SOME OF THE BEST BANDS YOU NEVER HEARD OF

 

  • Mitch Mitchell July 9, 1947 - November 12, 2008
  
My First Band

The coolest garage rock bands!

Did you have a garage band back in the 60's between 1964 and 1970? With the advent of the British invasion, it seemed like there was a rock and roll band on every block in those days. Tons of kids were buying guitars, amps, and drum kits, loading up old beat up vans or their parents station wagons and heading out to local parties, teen clubs and dances all across America. They were crankin' up their amplifiers and those Fender and Gibson guitars (or how 'bout a Danelectro thru a Sears Silvertone amp?) seeking fame and fortune. They were playing songs by groups like the Ventures, Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Beatles, Animals, Byrds, Kinks, Rolling Stones, Moby Grape, and of course, The Electric Prunes, Iron Butterfly and the whole psychedelic thing.

Musicians Keith Buckley and Dan Angott are looking for those kids, all grown up now and possibly enduring their own kid's (or grand kid's) band practice sessions in the garage or basement, to contribute to their web site:

My First Band™: Some of the Best Bands You Never Heard Of
 

While hanging out one evening playing guitars and old songs from the 60's, Dan and Keith were talking about their old garage band Clear Blue Sky, and wondering about all the other rock bands from their neighborhood in northwest Detroit back in the mid to late psychedelic 60's. What ever happened to all those rock and roll wannabe's? Who's still playing music, how many hung it up after high school or college? What are these baby boomer musicians up to now?

Clear Blue Sky circa 1968

One thing led to another and they decided to put together a web site to reach out to all those garage band members not only from Detroit, but all across America who like them, never made it much past the state line.

 "One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it.
Three chords and you're into jazz."

- Lou Reed


Visit Dan's latest garage band The dot Commies!
Click on "Musik" page for MP3 downloads


NEW!
if you're over 50 and currently in a band with a website,
email us the URL and we'll post it on our new page:
My New Band.
(please include what state the band hails from in your email!)


OK, so we're back! For those who sent in stuff while we went fishin' I'll try to find your info asap and get it up for you.
As a way of celebration, we've got a couple special new entries! Special thanks to Ben Vaughn for all his help and support!

Verbal Garbage/Mt. Ephraim, NJ with Ben Vaughn

"The Woodsmen"?/Berkely, MI with Marshall Crenshaw

 


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My New
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The publishers of My First Band™ do not check facts submitted by contributors. All information is expected to be as truthful and factual as possible. My First Band™ is not responsible for any lapses in memory, lack of good taste, assassination of character, disparaging remarks on musicianship, outing of sexual preferences, public exposure of alcohol or pharmaceutical abuse, paternity suits, or any other kinds of vindictiveness festering over 40 years. Information submitted is the sole responsibility of the contributor.

My First Band™ accepts no responsibility for erroneous or fabricated information concerning the bands or individuals listed as members of said bands, so if you're out to humiliate that guitar player that got all the girls and kicked you out of the band, piss off, we're just trying to have a little fun here.


Dan : agnotts@comcast.net or Dan@myfirstband.com
Keith : keith@cypresssiding.com




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