This one luckily turned out as not so much being a nightmare gig, but it really started off as one.

One day, we were to support Los Peyotes here in my home town. Since I had a bad aching in my shoulder muscles, I was on heavy pain killers. When it was up to us doing our soundcheck, I plugged in my effects and guitar just to find nothing was working. So I checked this and checked that for a while and came to the conclusion that my cheap overdrive pedal was broken. I put it aside only to find my tremolo was also not working. I checked all cables again and again, and in the meantime the first people came in. I changed all cables, plugged in my guitar straight into the amp - it worked. So I asked the Peyotes if they'd borrow me their overdrive, what they did. I plugged it in - it didn't work. I thought, "Fuck, this can't be, why do I break everything I touch today?" I was sweating like hell, trembling from nervosity and the pain killers and was feeling more and more dizzy and embarrassed, close to fainting. I thought that that was that and we couldn't play for everything seemed to be broken.
Then, after half an hour of making shit and nearly giving it all up, I took a final look at the setting of my effects and stuff, only to find that I had mixed up "in" and "out" of my effects circuit the whole time, and had plugged my guitar into "out" and my amp into "in". I changed that, and everything worked. Needless to say everybody had a jolly good laugh about my stupidity, including myself.
In the end, it turned out to be one of the best evenings ever - with a delay of half an hour...

With my band, Apache Chief we're either on or we're not. When we're not on we're most likely to clear the room. A couple weeks ago we played this really last minute show at this dive bar in Tacoma called Bob's Java Jive. I hate playing shows when I'm not using my own equipment and I had to play this one with a crate solid state amp rather than my fender deluxe. We didn't really give a fuck since we'd done zero work for this show and all hadnt slept in 2 days so our set pretty much just fell apart but that was fine by us. At first we had a few people watching us, just a few of the regulars of the bar but pretty quickly they all left and we just started laughing. I guess it was a nightmare show but we're pretty used to this nightmare.

Thanks, good to see larry being heard in the press. Silky was the best

Yeah, it's weird. Tried adding the link again a couple of times but nothing showed up. Thanks for fixing it!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jul/15/label-love-in-the-red-r... I think there was just an extra "http://" in your link. Thanks!

your link still not working. I'd like to read about In the Red. Love that label

I saw a documentary about Roky Erickson few years ago (directed by Keven McAlester). Paul Drummond appears in this film. Title is "You're Gonna Miss Me" (2005) and I think it's also highly recommended for Roky fans. Here is IMDB link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791268/

great book! i learned so much about one of my favorite bands. and i agree about hearing more about Roky's early solo material.

I'm with Max. Roky and The Explosives Halloween! is a big favorite of mine.

I'd love to read about the 13th Floor Elevators period and I'm gonna pick this up for sure. But I hope somebody will write something about his later career at some point. I'm most interested in The Evil One era stuff.

Thanks for the correction. Wholeheartedly agree. Really a mind blower, where the reality is crazier then most of the myths about the band. I wish it would have continued in more detail about Roky's solo career. I'm sure there's another books worth of material right there I'd love to read. I got to see Roky and the Explosives play webster hall in NYC a few years ago and it was totally amazing. They still had it, and I felt extremely lucky to get to see him play with his old band members that really knew how to play with him and get the most from him in terms making him feel comfortable. Roky and The Explosives Halloween! live 79-81 is one of my favorite cds and they still sounded just like that screaming guitar and everything. Even Roky took a guitar solo ! Brother Panti-Christ said:

The 13th Floor Elevators are my favorite band ever and I've waited in anticipation for this book's release. AND, I tell ya, this book just blew me into the weeds, AMAZING!! The 13th Floor Elevators are the true pioneers of psychedelic music, whether you like that kind of music or not.

And if you think you have a hard time scoring grass to smoke these days, those boys had it REALLY rough!! Followed by cops, gigs getting busted, homes raided and the sheer fear and paranoia of being 'the next big thing' in their music scene. I truly loved the whole book, even as sad as their story gets toward the end of their career.

Julian Cope did a nice forward but all the writing credit goes to Paul Drummond. I've read hundreds of books about bands, songwriters, producers, music movements and this book is truly an amazing read written by a man who truly loved their music. Great work, well researched, and a must read for any fan of 60's music. ***** five stars out of five!

So far I think my favorite is Noise Annoys, but I still like Kill City, too. Thanks for the suggestions so far and keep 'em coming.

the bowels of howls
or howl

Kill City fits the description of the music you wanna play on it.

I like the Kopp Out but of your choices, I like Kill City because you know what youre getting yourself into when you tune in. I associate Yard Sale with the more 60s and surf stuff just because that's what you are more likely to find at a yard sale. I think kids would kill their mom before they'd let their punk records show up at a yard sale. And Noise Annoys, I almost associate with this bad electronic band I once heard on myspace (even though they spelled it Noise Annoizze). That last one Perfect Assult sounds good too. I also remember you slipping and calling your show Savage Punk one time which was pretty good if you ask me. Sensory Overload could probably work.

perfect assault

Service Station

Kopper's Shed. It's very much an Australian thing but. It's all about what goes on out in the backyard. A small room in the garden where magic happens.

While digging through some record boxes, I found a few garage nuggets that I haven't been able to find too much info on:

The Nite Owls   "Nite Owl"/"Act Your Age" (Top Dog 2316)

The Scavengers   "I Don't Need Her Now"/"It's Only So Long" (Top Dog 2317)

The New Lime   "It's Your Turn to Cry"/"Only You" (Boss 9915)

Does anyone in the Hideout know anything about these?

