To do both:)

Mike Humsgreen said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub6Sji9tqCg

 

Now I am. Was the point of this thread to familiarise us with this song or did you want to delve deeper?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub6Sji9tqCg

Now I am. Was the point of this thread to familiarise us with this song or did you want to delve deeper?

From what little I could find, they were a garage band from France who recorded and released this song in 1966.

this answer will change all the time... but for now...

1st ever gig 1980, manchester apollo - The Buzzcocks

Jason and The Scorchers, London, Brighton and Leeds circa 1985 / 6... all great

The Ramones - Brixton - 198(?) Dee Dee still had original haircut

then there's Johnny Thunders solo acoustic, small club in Brighton, mid eighties...The Cramps forever...

Jim Jones last year Manchester....

Bad Brains, Circle Jerks, Living Colour, and Leeway @ Club 1018 July 1987
The Gories @ Bowery Ballroom 2010 They might be old but this band is as advertised
Benefit for Roger @ CbGB's 1989 (too many bands to mention)
Honorable Mention: Anytime I saw 7 Seconds (even during the U2 years) or the Rollins Band or The Woggles (another bunch of old guys who still rock hard
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Stooges 2008 was good but only Iggy and Mike Watt seemed into it

The Hummingbirds (a really obscure band hailing from my hometown, Helmond)) are pretty blues punk. They're in my music player. As far as I know they released only one, vinyl-only album. The 1st Death Letters album (also dutch) has its punk blues moments, such as this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4za6PNbVSZ8

I can personally vouch for the bloozeabilly of Las Drogas   Hey KK

KK Dirty Money said:

Agreed: there are a lot of bluespunk bands slithering around out there, they are just not at the top of the heap these days and don't get a lot of attention (unless you're talking White Stripes, Black Keys, etc.)

Has anybody heard of The Immortal Lee County Killers II from Alabama?

I play in a bluespunk two-piece called Las Drogas (based out of Ypsilanti, MI - near Ann Arbor and Detroit)
We play a mixture of garage, blues, rockabilly, 50s/60s rock, punk.
www.myspace.com/lasdrogasrock
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Las-Drogas/136540006382577

Here's a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MwOsTEsmLU

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion had some good stuff, so did Fat Possum Records

I triple that emotion about The Bonnevilles....they are going to bring it back in a big way IMHO. LOVE them and can't wait to see em in the US.

Reply by WolfBoy Slim 21 hours ago 

"dont know if the immortal lee county killers are still around, but they did some cool slide stuff

The ILCK packed it in a coupla years back, i got to see them right near the end of their of their career. Completely blew me away and i became a fan for life!!! I saw them when they were a trio with the keyboard player who formed the Black Diamond Heavies, another band that most of you would dig!

The Soft Cannibals an album i recently put out that sorta falls under this!

oh yeah Jim Jones is awesome! we played a show with them in Hollywood and they were awesome!

hey! Thanx for the heads up. Im-a go check 'em out. If we hear of anything cool  we'll post it as well. Its definielty a genre that could  use a little fire under it. Such a great combo Punk and Blues. Makes for some cool interesting music with vibe and  sonic bliss. Hopefully more bands out there will explore and create their own versions of songs or write their own in that vein. know of any  good comps for Punk  Blues that you could recommend?

I have no problem with The Dirtbombs, The White Stripes and The Black Keys licensing there music or getting the amount of mainstream success they have gotten via Scion and other media outlets (the Grammys). There were plenty of times they were getting paid $10 each for shows etc. The music might have had a period where they were validated by the underground, but that period is short and bittersweet. Check out Henry Rollin's story about fronting The Ruts so Paul Fox's family could make some money before he died of cancer. Henry put 100% into that performance and was concerned with the credibility of subbing for Malcolm Owen.  Right or wrong -- This generation got to see 3/4's of the Ruts for a good cause. Not every story is like that-- the reformed Germs-- I am sure Shane West kills as a replacement for Darby Crash, but I am not buying it. It would be much worse if Scion was coaxing Blacktop back together and Mick Collins was on the same stage as Darin Lin Wood-- don't ya think?

John White said:

My guess is that Scion found out a good portion of their customers were young hip adults. Once that information was discovered they probably hired a outside marketing company who knew what "young hip adults" liked. That's why they advertise in art mags and get involved in garage music. Garage is about the only "cool" music scene that still has rock and roll involved. Must kids like electronic music or are really young and are devoted to pop stars. The other rock scenes are more classic rock driven, that means an older crowd. The company is more then likely made up of late 20's early 30's people who loved The Oblivions and The Dirtbombs and know the new garage bands. I'm sure they read 'zines shopped at record stores and did the same things we all did if you liked garage punk. They ape what they saw as kids and know that if has a retro feel to it, young adults will like it as well. This could go on for awhile, garage rock and lowbrow art will never be mainstream. I really don't think the makers of Scion are fooling anyone, They could give a shit how people find out about their cars, just as long as they do. I like that a company is spending money to associate themselves with garage, I get to watch their movies, read 'zines and see some of my favorite bands get some exposure that they wouldn't have gotten without Scions help. If it means one cool band can stay together longer and do what they want for a living, it's all worth it. Listen to all the so called "music" that's popular, we get to see maybe 3 bands we like make it every 10 years. The White Stripes and The Black Keys are the only 2 I can think of that really "made it" in the last few years. We are smart enough to know whats real and whats fake, that's why we hang out here. Take Scions free stuff, read or listen to it, throw away what you don't like and keep what you do. It's that easy. I think I may have wrote something like this before, so if I did I'm sorry. I'm getting too old to remember everything.

