Here is my list of some of the best albums from the '80s garage revival. In no particular order:

The Miracle Workers - Inside Out
The Gravedigger V - All Black And Hairy
The Untold Fables - Every Mothers Nightmare
The Morlocks - Emerge
The Fuzztones - Leave Your Mind At Home
The Chesterfield Kings - Here Are The
The Tell-Tale Hearts - The Tell-Tale Hearts
The Unclaimed - Primordial Ooze Flavored Unclaimed
The Pandoras - It's About Time
The Crawdaddys - Crawdaddy Express
The Creeps - Enjoy The Creeps
The Beguiled - Gone Away
The Outta Place - We're Outta Place
Thee Fourgiven - It Aint Pretty Down There

I'm just skimming the surface greatness here. There are many more great bands and albums from the 80s to discover. I also forgot to mention VOXX Records' great compilations, "Battle of the Garages" - probably the first definitive collection of the first wave of 80s Garage bands.

I agree, the book is a must. If you only read the first page of each chapter then you'll get a potted history of it.

Dude!!!?? The first big Garage Revival happened in the 80s!! Wilderness years??? Come on! Check out the above link as well as Timothy Gassen's book, "Echoes In Time" - plus his DVD's, "Knights of Fuzz". If Gories and Mummies is all you know, you are about to be pleasantly surprised! Get Googleing!

Read Eric Davidson's "We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988 - 2001."  He was the singer of the New Bomb Turks, now a music journalist, and he writes a very comprehensive overview of the scene during that time period.  Lots of interviews with the key bands, and it comes with a soundtrack.

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oh yeah i meant to add i suppose i'm trying to paint a picture of what was going on before the so-called garage revival of 99/00

can anyone give us a potted history of the bands that flew the garage flag through out the wilderness years?

maybe break it down to early/late 80s and early/late 90s with suggested singles or albums.

beyond the gories, mummies and eternal stalwart billy childish my knowledge is a little lacking in this area.

Most hated song ever is 'Hotel California by the Eagles'. Next up is 'Simply the best by Tina Turne'r.

 When I am forced to listen to evil nasty top 40 radio I substitute the word 'WANK' for the main verb in the song. Elton John's 'I'm still standing' becomes 'I'm still Wanking'. Mick Jagger and David Bowie's 'Dancin in the Streets' becomes 'Wanking in the Streets'  Wham's 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go' Becomes 'Wank Me Off Before You Go Go' etc..

It passes the time.

Lions do a great cover of girl from the north country

Not sure if you will like the music but video great!

Try this for a bit of colour!

really great band.

I have a two-register Farf for sale if someone is interested.

The Nord is about it so far, but I think there is a new digital Hammond coming out (SK1?) that will also have Vox sounds. I play a Hammond XK1 and it has an almost-but-not-quite voxy preset.

I've tried a couple of cheap old combos from E-bay but there's the question of reliabliaty and/or cost to service them

A Solton Turbo rotary for me - a lot cheaper than a lesley and louder too....

Hey listen professor, you know I don't have my math together ;) the fastest refernce I had at hand was the Ventures.

Original song/theme: Haven't looked into it, but I don't guess so. It sounds way polished.

I'm guilty of taking this one off topic, sorry everyone!

kopper said:

Yeah, the Ventures covered the Hawaii Five-0 theme, which was composed by Morton Stevens.

Does the new series use the Ventures' version?

Mardy Pune said:

Huh? Haven't you seen the original series?

IDON MINE said:

Ha! TV's got it's lucky days when it comes to music ;)

 

Besides, I'm still kinda weirded out by that use of the Ventures tune on the Hawaii Five-0 show, but I'm happy to hear it anyhow.

Sure did! Just weirded out in a good way to see this new show have that old style tune on it. Figured they would go with something like New Republic ;)

Mardy Pune said:

Huh? Haven't you seen the original series?

IDON MINE said:

Ha! TV's got it's lucky days when it comes to music ;)

 

Besides, I'm still kinda weirded out by that use of the Ventures tune on the Hawaii Five-0 show, but I'm happy to hear it anyhow.

Yeah, the Ventures covered the Hawaii Five-0 theme, which was composed by Morton Stevens.

Does the new series use the Ventures' version?

Mardy Pune said:

Huh? Haven't you seen the original series?

IDON MINE said:

Ha! TV's got it's lucky days when it comes to music ;)

 

Besides, I'm still kinda weirded out by that use of the Ventures tune on the Hawaii Five-0 show, but I'm happy to hear it anyhow.

Huh? Haven't you seen the original series?

IDON MINE said:

Ha! TV's got it's lucky days when it comes to music ;)

 

Besides, I'm still kinda weirded out by that use of the Ventures tune on the Hawaii Five-0 show, but I'm happy to hear it anyhow.

I saw this and I got excited.  I don't know why, it isn't like it will really happen.

http://squidproquo1.blogspot.com/2011/05/riot-fest-hints-at-misfits-with-glenn.html

Riot Fest hints at MISFITS with GLENN DANZIG reunion show

Glenn Danzig / The Misfits

Riot Fest has been hinting all afternoon about a possible Misfits reunion with Glenn Danzig. Stay tuned to Riot Fest, as they will announce the full lineup next month.

Oh, I beg to differ! The "Girls in the Garage" comp series has tons of great '60s girl garage trash. So does "Girls Go Zonk."

Anela Go-Go said:

unfortunately, there weren't too many good girl groups from the 60s.
but who has a podcast with just good 60s girls garage?

The Kingsmen "Money" / "Bent Scepter".  Absolutely rocks, brings the house down!

Not garage as such but I got an ep by the Searchers. Its got' Farmer John' on it which is a cracking track! I also got 'Meet the Dakotas' ep with The Cruel Sea which is a brilliant insrtumental.

I'm after 'Mogambo' by Sounds Incorporated.

Alright I'm scanning through old topics and I know it's probably useless to reply to such an old post but I believe that's an Electro Voice mic. RE15 I think.

The Chesterfield Kings are a great band, but it doesn't surprise me that they can be pricks.  I've never met Gregg Prevost, but I can tell from looking at him that he just lives in his own world.

I too subscribe to Sirius:)  I love Handsome Dick Manitoba, and I like Kim Fowley too, even though he comes off as such a creep.

Rob Filardo said:

i don't hate the UG, i just still have some bitterness b/c of that whole Kings Krap.. Little Steven has the right idea, and his guest DJ's on his satellite shows are cool(Kim Fowley, Andrew Oldham, etc)

and, despite the fact that i am not a Chesterfield Kings, i'm still friends with Paul Morabito.

FYI - Rick Cona and i used to play together in a band called The Veins(w/ex-Uncle Sam singer Dave Gentner)

...and Paulie Rocco(R.I.P.) and i, along with 'Frantic' Frank Deblase, used to play together in The White Devils.

The kings can still put on a good show but overall, i don't have a high opinion of them personally.

i don't hate the UG, i just still have some bitterness b/c of that whole Kings Krap.. Little Steven has the right idea, and his guest DJ's on his satellite shows are cool(Kim Fowley, Andrew Oldham, etc)

and, despite the fact that i am not a Chesterfield Kings, i'm still friends with Paul Morabito.

FYI - Rick Cona and i used to play together in a band called The Veins(w/ex-Uncle Sam singer Dave Gentner)

...and Paulie Rocco(R.I.P.) and i, along with 'Frantic' Frank Deblase, used to play together in The White Devils.

The kings can still put on a good show but overall, i don't have a high opinion of them personally.