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    • June 22, 2010 7:24 PM CDT
    • OK, I found more videos by "Garage Shock" and I think that is actually the name of the band, so, sorry. Guess that's not the Drags after all.

      Think I'll go start a band called Gonerfest now.

    • June 22, 2010 7:22 PM CDT
    • I can't tell if this is the Drags or someone covering them (and the video's description is pretty unclear on this, too). Says it's from Garage Shock 2008... and hell, I didn't even know there was a Garage Shock in 2008. Or is "Garage Shock" the name of the band? Very confusing! I saw the Drags twice back in the '90s. Once in Austin and again at TrebleFest '96 in Denver, and they were insane. Much more energetic than what you see in the video above.

    • June 22, 2010 4:27 PM CDT
    • Hello Garagepunkers.  I've been looking around for some live footage of the Drags and the Horrors (not the UK band, I mean the guys on In The Red.)  If anyone could provide me some links I would appreciate it very much.

    • June 22, 2010 7:06 PM CDT
    • Anybody read this yet? I forgot all about it... still need to order it.

    • June 22, 2010 7:01 PM CDT
    • Ronnie towards the end of Teenage Mojo Workout is quite a scream.......and Frank Black is quite a screamer generally

      Don't know if they're rock & roll enough for you lot though

      Not a lot compares to Gerry though, i hear that in my stomach before it hits my ears

    • June 22, 2010 5:02 PM CDT
    • I use a Fender Bassman TV Duo Ten amp with a Fender Jaguar Bass (red).

    • June 22, 2010 4:27 PM CDT
    • Check out Soundblox classic distortion, it recreates most of the fuzz boxes mentioned. You can go to their website a watch videos of all their products. They make 4 types of foot pedals for distortion, the classic, pro classic, multiwave and pro multiwave. These are digital pedals, I know some people have a problem with that, if you do, Big Muff or Rat pedals are a good place to start.

    • June 22, 2010 12:49 AM CDT
    • I'm using a clone of a roland bee baa fuzz. it's a goodin.

    • June 22, 2010 4:08 PM CDT
    • ...well, of course not exactly "GARAGE" or something, but still one of thee most important bands in Punk Rock history, at least in my opinion... Lubna Barracuda! said:

      and the Dead Kennedys? I know it's not exactly garage rock, but last night I saw Jello Biafra playn' with Guantanamo School of Medecine, and I'd remember that great San Fran Band...Dead Kennedys uber alles!

    • June 22, 2010 4:06 PM CDT
    • well, here we go...
      THE CRAMPS
      RAMONES
      JERRY LEE LEWIS
      BO DIDDLEY
      THE SONICS
      BLUES EXPLOSION
      NEW BOMB TURKS
      GAUNT
      THE DEVIL DOGS
      ANGRY SAMOANS
      BILLY CHILDISH/HEADCOATS/MIGHTY CAESARS
      BLACK LIPS
      KING KHAN/BBQ/THE SPACESHITS
      DEMON'S CLAWS
      GUITAR WOLF...
      ...in no particular order and of course I may have missed a few bands here

    • June 22, 2010 2:49 PM CDT
    • and the Dead Kennedys? I know it's not exactly garage rock, but last night I saw Jello Biafra playn' with Guantanamo School of Medecine, and I'd remember that great San Fran Band...Dead Kennedys uber alles!

    • June 22, 2010 3:34 AM CDT
    • O yeah Andy the Scotsmen's 'Beer Bust Blues' fueled many a party night at some of our old Edinburgh garage punk club nights after it first appeared on ye olde GaRagE PuNk UnKnowNs LPs: "well it's friday night an that's mah night to howl...' Andy Climax said:

      yeah. Nice one Lenny. I always tend to forget about the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. Part 2 is a great wee pop gem of wierdness and idiosyncracy. 'Scuse Me Miss Rose is in my top 20 altime garage tunes. gettin goosebumps even thinkin of it. Has anyone heard The Scotsmen, Beer Bust Blues. If not check it out. A finer garage there has yet to be made.

    • June 21, 2010 9:00 PM CDT
    • I can't say,I change opinion every five,ten seconds..
      at this moment I'd say...The GASOLINES!!

    • June 21, 2010 8:45 PM CDT
    • I'm sure you forgot MEN AT WORK..I'm with you at all! dan melchior said:

      black lace, the toy dolls, joboxers, spandau ballet, kajagoogoo, the monks, chicago, haircut 100, the cynics, the swingin' neckbreakers,trad gras och stenar, the androids of mu, alternative television, the fall, franki valli and the four seasons, abba, chants r and b, the troggs, jim shepard, the upsetters (jamaica), can, five star, men without hats, midnight oil, matthew wilder, the outsiders, bob dylan, fleetwood mac, louie and the lovers, jacques dutronc, duran duran, the ighty sparrow, i roy, lone ranger, captain sinbad, mikey dread, everything on bullwackies, yabby you, suicide, the better beatles, ooga boogas, led zep, black sab, nazareth, the byrds, sir douglas quintet, jj cale, abc, human league, roxy music, survivor, - etc
      (I don't really like some of these bands)

    • June 21, 2010 7:55 PM CDT
    • Question Mark and the Mysterians, Standells, the Monks, the Sonics, The fabulous Waylers, the Sparkles, Shadows of Knight, Gonn, We the People, Kinks, Yardbirds, Troggs, Count Five, Kingsmen, 13th Floor Elevators, Moving Sidewalks, Seeds, the Music machine, the Fuzztones...but, over all: THE CRAMPS.

