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

Bandito Mosquito, sometimes.

Batman & Robin

The Rip Offs

Hmmm...must be some kind of greasy creepy Sultan with a golden voice ! ;)

Tommy Careless said:

Howsabout a masked frontman ?

Creepy from the Spaceshits,  I wonder who he really is?

~T

Good call on Nobunny. I'm surprised he wasn't mentioned earlier (and that I failed to list him as one of my favorites!)

Alex said:

Here's one nobody mentioned yet... Nobunny.

Mummies !

we are also big fan of thee cormans!

but hold on for a second,we thought we are the worst and the best masked trash band in the world;aren t we?

hallelujah
The screamin' Soul Preacher said:

Oh and you should add THEE CORMANS to your list, even these ones do not wear masks : they really are monsters !

Here's one nobody mentioned yet... Nobunny.

Tape Man from new zealand pretty trashy

Gwar?

Howsabout a masked frontman ?

Creepy from the Spaceshits,  I wonder who he really is?

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.  

i have to say 'please kill me' is possibly one of the most entertaining books i've read ever! and another favourite is lemmy's autobiography. its funny as hell.

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...

Wow, Henry Rollins just weighed in on this topic. He has a column over at LA Weekly, and the latest one is "Henry's Thoughts on When It's Alright to Download Music (Yes, Even ...". He seems to advocate approach #1, too. Give it a read, it's pretty interesting.

He also drops this interesting tidbit:

On the other hand, musicians have been kept from their earnings by everyone from venue owners to managers, agents, other band members and record labels, to the point where it's an almost built-in expectation.

Here's a for-instance: You've perhaps heard of the band Black Flag. The label the band's music is on is called SST. The label is owned and operated by Greg Ginn. He doesn't pay royalties. No royalties, no statements, nothing. At least not to me and several of my old bandmates.

Whoa. Good thing Greg Ginn was never in a band with East Bay Ray; based on the whole DKs/Alternative Tentacles ugliness, I can only guess what Ray would do in a situation like this...

Yeah these guys are right try the Nord C3...has a Farfisa sound and Vox as well ( maybe as an upload ) good for live stuff and reliable. Keep the original keyboards for recording ( we have a Tiesco,Yamaha, Vox & Farfisa )

first of all Hasil,and then Gene Crazed,the first one-man band from Italy.

Hasil Adkins and Lightning Beat-Man.