Yeah, that's pretty bad. Sounded like Funky Town at the beginning there. S.Law said:

I seem to remember it being a tad more fruity but...this might be it:

I seem to remember it being a tad more fruity but...this might be it:

no, that's not it at all. actually that's pretty cool for what it is.

I am not shocked cabaret would do a cover of "no escape".those early albums of theirs are freaky. I just meant if I heard a Erasure-type cover of it, that would be kind of untypical enough to get my attention. there was no goth or darkwave leanings to this pushin' cover. just your generic gay techno stuff.

Well Cabaret Voltaire were weird so I'm not surprised they knew it. I'm sure their fans didn't. Here's what it sound like.

no, it was definately "pushin' too hard" and sounded more like the utah saints or something than cabaret voltaire. if it was "no escape" I would have been prompted to ask the bartender who it is, that's pretty obscure for a cover. one of the guys from EYEHATEGOD was there-maybe he remembers! Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Y'sure it wasn't that Cabaret Voltair version of No Escape you heard? That's pretty bad too.

S.Law said:

I was in a gay leather bar many years ago and there was a techo dance version of "pushin' too hard". no clue who did it, but more funny than bad.

45 Grave's "black cross" as covered by the red hot chilli peppers is something I never want to hear again.

moby's cover of MISSION OF BURMA's "that's when I reach for my revolver", redone as "that's when I realize it's over" has to be the worst, no balls.

blank 77-any Ramones cover. saw them open for ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE, terrible. half their set consisted of RAMONES songs(I don't think anybody at this point should be covering "blitzkrieg bop"). all washed out and stale. blank 77 is typical "punk by the numbers" even on record.

I get a feeling you didn't actually listen to that "Louie Louie". That's actaully a Pretenders original despite using everyone's favorite song title. I actually don't mind their Stop Your Sobbing. It's just over produced. FREDDI said:

Just got to choose..

Y'sure it wasn't that Cabaret Voltair version of No Escape you heard? That's pretty bad too. S.Law said:

I was in a gay leather bar many years ago and there was a techo dance version of "pushin' too hard". no clue who did it, but more funny than bad.

45 Grave's "black cross" as covered by the red hot chilli peppers is something I never want to hear again.

moby's cover of MISSION OF BURMA's "that's when I reach for my revolver", redone as "that's when I realize it's over" has to be the worst, no balls.

blank 77-any Ramones cover. saw them open for ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE, terrible. half their set consisted of RAMONES songs(I don't think anybody at this point should be covering "blitzkrieg bop"). all washed out and stale. blank 77 is typical "punk by the numbers" even on record.

oh, I think Smashmouth are pretty horrid too! Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

I think that Smashmouth version of I Can't Get Enough of you Baby is pretty horrid.

oh my god! dance version of "pushin to hard"! I want to die! S.Law said:

I was in a gay leather bar many years ago and there was a techo dance version of "pushin' too hard". no clue who did it, but more funny than bad.

45 Grave's "black cross" as covered by the red hot chilli peppers is something I never want to hear again.

moby's cover of MISSION OF BURMA's "that's when I reach for my revolver", redone as "that's when I realize it's over" has to be the worst, no balls.

blank 77-any Ramones cover. saw them open for ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE, terrible. half their set consisted of RAMONES songs(I don't think anybody at this point should be covering "blitzkrieg bop"). all washed out and stale. blank 77 is typical "punk by the numbers" even on record.

* Humpty Dumpty LSD by The Butthole Surfers. Here they are, in all their Butthole splendor.

But this is a pretty decent little British garage band. You can easily detect their influences -- The Kinks and The Standells among them. And singer Mike Whitaker sounds like The Troggs' Reg Presley with a sinus condition.

Here's something cool: Thee Vicars are playing the Eysines Goes Soul Festival this month in France with The Standells, The Zombies and Charles Walker & The Dynamites. My kinda show!

* Dangerous Magical Noise by The Dirtbombs. This is the third album from Detroit's premier rock 'n' soul band. It kicks off with a high-charged tune called "Start the Party" ... and the party never ends. To use my podcast pal Michael Kaiser's favorite word, every one of these tunes is a pounder.

Highlights here include "Motor City Baby," (which has a little T Rex in it), "I'm Through With White Girls," and "Stuck in Thee Garage," a nod at being pigeonholed in the genre game.

Displaying the group's wide array of influences, this version of Dangerous Magical Noise includes a cover of a Robin Hitchcock song ("Executioner of Love") and a Brian Eno tune, "King's Lead."

Just about all the reviews of this album I've read stresses that coming right after the soul-soaked Ultraglide in Black, (the first Dirtbombs album I ever heard), this was supposed to be a hard rocker. But the thing is I find such such distinctions useless. Frontman Mick Collins has soul in his voice that comes through on just about every song. But he's rocker at heart -- and that was true on Ultraglide as well.

PLUS:

*13 songs from (Not)Your Standard Spike Jones Collection. Sometimes the only music that makes any sense to me at all is that of Spike Jones. I was hooked as soon as I heard the first pistol fired in "Cocktails for Two."

