Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll..

Thats how I define it...also grungebands like early Dinosaur Jr and Nirvana could be named garage-rock...

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The Sonics are an American Garage rock band from Tacoma Washington, in november 2012 I attended a great live show from The Sonics.
The Sonics-Psycho;

Might I add....

One of the best "i just discovered pot" songs, produced by Dale Hawkins.





And a great "the man is getting me down" song, later covered by the Reigning Sound

Some may find disagreement over how "garage rock" is to be defined. This clip of 60s home movies may help....

And here's one for Rockman - the Master's Apprentice equally amazing debut single Undecided

Hey Yeah thanks SilverDagger .... When I was a kid The Master's
Apprentices played in the home town and got in ta see them ... Wild
show but it was even crazier outside when they were loading their van
and the local hoods tried to bash them up for having long hair and poofie clothes.....Their words not mine...madness



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Jesters Of Newport -- Stormy







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Not much on the video links but does anyone remember the Knickerbockers?

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Not much on the video links but does anyone remember the Knickerbockers?

yes...they did the best Beatles imitation ever: Lies

Neil Young & Crazy Horse billed themselves as the 3rd Best Garage Band in the World for their 1986 Tour.

He had lawnmowers, rakes, large mechanical roaches, gas cans, ladders, etc. on the stage & even played a few tunes from Trans.

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse billed themselves as the 3rd Best Garage Band in the World for their 1986 Tour.

He had lawnmowers, rakes, large mechanical roaches, gas cans, ladders, etc. on the stage & even played a few tunes from Trans.

Yeah, also Ragged Glory and Mirrorball...come to mind.

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Not much on the video links but does anyone remember the Knickerbockers?

yes...they did the best Beatles imitation ever: Lies

The Knickerbockers' Lies [#20 U.S. in 1966] was also included on the first Nuggets compilation [compiled by Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman and The Patti Smith Group's Lenny Kaye, who coined one of the first uses of the term 'punk rock' in the album's liner notes].

The Rats ------- The Rat's Revenge .............







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The Five Canadians ------ Writing On The Wall







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Who can forget Dirty Water by the Standells, I'd swear it was the Animals.

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The Rats ------- The Rat's Revenge .............

Ha Ha These sound like the first band I was in, where we use the mom's pots as drums...

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stonehearted...

Is this your blog?
If not, this guy is right up your alley!
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60's Garage Beat

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Not much on the video links but does anyone remember the Knickerbockers?

yes...they did the best Beatles imitation ever: Lies

This Beatle impression is pretty good too!





As is this Stones impression:

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Not much on the video links but does anyone remember the Knickerbockers?

yes...they did the best Beatles imitation ever: Lies

This Beatle impression is pretty good too!





As is this Stones impression:

yes! that is quite a Beatles imitation...never heard that before

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This Beatle impression is pretty good too!

I don't recall that song, but The Merry Go Round were actually TWO-hit wonders here in L.A.

Songwriter-vocalist Emitt Rhoades early 70's solo albums--in which he plays all the instruments--sound like he's channeling Paul's "McCartney" album.

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This Beatle impression is pretty good too!

I don't recall that song, but The Merry Go Round were actually TWO-hit wonders here in L.A.

Songwriter-vocalist Emitt Rhoades early 70's solo albums--in which he plays all the instruments--sound like he's channeling Paul's "McCartney" album.

his vocals sound Ronnie Lane-ish

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stonehearted...

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If not, this guy is right up your alley!
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60's Garage Beat

Hey Kurt, thanks for the link! Not my blog, but it sure has the basics covered. There's something timeless about the vintage garage rock sound. Whenever you give it a listen, no matter how long it's been, it always sounds fresh and inspiring, not to mention exciting--which must be the reason the classic sound and approach of that original mid-60s wave of garage rock keeps getting revived again and again down through the decades.

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The Monks mid 1960s. Got a reason to laugh, got a reason to cry;

So yeah, garage rock is that great 2 year period between r'n'b and psychedelia - roughly late 64 until late 66. In the UK, garage rock didn't really exist and the r'n'b bands developed a unique sound called freak beat that incorparated the first flourishes of psychedelia. Good examples are The Pretty Things sound on their second album Get The Picture.

This promo includes one of the albums killer cuts Can't Stand The Pain. You can really hear a bit of trippiness coming through.

Here's another great one from a Birmingham band called The Craig from 1966. It's called I Must Be Mad and it's considered one of the first psychedelic UK singles.

The band's drummer was Carl Palmer, later of ELP.

One more for sh!ts and giggles;

Oh Those Eyes was the first single in 1965 by The Vagrants, from Long Island, New York, USA. Lead guitarist Leslie West would later play in the group Mountain ["Mississippi Queen"]. The clip below features footage from the film Disk-O-Tek Holiday.