Discuss.

I saw the Cynics show last night. Hentchmen and Sights totally rocked. I had never seen the Cynics before and am still trying to figure out what I think. I ended up walking down the block to the Blind Pig where That One Guy was playing. He is not Garagepunk, by any means, but he is one helluva unique musician.
Anyway, Jim Diamond was the "DJ" and a bunch of other elder rockers were there (Scott Morgan and a few others, all the same people we always see at local rock shows like that).
Regarding the Romantics: they resurface locally in Detroit at small clubs every couple of years for an "annual" reunion show or whatever. That was a bit before my time, but don't get me wrong: they had some cool tunes.
I just watched the One In a Million vid. Yes, MTV heyday, indeed. Chock full of awesome 80s hair and cute 80s babes. Lotsa fun.

I saw the Gore Gore Girls a couple of years after Jen left the group.  They were playing at the Smilin' Moose here in Pittsburgh.  I mentioned to Amy that I had a thing for Jen, and she said to me, "She had a crush on herself" (insert catlike hissing sound here).  Yeah, I've noticed that Amy pretty much is the band;)

BTW, what about the Romantics?  I remember them from the early 80s, when they had a few mainstream hits.  When Little Steven started playing them on his radio show, I was shocked to hear they were still around, and I was even more shocked (and delighted) when I first listened to "61/49," which was a kick ass garage rock album.  I met Mike Skill and Wally Palmer in October 2006 during the Rolling Rock tour, and they were really nice guys.  Too bad they can no longer fit into those tight vinyl outfits they wore for the "One in a Million" video;)  That's one of my favorite videos from the heyday of MTV, mainly because of all the cute young girls in it.

KK Dirty Money said:

Oh, I am totally sure it is just a rock and roll thing: rockers have such a good time doing music together that they try to play in as many bands with as many of their friends or other good musicians that time will allow. It is hard to say no to rock and roll.

I've played in up to six bands at a time for about a year while I held down a full-time job, among other commitments. It was pretty strenuous but one of those opportunities I didn't want to pass up. Now I play in a comfortable total of two bands (Las Drogas and Devil Elvis).

The Gore Gore Girls has gone through many lineup changes because, from what I gather, Amy doesn't take any shit from anyone and is constantly searching for a good lineup. She does manage to hire a lot of attractive band-mates, though, so she's got that going for her.

The Paybacks are great. I wouldn't say I was friends with Wendy, but she is super cool and very accessible (but I've got some friends that have known her a long long time, even before she was fronting her own bands). If she is out and about she is very approachable and has a cool attitude. She also writes for the Detroit Metrotimes rag, so you can see her work there, too.  

MikeL said:

I just remembered another Detroit band that I really liked...the Paybacks:)  Are you friends with Wendy Case too?

 

I especially liked the Gore Gore Girls when Jen "Deuce" Pirch played bass for them.  She was really cute, so I had a little bit of a crush on her.  I also really liked the EP they put out at the time, "7x4."  I loved their cover of "No Big Thing."

 

It's like that in Pittsburgh too; the scene is very incestuous.  Just about everybody is interconnected.

 

KK Dirty Money said:

Yes, please share whatever photos and recordings you get. 

Sure, I was honored to have been asked and ready to rock the opening slot for the Cynics, but I totally understood why they picked the other two bands (trust me, they are Detroit's garage rock giants). 

I like all the bands you asked about and have seen them all right here in Detroit. I am actually friends with Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls, and I play in a band with Lianna (Gore Gore Girls bassist) called Devil Elvis (a super-charged garage rock tribute to Elvis). 

Check out Amy Gore's two other newer bands: Gorevette (also friends of mine) and Amy Gore & The Squires.

I don't mean to "brag" more, but I actually was guitar tech for Gorevette when they opened for Blondie in Chicago (the drummer from Naked Raygun and the guitarist from Andre Williams' band were also part of our little crew; we all partied backstage with Blondie). Plus Gorevette's drummer is an old friend of mine that I've played in many bands with over the years. His name is Al King. He also plays drums in an Ann Arbor band called Mazinga, which I highly recommend to anyone that loves super-charged rock and roll.

