Had a blast! The first day was confusion since no one knew who was playing at what times. We figured it out and by the second day they seemed to have had their shit more together. Either way, lots of bad ass bands and amazing performances! Already looking forward to next year!
I'll post some pics. Also have like a 1 min. clip of The Rip Offs playing Zodiac. Kick ass friggin' show!!
Thought I had a clip of Lords of Altamont but apparently erased somehow- bummer!

How was The Shakedown? Was it well attended? I was suppossed to play (with The Beat Killers) but we had to cancel.

By the way, is it just me, or does it look like they've combined all of these fests into one now (LV Grind, Vegas Shakedown and Viva Las Vegas)?

I was wondering the same thing... Brian T. Kirchner said:

Some great bands on the bill. Since when did the Dragons reform?

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Yes; Wiz my band Nervous Shakes; but I don't use it much. Ivan

It really did suck. The actor that played Curtis just mumbled a bunch and danced like Boris Karloff.
Joe Strummer was really good in Mystery Train though, especially love the scene where he shoots Rockets Redglare in the liquor store.

Not only do I support this, I endorse it!

Or, should it be the other way around?

Or, is "support" and "endorse" synonymous?

Bah! Y'all know what I mean.

Hey Garage Punk Podcast FANS!!

My Generation - The Who
Substitute - The Who
Young Man Blues - The Who
We Gotta Get Out of This Place - Animals
White Man in Hammersmith Palais - Clash
White Riot - Clash
Career Opportunities - Clash
Suffragette City - Bowie

I would strongly recommend "MIndbending Sounds of the Chesterfield Kings" and "Psychedelic Sunrise," both of which you can find on Wicked Cool Records. And please buy them both, so I can get a bigger kickback;) S.Law said:

my introduction to the chesterfield kings was seeing them open for the Cramps. I was blown away. but their recorded output that I've heard is pretty disappointing-the production stinks(imagine any 60's sitcom where a character is in a "rock'n'roll" band-that's the sound).

any recommendations? I passed on "doomsday" after hearing their other stuff, but that does seem to be the one to get.

I'd second that the first 2 LPs and Night of The Living Eyes are the best C. Kings full lengths, although all of their full lengths would have been better EPs without what seem like filler tunes.

Some of their early singles are pretty incredible. (Baby Doll, in particular) And I really love how they breathed life into the Kinks' "Live Life" on that 80s tribute LP.

Great thread!

I was playing a gig somewhere in either Slough or Reading, anyway either the guitar or the P.A wasn't earthed properly so every time i step up to the mic to sing I get a belt of electric in the mouth. So, as a solution we stuck a sock over the mic. Anyway the sock really reeks so every time I go to sing I get a wiff of the sock and almost hurl, I kept forgetting this too for the duration of the 30 min set; so I'd play guitar, sing, smell the sock, and get the dry heaves. Retrospectively it was funny because its so stupid.

yes ratoonie said:

ok......were can i hear some???.....you tube??

ok......were can i hear some???.....you tube??

no sorry ratoonie said:

is ther music on your page??????

is ther music on your page??????

sorry i dont' understand... ratoonie said:

are you being friendly??

are you being friendly??

use google translate.... can i copy your comment to our ezine? ratoonie said:

i Love high heels .... but i dont speak Italiiano!!!!

i Love high heels .... but i dont speak Italiiano!!!!

(Billy's bones records) Giovani garage-punkers crescono. I Boilers vengono da Catania ed io ho avuto il mio primo contatto con loro quando li ho visti aprire la serata del sabato al festival beat.

