P-90s and a Rat pedal are a magical combination. I have P-90s in my '65 SG Special and with flat wounds I can get that guitar to sound either twangy for country, or get that cool Robby Krieger Doors sound (neck pick-up with tone rolled back a bit and the Rat about halfway on the Distortion and Tone), also that full Eric Clapton "Woman Tone" of early Cream (not that I care for that much) and finally that Ramones/Pistols punk sound when needed. The Country guys all roll their eyes when they see me break out the "Devil Horned Heavy Metal Guitar" (as they are all attached to their Tele's and Les Pauls) but the SG is a very versitile guitar and about half the weight of a Paul. The SG Special had P-90s and was the choice of guitarists like Pete Townshend until about 1972 (when he found them harder to aquire and switched to a Les Paul) I like it because it has a bit more wood around the pick up that a standard issue SG with Humbuckers in it. I toyed with putting in Alnico mini-humbuckers (from a Firebird V) but decided I like what I have so far.

The other pedal I like is a (not so) cheapo Ross Distortion Pedal. I got mine for $5 at a garage sale (my second one) and later saw one at a local music store for $100 or so. I just laughed and laughed about that. That store will never sell it for that price (even in total mint condition) they weren't that good. I could build a knock off with some circuit board and some over-the counter Ratshack electronics.

Go figure. There is another solution, Build your own dang pedals! There are plenty of schmatices out there to borrow from. Anyone thought about that?

Yet another vote for a vintage ProCo Rat. There_was_a smaller "Rat 2" there for a while that seems to work OK w/ solid-state amps~ you'd only see one used, now. A Sonic Youth fave, esp. w/ Jaguar + Jazzmaster guitars.

Danelectro's obscure Bacon 'n Eggs Mini Amp/ Distortion produces only one tone, but it's killer esp. linked to a P-90 pickup. When it's not doing that, it acts as a 1W battery amp w/ built-in speaker. Mine survived a trip to Burning Man~ still OK.

Who here's any good at wikipedia? If someone gets one started, I'm sure we can all contribute. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Music_websites garagepunk.com needs to be here.

I use Rotosound Trubass black nylon strings on my PGW Phantom bass. They make the bass sound like a double bass.

I seem to recall reading something once about the strings in the 50's and 60's. I think it said that they were made of something that made it harder to get distortion. I wonder if that made a difference in the sound of Link Wray or The Kinks for example. What kind kind of strings do you use?

they are in no paticular order:
1. any one of the ramones first 4 albums(rocket to russia, leave home, ramones or road to ruin)
2. the who-who are you
3. motorhead-overkill or ace of spades
4. stray cats-hard to find there actual cd's but greatest hits will do
5. Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [4cd Box] not your popular hits from the 50's but this shit rocks!
6. rolling stones- sticky fingers or let it bleed
7. any of cheap tricks first 3 cd's(cheap trick, in color or heaven tonight) live At Budokan: The Complete Concert is outstanding also
8. elvis costello- this years girl
9. deep purple- machinehead or who do you think we are? fireball, in rock and perfect strangers are outstanding too!
10.i'll have to finish this list off with...
anything from johnny cash!
i hope this helps ya out. good luck. jay

Someone from Lamps just put up a bunch of hard to find records on their ebay account: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmisterbidjangles

start your own 'garage rock' collection.

manilow, hooker, real kids, missing persons, falco. if it's in your garage and you rock to it, you just did your own math.

*youalwayshavetohaveanexploitedalbum

sure do pm me and ill send some details

http://lowcut.dk/ Brutal Knights, Hip Priests, Hex Dispensers, Human Eye, Orange Sunshine, Baby Woodrose, Space Rock Spectacular, Live On Earth, Bohren and der club of Gore etc. 2008 will see Lowcut in a different form with running updates etc. and a new webmaster. Enjoy!

I had the pleasure of seeing them perform at Norton's SXSW showcase, Mary Weiss and the Reigning Sound, that is. Man, she sounded great!

Ditto !

I thought the Paul Weller forum was pulled due the constant porn spam that was being posted. It was also pretty much unmoderated, the record company or anyone connected to PW didn't seem to give much of a shit about the site, as most of it hadn't been updated in ages.

i first heard about it here: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=165875891&blogID=353093229 then after watching a coupla rob and big episodes, it came to fruition. i think i saw 3 or 4 spots. none including hr. maybe his spot will be during the finale of parental control. *fanoftheboilingpoints fortune

There were some great videos in there. Always love a Billie Childish performance. http://youtube.com/watch?v=xAW9e66Vuos Not sure if anyone else is interested, but Kevin Brown is a youtuber has a ton of great live performances: http://youtube.com/user/KevinBrownsvideos

Does anyone else spend way too much time surfing youtube for live performances? Throw them in this thread and share your finds! Here's a few for now. I'll add more later... Coachwhips (off their Double Death cd/dvd): http://youtube.com/watch?v=tbTWFj2SMX8 Spaceshits: http://youtube.com/watch?v=MxREwPW8rDI Le Shok doing The Screamers: http://youtube.com/watch?v=q5GQbv2tN5I Tokyo Electron: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GN1rICVLzjA Pink and Brown! http://youtube.com/watch?v=2aqwzweFqjc

Great reply. If I did anything it would be during the 2-6 am range. Talked to Lars of The Intelligence for an afterparty and it turns out they're dropping out of SXSW. :\

I do feel Factory People were treated unfairly. It's wasn't the first time they had a party in their store, but this one fell during SXSW. The only one it seems the police had problems with.

Personally, I don't know what to make out of SXSW anymore. The entire thing puts a bitter taste in my mouth year by year. A festival that is suppose to celebrate the uniqueness of Austin but it makes it nearly impossible for locals to see a show. A town comprised of college students and badges are going for 500+?! Sure they offer wristbands, but they go so quick (not to mention I have a houston number and they won't accept that) and still run a bit pricey for a struggling college student. I'm not out trying to see huge headliners, but last year I couldn't even get into see smaller acts like Anavan or The Mae Shi.

I wouldn't mind so much, but these acts will usually only come by during SXSW. Once they make their round, they don't come back for a while. Ah well, I'll make due, like every year.

BTW, do you run the showlistaustin site? Gotta thank you for that, I visit that thing weekly.

Best way to find out this early is to check out myspaces.

As of now I've seen that The Intelligence and ANAVAN are playing.

I want to throw an afterparty with a band, but I hear the SXSW are big on shutting down unofficial parties. Meh, I'll try anyways.

I love the first Clash album...so much damn energy...and it sounds today more like an English garage band than so called punk.

OK, thanks, I guess I'll have to buy it now ;)

I really enjoyed the book.

I agree it's an excellent release; I'm debuting it in my top 5 on tomorrow's radio show. You can always count on the Fleshtones whether it's live on on record.

Who did Take A Chance originally - didn't realise it was a cover?

Is this an American or an English publisher's release?