The Accused are awesome!  I have that 12" they put out a bunch of good records.  Awesomely wretched vocals and lightning fast guitar. Very understood band for sure. They have a fairly new record but I haven't heard it yet.

FREDDI said:

Yes,lot of memories,and it's gonna turn Garagepunk.com in another kind of network :D :D Yes those years give birth to a lot of cool things..Who was a teenager at times surely had share them. I loved all that HC/Thrash/crossover stuff; Gang Green-Another wasted night DRI-Dealing with it Agnostic Front-Victims in pain Minor Threat-Out of step Dag Nasty-Can I say Discharge-Hear nothing see nothing.. Accused-More fun than an open casket funeral Attitude adjustment,Die Kreuzen,Dead Kennedys,Adrenakin OD.,Alice Donut,Tragic Mulatto, Corrosion of Conformity,No means No,Circle jerks,Offenders.. and we can go on with such good bands.It sounded like a revolution and so it was. Eighties were so boring,a young boy could'nt have good alternatives lookin in that contemporary.

Yes,lot of memories,and it's gonna turn Garagepunk.com in another kind of network :D :D
Yes those years give birth to a lot of cool things..Who was a teenager at times surely had share them.
I loved all that HC/Thrash/crossover stuff;

Gang Green-Another wasted night
DRI-Dealing with it
Agnostic Front-Victims in pain
Minor Threat-Out of step
Dag Nasty-Can I say
Discharge-Hear nothing see nothing..
Accused-More fun than an open casket funeral
Attitude adjustment,Die Kreuzen,Dead Kennedys,Adrenakin OD.,Alice Donut,Tragic Mulatto,
Corrosion of Conformity,No means No,Circle jerks,Offenders..

and we can go on with such good bands.It sounded like a revolution and so it was.
Eighties were so boring,a young boy could'nt have good alternatives lookin in that contemporary.

I would never be able to sell my old metal stuff, even though I don't listen to most of it anymore (and some stuff is pretty embarrassing - the first five Manowar records or some Sodom or King Diamond stuff, for example...). But there's some real treasures in my old collection (even though most of it on CD, such as Carcass or Napalm Death). I also really love Gang Green, they started off as a punk band but had some metal moments, too. And the first two Metallica albums, of course.

I also think that "World Downfall" by Terrorizer is a cool Hard/Grindcore record, and "Stress Related" by the Righteous Pigs, one of my all time favourites.

And Freddi, you can download the first Cro-Mags legally on their HP, since it's pretty hard to get. It's totally worth it! And me, I gotta check out Crumbsucker.

Does anyone here like D.R.I.? I loved them when I was a kid, but now think they're pretty boring (except for some songs), because all their tracks are too long.

Man, this thread brings back memories...

I suggest you the first Crumbsuckers "Life of dreams" Max Reverb said:

I never heard of The Crumbsuckers but i picked up a 12" of theres a few days ago at goodwill! "beast on my back" very thrashy / crossover stuff.

"age of quarrel" has been suggested to me so many times I gotta check it out.



FREDDI said:

Oh yes,Cro-Mags with "The age of quarrel" were good too.
I would add S.O.D., Nuclear Assault,Suicidal Tendencies the first one,
Ludi-Christ,Crumbsuckers...
wow!!

Doc Sanchez said:

"Masturbatory guitar work", haha, exactly! You can't say it any better!

I always loved these guitar solos which seem to have no structure at all, but still you always can say whether it's King or Hanneman playing. They always feel like some otherworldly noise, more like the screams of the damned in hell than guitars. But I like the brutal riffs better than the solos, they're so powerful, played with so much pressure. And Rick Rubin did a good job producing the album - clear, with loads of pressure, but still dirty as hell. Reminds me more of, say, the Cro-Mags than of other Metal acts (especially scandinavian Death Metal bands from end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s often had a pretty weak sound).

As you said: Slayer rules and leaves nothing more to be said.

I'm not a metalhead (can't stand the screaming, the guitar wanking, etc) and REALLY hated the crossover shit when good bands went metal (and my hometown scene suddenly filled with long hairs "moshing" and picking fights and being a punk was suddenly something to be ridiculed), but "Reign In Blood" RULES! That album came out the same day my dad and I finished building my half pipe (6' on one side, 9' on the other, 12 ft wide, 28 ft of flat, roll-in channel, blah blah blah... it was even in TWO issues of Thrasher!) and my best friend showed up that afternoon with "Reign In Blood" on cassette. That was some of the best skate music (that, "Earth AD", RKL and the first Suicidal album). I think that album contributed to my dad's ultimate destruction of the ramp - that and the fact that we sometimes had over 100 people, mostly underage, hanging out and drinking which pissed off the neighbors; Murphy's Law and JFA doing bong hits on our patio didn't make my dad real happy either!

Beat-man's old band The Monsters have some pretty metally moments. i'm a big fan of The Monsters and Beat-man. Gringo Starr said:

The Reverend Beat-Man is a total Metahead and a Slayer fan! Go figure!

We're often running the mics through an old peavey guitar amp for distorted vocals, which is a rather good solution for bigger stages, but a feedback hell on smaller ones. You just have to mic that amp for the PA and hide it far enough anywhere in the back. Good idea with the old cheap mics, we'll try that for smaller venues, thanks