I wouldn't say the Dirtbomb's doing an all covers album of Detroit Techno songs a sellout, or the Spits putting out a horror album, or any of the other bands putting out sucky songs for the 7 inch series a sellout either. MRR has been the vanguard of Orthodoxy for most alternative rock scenes for well over 30 years. If you do anything within arms reach of the mainstream and you come from the fringe-- they will crucify you. It's was they do-- and alternative music culture is all the better for it (I think).

Alex said:

The past few issues of Maximum Rock 'n' Roll have had seriously angry rants against the whole Scion scene and the bands that participate in it, essentially claiming that they're inauthentic sellouts, and if they were true "punks" they wouldn't be taking any money from anyone.  I think it's very interesting to see the difference between those who are more into hardcore/punk and read MRR vs. those who are more into garage/rock 'n' here at the Hideout.

The past few issues of Maximum Rock 'n' Roll have had seriously angry rants against the whole Scion scene and the bands that participate in it, essentially claiming that they're inauthentic sellouts, and if they were true "punks" they wouldn't be taking any money from anyone.  I think it's very interesting to see the difference between those who are more into hardcore/punk and read MRR vs. those who are more into garage/rock 'n' here at the Hideout.

My guess is that Scion found out a good portion of their customers were young hip adults. Once that information was discovered they probably hired a outside marketing company who knew what "young hip adults" liked. That's why they advertise in art mags and get involved in garage music. Garage is about the only "cool" music scene that still has rock and roll involved. Must kids like electronic music or are really young and are devoted to pop stars. The other rock scenes are more classic rock driven, that means an older crowd. The company is more then likely made up of late 20's early 30's people who loved The Oblivions and The Dirtbombs and know the new garage bands. I'm sure they read 'zines shopped at record stores and did the same things we all did if you liked garage punk. They ape what they saw as kids and know that if has a retro feel to it, young adults will like it as well. This could go on for awhile, garage rock and lowbrow art will never be mainstream. I really don't think the makers of Scion are fooling anyone, They could give a shit how people find out about their cars, just as long as they do. I like that a company is spending money to associate themselves with garage, I get to watch their movies, read 'zines and see some of my favorite bands get some exposure that they wouldn't have gotten without Scions help. If it means one cool band can stay together longer and do what they want for a living, it's all worth it. Listen to all the so called "music" that's popular, we get to see maybe 3 bands we like make it every 10 years. The White Stripes and The Black Keys are the only 2 I can think of that really "made it" in the last few years. We are smart enough to know whats real and whats fake, that's why we hang out here. Take Scions free stuff, read or listen to it, throw away what you don't like and keep what you do. It's that easy. I think I may have wrote something like this before, so if I did I'm sorry. I'm getting too old to remember everything.

I'm still convinced the marketing guys behind this just love the music (and the other guys at the company like  rap). If they were fans of hardcore we might have Scion sponsoring Sick of It All or Suicidal Tendencies, etc. This person probably started listening to this genre about 10 years ago. This probably accounts for the lack of mention of anything pre-dating 10 years ago.  So, they are naturally going to report on the current scene, but one whiff of this criticism and I am sure they would be on the phone with The Fleshtones or Cynics to give them cred.

The Hideout should send copies of the comp to Scion and get them introduced to how it's done on the reals.

We had our first Scion promoted garage type show this past weekend here in London Ontario...it was at a trendy club that we'd never set foot in.

There was a whole table of Scion merch that was free; ear buds, a Jack Oblivian/Mannequin Men split 7" and the first 2 ishes of their print zine. The zines are about 40 pages, 14 x 18 cm, and printed on fairly good quality mat paper with many colour pics inside. The content, not much that interested me, mainly arty type stuff and lots and lots of plugs for their cars, but that's to be expected. The only thing that interested me in the 2, was an interview w/Mannequin Men. Now inside the front cover are all of the Canadian contacts, so this may be a Canadian version of the zine.

There weren't any Scion reps that we noticed, just the bands sitting at the merch table selling their own stuff.

The people at the club didn't seem to be interested in any of the free merch...i helped myself, they were more interested in being seen and talking amongst themselves. The bands, The Fine Print (who i believe are on the hideout) are from London Ontario and rocked out with their usual early Kinks meets Zombies pop and roll, then there was another awful local combo, then Elk (from Hamilton, Welland and Toronto) put on a really tight Creation on speed type set and the evening closed with Young Rival (Hamilton mod/pop/garage combo) who we didn't catch as we left early.

Ah, alright. Don't know what to make of the download only option in this case. It's a fine thing for web based zines to have a way of publishing in a less costy and inexpensive way. But here, it's just another step in a weird direction. Like, "what what do you need to get this shit out to people? Yeah a zine would be great!"

kopper said:

Is it being printed at all? I thought it was just an online thing with a downloadable PDF so you can print it out yourself...

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For me it's a lot harder to find a melody then words, once you get the melody it's just like putting together a puzzle. There are only so many words, if I keep at it, some will eventually fit. Kurt Cobain made up lyrics on the spot and he did ok, lyrics mean nothing, melody, that means everything.

Hell yeah.....I would have added Shake Some Action by the Groovies 2:):):)