Awesome band.. I got hooked a couple years (probably more) when I accidentally came across a video on Youtube.com. You are luck you saw them. I live in NYC and have managed to miss the 1 or two times they have breezed through in the last decade. Then again NYC isn't exactly friendly to the kings of this genre-- I went to see The Woggles and 25 people showed up and the Swingin' Neckbreakers were playing there first show in 6 years.. I would say that only until the "free shows" at the knitting factory (see scion) have garnered a crowd. Most people in NYC "change their minds like a girl changes clothes*" with regards to music.

I have their "Supernatural Equinox" LP, along with their Wicked Cool compilation.  Again, they're another band I discovered thanks to the Underground Garage, and I did get to see them once when they played at a local gallery a few years ago.  The song that really hooked me was "Girl You Have Magic Inside You."

It's a great tune! One of the few "nuggets" you will hear on oldies radio nowadays...
Axel Björnsson said:

I found some nuggets comp in my father's friend collection where I heard first "Let it Out" with The Hombres and than it was no turning back...

You were witnessing some major rock 'n' roll history! Would love to have seen those bands live!
BrianMyFatAss said:

i was living in Seattle in the early 90's and for me wandering into shows by bands like The Fall-Outs, The Statics and The Primate 5 made me go out and buy their records - i had no idea what genre it was, i just liked the tunes.

It's wild what the Cramps turned us on to!

Soraia said:

I bought a used copy of the Cramps "songs the lord taught us" when I was about 14, and that opened up a whole new world to me.  Also I happened upon the Sonics first record when I was about 16, and i remember at the time being amazed that there were groups in the 60's singing about satan and drinking strychnine. I guess that's when I realized that 60's music wasn't limited to what you heard on a.m. classics type deals...

I bought a used copy of the Cramps "songs the lord taught us" when I was about 14, and that opened up a whole new world to me.  Also I happened upon the Sonics first record when I was about 16, and i remember at the time being amazed that there were groups in the 60's singing about satan and drinking strychnine. I guess that's when I realized that 60's music wasn't limited to what you heard on a.m. classics type deals...

I found some nuggets comp in my father's friend collection where I heard first "Let it Out" with The Hombres and than it was no turning back...

It's such a classic.  The first time I heard it, I was floored.  I had never heard anything like that sound before, and I knew that it was the sound I'd always been looking for.  Ten years later, it's still one of my favorites.

joey fuckup said:

That's a great album! Got the whole thing on my ipod!

Alex said:

"Electric Sweat" by The Mooney Suzuki

i was living in Seattle in the early 90's and for me wandering into shows by bands like The Fall-Outs, The Statics and The Primate 5 made me go out and buy their records - i had no idea what genre it was, i just liked the tunes.

Hi All, new to this site, but loving it. erm.. I think I'm probably going to be the only one here to flag up The Beatles as the band that got me into garage Rock & Roll. in the mid 70's (76/77?) I was 10 years old and bought Live at the hollywood Bowl which was an attempt at the time to capture a 64/65 show. I loved it and shortly afterwards stumbled across The Beatles Live at The Star Club, which for me blew the 64 recording away.

To this day one of the most thrilling LPs i own, and amongst the most intimate and lo-fi too. Think it was Halo of Flies - Music for Insect Minds that brought me back into wanting to be in a band again mid 90s. superficially very different i guess. HOF covered Human Fly though and the Beatles 'Wish I could Shimmy Like My sister Kate/Shimmy Shake' is as garage as it gets still to my cloth ears! so I guess i'm in there somehow!? :)

good to be here,

Trev

Yes, the Sonics! So, would you say they were the very first punk band?

Idol Lips (New Record Out) said:

THE SONICS - BOOM!

I know what you mean! I had gotten back in to garage when I was lookin' up the Nuggets boxed set on Amazon, and falling in love again with bands like the Standells and Paul Revere & the Raiders...And yes, I Google searched "garage punk" and here I landed some odd 3 years ago...It's a dream come true to be doing a podcast on here now!

trashman said:

The Mummies converted me.  I am sure you have heard that story before.  First time I heard "you must fight to live" I fell into the the trap door.  I thought to myself this is what has been missing in my life - I realized I liked all this fantastic music but never had a genre name attached to it; never knew it was consolidated into a living being.  The fact that something like the Mummies or Sonics can be interconnected to something like Whoa Dad, or space surf!  I knew I had found it but didn't know it had a home.  I knew no one else who listened to it and luckily I ran across the name garage punk on the internet.  We all know what that search term lands you.  Re-imagine that first time you listened to Back from the Grave all over again.  Or that very first podcast you clicked on here thinking "wtf is this?" (that is a great thread discussion in itself).  300gb of comps,podcasts,and out of prints later and my music life was completely changed...forever.     

Hy guys !

Do someone have the Headstones's song lyric: 24 hours everyday?

It' hard to find on google..ah!

thanks for the help!

What SWT said.

This is effed up, so much is for sure. Shuks, these idiots never learn. Say they are supporting bands and helping the community out, but sue anther one for shit. GRRRRRR.

Anyhow, I hope this resolves to a good end.

Been busy at work lately so I just saw this post. And just tonight I see an invite to a "battle of the bands" in my Facebook inbox. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138470119551925 Looks like Gorilla is operating in Albuquerque too.

all the above suggestions are excellent.

assuming you have a SM58 and a condenser microphones: it depends if you want a tougher bluesy sound or the natural sound of some one playing on the porch. seeing that you're here at Garage Punk you'd probably want something more raw and rough. i prefer to play the harmonica through a handheld microphone (SM58 or the suggestions above) that is plugged into a guitar amplifier, with reverb. adding some type of delay/tape echo effect pedal really spices up the sound to get a honking authentic 50's sound. i prefer using smaller amps as they don't tend to feedback quickly. use your condenser mic to record the amp. depending on where you set up the condenser mic you can find a sweet spot combing the raw ambient sound of the harmonica player mixed with the amplified sound. it can take a while to find the spot but it has a great effect for just two mics, an amp and a harp.

lemme know if that helps...

The Insomniacs

redd kross

Adding to the P list of bands: The Plimsouls.

And I agree with the above post with 20/20 and Holly and The Italians . Also agree with pretty much everybody!

jello b- afro

Frankie Venom

Lance Romance

Joe Strummer

Plastic Bertrand !

Did't know 'em till now......but I don't dig the Mary Walters much:(

Man it sounds an awful like Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet or at maybe a studio band trying to sound like them...Try listening to "Big Baby," there's a similar sequence in the movie Comic Book Confidential. This is the song, but not from the movie: