I am not a believer in distortion pedals - too friggin' metal and rawk. Overdrive your amp - that's the only distortion you need. Or loosen a tube like Link Wray. Slash your speaker cone with a razor blade (that's how Dave Davies did it and I swear by it but I have several amps) and it's not that expensive to put in a new cone.  Get an amp with tremolo or, most importantly, REVERB! DON'T GET A REVERB PEDAL!! Nothing sounds worse... A tremolo unit is ok if you can't get an amp with both but reverb pedals are the seed of Stan's nutsack. Nobody in the 50s or 60s were using pedals and you don't need 'em. Get a fuzz for solos or single note riffs but distortion pedals - bleh. People rely WAY too much in pedals these days (that and fucking modeling amps - LOSER) and they don't sound organic - they sound fake and sterile and shitty (and not in the way you want it to sound shitty). Cheap guitars aren't really necessary but they will work well. My main guitar these days is a Kent Americana.

Listen to records you like and learn the songs and then STEAL THEM! You'll learn everything you need to know. Lessons, books, etc are overrated and a waste of money.

You don't need a manual or method.  Then everything would sound the same.  I think you are going about this the wrong way.  Play what you want to play.  The key is keeping with a raw and rock n roll sound.  It's up to you how to approach that. 

You can look around here and see the primitive more punk type bands, the more 60s sound inspired bands and everything inbetween.  Doesn't matter if you're into the Ramones, the Cramps, the Sonics, Billy Childish or whatever else.  Go with what you think is right, don't let others dictate your sound. 

haha right on.

Sara said:

In my humble opinion, the best thing to do is learn the 5-tone blues scale and listen to a lot of Billy Childish....

listen to lots of johnny thunders,ny dolls,ramones,dead boys,mc5,stooges,and the waldos...along with link wray,billy childish,the kinks,chuck berry, and also learn the pentatonic scale.

Garge Punk

Gear/Tone:
Cheap ass Strat Copy, Teisco etc. Fender/Vox/Silvertone/RottenTube amp slightly overdriven, touch or a bunch of reverb.
Fuzz pedals are a good idea...I think generally the raspier the better. Stay away from a fuzz face.

Full chords to me seem much more garage punk so play those. Add some shitty penatonic riffs in there to.
Listen to Billy Childish, The Troggs, The Reatards & any other band rocking out with shitty guitars and body odor.

Yep, I'm afraid you must be right...

Still, this corporated thing trying to sneak in Rock'n'Roll makes me uneasy...and bored !

Besides, I may ask too much, but I always expect to be bouncing off the walls !!! Each and every instant of my stupid nonsense life !!!
kopper said:

I don't find it strange at all. It's Scion's thing, obviously, so I don't think it's strange at all that they invited members of their own sponsored bands. It's not like this is the SXSW music conference, it's a Scion conference. Those guys would obviously have an expert opinion on the subject since they're being marketed/promoted in this way, and this gives them the opportunity to discuss it. It makes more sense than inviting someone from some other band, I think.

Also, whether or not you found it interesting or not, it does directly answer some of the questions raised in this very thread on the subject. I don't think anyone expected to be bouncing off the walls after watching it.

 

The screamin' Soul Preacher said:

...just boring in my humble warped opinion...fell asleep before the end...

(Am I mistaking or Sean Spits seemed to be as bored being there as I was, trying to keep my eyes open watching this ???)

Besides, I find it kinda "strange" that the only bands appearing in this pseudo-conference organized by Scion are bands "sponsored" by Scion. Talking about Integrity and Selling Out ? Really ??? 

kopper said:

Check this out... Integrity and Selling Out in 2010 from the Scion Music(less) Music Conference.

I don't find it strange at all. It's Scion's thing, obviously, so I don't think it's strange at all that they invited members of their own sponsored bands. It's not like this is the SXSW music conference, it's a Scion conference. Those guys would obviously have an expert opinion on the subject since they're being marketed/promoted in this way, and this gives them the opportunity to discuss it. It makes more sense than inviting someone from some other band, I think.

Also, whether or not you found it interesting or not, it does directly answer some of the questions raised in this very thread on the subject. I don't think anyone expected to be bouncing off the walls after watching it.

The screamin' Soul Preacher said:

...just boring in my humble warped opinion...fell asleep before the end...

(Am I mistaking or Sean Spits seemed to be as bored being there as I was, trying to keep my eyes open watching this ???)