Al King was also the drummer for Scott Morgan and Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) when they toured the states a couple years back (they're all Ann Arbor natives).

Sorry to babble, but it is kind of a tangled web of rock and roll in this part of the state: every rock and roller is friends with all the other rock and rollers and we all play in multiple/overlapping bands.

 

If anybody wants the scoop on what other obscure Detroit bands to check out, I'll gladly send you my recommendations.

 

 

MikeL said:

I'm sorry to hear that you missed out on sharing a bill with the Cynics.

 

I'll take some pictures at this Saturday's Pittsburgh show, and I'll post them here.  I will also record the show with my LS-10, and if anyone here wants a copy, just let me know.

 

BTW, do you like the Fondas, Gore Gore Girls, Ko and the Knockouts and the Dirtbombs?

KK Dirty Money said:

Yeah, speaking of Cynics, Detroit bands, etc. 

The Cynics are on a reunion tour on their way back from SXSW. They will be playing a venue in Ann Arbor (near where I live, and also close to Detroit) tomorrow night with two other great Detroit bands that share the stage with Outrageous Cherry quite often: The Sights and The Hentchmen.

No Fun Records (based out of Ann Arbor/Buenos Aires) is hosting the show. They are a great little label, check 'em out.

Coincidentally, the owner of No Fun Records asked my band, Las Drogas, to open the show for the Cynics. I immediately said "hell YES!". But she unbooked my band a couple weeks later because she was able to score some bigger Detroit bands that would draw more people. Oh, well. What are you gonna do?

 

I know, I know... Cool Story Bro 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OMimT5x918I/S9W0z9zNZAI/AAAAAAAAABs/aatNN...

 

MikeL said:

I missed out on the original Cynics too, but I've been watching the reunited Cynics since they got back together in 2000.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub this Saturday night.  

 

You can still get the one and only Trash Vegas CD, "In the Grooveyard," at Get Hip Records.  The founder of that band, Bobby LaMonde, is a friend of mine whom I got to know when another friend recommended to me that I should check out his new band at the time, the Science Fiction Idols.

 

The Kings Court is now a retail space that houses both a cell phone store and an apparel store.  For a while, it was a coffee house and movie theater call the Bee Hive, and then it became a live music venue with a bar.  

 

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious that WDVE's playlist is still the same.  I was listening to it for a few minute on my car radio a couple of years ago, just for old times sake, and they played "When the Levee Breaks" (Jeez, like I haven't hear that one a million times before) and "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Another one that's been played to death).  Thank God for Sirius.

trashman said:

North Catholic grad - 87.  I knew a couple of Penn Hills/Plum characters, I think they graduated in 86.  Garage rock didn't hit me in the head until 2007 so missed out on the Cynics.  My only big claim was seeing Rusted Root before they made it big (still impress the wife with that one but difficult to get any reaction anywhere else).  I did see all the other Pgh usuals - NN, Joe Grushecky.  Thanks for the great reminder on Trash Vegas - never saw them but you reminded me that several years ago I wanted to search for some of their tunes, then completely forgot.  I used to see a band named Room to Move (speaking of Penn Hills/Plum) - they sometimes played at the Decade, Grafitti,etc.  What is Kings Court now?  I find it funny when I come back into town that the playlist on WDVE is exactly as it was when in high school.  Sometimes I go to their website just so I can laugh at what they are currently playing - give me two steps.  Crap then, crap now.  I know why you are a Sirius listener like myself.

Oh, I am totally sure it is just a rock and roll thing: rockers have such a good time doing music together that they try to play in as many bands with as many of their friends or other good musicians that time will allow. It is hard to say no to rock and roll.

I've played in up to six bands at a time for about a year while I held down a full-time job, among other commitments. It was pretty strenuous but one of those opportunities I didn't want to pass up. Now I play in a comfortable total of two bands (Las Drogas and Devil Elvis).

The Gore Gore Girls has gone through many lineup changes because, from what I gather, Amy doesn't take any shit from anyone and is constantly searching for a good lineup. She does manage to hire a lot of attractive band-mates, though, so she's got that going for her.

