Oh, I disagree. I think there's plenty TO talk about... but there are too many places to talk about it! You spread people too thin and that's what happens. Look at Facebook, for example. Lots of groups and pages on there where you can talk about music. THIS kind of music. It's tough to compete against that. And I can't blame people for logging on Facebook all the time... it's a great site with a lot of cool features. BUT you still can't upload songs there. There's nowhere to go if you have a video you want to upload (not embed one from YouBoob). Those are areas where the Hideout blows Facebook out of the water, but how do you get people to realize that? I know Myspace offers some of that, but again, it's a lot more limited than it is here. Not to mention Myspace still sucks, no matter how much they try to improve it. I don't have the time and energy I once had to continually try to promote this site anymore like I did 5+ years ago, so I really need to rely on word of mouth and other people promoting it by telling their friends about it and stuff. But yeah, there are a lot of great new bands, labels, plus festivals and shows happening everywhere all the time, so I don't think it's dead by any means. Wipeout! said:

My only complaint with this board is that we had to lose all the great threads (with oodles of info) from the original GP forums...and if Kopper is working on bringing those threads back on this particular site...fuckin' fantastic!

No one has really taken a stab at my question though, so I will:
There's nothing worth talkin' about currently in the greater garagepunk world....I blame it on Estrus (lol)
That goes double in my neck o' the woods ...Dixie that is.

My only complaint with this board is that we had to lose all the great threads (with oodles of info) from the original GP forums...and if Kopper is working on bringing those threads back on this particular site...fuckin' fantastic! No one has really taken a stab at my question though, so I will: There's nothing worth talkin' about currently in the greater garagepunk world....I blame it on Estrus (lol) That goes double in my neck o' the woods ...Dixie that is.

People always forget that the last year or so of the old forums was a real downer. The number of posts and hits to that forum had dropped drastically over the course of about six months to where there were only a hundred or so regulars. That was when the social networking thing was really taking off and everyone swarmed over to Myspace, leaving little time to spend on other sites/forums. So, trying to stay one step ahead of the game, I created this, "our" very own social network (that includes many of the same bells and whistles you get on any other social networking site, including the ability to upload MP3s *AND* video), and what happened? People bitched up a storm about it! True, there were a lot of design flaws and bugs early on but most of that has been worked out. The look is a hundred times better, cleaner, with better streamlined organization, etc. and discussions in the forum (the one you're reading right now) are actually threaded and linear like they should be with a quote option and everything (I fought long and hard to get Ning to fix that). The only thing I haven't been able to get them to do (yet) is figure out a way to integrate all of the members/posts from an old phpBB message board into this network, but that might be just around the corner, too... who knows? Bottom line is this forum is just fine IF PEOPLE USE IT. It's obviously only as good as the people that post here. So if you'd like to see more action, become more active yourself (by posting more often). There are still a lot of people that won't join this site because they've got some bug up their ass about it. In fact, I just asked Mickster of Off the Hip Records in Australia if he'd ever thought of adding a page here for his label, ya know, to help promote it and stuff, and ya know what he told me? "I miss the old site, and i liked the way it worked; simple, yet effective." So because "he liked the old site" he has decided not to even give his label a presence here AT ALL? That doesn't make any sense to me. You would think a person that runs a RECORD LABEL would want to promote that label any way they can, ESPECIALLY on a site where you have potential customers. But, whatever, far be it from me to tell him how to run his business. If ALL you're looking for is a forum, then you ONLY NEED TO VISIT THE FORUM here on the Hideout. There, that's simple, isn't it? How difficult is it for people to realize it takes five minutes to set up a "simple yet effective" profile for themselves and start using this thing? Wipeout! said:

Ya think that this board/site is so quiet cuz no one's talkin' or that there's nothing worth talkin' about?

This site is the second coming of the original GaragePunk.com forums (which was way more active, but a huge headache for webmaster Kopper), btw, which I really pine for nowadays....oh the memories...

Fuzzmeister said:

Apologies if I'm teaching Grandma to suck eggs here, but you guys do know about the "new" version of the old Garagepunk forum don't you?
http://garagepunk.proboards100.com/index.cgi It's only got 270 members so far. A lot that are members also joined the Hideout and of course the Hideout has a few thousand members now, so it may be that the Hideout has become the forum of choice after all. A lot of "refugees" from the old Garagepunk forum also joined the G45 forum http://finerecordingstudio.com/g45central/ but that is mostly geared towards collectors of original 45s and may not be as interesting to those who can't afford to buy the originals, have broader tastes or who like to hear about current bands.

Yeah I am a member of the 'new' garagepunk forum, but it never really seemed to catch on, not enough members with a few rare postings now and again, I never really check it much anymore. I am into the G45 forum, but I gave up collecting original records a while back in favour of guitars/amps and current bands records. I was thinking more of a forum for newer bands, clubs, labels etc, just to keep up of when bands are touring, new releases etc, so far myspace seems to be the best for that kinda info. I do miss the old GP forum, simple and loads of up-to-date info. Oh well, sigh! Maybe the hideout will get better in time.