With perfect comic timing (and impeccable musicianship) Jones skewered the classics as well as the hot hits of his era. Descriptions of his stage shows sounds like Vaudeville gone berserk -- jugglers, midgets, honking horns, bells, whistles, farting trombones, crazy homemade instruments (a toilet seat with strings), and usually a beautiful blonde playing harp.

Jones became famous for his anti-Hitler song "Def Fuhrer's Face" back in 1942. One of the tracks I downloaded here was directed toward another member of the Axis -- "You're a Sap, Mr. Jap." (Yes, politically incorrect, but hey, we were at war and they did bomb us ...)

I downloaded a few cockeyed cowboy songs here like "Dodging a Gal From Dodge City," "Barstool Cowboy, " and "Big Bad Bill" (from the Badlands), And there's a fine little polka full of slide whistles and horn honks, called "City Slicker Polka."

But I think my favorites here are American chestnuts like "Hi Neighbor" and "Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye." Jones makes them even chestnuttier.

This is a gigantic collection - 88 songs. I already had a bunch of them from the Rhino box set that was released in the '90s. But there's still plenty I don't have, so this'll be a musical well on eMusic I'll be drawing from in months to come.

* "Billy Richardson's Last Ride" by Grandpa Jones. I just wish I'd found this before I wrote that column suggesting theme songs for our governor's presidential campaign.

The Preachers were also the originators of headbangin': Mike said:

I think Esquerita deserves to be in the top 10. And for group effort, the Preachers on their version of "Who Do You Love"

I think Esquerita deserves to be in the top 10. And for group effort, the Preachers on their version of "Who Do You Love"

note to the forum: my typing really, really stinks.

listening to SAVAGE KICK #5 today. Kopper played the Snics "have will will travel"....Gerry Roslie owns it...just close the fucking thread down!

well, she's not rock and roll exactly, but diamanda galas scares the hell out of me

I didn't get into 1975-1981 punk until almost 1986. But it wasn't like I jumped into after listening to Huey Lewis or Van Halen. I was listening to garage (mostly the top 40 variety though) which led me to KROQ, which led me to the garage revival and Paisley Underground stuff. Still had a tough time with punk but after moving to Seattle in 1984 and finding KJET, I slowly grew into it. Actually I probably would have been into the Ramones a bit earlier (1981 or 2) when I found three of the first albums in some little store that mostly sold Mexican albums but the friend I was with told me not to waste my money. Well better late than never I suppose.

this is kind of why I avoid a lot of "discussion" on the internet. if it's "old", it's "cheesy" or slagged in some form. yeah it's a big big world and everybody has an opinion but it becomes tiring reading reviews or websites that seem to think the world did not begin until 2005 or something. not trashing the Hideout, there is the occassional person I disagree with-like this one-but there are other sites where everything is subject to hipster dismissal. (can't think of any music sites at the moment but the IMDB is a perfect example of moron reviews) I just choose not to read 'em. kopper said:

I'm not really sure I understand your continuous use of the word "cheesy" to describe these bands. >

Well, I forgot for a moment til now that the Trashmen did have one moment of cheesiness when Steve Wahrer appeared on Bandstand by himself doing Surfin' Bird. Instead of singing from behind the drumset (that actually would have looked strange without a band), he's dancing while singing (well lip syncing anyway). But this wasn't his fault. Management didn't want to pay air fare for the whole band and this wasn't during a west coast tour or anything. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fruHQhNe-UM

In terms of anything recorded by the Ventures after 1967, I understand your meaning of cheesy. It's not goofy fun, it's goofy stupid. Especially the 10th Anniversary album. The album title itself is deceiving. You were probably expecting all their great songs covering a 10 year time span and you get crap. But I wouldn't describe them or the Trashmen as cheesy. It may not be pounding to the skull stuff but it's not your typical for 1960-64 top 40 either. if anything is cheesy, it's those Frankie, Bobby, and Johnny (no, not Cash. He's great) songs. Or those girl singles sung by teen age actresses trying to make it as third rate Leslie Gores. Yeah, I wouldn't confuse clean professionalism as cheesiness, though. Cyco Sanchez said:

But I have to ask one more thing, without opening another thread: What is this thing about The Ventures? I really love their early stuff, but then I bought this 10th anniversary album and was shocked. It IS cheesy, or am I also wrong in this case?

Actually, this really isn't a compilation. It's the first album with 4 bonus tracks. But I haven't got it (and unfortunately I don't have that box set either), but I can guess what they sound like if they were recorded at the same time. FREDDI said:

Here's one of the Trashmen classics compilations from Sundazed Records and a basic point to begin:

what I want to know is if 38 Special still has the guy with the beard....

I mean, honestly, who gives a flying fuck?

PLAY SOME FREEBIRD MANG!

Can we keep this forum focus on GARAGEPUNK?

If someone mentions Free Bird I'm gonna go postal!