I REST MY CASE....

The first 'Mystery Track' on Sonic Nightmares was The Scorpions. We have also played a track by Status Quo (not Pictures Of Matchstick Men) as well as several '70s/'80s German new wave bands that could easily be called 'hard rock'. Of course this is all part of the "podcast you love to hate" campaign we have been pushing lately. Beat-Man is a total Metal Head, by the way (maybe I shouldn't have said that). So if one of the most respected Trash Punkers in Europe is into this stuff I'm sure there are a lot more here in the Hideout.

Many if not most Garage/Billy/Punk types that I know here in Europe began their musical journeys with Metal. It was the first widely accessible rebel music here in the '80s. Punk was a bit more underground and not so readily available in record stores.

My experience was totally different. I grew up in Orange County, California in the early '80s. The So Cal Punk scene was very big at that time and there were many bands, fanzines, etc. Metal was considered 'Arena Rock' bullshit. Metal kids and Punks never hung out together like you see now (Google Heavy Metal Parking Lot). In fact it was the L.A. Punk scene that introduced me to '60s Punk. I'll never forget that life-changing moment on the Rodney On The Roq radio show when a Black Flag track was followed by The Seeds! So I do understand the knee-jerk reaction when someone brings up Metal especially in these forums.

So, do I like hard rock? Fuck yeah.....
The Stooges
The MC5
DMZ
Thin Lizzy
AC/DC
Motorhead
Grand Funk (that first red album)
Blue Cheer
Black Sabbath (you know which records I mean...)
But if you wanna talk about Poison or Guns n Roses or Whitesnake here, I'm probably not going to be very enthusiastic.


----why do I talk so much???---

i like Motorhead, in fact i just bought their new album MOTORIZER, i also like AC DC and Iron Maiden, early Metallica, early Black Sabbath .

Are we seriously entertaining any of this shit in the Hideout?

i know - then they went soft. whatwave dave said:

Martha said:

old April Wine - great stuff

Early April Wine maybe, the first 3 or so albums had some good songs, but after they became darlings of AM radio in Canada...yech!

Martha said:

old April Wine - great stuff

old April Wine - great stuff

ok sometimes I'm mad but not to listen to Scorpions.

Yea..its so easy and my michelle. Dig it. But Scorpions "Still Lovin' You" is a classic. Make ya wait for the chorus with multiple bridges and a totally new change ---and then a double chorus??? Cheesy, yet interesting.

kopper said:

No. In fact, I really hate that shit.

I just never understood the appeal of GnR (Axl Rose is a fucking asshole, anyway), Poison, or most of those '80s/'90s hard rock or hair metal bands... there were always just way too cheesy for me to take seriously. About as close to "hard rock" as I get is AC/DC, and that's strictly the early, Bon Scott-era stuff. There are a few other '70s "classic rock" bands that I can tolerate, too, like Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy, etc., but I don't know if that'd be classified as "hard rock" or not. Generally, though, I heard enough of '70s arena rock while I was growing up to last a lifetime.

I understand...maybe I'm sick!!!!and I'm not saying I like all that stuff...just one song here, that song there...ok I will go to see a doctor, or an exorcist!

No. In fact, I really hate that shit.

Ok I could be totally insane but that "it's so easy" song by the Guns 'n' Roses kicks my ass...oh and also "talk dirty to me" by Poison...

No crazy-like-me here???

Michael Kaiser said:

NOOOOOOOOoooooo!!!

Not the friggin' SNOWMAN! His Rockabilly sides are amongst thee most rippin'!

NOOOOOOOOoooooo!!!

Not the friggin' SNOWMAN! His Rockabilly sides are amongst thee most rippin'!

I just heard that guitar picker and actor Jerry Reed died; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7596040.stm http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtCKwgisw0t7ftgEpx3zQa1gEjtQD92UROC00 http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212168961.shtml

I'm new to the Hideout, but have been listening to many podcasts since my lovely wife bought me an iPod this year. And I sincerely think that GaragePunk is the most awesome collection of podcasts around! If anyone wants to reply, that's fine. But I just needed to throw that out there to show my appreciation.

yeah I would be very interested in a review section...and I have to say that I start reading this forum to have infos about great bands and great records...

croatoa said:

In my opinion it would be great to have reviews here...not only about today's stuff, but also about not-so-much-known great stuff from the past (long and short time)...the reviewers' group could be composed by garagepunk podcasters plus some other "we-know-you-know-what-you're-talkin'-about" people...

it could be useful to have a "file under" section (for example: if the hellacopters are your favorite band, what you have to listen to...), and a sort of best records profile of each reviewer, to know his/her musical taste...

it could be also useful to have different taste reviewers to write about the same record...

(ok maybe today i worked to hard, and it's to late...must go to bed)

It sounds like a great idea! I'd love to be a reviewer... you can sign me up!

Maribel said:

Missed this show to to go Johnny Rad Fest! I regret it!

Not sure... Good question.

C'mon bloggers! Let's hear your input.

Where would you "promote" it?

Anyone mention The Troggs?
Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs?
Rev. Beat-Man?
Dead Moon?

I completely agree. I saw the Slickee Boys play again on Saturday and they can still bring it after 34 years! whatwave dave said:

The Flamin' Groovies
The Slickee Boys
The Droogs

those are some of the bands that got this thing rolling again in the 70's....

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