The Paybacks are great. I wouldn't say I was friends with Wendy, but she is super cool and very accessible (but I've got some friends that have known her a long long time, even before she was fronting her own bands). If she is out and about she is very approachable and has a cool attitude. She also writes for the Detroit Metrotimes rag, so you can see her work there, too.  

MikeL said:

I just remembered another Detroit band that I really liked...the Paybacks:)  Are you friends with Wendy Case too?

 

I especially liked the Gore Gore Girls when Jen "Deuce" Pirch played bass for them.  She was really cute, so I had a little bit of a crush on her.  I also really liked the EP they put out at the time, "7x4."  I loved their cover of "No Big Thing."

 

It's like that in Pittsburgh too; the scene is very incestuous.  Just about everybody is interconnected.

 

KK Dirty Money said:

Yes, please share whatever photos and recordings you get. 

Sure, I was honored to have been asked and ready to rock the opening slot for the Cynics, but I totally understood why they picked the other two bands (trust me, they are Detroit's garage rock giants). 

I like all the bands you asked about and have seen them all right here in Detroit. I am actually friends with Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls, and I play in a band with Lianna (Gore Gore Girls bassist) called Devil Elvis (a super-charged garage rock tribute to Elvis). 

Check out Amy Gore's two other newer bands: Gorevette (also friends of mine) and Amy Gore & The Squires.

I don't mean to "brag" more, but I actually was guitar tech for Gorevette when they opened for Blondie in Chicago (the drummer from Naked Raygun and the guitarist from Andre Williams' band were also part of our little crew; we all partied backstage with Blondie). Plus Gorevette's drummer is an old friend of mine that I've played in many bands with over the years. His name is Al King. He also plays drums in an Ann Arbor band called Mazinga, which I highly recommend to anyone that loves super-charged rock and roll.

Al King was also the drummer for Scott Morgan and Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) when they toured the states a couple years back (they're all Ann Arbor natives).

Sorry to babble, but it is kind of a tangled web of rock and roll in this part of the state: every rock and roller is friends with all the other rock and rollers and we all play in multiple/overlapping bands.

 

If anybody wants the scoop on what other obscure Detroit bands to check out, I'll gladly send you my recommendations.

 

 

MikeL said:

I'm sorry to hear that you missed out on sharing a bill with the Cynics.

 

I'll take some pictures at this Saturday's Pittsburgh show, and I'll post them here.  I will also record the show with my LS-10, and if anyone here wants a copy, just let me know.

 

BTW, do you like the Fondas, Gore Gore Girls, Ko and the Knockouts and the Dirtbombs?

KK Dirty Money said:

Yeah, speaking of Cynics, Detroit bands, etc. 

The Cynics are on a reunion tour on their way back from SXSW. They will be playing a venue in Ann Arbor (near where I live, and also close to Detroit) tomorrow night with two other great Detroit bands that share the stage with Outrageous Cherry quite often: The Sights and The Hentchmen.

No Fun Records (based out of Ann Arbor/Buenos Aires) is hosting the show. They are a great little label, check 'em out.

Coincidentally, the owner of No Fun Records asked my band, Las Drogas, to open the show for the Cynics. I immediately said "hell YES!". But she unbooked my band a couple weeks later because she was able to score some bigger Detroit bands that would draw more people. Oh, well. What are you gonna do?

 

I know, I know... Cool Story Bro 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OMimT5x918I/S9W0z9zNZAI/AAAAAAAAABs/aatNN...

 

MikeL said:

I missed out on the original Cynics too, but I've been watching the reunited Cynics since they got back together in 2000.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub this Saturday night.  

 

You can still get the one and only Trash Vegas CD, "In the Grooveyard," at Get Hip Records.  The founder of that band, Bobby LaMonde, is a friend of mine whom I got to know when another friend recommended to me that I should check out his new band at the time, the Science Fiction Idols.

 

The Kings Court is now a retail space that houses both a cell phone store and an apparel store.  For a while, it was a coffee house and movie theater call the Bee Hive, and then it became a live music venue with a bar.  

