for an update, I've been demoing songs for the rest of my band on garageband, but still outsource our actually recording.

   I find I can get a decent guitar tone but like you, I am never satisfied with the vocal track...  and like you I think it might just be my voice !

~T  

Hey there! I'm using GarageBand to record guitar/vocal demos... Have recorded my guitar part and I'm happy with the sound quality BUT very disappointed with the vocs! (maybe it's just my voice!) Anyone got any suggestions how to make the vocal side of things sound stronger/gnarlier on Garageband? Any settings you can recommend? Thanks!!!

Simply Saucer were Incredible live!!!! They were able to re-create that Cyborgs revisited sound so well!!! It's the Theremin that really makes it!!!

doornail said:

yeah, love Basement 5 and I bet Simply Saucer was freakin' incredible, what a great band.  Thanks for the compliment my brotha'.  doornail

Suzanne of R&R Rampage sent me links to a couple of her Halloween shows:

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/listen-now-if-your-dareepisode

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/rock-amp-roll-rampage-151

beach bums must ddddddiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

You have probably heard that one. But I think it is the best of the best.

http://www.classicbands.com/banned.html

whats your views on censorship?!

banned songs, speak your mind lyricists.

Why dont you free your mind and your ass will follow:

According to the above site not a lot has happened of late.

Has it all gone so horribly weird during the nighties and the noughties?