    • June 21, 2010 7:38 PM CDT
    • I can't get enough of Gogol Bordello right now!!!

    • June 22, 2010 4:07 AM CDT
    • Tam White - legendary singer / founder of Edinburgh, Scotland's 1960s R&beatsters THE BOSTON DEXTERS and THE BUZZ has died yesterday of a suspected heart attack. He would've been 68 next month. Tam was a phenomenal singer, and in the garage punk world his voice will surely always resonate due to leaving behind the audacious and terrifying 1966 Joe Meek-produced freakbeat-punker 'You're Holding Me Down' recorded as by THE BUZZ, and written by the 'Dexters / Buzz guitarist Johnny Turnbull...Tam also made his mark with a couple of earlier garage/R&B stompers, especially the rarefied stomp of 'Nothing's Gonna Change Me' waxed up for the the Contemporary label circa 1964. The 'Dexters were whisked off to London, where they would record a couple of 45s for Columbia, before a split happened, two leaving and two staying with THE BUZZ being the result. Once the beat boom died Tam stayed in London, and would go on to carve out a singing career on the Middle Earth (including the great psych-etched 'Future Thoughts' b/w 'Lewis Carroll' 45) and Decca labels that took him well into the 70s. He then briefly had his own Scottish TV show...before the blues came howling back into his heart, and he pursued that, and his jazz leanings right up until his death. RIP Tam

    • June 21, 2010 5:32 PM CDT
    • The show is actually called "When Giants Walked the Earth: A Musical Memoir." In it, Andy refers to himself as the Christopher Columbus of Punk Rock and tells true stories of being at the beginnings of punk rock in America and the UK. It's about a 2 hour affair, with classic Dictators songs played acoustically interspersed with tales of The Ramones, The Dictators and the early punk rock scene in NYC....it's hilarious, enchanting, scary and sad all at the same time...and a treat for the whole family as the younguns should hear these tales. Here's a link to The Andy Shernoff Appreciation Society on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Andy-Shernoff-Appreciation-Society/111480742209768?ref=mf#!/pages/Andy-Shernoff-Appreciation-Society/111480742209768?v=wall&ref=mf A couple of the dates are listed as facebook events there...I can't seem to find one site that lists all of the shows, but check out the facebook link as he may be coming to your area sometime soon. Below is a picture of Andy at Call The Office in London Ontario Canada....6/11/2010....We have the 'special honour' of being the smallest crowd that Andy has ever performed for....and we are ashamed.

      kopper said:
      What is "Andy's one man Christopher Columbus of Punk show"? Ya know, a link or something would be good here...

      whatwave dave said:
      Andy Shernoff told me about this the other day....if you get a chance, check out Andy's one man Christopher Columbus of Punk show. Highly entertaining and loads of fun!!
      Acoustic versions of some Dictator's classics including 'Who Will Save Rock'n'Roll'....it sent shivers down my spine!!!!

    • June 21, 2010 1:51 PM CDT
    • What is "Andy's one man Christopher Columbus of Punk show"? Ya know, a link or something would be good here... whatwave dave said:

      Andy Shernoff told me about this the other day....if you get a chance, check out Andy's one man Christopher Columbus of Punk show. Highly entertaining and loads of fun!!
      Acoustic versions of some Dictator's classics including 'Who Will Save Rock'n'Roll'....it sent shivers down my spine!!!!

    • June 21, 2010 12:05 PM CDT
    • Andy Shernoff told me about this the other day....if you get a chance, check out Andy's one man Christopher Columbus of Punk show. Highly entertaining and loads of fun!!
      Acoustic versions of some Dictator's classics including 'Who Will Save Rock'n'Roll'....it sent shivers down my spine!!!!

    • June 21, 2010 12:23 AM CDT
    • Yes, this is Handsome Dick Manitoba & the Dictators' cover of "California Sun" on the new 2010 MLB All-Star Game TV Commercial:




      Fuck yeah!!

    • June 21, 2010 12:09 PM CDT
    • What's this 2 disc set you speak of Kopper??? I've got 3 volumes on LP, that the same thing??? kopper said:

      It's weird, but the only other comp I can think of (other than WAVY GRAVY) that mixes trailers in with the music is SWING FOR A CRIME. That's the only one that's coming to my mind right now, anyway.

      Did anyone mention MADNESS INVASION? That's a great one, too... esp. if you can find the rare 2-disc set.

    • June 20, 2010 8:45 PM CDT
    • The Swingin' Machine's "Do You Have To Ask"