I'm new to this board and didn't read all 14 pages of this topic, but agree with Desperate Twisters about The Adverts, my favorite record of all time probably. I'd go with the Vibrators and maybe 999 (some combo of the first 2 records) to round out the top 3. Or Bloodbrothers. Or the Diodes. I might even stick Generation X in there, I'm sure that's fairly unpopular. The Desperate Twisters said:

Damned Damned Damned !!! Definitively !

Did anyone mention "Crossing the red sea with The Adverts" ???

"Inflammable material" by Stiff Little Fingers saved my stupid life too !

And most of the records that have been mentioned here (except Patti Smith of course !) ...

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

Hi,

first, thanks for all the recommendations, I guess I'll go a-hunting a little now.

The Cliff Richard comment wasn't meant that harsh at all, rather just descriptive. The very young Richard is pretty good, and I like his voice (even later, when he did this Spanish Rose stuff). But what Kopper said is true - it's the 2010 eyes that make it difficult to get the picture. After having heard the Cramps and all that, the Trashmen don't have that noisy thing. Which is obvious given the time they existed. But still ... I guess I was expecting something similar to Surfin' Bird, and you stated it, Rockin Rod: You have to get past that song to get to know the band.

Ah, and by the way: That Fall album isn't that superb either, but it's got "Kurious Oranj" on it, yay!

Wow Doc, the Cliff Richard comment is pretty harsh. ouch! That's one you save for your worst enemy or when your going toe to toe at the crossroads with satan himself!

But yeah they never really floated my boat either, but I did hear them after I had been listening to Link Wray for a while so they did sound a little watered down so to speak.

I can see where you're coming from with Cliff Richard but it's better than that. I bought the LP on some boot repro label for the song Tube City and was a little disappointed at first (I was expecting some kind of Wailers - Kingsmen kind of action) but it grew on me. Their instros are great and Steve Wahr(?) is a fabulous singer when you get past Surfin' Bird. By the way, Move It (the Cliff Richard tune) is a great song.

Trashmen rule...

of course there is always MENSTER PHIP AND THE PHIPSTERS .....

Just got to choose..

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

Thanks. Cool backstory. I love reading these histories of groups ffrom that early era especially when it goes into how they formed.

Have a read of this Rod http://tinyurl.com/2fnblws Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

I'm not familiar with that song or that group, but some google searching shows the song from 1979 and it sounded good. But not too much info on the Lemonheads version but I'll take your word on it.

High Lord Mardy Pune said:

Sorry, I'm going to correct you: The only good thing the Lemonheads ever did was cover Proud Scum's song Rabbit.

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

I use to like that "Hate your Friends" LP from 1988 but that was about the only good thing the Lemonheads ever did.
ixnayray said:

I was willing to let the OASIS thing slide [as I hate to be rude]... but The Lemonheads? Courtney Love? That's some bullsheeeiit!!!

Limp Bizkit are gods though... Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'... scoo-baddy doo bop, YEEAH!

Whatever happened to Fred Durst? I miss that kooky little ape!

kopper said:

Hell, look at the discussion threads on this forum lately... Oasis? The Lemonheads? Courtney Love? C'mon, can't we do better than that? This is GaragePunk.com... not AltRock.com.

Ryan Katastrophe said:

I don't intentionally try to hip the unconverted anymore, although I'm sure I do subconsciously. I schill my podcast on Facebook and Twitter where probably less than a third of the people I'm friends with give a shit. I DJ at a bar every now and again where, I'd imagine, very few of the patrons listen to this music regularly. The folks who work at the bar seem to enjoy it though and I do get a few compliments each time I spin. I think you just have to have it in you to dig this kind of stuff. Let's face it, the world ain't round, it's square.

I'm not familiar with that song or that group, but some google searching shows the song from 1979 and it sounded good. But not too much info on the Lemonheads version but I'll take your word on it. High Lord Mardy Pune said:

Sorry, I'm going to correct you: The only good thing the Lemonheads ever did was cover Proud Scum's song Rabbit.

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

I use to like that "Hate your Friends" LP from 1988 but that was about the only good thing the Lemonheads ever did.
ixnayray said:

I was willing to let the OASIS thing slide [as I hate to be rude]... but The Lemonheads? Courtney Love? That's some bullsheeeiit!!!

Limp Bizkit are gods though... Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'... scoo-baddy doo bop, YEEAH!

Whatever happened to Fred Durst? I miss that kooky little ape!

kopper said:

Hell, look at the discussion threads on this forum lately... Oasis? The Lemonheads? Courtney Love? C'mon, can't we do better than that? This is GaragePunk.com... not AltRock.com.

Ryan Katastrophe said:

I don't intentionally try to hip the unconverted anymore, although I'm sure I do subconsciously. I schill my podcast on Facebook and Twitter where probably less than a third of the people I'm friends with give a shit. I DJ at a bar every now and again where, I'd imagine, very few of the patrons listen to this music regularly. The folks who work at the bar seem to enjoy it though and I do get a few compliments each time I spin. I think you just have to have it in you to dig this kind of stuff. Let's face it, the world ain't round, it's square.

