I did a little searching a few years ago, but didn;t find anything out.  I live 10 hours form Montreal which I imagine would be the closest that I would get to see Kid.  I'll ask if ever I see him, in a very kindly way.

~T 

John Battles said:

I don't know...If you ever see Kid Congo (And , you should , if you can.), you could ask him. I don't think he'd mind , if , of course , you're respectful about it. There's probably a Gun Club /Pierce website or two that could help you , too.

Tommy Careless said:

I've always wanted to know where Jeffrey Lee Pierce was buried too. Anyone know ?

~T

I give the Go Devils points just for their outfits.

Can't believe I neglected THE GO-DEVILS! Hadda sift thru my own blog fer shame!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKxm08id13s&feature=related

Thanks Marty! I always wondered what happened to them just sort assuming they vanished from the world, but I'm already google-ing as I reply. Sort of.

Ryoko from Thug Murder formed a kinda Joan Jett-influenced kinda hardcore band called Last Target.

Bass player Chisato was in punk/metal band The Vickers and now has an all girl punk band called Timeless Timber who I haven't seen yet.

Another all girl band in this punk scene worth mentioning is Softball and Akiakane, the lead singer's band after they broke up.

Bibliodiscoteque said:

I always liked the street punk/oi of Thug Murder and the guitar assault of Yellow Machinegun. Neither are garage, but both are excellent

Spookey are good, we played with them a few years ago in Glasgow (thanks, Tony...). D.

The reatards! I think some of the solo stuff got really lame. RIP JAY REATARD

one of the best podcast of GPN...el tocadisco salvaje...full of south america garage bands!!!!...my fav are Los explosivos from mexico...wyld teenage fever!!!!  & horror de luxe from brasil (raw swamp duo)

I am sure there are a great number of good bands coming out of that hemisphere. On a related note, I gotta say that Davilla 666 is a really cool group from Puerto Rico (I believe) with all lyrics sung in Spanish. This band seems to be doing a decent job of crossing international borders and breaking into the American market, and their kick-ass album on In The Red Records probably really helps.

It appears that we Americans don't hear much from South of the border. It is not surprising to hear European bands playing "American music", but I don't seem to notice too many bands from the South. It is like an odd "iron curtain" that keeps those bands out of our cultural loop. It probably boils down to some form of strange/tacet racism in light of Americans' Euro-centricism. 

I am not going to get all sociological about it here, but I just have a feeling that Americans may be missing out on a lot of great bands from that part of the world. Does anybody have any good and easily accessible sources for finding out about this kind of music? Maybe La Bicicleta can give us some links to podcasts, etc...

Best Current/Recent Garage bands?....quite difficult to answer...but without doubts, for me the best current garage punk area is SOUTH AMERICA!!!! (mexico, brasil, colombia, argentina, chile....)...

Agreed. Oldies=Goodies, but hey it's good to keep it new too right? 

Been really digging the Old Haunts lately. Stumbled upon them a few years back playing in an old mortuary house in Oregon, and have since rediscovered them I guess. They're from WAshington state. Worth checking out 

Basement 5???? Simply Saucer??? Swell Maps?????   You gots good taste doornail!!!  Haven't heard anyone else mention Basement 5 in years!

Finally got to see Simply Saucer about 3 years ago and they are still absolute KILLER live!!!!

doornail said:

Basement 5,  Suicide,  Simply Saucers,   Destroy All Monsters,  Chrome, Throbbing Gristle, The Pop Group,  Swell Maps, P.I.L.,  The Residents, Swans.

I liked Young Marble Giants.

Wire, The Cure.....

D.

Sonic Nightmares #17 (from the old daze when it was just Beat-Man and me):

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/sonic-nightmares-17-happy

Thanks for updating those links, Mr. A 

Kopper pointed out to me that some of the links I had listed are now dead.

I tracked down some of the others. 

The 2000 Rock 'n' Roll Rampage Halloween episode I listed can now be found here: http://rocknrollrampage.blogspot.com/2009/10/episode-115-halloween.html

The playlist for the Radio Free Bakersfield show I mentioned is here: http://www.myspace.com/pronouncedwhorehay/blog/516012479

There's a little podcast player at bottom of page. Scroll down to Episode 154.

Angel Baby is missing in action. I found the playlist to one of her shows 

http://www.fluctu8.com/podcast-episode/monsters-have-problems-too-between-the-sheets-62037-81292.html

But the player doesn't seem to work.

The links to Haunted Shack, Mal Thursday and Mystery Action shows still work!

And don't forget my own sleazy little Spooktaculars. They're all here: http://www.bigenchiladapodcast.com/search/label/Halloween

Hey Steve 

My old YOU GOT GOOD TASTE Halloween show can now be found here

and the House of Horrors show can now be found here

There a whole load of my old shows available to download on my website www.yougotgoodtaste.com

NEW Halloween show on its way.