 

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious that WDVE's playlist is still the same.  I was listening to it for a few minute on my car radio a couple of years ago, just for old times sake, and they played "When the Levee Breaks" (Jeez, like I haven't hear that one a million times before) and "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Another one that's been played to death).  Thank God for Sirius.

trashman said:

North Catholic grad - 87.  I knew a couple of Penn Hills/Plum characters, I think they graduated in 86.  Garage rock didn't hit me in the head until 2007 so missed out on the Cynics.  My only big claim was seeing Rusted Root before they made it big (still impress the wife with that one but difficult to get any reaction anywhere else).  I did see all the other Pgh usuals - NN, Joe Grushecky.  Thanks for the great reminder on Trash Vegas - never saw them but you reminded me that several years ago I wanted to search for some of their tunes, then completely forgot.  I used to see a band named Room to Move (speaking of Penn Hills/Plum) - they sometimes played at the Decade, Grafitti,etc.  What is Kings Court now?  I find it funny when I come back into town that the playlist on WDVE is exactly as it was when in high school.  Sometimes I go to their website just so I can laugh at what they are currently playing - give me two steps.  Crap then, crap now.  I know why you are a Sirius listener like myself.

I just remembered another Detroit band that I really liked...the Paybacks:)  Are you friends with Wendy Case too?

I especially liked the Gore Gore Girls when Jen "Deuce" Pirch played bass for them.  She was really cute, so I had a little bit of a crush on her.  I also really liked the EP they put out at the time, "7x4."  I loved their cover of "No Big Thing."

It's like that in Pittsburgh too; the scene is very incestuous.  Just about everybody is interconnected.

KK Dirty Money said:

Yes, please share whatever photos and recordings you get. 

Sure, I was honored to have been asked and ready to rock the opening slot for the Cynics, but I totally understood why they picked the other two bands (trust me, they are Detroit's garage rock giants). 

I like all the bands you asked about and have seen them all right here in Detroit. I am actually friends with Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls, and I play in a band with Lianna (Gore Gore Girls bassist) called Devil Elvis (a super-charged garage rock tribute to Elvis). 

Check out Amy Gore's two other newer bands: Gorevette (also friends of mine) and Amy Gore & The Squires.

I don't mean to "brag" more, but I actually was guitar tech for Gorevette when they opened for Blondie in Chicago (the drummer from Naked Raygun and the guitarist from Andre Williams' band were also part of our little crew; we all partied backstage with Blondie). Plus Gorevette's drummer is an old friend of mine that I've played in many bands with over the years. His name is Al King. He also plays drums in an Ann Arbor band called Mazinga, which I highly recommend to anyone that loves super-charged rock and roll.

Al King was also the drummer for Scott Morgan and Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) when they toured the states a couple years back (they're all Ann Arbor natives).

Sorry to babble, but it is kind of a tangled web of rock and roll in this part of the state: every rock and roller is friends with all the other rock and rollers and we all play in multiple/overlapping bands.

 

If anybody wants the scoop on what other obscure Detroit bands to check out, I'll gladly send you my recommendations.

 

 

MikeL said:

I'm sorry to hear that you missed out on sharing a bill with the Cynics.

 

I'll take some pictures at this Saturday's Pittsburgh show, and I'll post them here.  I will also record the show with my LS-10, and if anyone here wants a copy, just let me know.

 

BTW, do you like the Fondas, Gore Gore Girls, Ko and the Knockouts and the Dirtbombs?

KK Dirty Money said:

Yeah, speaking of Cynics, Detroit bands, etc. 

The Cynics are on a reunion tour on their way back from SXSW. They will be playing a venue in Ann Arbor (near where I live, and also close to Detroit) tomorrow night with two other great Detroit bands that share the stage with Outrageous Cherry quite often: The Sights and The Hentchmen.

No Fun Records (based out of Ann Arbor/Buenos Aires) is hosting the show. They are a great little label, check 'em out.

Coincidentally, the owner of No Fun Records asked my band, Las Drogas, to open the show for the Cynics. I immediately said "hell YES!". But she unbooked my band a couple weeks later because she was able to score some bigger Detroit bands that would draw more people. Oh, well. What are you gonna do?

