As the door closes on another #GarageRocktober know we’re already starting lists for next year, and accepting nominations of a new round of Garage Rock Saints - drop a post below with your suggestions - will it be Ed Cobb? Tim Warren? Major Bill Smith? Leonard Chess? Little Steven? Gerry Roslie?
#GarageRockTober: Larry and the Blue Notes - Ft. Worth ‘62, Rocky Shores, Larry Roquemore and Larry Slater pulled a crew together to play a Halloween party, and ended up rocking the Teen A Go Go scene for years. “Night of the Phantom” minus the sadist, was their near-nugget.
Garage Saints: Lenny Kaye, singer, songwriter, rock journalist, musician and producer best known for curating the Nuggets garage rock compilation, and for playing guitar in The Patti Smith Band. #RockHonorRoll #GarageRockTober
#GarageRockTober Garage Saints: Billy Childish, singer, songwriter, guitarist; since 1977, Childish has championed garage rock and founded and recorded with bands including Pop Rivets, Thee Milkshakes, Thee Mighty Caesars, Thee Headcoats, 1/2
#GarageRockTober The Heart Beats: 4 piece girl group that rocked their way to fame in Lubock, TX. Formed in ‘66, they won Dick Clark’s Happening ‘68 national talent search (would have been like winning Idol) in 1968, had a regional hit single, “Crying Inside” and performed until the 80s. 10/31
#GarageRockTober: The Shadows of Knight - formed while Jim Sohns, Warren Rogers, Norm Gotsch, Wayne Pursell, and Tom Schiffour were attending Prospect High School in ‘64, influenced by British blues, they gigged around Chicago, opened for The Byrds and hit top 10 chart with their cover of “Gloria”.
#GarageRockTober: The Fuzztones, NYC, formed in 1980 by lead singer/guitarist Rudi Protrudi. They exploded out of the gate, helping establish the east coast garage revival scene. They put it on wax in 84 with their debut single”Bad News Travels Fast”, and they’re still rockin’. 10/29
#GarageRockTober: the Mystery Lights, Salinas, CA. guitarists Mike Brandon and Luis "L.A." Solano formed the band while still in high school, and dropped their debut LP in 2009. Deeply rooted in classic garage, the Mystery Lights have kept the flame for the current generation.
#GarageRockTober: Foxboro Hot Tubs “Mother Mary” Formed in Oakland CA in 2007, Rev. Strychnine Twitch, Michelangelo, The Professor, Frosco Lee, Jason Freese and Kevin Preston began appearing on the Oakland suburban lounge circuit and soon cut tracks for an LP. Pure garage fire. #FoxboroHotTubs
#GarageRockTober - The Music Machine: formed in Los Angeles in 1966, by chief songwriter and lead vocalist Sean Bonniwell, they pioneered a tough proto-punk sound with fuzzed out guitars and psychedelic organ riffs. “Talk Talk” is an undisputed garage classic; it hit number 15 on the singles chart.
This Week In The Garage 10/29/1966: ? and the Mysterians hit number one on the Hot 100 singles chart with the proto-punk garage classic “96 Tears”. That’s a Vox Continental organ BTW, a Connie, to the kids in the know. #QuestionMarkAndTheMysterians #GarageRockTober #RockHonorRoll
#GarageRockTober: The Bad Roads - formed in Lake Charles, Louisiana ‘64, Drawing on influences of the blues, New Orleans and The Rolling Stones, they recorded their debut single in ‘66, "Blue Girl" Which was featured on a Pebbles compilation.
#GarageRockTober: The Long Ryders, a key part of the 1980s Paisley Underground, helped blaze the trail for the 90s alt country movement. Channeling The Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, Sid Griffin, Tom Stevens, Stephen McCarthy and Greg Sowders brought twang and to college rock radio.
#GarageRockTober: The Long Ryders, a key part of the 1980s Paisley Underground, helped blaze the trail for the 90s alt country movement. Channeling The Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, Sid Griffin, Tom Stevens, Stephen McCarthy and Greg Sowders brought twang and to college rock radio.
#GarageRockTober The Kingsmen: Portland OR, Jack Ely and Lynn Easton came together in the late 50s, later joined by friends to gig around the northwest, struck garage rock gold when they laid down their take on “Louie Louie”, quickly, unintelligibly and undeniably. FBI investigations to follow.
