Now and then I enjoy listening to these fine tunes:

Milkshakes - Before The Night Is Through
Mighty Caesars - Little By Little
Thee Stash - We're Selling Jeans For The USA

Hi John!

Yeah, I'm a huge Childish-fan, too, but it's pretty hard to keep track of all of his work. Actually, almost every record I bought is good, but here are my favourites of the albums I own:

The Milkshakes - "Nothing Can Stop These Men"
Thee Headcoats - "Beach Bums Must Die!"
Billy Childish and the MBE - "Christmas 1979"
Billy Childish and Holly Golightly - "In Blood" (this record, in fact, brought back my belief in guitar music after having drifted off to dubstep and stuff like that)
The Delmonas - "Dangerous Charms"

The Childish compilation "Archive of 1959" is an interesting overview with some fine tunes (like "Kray Twins (demo)" by the Pop Rivets).

Also try to get the following compilations:

"Hey Mom! The Garage is on my foot!" (this one is still available on CD on the DamGood website); "A Hangman Sampler" (I really love this one, but since it's from 1988, I only have an mp3 copy of this); the whole "Medway Powerhouse" series. These are hard to get, I guess, but they're on the internet somewhere (just to pass the time until you can get physical copies of them).

And I'd love to have the Headcoats Sect vinyl "Deerstalking Men", for the title track is a killer. Oh, and also try the supergreat Kravin' "A"s with Milkshake Bruce Brand on guitar!

Have fun hunting!

Cheers, Doc

You pretty much can't go wrong with any Childish record. I love every record I have so far, and definitely need more. I have:

Thee Headcoats- Beach Bums Must Die
Thee Headcoats- Earls of Suavedom
Thee Mighty Caesars- Thusly, Thee Might Caesars
Wild Billy Childish and the MBE's- Thatcher's Children
Wild Billy Childish and the MBE's- It Should Be Me b/w Loray Head 7"
Wild Billy Childish and the MBE's- Daddy Rolling Stone 12"
The Pop Rivets- Fun in the UK

I only have a few Billy Childish records and I want to ad more to my collection. Name a few of your favorites from any of his musical projects so I can get up to speed. Please.

I always thought Black Flag was totally L.A.....Iwassnt Livin here at the time...i was up in Sac. ; when i saw them...kinda of a punk Black Sabath*.....1983?????
there is one song ...i snagged off collage radio..... I see the world threw Rats Eyes... iLove it!!! Has anyone else heard this one????

Can you recommend the Ultra 3? How's it to play and how does it sound? Is it good with fuzz? I'm in Finland and the only Schecters they have here are those ugly metal guitars, so no chance for me to try the Ultra myself. gumbo chaff said:

I am using a schecter ultra III thro a boss me 70 into a hughes and kettner edition blue(the best thing about this amp is it has a cool BLUE backlight on the control panel !! its quite a simple setup but it works for me at the moment .I want a peavey wiggy !! and some more ultras.

i started using it at nxne this year to track secret shows etc and have sort of stuck with it, i'll look for you

Thanks for posting this! I need a lil birthday vacation. Seems like there's not much activity on this "Wild Wild" West forum.

ping sucks. and none of my truly favorite bands are on it.
should use spotify social instead its all tied in with facebook and whatnot.

Sad news indeed. I'm gonna go and do the mashed potatoes right now as a tribute.

There was some pretty brilliant albums released in that time frame, favourites, that I can't put in order:

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - LAMF
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
The Saints - Eternally Yours
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
Ramones - Rocket To Russia

Never really dug the Clash that much...

People used to make and post downloadable '60s garage comps on the old Psychotic Reactions forum on the GaragePunk Forums message board ("forum comps" they were called), so it's nice to see someone continuing the tradition here.

What can I say...not sure it´s legal, but it´s damn good...
Thanks a million

The Neanderthal’s Stone Aged Beat #3

1. On My Mind - unknowns
2. Thump - The Union
3. I've Got To Get You - Ray Hoff & the Offbeats
4. Things Will Change - Jonah Ark
5. Shirley Lee - Justin Anthony & the Impacts
6. Tossin' and Turnin' - Bobby James & the Esquires
7. I Can Only Give You Everything - The Clefs
8. Don't Ask Me What To Say - Glenn & the Outlaws
9. King Bee - Tony Worsley & the Fabulous Blue Jays
10. What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For - The Librettos
11. Love Makes The World Go Round - Arthur's Thumb
12. One Thing To Do - The Throb
13. What'cha Gonna Do About It - Rev Black & the Rockin' Vickers
14. Shaking All Over - Roland Storm & the Epics
15. Run Back Home - The Second Thoughts
16. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - The Sunsets
17. Take It Easy - Reggie Norton & the Ideas
18. Why Can't She Be Mine - The Others
19. Why Do I Cry - Vyt
20. Downtown Blues - The Wild Colonials

These are free to download and contain myraid of combos from the Australian '60s garage beat scene.  Just follow this link to view the artwork and download links!!

