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SOME OF THE BEST BANDS YOU NEVER HEARD OF
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Name: Susan Name: Craig Name: Ken Stephen Name: David Carpenter Name: Tim Cullen Name: Joe Coccia Name: guyman arusii Name: Mike Rieves Name: Judi Dickens Paul Name: Wayne Yaffee ("Buffalo") Name: Barry Beringer Name: JR Bondy Name: Ginny Meyer Rees Name: Lawrence A. Blunt Name: Tom Carmelengo Name: Stan Hilborn Thank you for the info! Name: fan Name: Michelle Name: Rick Oeder Name: Michael Galvan Name: Bri Name: Craig LaBarge Name: CBS Name: Barbra Name: Jim Name: Fan Of The Avengers Name: Jessie Delgado Name: saskia Name: Bill Hollon Name: Brian Munce Name: Eddie Burton Name: Texas Psych Besides all that Roky there are
eight Golden Dawn discs and a bunch of interview discs.
That‚s right, we interview these folks! Going around
right now is a Clementine Hall interview disc and a John Ike
Walton. We‚ve interviewed George Kinney, Danny Thomas
and burned a Stacy Sutherland interview to disc.
There‚s more too, lots more. We‚re very active
with the trading and stuff. We are a group that accomplishes
things. We helped the Golden Dawn get 18 dates for a tour
they‚re doing right now. We‚re recording every gig
audio and video. There‚s more, lots more. Join us! Name: Brian Wilson (NOT the Beach
Boy Guy) Name:chris Dear Chris, Now go play your Puddle Of Mudd CD
and shut up! - The Management
From: Matamoris, Pennsylvania
Comments: This is a great idea! I couldn't believe it when I
saw SAVAGE CRIMSON listed. I went to PJ high at the time,
though I was not in the same class as those guys. I even
attended one of their practices with my girlfriend who had a
crush on their bass player. They had a cute guy called
Vinnie on drums then. It's weird that the guy who posted the
information couldn't find guitarist Bill Mackechnie though,
because he's all over the web and his cds are in every
online store in the universe with his prog band Anubis
Spire.
SAVAGE CRIMSON actually was a pretty cool band and were
"punk" before it was even invented! Too bad they didn't stay
together.
From: Southampton, NJ
Comments: I love this site. When I found it I put it in my
favorites right away. I love garage rock and I'm in love
with this site. Now all these bands get to tell their
stories. My dad was in a band called the Occasions (before
the R&B group 'The O'Kaysions' of "I'm A Girl Watcher"
fame came around). He played rhythm guitar. They were
nothing big, just did parties. It's great, though, to know
that my dad was in a garage rock band. I just bought the
'Nuggets' box set from Rhino. Garage rock is awesome! LONG
LIVE THIS SITE!!!!!!
Thanks Craig...get to work on
Dad to submit The Occasions story for the site!
Email: EvenStephen@att.net
From: North Canton, OH
Comments: Hey Guys---thanks for the wonderful site! Thanks
also for listing my old band, The Angry, here also. I really
enjoy reading about the other bands.
Email: Slipkid1956@yahoo.com
From: Rosedale Park...Detroit, MI.
Comments: Great site, brings back great memories.
Email: mmlj41@msn.com
From: Wayne, Mich.
Comments: The memories of my missspent youth have been
coming at me in waves since I found your great site.Some
bands from Wayne HS and St. Marys in Wayne...The Badseeds
featuring the McNally brothers,The Licrice Tree with Rick
Turk,Jim Roulo,Steve Robinson(forget the rest),The Metrics
with Chester Gwizdek and I think John Bradke..Danny Halleck
sang a memorable version of "Stand By Me" ...but the most
popular band in my town was "The What Four", already
featured on your site.
Email: genrusjoe@twmi.rr.com
From: Livonia, Mi
Comments: I grew up in Northwest Detroit and went to
Benedictine High School. I play drums and have played in
many garage and club bands. Happy to contribute to this
great idea. I still play in a couple of dance bands and
would love to play rock, dixie jazz and blues again. I am
still formulating my contribution to the garage band page!!
Play On!
From: lagos
Comments: is a nice place to be.
Email: mriev@bellsouth.net
From: Columbia, Tn
Comments: I love the site! I even saw a couple of the bands
listed here perform back in the sixties. I played in some
bands back then, but we could never keep a name for more
than a week or two, so practically every gig we played was
under a different name, even though it was the same band
members. We played in Columbia, Franklin, Mt Pleasant,
Pulaski and Lewisburg mostly. Thanks for bringing back some
cool memories!
From: Cincinnati, OH
Comments: I just happen to hit your site from a link while
checking out some info on a local band, The Us Too Group. I
am really excited to see people remember the garage bands.
