I haven't read the entire discussion, but after I saw that 'commercial' on renegade nation, I feel compelled to say that it seems like this Little Steven character represents everything I stand against. The only reason I was ever attracted to the name was because I saw a THEM cd sitting on a shelf of an Underground Garage display at Best Buy a few years ago. He's taking something pure and trying to package it and mass-market it and while I'm all in favor of educating kids about music or whatever he's doing with his "rock & roll high school" [original name, btw] joint, I wouldn't want a guy like him doing it. He's getting on talk shows and spewing drivel disguised [poorly] as passion. I'm starting to think that what all these guys are doing, and the crappy watered-down revival bands that tout themselves as "garage", is completely separate from anything real and from everything garage means to me and so many others. I don't care how awesome the website is when it finally is launched [if it hasn't been already].. it just doesn't seem real to me. [in fact it seems so straaange ;p ]

Blech. That's all I have to say.

I'm ashamed that I haven't seen that. Somehing came to my mind after you said that which is probably closer to my dancing style: Walter Matthau when he goes to a discotheque with Goldie Hawn in "The Cactus Flower."

I like the scene in 'To Sir, With Love' when the teacher & student dance to the Mindbenders. A little cheesy, but fun (: DammitDave said:

Or what are the best movies with dance scenes?

I've watched every episode of Shindig, Hullabaloo and Hollywood A Go-Go that I could get my grimy little generation-Y hand on, and I'm a better dancer for it (; Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Don't worry...my mom use to spell potato the same way. I don't understand why the plural adds an e which probably adds to the confusion.

This is a great discussion by the way. I was reading in my local paper (for Vashon, WA) that they cancelled the high school prom due to low ticket sales. Why low ticket sales? Because the school banned grinding, which isn't even dancing as far as I'm concerened. I can't understand how it is that kids can't learn real dancing, even Washington DC go go styles. I'm starting to think that watching Shindig and Hullabaloo should be a school requirement.

DammitDave said:

Kopper - That's either the British spelling or my s must have blown off. That usually happens after a night of draught ale and cauliflower cheese. I should have used spell cheque. Either way, colour me embarressed (rosy red with severe shame).

60 days in jail for trespassing, 58 suspended - on probation for six months; had to get pardoned later in the '60s by Vermont's governor so they could hold jobs... didn't get back together because being underage, parents sent them off to college - this was '62 mind you, rock was still the devil's music! Mike reformed the Ravens immediately with new members - you can hear their one stab at rock n roll immortality on the above website's "Oobie Doobie Do," which was unreleased at the time (I found the master tape in 2004)... after he left, that band morphed into the Thunderbolts and did a nice Brit Invasion style 45 called "Heart So Cold" - recorded around the same time as the Beau Brummels first sides, although it wasn't released until mid-'65. The original Mike & The Ravens did get back together 45 years after their last 45 to record - don't shudder: Chuck Eddy of "Billboard" named their album to his Top 100 Albums list of 2008. You can hear last year's release, "No Place For Pretty," at www.myspace.com/miketheravensnow

Way cool! Yeah, I am curious to how long they were banged up... Why didnt' they just reform when they got out? Or was it one of those crass make an example john sinclair situations?

How long was their sentence? Assuming the stunt put the morality of youths in an 8 mile radius at risk.

Punk rock!

48 years ago tonight, three Ravens - Steve Blodgett, Brian Lyford and Peter Young - broke into the Stowe Community Church in Vermont, playing a rock n roll LP over the steeple PA... it could be heard 8 miles away... all three members went to jail, effectively breaking up the band...

listen and download for free the 45s they'd recorded over the previous months at www.myspace.com/miketheravens

Howlin' for My Darling and I'm a No-Count are my favorites. (: OH, and Move It has some good tracks too!

I dig their covers of Fogery, Wild Horses (Stones) and K. Richards:):)

Yeah, this came out, what, last year sometime? I'm embarrassed to say I completely forgot to buy this one, though. Thanks for the reminder! Also, two unreleased Revelators tunes are available on the Landlocked & Loaded! comp. on TIRC Records. Download 'em here: http://www.troubleinrivercity.com/releases/va-landlocked-loaded-cd-tirc-001/

It's a Killer LP!!! Really glad that Crypt was finally able to get it out!

Coming from very far away in rockland, I have to say every single song of the boys!:) ....even the wimpy period like the mid 80s:)....BUT my absolute faves are all their PSYCHEDELIC stuff from the HMR album:)......Citadel KOs me all the time :):)

dancing with mr. d- a little darker than most of their stuff- just is a great song- different!

HUUUMMM Imust play " I Wanna Be Your Man " on my show... Mole said:

"Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow?" - a glorious cacophony of compressed sound, hurtling along like a runaway train! Dig that gnarly wah-wah intro and Jagger's ultra-sardonic vocal. "I Wanna Be Your Man" probably a close second, probably the most chaotic, distorted track released in the UK at that point [late '63]. If THAT ain't punk rock, I don't know what is!!!!

"Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow?" - a glorious cacophony of compressed sound, hurtling along like a runaway train! Dig that gnarly wah-wah intro and Jagger's ultra-sardonic vocal. "I Wanna Be Your Man" probably a close second, probably the most chaotic, distorted track released in the UK at that point [late '63]. If THAT ain't punk rock, I don't know what is!!!!

Thought it over and I decided to go ahead and add them. I listened to a lot of the other casts and figured if they haven't got caught all these years, chances are I won't either. Thanks for all the help!

kopper said:

No, that would be the least they could do (IF they want to go after you). The *worst* they could do is sue you for copyright infringement. Fashdad Ogrimlachek said:

Thanks for the info. I figure the Monks and Sonics songs won't be that heavily protected. I guess the worst they would probably do is take it down.

No, that would be the least they could do (IF they want to go after you). The *worst* they could do is sue you for copyright infringement. Fashdad Ogrimlachek said:

Thanks for the info. I figure the Monks and Sonics songs won't be that heavily protected. I guess the worst they would probably do is take it down.

Thanks for the info. I figure the Monks and Sonics songs won't be that heavily protected. I guess the worst they would probably do is take it down.

'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!

The Pebbles trash box (though they sound like sh*t quality wise) have many gems that I don't think are comped anyplace else. Many comps have a few fantastic tracks and a lot of mediocre ones in my opinion. Like if you could take The Girls In The Garage or the Fuzz Flaykes & Shakes and narrow all the best songs down to just one CD you'd have an absolutely amazing and essential comp. Outside the ones you mentioned I rarely find one that has more than a few songs that are truly indispensable. The two glaring exceptions are Teenage Shutdown ~ The World Aint Round It's Square and Teenage Jangler Blowout. Those were the first two garage comps I ever bought and after listening to the rest of the TS series I realized that I had just by accident picked out the best two! IMHO

The Petty comp has The Morfomen! They were from Santa Fe. I know the leader, Dave Rarek.

Thanks do you, I decided to keep my 60s Garage and Psych LP collection and best of all, I even decided to buy new records on CD, something I haven´t done in a long time. Going through my records and CDs I browsed through all these Mindrockers, GPUs, Pebbles, Nuggets, Boulders and and and and was wondering what´s your favorite one.
In the beginning mine was Pebbles, then later on Back from the Grave and Garage Punk Unknowns,....today...I can´t decide anymore...but some I can hear over and over again, are "No No No: 28 Moody, Somber and Tragic '60s Garage Rock Sagas" from Arf! Arf! Records and "Now hear this: Garage and Beats from the Norman Petty Vaults" from Big Beat. But there are so many more...