 

I know, I know... Cool Story Bro 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OMimT5x918I/S9W0z9zNZAI/AAAAAAAAABs/aatNN...

 

MikeL said:

I missed out on the original Cynics too, but I've been watching the reunited Cynics since they got back together in 2000.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub this Saturday night.  

 

You can still get the one and only Trash Vegas CD, "In the Grooveyard," at Get Hip Records.  The founder of that band, Bobby LaMonde, is a friend of mine whom I got to know when another friend recommended to me that I should check out his new band at the time, the Science Fiction Idols.

 

The Kings Court is now a retail space that houses both a cell phone store and an apparel store.  For a while, it was a coffee house and movie theater call the Bee Hive, and then it became a live music venue with a bar.  

 

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious that WDVE's playlist is still the same.  I was listening to it for a few minute on my car radio a couple of years ago, just for old times sake, and they played "When the Levee Breaks" (Jeez, like I haven't hear that one a million times before) and "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Another one that's been played to death).  Thank God for Sirius.

trashman said:

North Catholic grad - 87.  I knew a couple of Penn Hills/Plum characters, I think they graduated in 86.  Garage rock didn't hit me in the head until 2007 so missed out on the Cynics.  My only big claim was seeing Rusted Root before they made it big (still impress the wife with that one but difficult to get any reaction anywhere else).  I did see all the other Pgh usuals - NN, Joe Grushecky.  Thanks for the great reminder on Trash Vegas - never saw them but you reminded me that several years ago I wanted to search for some of their tunes, then completely forgot.  I used to see a band named Room to Move (speaking of Penn Hills/Plum) - they sometimes played at the Decade, Grafitti,etc.  What is Kings Court now?  I find it funny when I come back into town that the playlist on WDVE is exactly as it was when in high school.  Sometimes I go to their website just so I can laugh at what they are currently playing - give me two steps.  Crap then, crap now.  I know why you are a Sirius listener like myself.

Yes, please share whatever photos and recordings you get. 

Sure, I was honored to have been asked and ready to rock the opening slot for the Cynics, but I totally understood why they picked the other two bands (trust me, they are Detroit's garage rock giants). 

I like all the bands you asked about and have seen them all right here in Detroit. I am actually friends with Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls, and I play in a band with Lianna (Gore Gore Girls bassist) called Devil Elvis (a super-charged garage rock tribute to Elvis). 

Check out Amy Gore's two other newer bands: Gorevette (also friends of mine) and Amy Gore & The Squires.

I don't mean to "brag" more, but I actually was guitar tech for Gorevette when they opened for Blondie in Chicago (the drummer from Naked Raygun and the guitarist from Andre Williams' band were also part of our little crew; we all partied backstage with Blondie). Plus Gorevette's drummer is an old friend of mine that I've played in many bands with over the years. His name is Al King. He also plays drums in an Ann Arbor band called Mazinga, which I highly recommend to anyone that loves super-charged rock and roll.

Al King was also the drummer for Scott Morgan and Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) when they toured the states a couple years back (they're all Ann Arbor natives).

Sorry to babble, but it is kind of a tangled web of rock and roll in this part of the state: every rock and roller is friends with all the other rock and rollers and we all play in multiple/overlapping bands.

If anybody wants the scoop on what other obscure Detroit bands to check out, I'll gladly send you my recommendations.

MikeL said:

I'm sorry to hear that you missed out on sharing a bill with the Cynics.

 

I'll take some pictures at this Saturday's Pittsburgh show, and I'll post them here.  I will also record the show with my LS-10, and if anyone here wants a copy, just let me know.

 

BTW, do you like the Fondas, Gore Gore Girls, Ko and the Knockouts and the Dirtbombs?

KK Dirty Money said:

Yeah, speaking of Cynics, Detroit bands, etc. 

The Cynics are on a reunion tour on their way back from SXSW. They will be playing a venue in Ann Arbor (near where I live, and also close to Detroit) tomorrow night with two other great Detroit bands that share the stage with Outrageous Cherry quite often: The Sights and The Hentchmen.

No Fun Records (based out of Ann Arbor/Buenos Aires) is hosting the show. They are a great little label, check 'em out.