The reason I was checking on Us Too is my brother was the
bass player and they always practiced in our basement. My
mother would load up and haul alot of the equipment to each
gig. Me, being 11 years old at the time, would ride along.
Those were some really great times. You can't find
happenings like that anymore. Thanks for bringing back some
memories. I think I will drag out my copies of The Only
Thing to Do and let my children hear it.
Thanks again :)
Judi Dickens Paul
Email: wayneyaffee@comcast.net
From: Denver
Comments: Our first band wasn't even good enough to play in
the garage. We played in the basement so the neighbors
wouldn't call the police! We had 4 lead guitar players and a
drummer. The best guitarist quit the group and bought a
bass, and was working with a group shortly thereafter. I
traded my Fender Duo Sonic for an old Vox bass with strings
that were a foot away from the neck. After 3 months I was in
a brand new band called "Sadstate". We played Fri & Sat
at a club in downtown Denver called The Baja. Verne Byers,
the guy who brought The Beatles to Red Rocks owned The Baja,
and put up a sign saying "The Hottest College Band In The
Country-- Sadstate." The band was pretty good, but it was
our first gig!
Email: barry_beringer@yahoo.com
From: Tyndall , South Dakota
Comments: Great site guys, I grew up working in Ballroom
hated the Friday night Polka Dances but lived for Saturday
night Rock and Roll, we had the best Bands available The
Smoke Rings, The Flippers,The Red Dogs The Blue Things and
all of the great Red Dog Inn and KOMA Oklahoma City show
bands. We hads some big names too like The Shirreles, The
Happenings, Sir Douglas Quintet, Jerry Lee Lewis etc etc.
Many ot the garage band guys made it big like Garth Fundis
[Grammy Award chairman- big time producer]. The late
Tommy Bolan, Mark Cranney [Jethro Tull, Gino Vanelli,
The Animals].
Email: jrbondy@comcast.net
From: Lincoln Park, MI.
Comments: Just came across your site by accident. Brought
back many good memories. Keep it up.
Email: ginny!davidrees.com
From: Baltimore, MD, USA
Comments: Sang in many, many local bands during the sixties
and seventies...would love to hear from other Baltimore
rockers! Remember: Orange; The Uncertain Things; Peppermint
Rainbow; Fire and Brimstone??? God, those are such sixties
names!!!
Email: badrummer48060@aol.com
From: Mt.Clemens, MI
Comments: Great site! Got some info on the orginal "THE
BRAT". They orginated in Mt.Clemens late 1968. Their big
brother band was the FRUT. The orginal members who paved the
way in the late sixties and early seventies are Ben Brewer -
guitar, Nate Peterson - bass, Mark Carter - keyboards,
Marvin Howard - vocals then Leon Mills and Larry Blunt
drums. The group opened for numerous main acts and the
highlight of they're time had to be the Goose Lake Pop
Festival
From: Leonardo, NJ
Comments: Great Site!
I always said, for every band that made it big, there are a
thousand 'fab' garage bands that didn't! Thanks for letting
me share the experiences of the "Rythmlads!" And read of
others!
Email: spacedman40@hotmail.com
From: Canada
Comments: Great site! I use it as archival retrieval for my
radio show. The show is Adventures In Plasticland, every
Saturday, 11:59pm to 3am on FM 98.5 CKWR, and live on the
net as well via www.ckwr.com or my Homepage:
http://www.romislokus.com/eng/stan.html
Stan
From: Detroit area
Comments: anyone remember from 61-64 a guitar picker named
Billy Dee from Lincoln Park?
From: Michigan
Comments: my dad is the drummer in the Animal
Crackers!
Email: roeder9807@aol.com
From: Lake Charles, LA
Comments: Great Site! We will all remember the good times
with our first band. Brought back a lot of good memories.
I'll get our info in shortly. Thanks for the
effort.
Email: mgalvan572@aol.co
From: Allen Park , Michigan
Comments: I reunion of 1960s-70s legendary Allen Park,
Michigan musicians occured Friday, February 13, 2004.
Guitarist Michael Galvan rejoined former Allen Park Village
Beaus bandmate drummer Dave Varady, Mastertones bassist Mark
Pawelski, Pancho Sanchez guitarist Terry Sullivan and the
legendary AP vocalist John Ganos. See below:
"The WILDDOGS will be playing at the Allen Park Knights of
Columbus: This Friday, February 13th, from approximately 9
-1am"
The 3rd set had the house rocking! "We been around and we
still cool!"
Email: ssunburst62@aol.com
From: England
Comments: great to know old rockers are talking
together.
I started again a year ago( in my fifties now ) after a 30+
year layoff, Huey Lewis said it best, ' the heart of rock
and roll is still beating'.
