Saw Bob Log III a little over a week ago. I waited months for that show, and it was worth it. I do believe it was my third time seeing him.

The Dickies are always great , live. I EVEN SAW 'EM AT A "DANCE" CLUB , AND THE SOUNDMAN CRANKED EVERYTHING UP IN THE RED , BECAUSE , I GUESS HE WAS THE DJ , THERE , IN HIS SPARE TIME. LEONARD HAD TO ASK HIM TO TURN IT DOWN !

Ben Simon said:

I recently saw The Dickies. And though it wasn't technically a concert, I saw Jack Grisham of T.S.O.L. give a reading from his new book An American Demon.

I recently saw The Dickies. And though it wasn't technically a concert, I saw Jack Grisham of T.S.O.L. give a reading from his new book An American Demon.

IMina ,iT IS TOO BAD , BUT , SOME SHOWS WERE'NT TOO EXPENSIVE , AND OTHERS , I WAS ABLE TO SEE FOR FREE , BUT , I DID'NT FEEL LIKE GOING OUT AS MUCH AS I NORMALLY DO , THIS SUMMER. : )

Mina said:

I guess so haha. Too bad sometimes tickets cost so much money... other wise I'd probably attend more concerts. :)

John Battles said:

 Mina , I did'nt make it to alot of shows , this summer. I saw Black Oak Arkansas , Southern Culture on The Skids , Reverend Horton Heat , Kid Congo with The Jim Jones Revue (Kid was second billed , but ,not in my mind.) , and  ? and The Mysterians.... Next week is Mike Monroe from Hanoi Rocks , and The Cynics. The Damned are playing later this month. That's about it , for now. I guess that's plenty.

the monk chant-the monks

Tell me about it.  Sometimes I'm still never getting stuff right.

dublÉ said:

OK. nice to know – thanks for the info... pinpointing original versions ain't always easy :)

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Soul Inc. is probably the easiest to find but even THEY aren't the originators of Stronger than Dirt.  That honor goes to Ajax and the Cleansers who recogonized that a commercial for Ajax soap was identical to the Kinks' You Really Got Me.  One other sixties band did it as well.  They were called Jimmy and the Offbeats.

OK. nice to know – thanks for the info... pinpointing original versions ain't always easy :)

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Soul Inc. is probably the easiest to find but even THEY aren't the originators of Stronger than Dirt.  That honor goes to Ajax and the Cleansers who recogonized that a commercial for Ajax soap was identical to the Kinks' You Really Got Me.  One other sixties band did it as well.  They were called Jimmy and the Offbeats.

'this place sucks', the queers. new bomb turks did a decent cover of this too.

yeah, it's kinda funny how Paul Revere and the Raiders got away with so much stuff.  But I think DJs were fading Steppin' Out just as he went into that speil and fading another song in so you never heard it on the radio.  Kids had to buy the single to hear it.  As for the Kingsmen,  everybody was trying so hard to decipher those lyrics (anybody think of actually finding a copy of Richard Berry's record?  When you can make out Berry's vocal, you can actually understand Jack Ely as well when you play them back to back), that they let that expletive between verse 1 and 2 slip by. Ha!

I was in Rough Trade on Sunday and saw that there were newly published versions of Psychocandy and Just Like Honey, with B-sides, TOTP "performances", interviews and live sessions. Does anyone think it's worth buying?

Incidentally, I used to write for an indie fanzine in South London. They even published my fiction too, which I'm proud of.  

I'm still forgetting something.

Sorry.  I haven't seen...  My fave indie pop bands are the Monochrome Set, Felt, and TV Personalities (are they indie pop band?).  And I like some tunes of (early and mid) the Creation Records' bands.  Biff Bang Pow!, the Loft, early JAMC, early Primal Scream etc...

Hmm, "Liar" was released on 1990. :(

Chris Henniker said:

Yes, that's the one.  

Oh , yeah. I  forgot that one. Crazy Cavan , BTW , is still active.

Mott The Hoople "Violence".

Bo Diddley "Sneakers on a Rooster".

Nervebreakers "I Wanna Kill You".

T. Tex Edwards "I'm a - Gonna Kill You" (I have the original 45 , but , now I forget who it was by.).

Troggs "The Yella in Me" (Someone said Skynyrd's "Gimme Three Steps" was the most badass song about being a total wuss, ever. They had'nt heard THIS song.).

Alice Cooper "Gutter Cat Vs. The Jets".

Motors "You Beat The Hell Out of Me'.

Johnny Cash "A Boy Named Sue".

Thee Whyte Boots "Nightmare ".

Slaughter and The Dogs "Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone?".

Emporers "I wANT mY woman".

Ronnie Dawson "Knock Down Drag Out".

Mabel John "Don't Hit Me No More".