One of the greatest 3rd wave garage rock albums - if you can find it buy it - worth its weight in gold. In The Rock 10/26/2001: New Zealand’s fav sons The D4 release their blistering debut LP ‘6Twenty’. It’s a real ripper of a rock record that goes like a downhill train on fire. Missed by most, beloved by those who discovered it. #D4 #TotallyDownToRocknRoll #RockHonorRoll #GarageRockTober US 3/25/03
In The Rock 10/26/2001: New Zealand’s fav sons The D4 release their blistering debut LP ‘6Twenty’. It’s a real ripper of a rock record that goes like a downhill train on fire. Missed by most, beloved by those who discovered it. #D4 #TotallyDownToRocknRoll #RockHonorRoll #GarageRockTober US 3/25/03
#GarageRockTober Los Saicos “Demolición” Lima, Peru, 1964 Erwin Flores, Francisco Guevara, Rolando Carpio, César "Papi" Castrillón started playing local clubs, writing surf influenced ravers, 6 singles by ‘66, invented punk in South America, broke up. #LosSaicos #RockHonorRoll
#GarageRockTober Los Saicos “Demolición” Lima, Peru, 1964 Erwin Flores, Francisco Guevara, Rolando Carpio, César "Papi" Castrillón started playing local clubs, writing surf influenced ravers, 6 singles by ‘66, invented punk in South America, broke up. #LosSaicos #RockHonorRoll
#GarageRockTober The Chesterfield Kings: formed in ‘79, Greg Prevost, Andy Babiuk and friends took Rochester, NY by storm and brought the garage revival to the streets, with a string of singles and albums, they carried the fire to new generations of fans, and they’re still rocking today.
#GarageRockTober: ? And the Mysterians, Bay City, Michigan ‘62, Larry Borjas, Robert Martinez, Bobby Balderrama, later joined by vocalist Rudy Martinez aka ?, and then organist Frank Rodriguez, made history.“96 Tears” topped the charts for 15 weeks and defines Garage Rock to this day. #RockHonorRoll
#GarageRockTober: The Pleasure Seekers: Patti and Suzi Quatro, Nancy and Mary Lou Ball, Diane Baker, Detroit based rockers whose 1965 single “What A Way To Die!” on Hideout Records is a garage rock classic. Suzi went on to solo fame, still rocking today. #SuziQuatro #PleasureSeekers #RockHonorRoll
#GarageRocktober: The Three O’Clock - formed in ‘81 as the Salvation Army, The classic lineup of Michael Quercio, Louis Gutierrez, and drummer Danny Benair were a cornerstone of the Paisley Underground scene, eventually signing the IRS records and inspiring Prince’s Paisley era.
#GarageRockTober: The Tell-Tale Hearts, San Diego ‘83, they set out to revive the classic garage sound of the 60s, quickly signing with Voxx records and dropping their classic self titled debut LP. They were down for a good time, not a long time, disbanded in 87 but have reunited multiple times.
#GarageRockTober Garage Saints: Greg Shaw put it all on the line for garage rock & power pop. From his fanzine Mojo Navigator running through (Who Put The) Bomp!, his Bomp! record label and his passion for championing great forgotten as well as groundbreaking bands, Shaw is a true garage rock hero.
#GarageRockTober: The Cynics - PGH PA, 1985, Gregg Kostelich, Bill Von Hagen, Michael Kastelic, Steve Magee and Becky Smith came together to make a glorious sound, dropping their first album, ‘Blue Train Station’ in 1986, on Kostelich’s label Get Hip Records. Hey Cynics - Let’s ROCK!
#GarageRockTober: The Outcasts “I’m In Pittsburgh (and it’s Raining)” Formed in San Antonio in 1963 by Buddy Carson, Denny Turner, Jim Ryan, Ricky Right and Jim Carsten, They tore it up even turning down the offer to open for The Beatles. Later changed their name to The Proof.
#GarageRockTober: Love - Arthur Lee and Love came together in ‘65, influenced by the blues and The Byrds. Lee had been writing songs for others, and finally saw his future - signed as Elektra Records first rock act, radio noticed “Little Red Book” & “7 and 7 Is”.
#GarageRockTober The Monsters: Straight outta Bern, Switzerland, since 1986, The Monsters, led by Beat-Man on vocals and guitar, and a cast of madmen, tear up the stage and burn down studios. Beat-Man, et al are a fuzzed-out mix of 60's garage punk, wild trash rockabilly, and primitive rock n' roll.
#Garagerocktober The Seeds, formed in 1965, classic line-up of Sky Saxon, Jan Savage, Daryl Hooper and Rick Andridge dropped classic singles, “Can’t Seem To Make You Mine” and “Pushin’ Too Hard”, and if they never did anything else, they’d still be legends.
#GarageRockTober DMZ “Lift Up Your Hood” Boston 1976, Jeff Connolly aka MonoMann, with Peter Greenberg, J. J. Rassler , Jack Hickey, Preston Wayne Rick Coraccio, Paul Murphy and even a pre-Cars David Robinson in various line ups, shook the coast with 2nd wave fuzz and frenzy. See also The Lyres.
#GarageRockTober The Chocolate Watchband: Classic line up came together in San Francisco ‘66, their hard-edged sound that defined first wave garage. “Sweet Young Thing”, “Let’s Talk About Girls” & “Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love In)” a trifecta of singles that almost can’t be topped.