Email: labargec@comcast.net
From: Phoenixville, PA
Comments: Thanks for providing this great website. It's
great to see all of these 60s garage bands being remembered
here. I just recently submitted some info and pictures of my
first band, The Union of Sound. We hailed from the Bethlehem
and Allentown, PA area and were a part of a thriving garage
band scene in the Lehigh Valley area in the 60s. The Union
of Sound consisted of Tom LaBarge (guitar), Kurt Myers
(guitar), Isaac "Ed" George (guitar), Craig LaBarge (bass
guitar) and Jim Higgins (drums). I'm looking forward to
having our band added to site. Keep up the great
work!
Email: info@origivation.com
From: Philadelphia, PA
Comments: Go to any town with any kind of a music scene and
they will tell you- cover bands suck. Why? Because they get
the best venues, the best sound and the best crowds. Yeah, I
know... we're just a bunch of bitter musicians.
http://www.coverbandssuck.com
From: Olathe, KS
Comments: Love the site!!!!! I have one I'd like to share:
http://www.shangri.com/garage.html
From: Bloomfield Hills, MI
Comments: What a fantastic site! The 60's and 70's were a
great time to be young and alive. Those of us who were
fortunate enough to experience the social climate of that
era know what I mean. We'll never see it again, but
fortunately the music is still around. Cherish that old
vinyl and don't let those marvelously creative album covers
get too moldy!
From: Union City NJ
Comments: I remember a band called The Avengers who played
at school dances and many other private and public places.
The group featured a drummer who was ahead of his time. Miss
their music. Does anyone have any idea where the members
are?
Email: jessie_delgado2003@yahoo.com
From: Lompoc, CA
Comments: My first band concept is still going after all
this time. Check out my new CD only 15 years in the making
(lol) at http://got.to/thecenter for details on this long
lost psychedelic/garage band The Center. Peace.
Email: saskia@kiezbilder.de
From: Hamburg
Comments: Hi. Its a cool site. I look around. If you have
time. visit my site: www.kiezbilder.de
saskia
From: Charleston, SC
Comments: grew up in se michigan near detroit. jammed with a
lot of bands in the late sixties in the motor city/ann
arobor/etc. area.
Email: droflov@yahoo.com
From: The Young Breed, Answers,Waterbaby
Comments: just got an e- mail from my buddy Rick Yardley who
told me he played on the same billing at Barnum Jr. High
school in Birmingham, Michigan USA in 1967. He fondly
remembers riding bikes to Northwood shopping center at 13
mile and Woodward, Royal Oak Michigan to get -the Flagg
Bros. Beatle boots and I was telling him how I had the
Beatles butcher cover in my hot little hands at the
Woolworths for $4.19 US in the Northwood shopping center and
I didnt have the cash so was forced to return the following
day- when I returned - they'd all been pulled oof the
shelves -ripped again !!!
Email: ceb1947@aol.com
From: Nashville, TN
Comments: I am a former member of the 60's garage band The
"IN" that has a track on the new Garage Beat 66 CD from
Sundaze. There is an article on us on their website. Check
it out!
Comments:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/TexasPsych/
Click that link to visit the site of the premier Texas
psychedelic music discussion and resources group on the
Internet! Calling all fans of the 13th Floor Elevators, Roky
Erickson, Bubble Puppy, the Golden Dawn, the Moving
Sidewalks, Red Krayola, Christopher and more... Sixties
music from Texas is what we are about!
We are over 800 members! Fans of the Thirteenth Floor
Elevators and Roky Erickson are most welcome! We are the
hard-core fans. If you are into Austin 1960's music, or
garage music in general, this group is for you! Our
extensive links and files libraries are jam packed with
resources! You can chat with other members in real time or
post a message onto our interactive message board. There's a
good bunch of folks in here too. Looking for that
hard-to-find International Artist or Sonobeat 45 rpm? Find
it here! Participate in online interviews with giants of the
Texas psych music scene!
We trade TONS of CD‚s too. Look:
http://rokybarrett.tripod.com/rokycdclub/index.html
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/TexasPsych/
Email: alias@atticart.com
From: Now living in Alabama
Comments: WOW - What memories!!! I have nothing but great
memories of the garage bands that I played in from high
school through college. Unfortunately there's nothing left
in the way of something saved to share with you. I'm
currently an artist and author of a self published guitar
manual.
My site: http://www.atticart.com
Glad to hear from you Brian,
but gee, wish you were the Beach Boy guy...we could use a
high profile endorsement! ; ) -Dan
From: nelson, canada
Comments: this is by far the stupidest site ive even seen.
noone wants to hear about some 40 year old's broken
dreams of being in a band. its not even like these bands
were significant in any way to the music industry. the
memebers never went on to form any kind of REAL band in the
end either. this is just plainly, stupid.
Well, thank you so much for your enthusiastic comments! One
thing, however...if you'd paid more attention to math when
you were in school, you'd know that as the bands on this
site are from the mid to late 60's, most of us geezers here
are now well into our 50's.
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