Haha.. joking aside, these videos are just the start.

This is great but needs to be kicked up many notches. Armed occupation of club, band gets in, ten minute set, gets out (with attendees as hostages, if necessary). By end of ten-city tour, band would be legendary.

Well, we had our equipment in the shitter.. so no #2's. Though, the folks takin a piss loved it all.. then after a few minutes the bathroom got so packed you couldn't do anything in there except dance.

I'm not sure what Ty thought. Probabaly happy but also pissed he didn't think of it. I have a friend (who is a journalist) call the venue the next day. She spoke to the owner and they were happy about being crashed. I always expect cops and venues to get mad, but no one ever does. Rock n roll is fun!!!

I picture some poor guy minding his own business taking a shit and wondering what the commotion is. Haha

BTW What did Ty think ?

~T

Yes, that would be a good idea... thanks!

this is sick!

Genius. On trains there are often plug sockets, would be a good idea too.

this fucking rules!!!

My favorite!!! The rule is you can't bring a power generator... it has to be taken from an electrical outlet, otherwise it is not guerilla.

IKEA:

Ty Segall Show:

Wendy's:

Pretty sure no one else is doing it like this.

Has anybody mentioned Lux and Ivory's Favorites?

aka - LAIF

If you search online, you can get most of these volumes as free download (I think there are like 14 or more).

They are great. They are literally the tunes that The Cramps said directly influenced their music and motif, based on years of research and piecing together interviews with them.

It is kind of a history of the rock and roll underbelly.

It Came From Canada on OG Records, not sure how many there are 5 or 6  (I'm loooking at you Whatwave ! )

Really cool Canadian stuff from the 80's. I bring 1 and 2 every time I DJ.

~T

The Cramp-themed BORN BAD 1-5 is probably my favorite compilation series, though many of the tracks have subsequently been issued with upgraded sound. The packaging and liner notes haven't been surpassed, even by the ROCKIN' BONES box. Getting each gatefold BORN BAD lp as it was released was an education for me.

More recently, THE CRAMPS’ JUKEBOX CD is a knockout mix of late 50s rockabilly, pre-surf instrumentals, stripper music, R&B, and exotica.  

For frontmen it's got to be the Mask Man Harmon Bethea. Not strictly rock n roll but what a voice! And a very cool mask to boot.

Yep, Mummies are pretty much it - tho' I think they transcend the typical "mask" ideal...

Los Straightjackets and then the band Knuckledragger (Madison, WI, I think?) who I don't even know if they're around anymore but featured masks and a fire-breathing farfisa.

Recently read about The Hamburglars, from Chicago.

http://www.hamburglars.com/

Oh and you should add the mighty mighty ATOMIC SUPLEX to your list too !!!

Yeeeeahhhhhh !!! Of course !

Batman & Robin do fuckin' rule !!!

And The Rip-Offs are high class !

electrocute your cock said:

Batman & Robin

The Rip Offs

How about the Pyramids? OK they shaved their heads, but less is more, isn't it!?

From Japan, how about ED WOODS, lotsa gory make-up. The Stompin' Riff Raffs... three feisty gals and one guy in phantom masks. And Theee Bat, they wear bobby hats, does that count? There are a bunch of others over here that would make the cut.

i love b-movie massacre

The Mummies

Batman and Robin rock!  "I'm a Bat, I'm a Rock 'n' Roll Animal"!!!!

electrocute your cock said:

Batman & Robin

The Rip Offs

This is an excellent guide and raises even more interesting questions for those of us migrating from traditonal label set-ups to the new frontier...

I'll just echo what most other people have said; to have a quick listen to the tracks it's entirely reasonable to download an MP3 from somewhere but nothing quite rivals having a hard copy like a CD or better yet a vinyl.

The idea of collectors uploading out-of-press and highly rare tracks might seem like watering down the rarity to some people but anyone that's into the music will know that having a finite bitrate copy of the track on your hard drive is a completely different kettle of fish to actually owning the track and being able to listen to it on a decent hifi setup.

Plus, giving those of us who aren't strictly collectors a taste of what lies within the world of record collecting can only really benefit in the long run because it means more people will want to go out and look for physical copies of these records and will have a rough idea what sort of names and keywords to look out for.

Overall, MP3 blogs - good, resulting lethargy and sense of ownership because of a little MP3 file on a computer in some people - bad

(I'm twenty)

I'm 34, and I didn't even know how to use the internet until about 6 years ago, when I moved to Poland with my wife.  Until then, I never downloaded anything.  If I liked something/wanted something, I bought it at the record store.  Sadly because I moved to Europe, I had to sell my record collection (as it was just too big and would have been too expensive to ship overseas), I managed to bring the CDs that I had.  Ever since living in Poland I've had nothing but problems with acquiring music.  For one, there are not really any decent record shops.  The few places to buy music are all along the lines of Borders, or Barnes & Noble, etc... 

The other problem is that there just isn't the type of music I like readily available.  I'm stuck with Gemm and other things, but then again, the price is usually higher, and I always run the risk of having to pay an import tax just getting it delivered into Poland.  I ordered something off Amazon once, just an average cd, and the import tax I had to pay was more than the cd and shipping combined!!!

So unfortunately, I've been relegated to the dung heap of downloading on the internet.  I'm going back to the States in June for 2 weeks, and have budgeted a LOT of money for some new music at the record stores!!!

Just my 2 cents...