Coincidentally, the owner of No Fun Records asked my band, Las Drogas, to open the show for the Cynics. I immediately said "hell YES!". But she unbooked my band a couple weeks later because she was able to score some bigger Detroit bands that would draw more people. Oh, well. What are you gonna do?

 

I know, I know... Cool Story Bro 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OMimT5x918I/S9W0z9zNZAI/AAAAAAAAABs/aatNN...

 

MikeL said:

I missed out on the original Cynics too, but I've been watching the reunited Cynics since they got back together in 2000.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub this Saturday night.  

 

You can still get the one and only Trash Vegas CD, "In the Grooveyard," at Get Hip Records.  The founder of that band, Bobby LaMonde, is a friend of mine whom I got to know when another friend recommended to me that I should check out his new band at the time, the Science Fiction Idols.

 

The Kings Court is now a retail space that houses both a cell phone store and an apparel store.  For a while, it was a coffee house and movie theater call the Bee Hive, and then it became a live music venue with a bar.  

 

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious that WDVE's playlist is still the same.  I was listening to it for a few minute on my car radio a couple of years ago, just for old times sake, and they played "When the Levee Breaks" (Jeez, like I haven't hear that one a million times before) and "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Another one that's been played to death).  Thank God for Sirius.

trashman said:

North Catholic grad - 87.  I knew a couple of Penn Hills/Plum characters, I think they graduated in 86.  Garage rock didn't hit me in the head until 2007 so missed out on the Cynics.  My only big claim was seeing Rusted Root before they made it big (still impress the wife with that one but difficult to get any reaction anywhere else).  I did see all the other Pgh usuals - NN, Joe Grushecky.  Thanks for the great reminder on Trash Vegas - never saw them but you reminded me that several years ago I wanted to search for some of their tunes, then completely forgot.  I used to see a band named Room to Move (speaking of Penn Hills/Plum) - they sometimes played at the Decade, Grafitti,etc.  What is Kings Court now?  I find it funny when I come back into town that the playlist on WDVE is exactly as it was when in high school.  Sometimes I go to their website just so I can laugh at what they are currently playing - give me two steps.  Crap then, crap now.  I know why you are a Sirius listener like myself.

I'm sorry to hear that you missed out on sharing a bill with the Cynics.

I'll take some pictures at this Saturday's Pittsburgh show, and I'll post them here.  I will also record the show with my LS-10, and if anyone here wants a copy, just let me know.

BTW, do you like the Fondas, Gore Gore Girls, Ko and the Knockouts and the Dirtbombs?

KK Dirty Money said:

Yeah, speaking of Cynics, Detroit bands, etc. 

The Cynics are on a reunion tour on their way back from SXSW. They will be playing a venue in Ann Arbor (near where I live, and also close to Detroit) tomorrow night with two other great Detroit bands that share the stage with Outrageous Cherry quite often: The Sights and The Hentchmen.

No Fun Records (based out of Ann Arbor/Buenos Aires) is hosting the show. They are a great little label, check 'em out.

Coincidentally, the owner of No Fun Records asked my band, Las Drogas, to open the show for the Cynics. I immediately said "hell YES!". But she unbooked my band a couple weeks later because she was able to score some bigger Detroit bands that would draw more people. Oh, well. What are you gonna do?

 

I know, I know... Cool Story Bro 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OMimT5x918I/S9W0z9zNZAI/AAAAAAAAABs/aatNN...

 

MikeL said:

I missed out on the original Cynics too, but I've been watching the reunited Cynics since they got back together in 2000.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub this Saturday night.  

 

You can still get the one and only Trash Vegas CD, "In the Grooveyard," at Get Hip Records.  The founder of that band, Bobby LaMonde, is a friend of mine whom I got to know when another friend recommended to me that I should check out his new band at the time, the Science Fiction Idols.

 

The Kings Court is now a retail space that houses both a cell phone store and an apparel store.  For a while, it was a coffee house and movie theater call the Bee Hive, and then it became a live music venue with a bar.  

