I think that was in 2000 or 2001. Never went to a Garage Shock show despite living in Washington mostly because a lot of the bands would also play in Seattle those same weekends. I don't think Estrus really EVER survived that warehouse fire despite having some distribution and mail service mostly because (and I'm not positive on this) a lot of Mono Men mastertapes were probably in that warehouse along with some other bands who made up the backbone of the label. Despite most of their stuff being limited editons, you could always find stuff every year between 1990 and 1997 since that first year, but after 1997, nothing ever got re-issued. It was always new stuff (and unfortunatly, it wasn't really stuff I liked). Jamie Christiansen said:

I went to a Garage Shock a few years back, I don't remember which number. It was at Emo's in Austin TX and it was a great time. The Von Zippers, Gasoline, The Immortal Lee County Killers (v1), The Cherry Valance, Fatal Flying Guillotines, that band that Mark Arm was/is in, think it's called The Monkeywrench...lots of other bands as well. It was a great time. All put on by Estrus Records (are they out of business now?)

Found out this band (Garage Shock) are named thus because they play covers of '90s Estrus bands. It's their schtick, so to speak. I invited them to check out the Hideout, too. And yeah, Estrus is no more. Still in business for mailorder, I believe, but not releasing anything new. I think the last two things Dave Crider put out were the "Death By Unga-Bunga" LP by the Mummies and a DT's record. Think that was in 2004 or 2005. Meanwhile, I still haven't found any Drags or Horrors live footage, but I'm sure some exists... somewhere. Jamie Christiansen said:

I went to a Garage Shock a few years back, I don't remember which number. It was at Emo's in Austin TX and it was a great time. The Von Zippers, Gasoline, The Immortal Lee County Killers (v1), The Cherry Valance, Fatal Flying Guillotines, that band that Mark Arm was/is in, think it's called The Monkeywrench...lots of other bands as well. It was a great time. All put on by Estrus Records (are they out of business now?)

You can find almost every group I like here www.myspace.com/theerockinrod but to name a few:(geez, this is gonna look like I'm copying Kopper. I guess we love the classics) The Sonics, The Cramps, The Mummies, The Ramones, Girl Trouble, Thee Headcoats (plus other Billy Childish groups), The Makers, Mono Men, The Monks, Pretty Things, The Kinks, CCR (Yeah?), Young Fresh Fellows, Untamed Youth, ? and the Mysterians, The Woggles, and a whole lot of others.

oblivians done that tune called feel alright and it makes goose pimples up and down my spine! excellent group! one of them songs i never stop playing! im also grooving to quadrajets, motherfucker666, monjes, dugdugs, mexican 60´s electric frankenstein.. kopper said:

The Sonics, The Mummies, the Oblivians, the Ramones, the Cramps, the Saints, the Wipers, the Real Kids, and on and on and on...

wot no Wildebeests, her her Rinjo Njori said:

Masonics, The Buff Medways, New Bomb Turks, Mummies, Gories, Dirtbombs, Flamin's Groovies,

Masonics, The Buff Medways, New Bomb Turks, Mummies, Gories, Dirtbombs, Flamin's Groovies,

The Vice Barons, Apemen, Link Wray, Dick Dale, Hillbilly Frankenstein, Sonics, Fuzztones, Bomboras, Speedball Jr., Vince Ray and the Boneshakers, The Astro Zombies, Tilt ...

Turn that old copycat off lenny, yer impressing naebody, apert fae me an a'body listnin.

woops duplication, well as some old hardcore punk weird pals o mine were wont to sing of an evening 'you've been duplicated' o no here it comes again...woops duplication, well as some old hardcore punk weird pals o mine... Lenny Helsing said:

Aye I just finished wrasslin' wi a haggis masel up oan they yon Grampionio hills there likesay, but eh luckily fur me it was a vegetariano haggis eh, an me bein a veggie long years now well i was glad i tell ye as it tasted - like a prime '66 garage punk black wax circle thingy - dead rare - haw haw... Now ah hope that was light enough for everybody, Steve included...

Aye I just finished wrasslin' wi a haggis masel up oan they yon Grampionio hills there likesay, but eh luckily fur me it was a vegetariano haggis eh, an me bein a veggie long years now well i was glad i tell ye as it tasted - like a prime '66 garage punk black wax circle thingy - dead rare - haw haw... Now ah hope that was light enough for everybody, Steve included... Andy Climax said:

mmmmmmmm! I'm Scottish mate. We don't even have the decency to send out rubbish football teams coz we're more crap than the pommes, an cricket is'nt even a sport. Haggis wrestling! now theres a sport. The mood is light here in Scotchland, England. The sun does funny things to our usual blue skintone. Keep it punk and leave the politics to the English and they can fuck that up too.

Aye I just finished wrasslin' wi a haggis masel up oan they yon Grampionio hills there likesay, but eh luckily fur me it was a vegetariano haggis eh, an me bein a veggie long years now well i was glad i tell ye as it tasted - like a prime '66 garage punk black wax circle thingy - dead rare - haw haw... Now ah hope that was light enough for everybody, Steve included...

Foul & Fair Records said:

Gun Club
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mmmmmmmm! I'm Scottish mate. We don't even have the decency to send out rubbish football teams coz we're more crap than the pommes, an cricket is'nt even a sport. Haggis wrestling! now theres a sport. The mood is light here in Scotchland, England. The sun does funny things to our usual blue skintone. Keep it punk and leave the politics to the English and they can fuck that up too.

Sorry. I think it's kind of funny that the Gories was submitted by a person who's last name is White. John White said:

The Gories

You can add the Makers to this list as Michael and Donny are Asian-American. Actually I guess you can add the Mummies as well and Maz is of middle Eastern descent.

The Jewws?
The Dirtbombs?

The Gories

Let's not forget the multitude of Asian bands (or band members), too. There are also a lot of great Latin American bands & garage/punk music fans... Brazil, Argentina, Chile, etc. Here's another one: Davila 666

? and the Mysterians!

of course, and if yer talkin punk type things 'stead o garage or strictly 60s type o groups then we should also include Pure Hell

What about Death? The Bellrays?

Hi! that's a pretty interesting theme. There's a documentary about this phenomenon (it rather deals with US hardcore punk, but still...) called "Afro Punk": http://www.afropunk.com/. It's worth checking out. Cheers, Doc Sanchez

Thanks Lenny! !!! I'm totally gonna digg into that stuff and @ everybody: keep that list coming! love to see that we're "one world under the influence", gogo! Lenny Helsing said:

All right El Tiki...here's a few more in the worldwide pantheon of not just white / pale / caucasian / aryan type race teen rockers for ye, most of em a rockin and a rollin and oilin in a garage punk and folk rockin psych-o-delliccccious vein...and there are many more too, tho of course I knows where yer comin from - but dig!

My favorites are Ape, ray daytona and goo goo bombos, phantom surfers, davie allan and the arrows and langhorns.

i love le responsable´ by jaques dutronc, its french, its cool, too cool to scream, but cool enuff to get a mention! aooow! dance!