Dopo aver assistito alla loro esibizione,assolutamente valida e coinvolgente,mi sono avvicinato al loro stand ed ho chiesto loro il disco per poterlo recensire e trasmettere ai Ragazzi del juke-box (prego scaricare il podcast disponibile su questa fanzine);mi aspettavo un meritato spernacchiamento ed ho invece ricevuto cortesia e il dono di "High hell lovers",e pensare che fra me e Simone facciamo quasi ottant'anni e abbiamo facce non proprio rassicuranti,quando si dice beata innocenza.
Ma ora stop ai preamboli e spazio alla band,che oltretutto lo merita; l'album in questione è un gran bell'esempio di garage-rock dall'attitudine molto punk sorretto da un suono di organo vox che ha fatto davvero bene al mio vecchio cuore di rocker impenitente.
Si passa da brani prettamente teen-punk come l'iniziale "Shake" o l'infuocata "Wlid crazy car",ad abbozzi di psichedelia eighties tipica di band come Plan 9 o Plasticland come in "Psychedelic poof" o "Call me devil!!!",ma la mia preferita è senza dubbio la canzone che da il titolo all'album ormai diventata,a pieno merito,uno dei pezzi in heavy rotation nella selezione dei ragazzi del juke-box in versione deejays.
Dischi come questo fanno ben sperare nella continuazione della scuola garage italiana che negli ultimi trent'anni tanto ha dato alla schira dei suoi fedeli appassionati.
Oh yeah:The Boilers!

http://www.iyezine.com/recensioni/939-the-boilers---high-heel-lovers.htm

(Boss hoss records) Dopo l'ellepi d'esordio dei garage-rockers nostrani Barbacans,la Boss hoss records si rifà viva con questo 7" split che vede confrontarsi quattro bands rappresentative di quattro diversi paesi.

La battle of the bands ha inizio con i già citati Barbacans che con "Cut you head G.S." dimostrano indubbi miglioramenti rispetto al loro già mirabile esordio a 33 giri "God save the fuzz",il loro brano,in puro stile garage revival, personalmente mi ha ricirdato i migliori Miracle Workers,è sostenuto da un gran lavoro di tastiera e fa presagire grandi cose per il loro immediato futuro.
A seguire troviamo i britannici Vicars con "Can't you see" dall'attitudine trashy tipo Sonics,nelle loro note mi è sembrato di ascoltare "I need you" dei kinks e se a voi questo non sembra un complimento...
Il lato B è inaugurato dagli argentini Los Peyotes con l'ottima "Pintalo de maron" un brano garage screziato da ottime iniezioni power-pop e con tocchi quasi freakbeat, alla Embrooks, sopratutto quando il cantato lascia spazio agli strumenti.
Chiudono le danze i messicani Los Explosivos con una buona cover del classicissimo "I can only you everything",che, nella loro lingua madre diventa "No eres para mi"; attitudinalmente presentano un garage dal taglio molto punk nel solco degli immensi Fuzztones.
A tanta quallità a livello sonoro fa da corollario un'ottima veste grafica che non da adito a dubbi nell'ascoltatore su quanto andrà ad ascoltare.
Dischi come questo si comprano:ascoltare,supportare,diffondere.

Save the vinyl!

http://www.iyezine.com/recensioni/940-artisti-vari---the-wildest-things-in-the-world-split-7inches.htm

"dirty chime" that's sounds like my goal too. hahah Yeah, nothing wrong with Gibsons. Link Wray used Les Pauls and Firebirds at different points. Keith Richards used a Les Paul in the sixties I believe. Gear is fun but it really is the player that matters the most. Brandon Reed said:

I get great dirty chime out of my JTM45. All I have to do is crank the master volume and I get into Dave Davies circa 'I Need You'. If that isn't great garage tone, I don't know what is.

I think more than the amp, it's important how to eq. Lots of treble w/ mild overdrive and fuzz to kick you for leads.

People also say don't use Gibsons for garage rock and again I'd say with the proper eq and playing technique you can get a great garagey tone. YMMV but I have to stand up for my own gear. :D

As far Fender bass amps go I would recommend reading up on some of the blackface and silverface bassman circuits (some of the circuits stayed the same into the seventies I believe) or a Musicmaster combo bass amp from the seventies is supposed be awesome. I wouldn't mind having one myself. Gareth Brown said:

I'm in the process of trying to find band members in the Bournemouth/Dorset area (UK). I play an original 1967 Supro through a Fender Champ from around 1972. I can get a good sound from it but feel very limited at the moment - I think i'm gonna need a bigger amp and maybe a couple of pedals (analogue of course). I was thinking of playing through a decent old Fender bass amp as I have been advised that this often produces good results. Any suggestions?