 

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious that WDVE's playlist is still the same.  I was listening to it for a few minute on my car radio a couple of years ago, just for old times sake, and they played "When the Levee Breaks" (Jeez, like I haven't hear that one a million times before) and "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Another one that's been played to death).  Thank God for Sirius.

trashman said:

North Catholic grad - 87.  I knew a couple of Penn Hills/Plum characters, I think they graduated in 86.  Garage rock didn't hit me in the head until 2007 so missed out on the Cynics.  My only big claim was seeing Rusted Root before they made it big (still impress the wife with that one but difficult to get any reaction anywhere else).  I did see all the other Pgh usuals - NN, Joe Grushecky.  Thanks for the great reminder on Trash Vegas - never saw them but you reminded me that several years ago I wanted to search for some of their tunes, then completely forgot.  I used to see a band named Room to Move (speaking of Penn Hills/Plum) - they sometimes played at the Decade, Grafitti,etc.  What is Kings Court now?  I find it funny when I come back into town that the playlist on WDVE is exactly as it was when in high school.  Sometimes I go to their website just so I can laugh at what they are currently playing - give me two steps.  Crap then, crap now.  I know why you are a Sirius listener like myself.

Yeah, speaking of Cynics, Detroit bands, etc. 

The Cynics are on a reunion tour on their way back from SXSW. They will be playing a venue in Ann Arbor (near where I live, and also close to Detroit) tomorrow night with two other great Detroit bands that share the stage with Outrageous Cherry quite often: The Sights and The Hentchmen.

No Fun Records (based out of Ann Arbor/Buenos Aires) is hosting the show. They are a great little label, check 'em out.

Coincidentally, the owner of No Fun Records asked my band, Las Drogas, to open the show for the Cynics. I immediately said "hell YES!". But she unbooked my band a couple weeks later because she was able to score some bigger Detroit bands that would draw more people. Oh, well. What are you gonna do?

I know, I know... Cool Story Bro 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OMimT5x918I/S9W0z9zNZAI/AAAAAAAAABs/aatNNH2eN80/s1600/CoolStoryBro.jpg

MikeL said:

I missed out on the original Cynics too, but I've been watching the reunited Cynics since they got back together in 2000.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub this Saturday night.  

 

You can still get the one and only Trash Vegas CD, "In the Grooveyard," at Get Hip Records.  The founder of that band, Bobby LaMonde, is a friend of mine whom I got to know when another friend recommended to me that I should check out his new band at the time, the Science Fiction Idols.

 

The Kings Court is now a retail space that houses both a cell phone store and an apparel store.  For a while, it was a coffee house and movie theater call the Bee Hive, and then it became a live music venue with a bar.  

 

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious that WDVE's playlist is still the same.  I was listening to it for a few minute on my car radio a couple of years ago, just for old times sake, and they played "When the Levee Breaks" (Jeez, like I haven't hear that one a million times before) and "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Another one that's been played to death).  Thank God for Sirius.

trashman said:

North Catholic grad - 87.  I knew a couple of Penn Hills/Plum characters, I think they graduated in 86.  Garage rock didn't hit me in the head until 2007 so missed out on the Cynics.  My only big claim was seeing Rusted Root before they made it big (still impress the wife with that one but difficult to get any reaction anywhere else).  I did see all the other Pgh usuals - NN, Joe Grushecky.  Thanks for the great reminder on Trash Vegas - never saw them but you reminded me that several years ago I wanted to search for some of their tunes, then completely forgot.  I used to see a band named Room to Move (speaking of Penn Hills/Plum) - they sometimes played at the Decade, Grafitti,etc.  What is Kings Court now?  I find it funny when I come back into town that the playlist on WDVE is exactly as it was when in high school.  Sometimes I go to their website just so I can laugh at what they are currently playing - give me two steps.  Crap then, crap now.  I know why you are a Sirius listener like myself.

There is a cool new tune of theirs for free download (check Amazon) called Get Out While You Can.

Highly recommended.

Damn, NOW I know what I've done wrong all those years!

Ha ha that's hilarious!

My favourite bit: "Write original music. Don't worry if you're recycling chord progressions from your favorite songs; there aren't that many chord progressions used in popular music anyway."