Apologies if I'm teaching Grandma to suck eggs here, but you guys do know about the "new" version of the old Garagepunk forum don't you? http://garagepunk.proboards100.com/index.cgi It's only got 270 members so far. A lot that are members also joined the Hideout and of course the Hideout has a few thousand members now, so it may be that the Hideout has become the forum of choice after all. A lot of "refugees" from the old Garagepunk forum also joined the G45 forum http://finerecordingstudio.com/g45central/ but that is mostly geared towards collectors of original 45s and may not be as interesting to those who can't afford to buy the originals, have broader tastes or who like to hear about current bands.

Ya think that this board/site is so quiet cuz no one's talkin' or that there's nothing worth talkin' about?

This site is the second coming of the original GaragePunk.com forums (which was way more active, but a huge headache for webmaster Kopper), btw, which I really pine for nowadays....oh the memories...

Fuzzmeister said:

For Surf, I recommend Surfguitar 101 http://www.surfguitar101.com

For Surf, I recommend Surfguitar 101 http://www.surfguitar101.com

maybe we should start one... Eh I've got procrastination on the mind

Hey, thanks for the tip!

I made an emusic list of a bunch of GaragePunk-type albums I've downloaded there. Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/GaragePunkeMusic (you might have to be logged in on eMusic to see it) I was surprised that some of my old downloads, ie Live Standells, Deadmoon's Hardwired in Ljubljana, etc. No longer are available there -- and The Black Lips' Good Bad Not Evil isn't available for download in the USA anymore. Any EMusic members have similiar lists?

yeah, i know. i couldn't resist. even tho it is his real name. it's the punkist of 'em of all. Johnny Quid said:

hey Joenzy, bizarrely enough that was actually his real name, not his pseudonym...

hey Joenzy, bizarrely enough that was actually his real name, not his pseudonym...

Somebody grab me a smoke while we talk about something worthwhile.

Jesus Christ Allin (G.G. Allin)

R. Sole, played with Oi Polloi.

Raldo Useless, Biff Malibu, Jon Average and Captain Poon- Gluecifer
The Invisible Grand Duke of Rockingham- The Invisible Men
Matt Vinyl- The Blaggers
Sir Bald Diddley

Speaking of The Dwarves: HeWhoCannotBeNamed

Elvis Hitler
Dr Scatology(early Dwarves)
Handsome Dick Manitoba(Dictators)
Monoman(Lyres)

steve ignorant

Los s rule. Is there any particular reason for wanting bands that sing in Spanish? Is it a project you're working on? Just that my friend is a singer and also Spanish.

The Vipers said:

Check out Eskorbuto. I´ve got one song by them called Mucho Policia Poca Diversion (Lots of Police, Not A Lot Of Fun) which is great.

you MUST listen to Wau y los Arrrghs and Los Peytes, el mejor garageros que cantan en espanol!

I recommend the Bonnevilles too. I shared a bill with them in December and they were bone-crushingly good. People living in Northern Ireland still know the meaning of blues. Plus they played an absolutely decimating version of Death Letter.

Plus, they're really nice fellahs.

Jan 11th:

Harley Hatchet - Satan (Satan's Sadists soundtrack)
Bulldozer - Whiskey Time
Debris - Gun
The Reds - Makes Me Sick
dB's - the Fight
Suicide - Mr. Ray
Poison Idea - Baby Flys
Nisennenmondai - Pop Group
Homostupids - Elves Childrens Choir
Hunches - I'm an Intellectual
Zero Boys - Down the Drain
Einstürzende Neubauten - Zuckendes Fleisch
Barbaras - Day at the Shrine
Robert Calvert - Ejection
Dansetten - Wheel
Porter Wagoner - Rubber Room
Volt - Volt
Ripping Headache - Lies
John Coltrane - Mars
Lost Sounds - Future Touch
Manikin - Death March
Antonious Rex - Neque
Brimstone Howl - Summer of Pain
Johnny Moped - VD Boiler
Kajun SS - Bored of Life
The Young - Attitude Adjustment
Lili Z - Nix Nix Nix
Soft Boys - I Want to Destroy You
Frustration - We Have Some
No Talk - Backlash (No Scene)
VCR - Christmas Calculator
Las Nurses - Remora
Pere Ubu - Small Was Fast
Autistic Youth - Find Me Here
Cola Freaks - Jeg Et Problem
Kværn - Hvad
The Wavves - Here's To The Sun
Monarch - We Are The Music Makers
Rock'n'Roll Adventure Kids - Birdy
Leaf Hound - Freelance Fiend
Mars - 3E
Gentleman Jesse - Highland Crawler
Harley Hatcher - The Chase is On (Satan's Sadists soundtrack)