Besides, I find it kinda "strange" that the only bands appearing in this pseudo-conference organized by Scion are bands "sponsored" by Scion. Talking about Integrity and Selling Out ? Really ??? 

kopper said:

Check this out... Integrity and Selling Out in 2010 from the Scion Music(less) Music Conference.

And I won't !

Coz I love that girl !

IDON MINE said:

You can't mess with KO.

You can't mess with KO.

...just boring in my humble warped opinion...fell asleep before the end...

(Am I mistaking or Sean Spits seemed to be as bored being there as I was, trying to keep my eyes open watching this ???)

Besides, I find it kinda "strange" that the only bands appearing in this pseudo-conference organized by Scion are bands "sponsored" by Scion. Talking about Integrity and Selling Out ? Really ??? 

kopper said:

Check this out... Integrity and Selling Out in 2010 from the Scion Music(less) Music Conference.

Most labels only work with bands they know, or are familiar with, have seen live and can work with easily. I wouldn't hold your breath on some obscure American or European label coming forward to release your stuff. Not that's it not good enough, mind you, but because there are a ton of bands out there already, and these labels are operating on shoestring budgets as it is. You'd probably be better off finding a local label or just releasing it yourself and finding a distributor or mailorder outfit that will take it.

Thanks, i'll duplicate my message up there! : )

Try the labels group:

http://garagepunk.ning.com/group/recordlabels

Hello there, everyone!

I'm from Russia, Novgorod, and i'm playing guitar in garagepunk duo called The Zombiecops (http://www.myspace.com/thezombiecops). We finally finished our records session and looking for a label to put on our stuff behind the border. 7inch would be superb, but even cd seems nice.

So, guys and girls, please help me, list the labels of any sizes, which take care of trashy garagepunk (like us, like Persuaders, Reatards, and so on, so on, so on...)

By the way, it should be a great list to explore new stuff, as it seems to me ,)

Hey, don't forget the other side of THE WILD TAPE OF WOMEN DELIGHTS !

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-house-of-wild-delights-17

Have you checked THE WILD TAPE OF WOMEN DELIGHTS ?

You definitively should !!!

Enjoy Side 1 here :

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-house-of-wild-delights-17-1

maybe I can write a song about the problem of writing songs in my head and forgetting them ten minutes later :)

That's the worst! I always keep a notebook in my back pocket for just such an emergency(lets me use downtime at work to put things in the right order, too). If you've got a cell phone, they almost always have a record function; I've used that before too.

Petulant Child said:

I always wish I had a pocket recorder for those moments when lyrics just start going through my head..unfortunately even if I repeat them over and over I usually forget them before they get written down.  I at least get the jist of a song that way sometimes.

Mardy Pune said:

Honestly most the songs I've personally written just happen when I'm playing the guitar. I'll find a riff repeat it, then another part comes and there's a song. The words always come when I'm the shower or walking down the street.

I've co-written songs with other people, bouncing ideas of each other when jamming. And again the words come to me in the shower or walking down the street. I've tried sitting down and writing lyrics but I just ended up walking off to have a cigarette and hang out with the dog or listen to some music.

It would be great if people could actually write some reviews of these records! Post them here:

http://garagepunk.ning.com/group/recordreviews

Demon's Claws - the Defrosting of...

Teenanger - Give me Pink

Jail Wedding - Love is Lawless

Dead Ghost - ST

Liquid Vapours - DeVilla 

Daniel Fred & Julie - ST  (  3 part country harmonies, not at all garage rock, very Carter family. A perfect Sunday morning record. ) 

~T 

Strange Boys - Be Brave
Bare Wires - Seeking Love 
Thee Oh Sees - Warm Slime
Wheels On Fire - Liar, Liar
The Black Angels - Phosphene Dream 

the Anomalys s/t album on Slovenly

Moonhearts s/t album on Tic Tac Totally

Myelin Sheaths "Get On Your Nerves" album on Southpaw Records

Parting Gifts "Strychnine Dandelion" lp on In The Red Records

Black Time "More Songs About Motorcycles And Death" on Wrench Records

anything on Burger Records

Melvin Davis "Detroit Soul Ambassador" lp on Vampisoul

for starters....

(i had seen a list with the best alboums of 2010, but i can't remember now and i want to see it again)

btw!

the new alboum by ty segall is great....

Bobby Fuller's live version of Miserlou is pretty killer diller.  I think it was on the Cowabunga box.

The Trashmen, "The Bird" That's it. lol