C'est la vie Idon Mine. I remember in about 2003 there was a cool punk scene that was about in Britain mixing punk with a British take on hiphop. Not to everyone's taste but it never got big and so apart from KingPrawn, Capdown and then Sonic Boom 6 it all remained pretty underground. But the bands that they played with generally stuck to whatever they felt like, until Funeral for a Friend and Thursday.

Then suddenly ever fucking band had black hair over one eye and squealed into a microphone while the guitarist would jump around in circles. It started to really kill the scene because you wouldn't be seeing a fresh British approach to punk anymore but just the regurgitated crap based on Thursday and Funeral for a Friend.

I think when this kind of stuff gets popular it's cool that new people get brought into the scene but it can actually ruin them as well when people start turning it into music by numbers. Experimental stuff doesn't get awarded because it isn't cool, the same stuff as what the others are doing is what sells and reinforces a scene.

The thing that irks me with some bands (if you can call them that) that are snatching the Garage label (or Garagepunk therefor) these days, are the ones filled with people that would have started a band named after what ever trend that came in the years before. They make one album and get burned out fast when their second album isn't making the hype machine buzz. Is that lack of fire or what?

I mean what's the criteria for hyping this shit, but fitting the imagination of some fashion editor what a cool band has to sound like (or better look like only). There's not much to ask if people that have no musical drive whatsoever are making some band big that is not in for the music anyhow.

A couple a years back it was all Franz Ferdinand aka Gang of Four and The Smiths stuff, now it is Black Lips. And these kids playing after that, with looks to match the ones of their idols, are like those second rate 1969 hippies that became the next generation CEO's. 

I am behind everyone without character, but hell, these people are so shallow they don't even know who they really rip off. No one can know all the good shit that is the original Rock'N'Roll we all love, but at least TRY and dig a little deeper then some mention of MC5 or the Stooges in a Mando Diao interview.

Where I live, there are nearly no Garagebands if you compare them to the numbers of - sorry - new hipster start up bands. And that leads right up to an audience that, by all means of the internet, won't go far in checking for what is really great in bands and records, but stop at whatever the major labels feed them. Same old, same old. And it pisses me off to hear people say: "Hey man, it's only a matter of marketing you know. Just gotta sell it right."

I guess what I'm trying to say is, said neo hipster bands can't even sell out cuz they got nothing to make them raw or original to start with. Eh?

Good to know because I had no clue how many there were.

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

There's 15 of them.  The serial number on the spine points out which volume it is i.e. TS-01 or TS-15.

Duke Of Earl said:

So, how many Teenage Shutdown volumes are there, they dont even have #s. Anybody got a list?

I really love You Treated Me Bad. It's got The JuJus, Plagues, the Quest's, Little John and the Sherwoods, and the Sound Extraction. Those are just the main rockers. The whole comp is perfect I think.

Well Now Im looking more around the 800 to a thousand buck range. My friend is also getting really into this and hes brought me into rocket from the tombs and more stuff like that.

A lot of reverb and fuzz combined with the natural breakup of a tube amp is the best thing in the world for me.
Ill pay anything to have that sound in my own house that I can play with.

Niiiiccce! Both sides are killers. I don't think I've ever seen the picture sleeve for it though!

Dana V. Hatch said:

The Shadows of Knight "Bad Little Woman/Gospel Zone" with picture sleeve!

The Shadows of Knight "Bad Little Woman/Gospel Zone" with picture sleeve!

Hey, that would be GREAAAAAAT news Matt !!! Please make it happen !

South Bay PORK Podcast said:

I know I keep saying this, but really, I'm working on a new South Bay PORK now. Just trying to get some time set aside to mess with changing file hosting around and get my turntable up and running again!

 

 

Thanks for all the compliments! 

By the way : WHY ????

Any scientific or politic explanations ?

kopper said:

Now that Mojo Workout isn't podcasting on the GPPN anymore, I haven't heard his voice in months!

I know I keep saying this, but really, I'm working on a new South Bay PORK now. Just trying to get some time set aside to mess with changing file hosting around and get my turntable up and running again!

Thanks for all the compliments! 

Yeah, I really miss South Bay PORK, too. Now that Mojo Workout isn't podcasting on the GPPN anymore, I haven't heard his voice in months!

Matt really won me over when he broadcasted a few shows live from a McDonalds.  On "...Shamrock Motel."

Hello ixnaybabe,

Just sent you a few £ for a groovy WAY PAST COOL Pee, ooops I meant : Tee !

And I forgot to mention I'd prefer a shirt for man please, so the neighbors don't laugh at me each time they see me in a skinny Tee !

Thanks.

Your devoted Preacher.

I really like my Las Vegas Grind, Tabu and Songs the Cramps Taught Us. 

Thanks for info guys!

For some reason, at least in my experiences and among my peers, we all agree that the drummer is like the Achilles tendon of the band: they seem to be the most difficult to acquire, keep, maintain, deal with, have the most gear, too loud, have the "easiest job" in the band, but are the biggest pain, etc. I don't mean to generalize or sound prejudiced, but that's been my road over the many years (almost 20) of playing in bands.
I know a few musician-friends of mine that have gone the one man band route, and they really love it.
I am sure it could maybe get lonely, but weather they are simply banging on a bass drum while strumming a guitar or bass, or they've engineered a whole multi-instrument getup, they are generally well-received, too.
If you really want to change things up, take a few months to learn how to sing, play guitar, and stomp out a beat with your feet. Be your own boss...

I consider myself a drummer before anything else, but out of necessity I've learned how to get on without one.  If you dudes can stay in time you may not *need* one.  I saw an earlier post about some older country stuff not allowing a drummer.  I'd agree.  You don't.  But you better know how to do his/her job too.  Smack your guitar or bass, stomp a foot when the song needs it.  There's an old joke about drummers...

Why do drummers put drumsticks on the dash of their car? 
 So they can park in the handicapped spot.

It's a lonely road...

That works, too!

primates

also did anyone mention Spacemen 3

"The Rebel Kind" comp. is highly recommend!

Forthcomings by Butch Willis and the Rocks is an overlooked garage classic from '86.

you can do amazon yourself by making a create space account with no fee! As far as associates, as I remember, their cut comes from amazon. which means, it would be cool for both if people were suggesting to others to buy your music! Tunecore will put your stuff on all the "important" places, so thats the easiest way but their is the cost. To be on itunes for example you have to go with "someone" and Tunecore seems to be the best. Total freedom is the paypal button. just my two cent KK :-)