The Neanderthal’s Stone Aged Beat #1

1. Dizzy Miss Lizzy – M.B.R.
2. I Haven’t Got You – Vyt
3. What’cha Gonna Do? – The Lost Souls
4. You Shoulda Held On – The Ramrods
5. Canberra Blues – The Bitter Lemons
6. Bad Boy – Rick And The Bad Boys
7. Mona – The Creatures
8. 300 lbs of Joy – Phil Jones And The Unknown Blues
9. Rockin’ Pneumonia – Kevin Bible And The Book
10.Fortune Teller – The Black Curtain
11.You Can’t Have It All – Mal Clarke
12.Bad Boy – Glen Mooney And The Beaumen
13.I’m Your Man – Gemini 5
14.I’m Gonna Live – Janice Slater
15.Ticket To Ride – The Iguana
16.Security – Tony Shepp
17.I’m Lonely – The Sorrows
18.Outside Lookin’ In – The Black Diamonds
19.Russian Spy And I – The Third Party
20.Where Have All The Good Times Gone – The Town Criers

The Neanderthal’s Stone Aged Beat #2

1. I'm Going Back - Machine Gun Kelly's Rejects
2. Since You Broke My Heart - The Ramrods
3. Watch Your Step - The Vince Maloney Sect
4. Lost Girl - Grandma's Tonic
5. I Need You - The Throb
6. Farmer John - Steve & the Board
7. Don't You Do That - Bobby James & the Esquires
8. I've Got To Let You Go - The Courtmen
9. I'm A Man - The Elois
10. Keep On Going Back - The Henchmen
11. You Know He Did - Him & the Others
12. Something's Got A Hold On Me - Jackie Weaver
13. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby - The Wild Colonials
14. Can't You See? - Mort & the Mobees
15. Don't You Fret - The Nomads
16. Claret And Tears - The Pogs
17. The World Keeps Goin' Round My Head - The Second Thoughts
18. I Just Want To Make Love To You - The Soul Agents
19. Got My Mojo Working - The Spinning Wheels
20. I Can't Find Her - The 5

Hey Thanks, Gringo. Great Link! Gringo Starr said:

Lots of great stuff here:

http://ska_nick.podomatic.com/

http://dancecrasher.podomatic.com/

Yeah. Really. Dude. Amazing what you can find if you just look. :) Count Von Tuthrie said:

Hmmm... never heard of it.

Within this group of music a·fi·ci·o·na·dos my hopes were to find one or two people with just a tad more insight or knowledge of something more personally genuine.

Really dude? Google it??



kopper said:

Hmmm, good question. Have you tried the Google Machine?

That first link is so fucking good! I love this video

Lots of great stuff here: http://ska_nick.podomatic.com/ http://dancecrasher.podomatic.com/

Hi Isa and Morgan sorry for the late reply...but the September flu. Thanks a lot for your posts. Of course the BFTGs are the best, I own the records and the CDs but thanks to your tip I found the FWTS on iTunes and indeed they are great. Raw, simple and mono. Must admit, have never heard before about the Teenage Shutdowns, but ordered them right away from Amazon. In any case...thanks again Isabella Gloria said:

'No No No' isn't my favorite, but to each his own (; BFTG is a MUST MUST MUST have! All garage.. 'noisy and unpsychedelic'! Probably my favorite series. The volumes of the Quagmire series are bitchin' too, especially the first one. Also try some 'Psychedelic States' comps.. Alabama vol. 2 and Mississippi are the best I think! Morgan was right about the TS comps--a lot of the songs are just filler, but my favorite is vol. 4 ('I'm a No-Count!'). 'Get Lost #3' is real raw, but I don't think there are other volumes.. 'Lost Generation vol. 2' is the better of the installments. Trash Box is GREAT and if you ask me, the crappy quality is what MAKES it great. All the 'Garage Beat' volumes have some absolutely amazing songs, but most of them can be found on other comps. And of course, OF COURSE, 'Fort Worth Teen Scene' vols. 1, 2, and 3! And if we're talking about single-volume comps, 'Hang It Out To Dry!' is one of my absolute favorites ever, as well as 'Total Raunch'. 'Searchin' in the Wilderness' is a comp of faaar out European garage. 'Scum of the Earth' is one side of crazy garage and one side of crazy junk.. but it's all good save for a track or two :p Okay I'll try to contain myself from anything further & let other people answer (; but those are my favorites!

Anything from 1964 to 1968. Once Brian Jones was sacked it wasn't the same!

I love "She Said Yeah", there are a few videos on YouTube, all are good. They just look real cool.

I totally agree with that point! I have discovered many little gems from podcasts and been wanting to try my hand at one too. I think it is only a benefit to those artists involved and am sure the majority of them would think the same. It's more the labels and the collection societies involved who are going to go after you. Play it by ear! SCxMS said:

I've always viewed playing the song as part of an entire podcast (one solid mix - not individual tracks) as free advertising for the band. Sure, they don't get the money from royalties, but they get promoted and many smaller bands get some well deserved exposure. Like a college radio show.

Commando, Beat on the Brat, and of course Oh Oh I Love Her So!! RAMONES are so great....