Who did "He Hit Me (And it Felt Like a Kiss)"? I HEARD (UNDERSTANDABLY SO) THAT IT WAS BANNED IN IT'S DAY , BUT , BACK WHEN CHICAGO HAD AN OLDIES STATION THAT DID'NT SUCK , THEY'D PLAY IT , SOMETIMES...).

Holly and The Italians "Tell That Girl To Shut Up".

Stranglers "Sometimes" .

Ramones "Loudmouth".

Gene Vincent "Cruisin'".  Well , there are lots of others....

Armitage Shanks 'shirts off' and whilst on the rock n roll vein an 80s Welsh rockabilly band called Crazy Cavan and the rhythm rockers did a song called 'teddy boy boogie' ...............'he put his dirty hands on my long drape coat, so I whipped out my razor and I slit his throat, teddy boy boogie.............'

making it a top 5, I MUST add:

Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet

and

The Aqua Velvets

Steve said:

My favorite band of all time would have to be the Tiki Men from Sacramento. Probably because I saw them so much and wore out the grooves on 12 Dust Diamonds

Top three bands:
Tiki Men
Aquamen
Bomboras

Top three Songs:
Close To Champagne
Beauty is the Mind
Peach Fuzz

new bomb turks- defiled.... yeah i love the sonics, but the scream after the instrumental bit before the last chorus on defiled does it for me every time! the "hooting" as the feedback fades away just tops it off!!!!

Bit out on a limb here but John Lennon's primal screams at the end of 'Mother' are fairly heartfelt.

Well the obvious answer is Bunker Hill!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlHO7OEzHQk

Also, it might not have been quite nearly as feral as Iggy but I always liked the sound of Dave Davies voice when he pushed his limit on those early tunes.

Cool . I was reading where Alice Bag was regarded as a Minority , twice , for being Latina in the L.A. Punk scene. That did make her unique , but she was'nt alone. There was Kid Congo Powers , Ron Reyes , Robert Morales (aka El Vez.), Jeffrey Lee Pierce (mixed.) , Javiero and Alejandro Escovedo , Chris D. (?) , Karlos Kabalerro (?) , Rosie Flores (ex - Punk Rocker.) and many others....But , I'm drawing a blank. Lo siento mucho.

Here's another one...
The scream in Watch Your Step by The Bare Facts.

http://youtu.be/d-1Ha8fYIcA

Happens at around the 1:40 mark.

She was mine by the Beaux Jens (at 2:44). 

"I think I'm gonna scream.... WUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!"

Gets me every time!

The scream before the solo in the unreleased version of No More by The Morning Dew. It sounds like he's getting stabbed...plus that version is just fucking awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WfuA6hOtRg

Kurt Cobain's scream in his cover of KISS' "Do You Love Me."

This is a great post. All of my favorites screamers were mentioned, though I think Little Richard was the true master.

One of my all time favorite screams is ultra primitive 60's garage punker from The Shandells - Go Go Gorilla! Makes me smile every time I hear this one: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNWmmtX84RE

"Batman in The Launderette" , that's great . Link Wray's version of "The Batman Theme" , WITH THE FUNNY VOICE - OVERS (NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHO THEY WERE.)spawned at least two covers - of -covers , by Link Protrudi and The Jaymen (Fuzztones offshoot.) , with a couple of LOCKER ROOM - vintage Gay JOKES ("YOU MEAN PETER PARKER IS A PETER PARKER ?!"). IGGY POP ALSO SHOWED GOOD TASTE IN REFERENCING LINK (WHOM HE'D CITED AS AN INSPIRATION MANY YEARS AGO.) , BUT , good taste in his Batman impersonation? "You're FUCKIN' - A RIGHT , ROBIN , start the goddamned NUCLEAR POWER FOR THE GODDAMNED BATMOBILE !!!" . C'MON ! IT'S HILARIOUS.

REZILLOS - "2000 AD" ( Judge Dredd to my countrymen.) , Elton John -" Dan Dare , Pilot of The Future" ( I can tolerate about three ELTON JOHN songs , more if you count VERY early tracks like "Ballad of a Well - Known Gun" , but this IS a comic book song. Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg "Comic Strip" ("Plop , whiz , pow! ) . Beatles - "Continuing Saga of Bungalow Bill "(Captain Marvel reference.). Johnny "Guitar" Watson - "Superman Love". Lurkers - "I Don't Need To Tell Her" ( Not about a specific superhero , just being one.).

Album covers that are sort of Comic Books...The Groundhogs - "Who'll Save The World? The Mighty Groundhogs.".
Jethro Tull "Too Old To Rock'n'Roll , Too Young To Die." Mo - Dettes "The Story So Far". Elton John "Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy" (Maybe they'd call that a "Graphic Novel " , today. )
George Thorogood and The Destroyers "( Get a ) Haircut " (Great comic strip art by Peter Bagge , but , I could'nt bring myself to buy it , when I knew I'd never listen to it.) .