In case anyone was wondering how to make garage music, or if you're in need of a laugh:

http://www.ehow.com/how_7686201_make-garage-music.html

How to Make Garage Music
By Leif Martin, eHow Contributor

Garage rock is a style of rock 'n' roll music originating in the 1960s and maintaining a level of cult or underground following over the last 50 years. Garage rock has had a resurgence in popularity due to the ease of recording and editing sound with inexpensive personal computers and software. Garage rock is generally characterized by this do-it-yourself attitude, low production values, and rough, raw sound. Additionally, most garage rock is structurally based on blues and sometimes resembles other genres like rockabilly, pop or punk.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Guitar
• Guitar Amp
• Bass
• Bass Amp
• Various effects pedals
• Instrument cables
• Drumset
• Mics and Amplification
• Garage or Practice space

1. Put your band together. Traditional rock bands have at least one guitarist, at least one drummer, and at least one bass player. However, with contemporary technology it's possible to start a band by yourself, using gear like a drum machine.
2. Figure out your sound by mimicking your favorite bands. This establishes common influences of band members. Pick some garage standards to play like Iggy Pop and the Stooges, The Sonics, and The Trashmen. "Nuggets," a compilation of 1960s garage rock singles put together by Lenny Kaye, is a great place to start.
3. Write original music. Don't worry if you're recycling chord progressions from your favorite songs; there aren't that many chord progressions used in popular music anyway. Depending on the band's preference, songs can be improvised completely, or they can be composed communally or individually, written down and rehearsed.
4. Start recording your original material. Contemporary recording is inexpensive and not difficult. Four-track recorders, small digital recorders and personal computers with audio editing software all make for easy home recording. Audio recording and editing software ranges from free to several hundred dollars. A USB audio interface may allow for easier recording and high quality.
5. Play your music. Play shows wherever you can. Basements, warehouses and bars are traditional garage rock venues. You may also want to sell recordings or distribute them for free as tapes or CD's or on one of the several online distribution services.

In light of all the random threads that keep popping up all over the hideout about recording I thought I'd link to all of them here.

There's plenty of knowledge here at the Hideout about recording. It'd be good if we could keep it all in here for easy access for people looking for advice.

Everyone should feel free to add to this thread or ask questions here as well.

Past recording threads:

Noob needing help

Harmonica tips

MICRO BR

Sound Studio on the Cheap

Recording harmonica

Mixing/Mastering

GarageBand

Mic preamps to get a good vintage sound?

looking for easy ways to record songs

Vocal Distortion

Best outboard reverb?

Recording Yourself

Best Approach to Studio

recording a 2 man band and making it sound coooool

Recording live shows...

Randy California of Spirit had a bunch of wimpy guitar scales. Maby it's the cause of his jazzy background.

Good example the solo in dark eyed woman. great fucking guitarist...

swamp rats

Damn I'm not the surf expert as i thought. But this show is from the 90's and the sound reminds me of early man or astro-man? Could be them... :P

This event will be outstanding.  Ray Davies, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Fugs ....more!!

http://www.modculture.info/2011/03/ray-davies-meltdown-line-up.html

Check the Bands & Musicians group. This has been discussed to death! Should be able to find plenty of info...

 im really frustrated with digital recording lately and i was thinking about getting a cassette 4 track or 8 track..ideally the tascam 488 MKII.

how do you guys record your music?  what equipment do you use?  if you use all analog how do you get the mixes on the computer?

That Nuggets set really set us on fire, didn't it! Hail Lenny Kaye!

Steve Price said:

I heard Thee Headcoats - "Heavens To Murgatroyd Even!" and the Rhino records CD box set release of "Nuggets" around the same time.

that was it for me.

It was Good Golly Miss Molly By Credence Clearwater Revival when I was 4 in 1970.

Gonna see Paul Collins Beat next month @ Asbury Lanes in NJ....April 30th if anyone's local!

Gentleman Jesse, The White Wires

I hate "technical"/symphonic power metal or whatever the fuck it's called. Basically down tuned guitar wankery, trying to hit 1000 notes a minute but with absolutely no soul or feeling.

I also dislike most/all heavy metal in general.

Justin Beiber.