Excuse me if this already has been discussed in here, but I just saw a very cool DVD called NOTHIN' BUT TRASH, featuring videos and live footage of acts like Wau y Los Arrrghs, Gun Club, Link Wray, The Monsters, The tall Boys, some nut called Lightning Beat-Man and a whole mess of Childish -- Milkshakes, Headcoats, plus Thee Headcoatees and Sexton Ming. Most of the bands are ones I hadn't heard of before -- The Tikitiki Bamboos, The Pooptones, Empress of Fur (featuring a sexy Bettye Page impersonator) and more. Mainly European groups I believe. Mostly shot in London and at the Wild Weekend festival in Spain . Check it oot. It's on Netflix http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Nothin_but_Trash/70046115?trkid=496624#height281

The Bleach Bloodz - any of their 3 CD's.  Trust me on this - their tunes are tight.

1. Teenage Head's initial lp

2a. The Saints' Stranded

2b. Radio Birdman's Radios Appear

4.  Stiff Little Fingers' Inflammable Material

5.  The Clash London Calling

* honorable mention Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers LAMF

The Radio Birdman compilation from Sub-Pop Records is tops.

Quit looking at me Tommy, i'm getting paranoid...LOL...

There were 5 volumes of It Came From Canada....then we put out (with OG Records)) Mr Garager's Neighbourhood, which some people group in with the It Came From Canada series as there is a little bit of overlap. 

Tommy Careless said:

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 Rough Trade Rock'N'Roll 1 (was there ever a 2?) comp

Brings back happy memories of listening to it in the car driving back and forth to the hospital when my eldest child was born.

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

Cool,

  If someone did that at one my shows I would be mad a first, but totally into it after a minute or two. And yeah, I'd just be pissed I didn;t think of it ; ) Great videos !  

~T 

Will Crum said:

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!!!

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.

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.

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...