Sorry, I'm going to correct you: The only good thing the Lemonheads ever did was cover Proud Scum's song Rabbit. Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

I use to like that "Hate your Friends" LP from 1988 but that was about the only good thing the Lemonheads ever did.
ixnayray said:

I was willing to let the OASIS thing slide [as I hate to be rude]... but The Lemonheads? Courtney Love? That's some bullsheeeiit!!!

Limp Bizkit are gods though... Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'... scoo-baddy doo bop, YEEAH!

Whatever happened to Fred Durst? I miss that kooky little ape!

kopper said:

Hell, look at the discussion threads on this forum lately... Oasis? The Lemonheads? Courtney Love? C'mon, can't we do better than that? This is GaragePunk.com... not AltRock.com.

Ryan Katastrophe said:

I don't intentionally try to hip the unconverted anymore, although I'm sure I do subconsciously. I schill my podcast on Facebook and Twitter where probably less than a third of the people I'm friends with give a shit. I DJ at a bar every now and again where, I'd imagine, very few of the patrons listen to this music regularly. The folks who work at the bar seem to enjoy it though and I do get a few compliments each time I spin. I think you just have to have it in you to dig this kind of stuff. Let's face it, the world ain't round, it's square.

Ha ha...that was pretty good ...CSI. S.Law said:

"uh this one got that CSI song onnit?"



Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Y'sure about that? What if the person is an idiot and buying it for Pinball Wizard

haha...bet fred durst bought meaty beaty too!

so....who's up for talking about this week's American Idol?

i prefer the beatles version....personally..

but i think the stones were proto-punk...like the VU or the doors.....mick used his voice to irritate you a bit...ya know..kinda caustic....that swagger...attitude...they were only down with the hippie thing (altamont for chrissakes!) to sell records...they were punk...take all ya can....give nuthin back. they were down with the 666, possibly killed brian jones. two words: KEITH RICHARDS. he'd punch a real hippie in the face.

I don't know about that. I think TOMMY is a major hippie statement even if it doesn't sound like one. What about the Stones' version of I Wanna Be Your Man. I don't think any of the others would have existed without that one. Gringo Starr said:

Dude - The Who doing anything blows away Sympathy --- But that's just my opinion. I really like the Stones but I love The Who --The Who are GaragePunk and the Stones are Hippies.

I read that a lot of the vocals were only done this past year as many of the bonus tracks were actually unfinished and just backing tracks. Even Plundered my soul was redone or something.

My favorite song has always been the Kingsmen's verson of Louie Louie. Sure the Sonics version is fantastic, but that hit version always grabbed me just for being demented and still being a top 5 song.

I think Wipeout (Jim Stark?) said it best.

"thee best fuckin' song EVER! ...yeah, I said it..."

You can cop a very close Cream guitar tone or the "woman tone" as the corksniffers call it by using a fuzz face while on your neck pickup with the tone control on the guitar wound a fair way back. Giannis KRI said:

With cream he used the sg painted by the fool.He used also the es some times.He said that he only used his wah and no more effects.Just guitar-wah-amp.I dont know if it's true,that's what he said.We are covering it with my band and i am trying to achieve the sound but i haven't yet.If i will i'll tell you,and if you will, tell me.

Gonzo said:

I think Clapton played an ES335, strat & probably a les paul in the cream era. Also played marshall stacks...possibly blues breakers aswell. He would of used your average fuzzes like Fuzz Faces, Tone Benders aswell as Vox Wahs etc. I'd like to know how that fuzz was acheived on Wanna Be Dog by The Stooges. One of the best fuzz tones I've heard.

Yeah,the Nice Boys. brad0022 said:

Oh yea definitely remember these guys. I still have the Guitar Romantic cd. Didnt the survivors start another band? Thought I read something about that a few years ago.

I sometimes have trouble remembering which country some bands are from (other than the US, UK, Japan, and Sweden and some Norwegian groups) but I like hearing groups sing in English when it's rock and roll music, even if it would make someone cringe. I find something charming about it.

I'm starting to think that Kopper's default pic is a look of disgust.

I love Gerry Roslie's screams (of course), but there's a scream on the Wailers song "Hold" (from OUTBURST) provided by the drummer (he sings lead on that song) that just sends chills up my spine.

I figure no one really is a Beatles fan but there were some pretty good screams on some of those early songs.

Great topic!

I really like the screams that Dave Fish from the beguiled used to let out. There's the slight hint of the deranged killer in there... nice.

and like others have mentioned Gerry Roslie has got to have one of the best set of lungs in the business! Man he lets rip!

all those great Les Baxter space albums!

Helios Creed + CHROME- space acid brain wreckage. Helios even played guitar in sort of a ragtag HAWKWIND reunion in the 90's.