Thanks Mr A

Yeah everyone,

please fill this up with recent ones guys.

*bump*

Add any new ones if you have links!

I quite often listen to the two Flying Saucer "garage rock intervention" episodes, Pure freakin' genius! And there's always the constant replays of Get Drunk and Play Records, I love that show, all the burping during songs, awesome.

I have started a few at the very beginning - much fun in doing this.  Savage Kick, Desparate Hour (thumbs up Alex), and Mal Thursday show.  Mal's first 'songs that the Lyres Taught Us' resides as a CD in my car so I re-listen this to this specific show the most.  Mal just knows how to captivate.  I have been wanting but still have not completed a full replay of Radio-oblivian. Michael entertains well.

so glad that these older shows get played over and over by people. 

Okay... It would be nice if had something to contribute to the discussion instead of just spamming it.

For future reference, The Trading Post Group is where this sort of post should go. Okay?

Dave Williams said:

Oh hey. Just letting y'all know that, if you're looking to have your CD/LP/7"/Cassette mastered and are a little tight on cash, you might as well head on over to the Rock Among Us website (http://rockamongus.wordpress.com) and send me an email with some details on what you'd like done. You'll also find a gallery of some stuff I've worked on in the past & some upcoming projects.

I'm more than happy to work on a sliding scale based on how much you can afford (within reason, obviously), so give me a number & we'll talk about it.

Word.

Dave

I know that feeling... just for quicks, I saw someone with a Cute Lepers bag at a garage punk un-related show and felt like I had to jump them out of joy.

It's weird though... Local monthly clubs like Voodoo Hop or any other "event" put up half way regularly by DJ's draws quite the crowd here. Places are always packed, but I can't seem to see any faces I know - except for the 3 same weirdos I always meet around.

John Battles said:

Liking Garage Rock has always been a pretty lonely existence...  'Maybe in Barcelona , you could walk down the street and see a Cynics , Electric Prunes or Los Saicos T-shirt on a regular basis. Not here. Maybe not even in a year's time. That does'nt mean people whose tastes you might disagree with should'nt be allowed into "The Club" if they're interested in this kind of music.

DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR said:

WHAT WAS A JOKE? THAT YOU PLAY SURF MUSIC? we must be too stupid for this discussion. very little here makes any sense. what will everybody do if they decide that garage is trendy? send angry tweets to the twats who would dare to enjoy "our" music for all the wrong reasons? tried very hard not to judge the sheer ridiculousness of the entire "discussion" but this is really about as pointless as it gets. not to mention the use of a word like "trendy". if you only want "pure" listeners then you better shut it down because it will get pretty lonely pretty quick. even if somebody likes this stuff for a short time and then moves on to post post post electro fucko it will still be good for the scene because they will bring someone else here who may become a lasting fan. don't ever make fun of other people for attempting to share your interests.

 

Thanks man! Very cool.

That sounds great, I'll have to look that one up - just flying over it, the CHEATER SLICKS, BLOODSHOT BILL, HAUNTED GEORGE, DEMON's CLAWS contributions make me quite excited for this one.

kopper said:

I don't know if you ever caught wind of this, IDON, but Telephone Explosion Records put out a great Roy Orbison tribute LP in January of 2010 called Our Boy Roy... check out the track list:

A Side:
1. The Camero Wolf Band (Live Fast Die) - Problem Child
2. Jacuzzi Boys - Anything You Want
3. Bloodshot Bill - Cause of it All
4. Haunted George - Rock House
5. Holy Cobras - Domino 

B Side:
1. Ty Segall - Pretty Women
2. Teenanger - You're my Baby
3. Demon's Claws - It's Over
4. Red Mass - Running Scared
5. Cheater Slicks - Crying
6. Charlie & The Moonhearts - Chicken Hearted

WWW.TELEPHONEEXPLOSION.COM

I'm a bit late with thanks, but both Panther Burns and Guana Batz sound like perfect matches. that Crazy Cavan version also sounds cool! It's been a while since I listened to that band - so thanks for that ;)

Sean Law said:

I seem to recall Panther Burns covering 'Jungle Fever'. (I think ?)
The Guana Batz covered Orbison's 'You're My Baby' on their first LP ('Held Down To Vinyl.. At Last', ID Records 1985).
The Cramps covered 'Problem Child', though it never went beyond the demo stage. It's available on various bootlegs.
Crazy Cavan 'n' The Rhythm Rockers covered 'Tongue-Tied Jill'.
All the above mentioned are from the Neo-Rockabilly side of things, no surprise there.