Legendary sixties garage
band from Bamberg, Germany. They were even positively reviewed by Diedrich Diederichsen
(legendary german music journalist of the 80s) and appear in one of his books.
Founded in 1984 and released the two albums "William" and
"Burning Down The Neighborhood" on Glitterhouse Records in addition
to various singles. All in the style of The Stooges, MC5 or Radio Birdman.-Source
...Their
first EP, Grand Junction, is an instant classic of uninhibited garage. Recorded
on a four-track machine in their rehearsal rooom, it bursts with energy and
verve. The Jug’s sound mixes the mystery of The Doors’ organ with the
directness of 60’s punk: simple, clear and gutty.
Their first
LP, William, treads the same territory, yet with a tighter, more professional
sound. It’s very distinctive and somehow innately German, yet highly
identifiable by American genre standards…-Timothy Gassen
The Broken Jug - William
(Glitterhouse Records 1986) FLAC320
Grand Junction EP
From one of the leaders
of 80`s garage-psych revival in Germany. Among the first releases of Glitterhouse
records. Fresh (old) sound and genuine (imitated) atmosphere. Had come for
making just some primitive electric noise, but later they decided to burn down
the whole neighborhood.
The Broken Jug - Grand
Junction EP (Glitterhouse Records 1985) FLAC320
These
Basingstoke based punk 'n' rollers have built themselves quite a reputation on
the London live scene, not least because of vocalist / guitarist Pussycat's
flamboyant persona that's part cat woman, part Ivy Rorschach. The Dirty
Johnsons mix punk, blues and garage with nods to The Stooges and The Cramps and
a bit of atmospheric Theremin for that b-movie feel. There's a rich vein of
humour in 'Orgasmic Pizza' and 'Daddy Long Legs' without detracting from
seriously raucous rock 'n' roll. Fans of Devilish Presley and The Creepshow
will find plenty to like on this album. -Vive Le Rock
Making
rather a noise for themselves on the London bar scene the last 6 months or so
(trust me – if you’ve seen them, you won’t forget them), Pussycat and Co. have
done a damn good job translating some of the punkabilly onstage chaos for you
the lucky listener at home.
Opening
with the infectious strutting riff of Trouble With The Devil, this album is a
winner from the start. With a band that is such a formidable live force, it is
a bit of a concern as to how well that would translate on record, but the songs
are strong enough and just so much fun that they carry themselves easily from
stage to stereo. And as an added bonus, studio production really showcases what
a powerful and directed voice Pussycat really has.
As well as
great hard-rocking fun, the sense of humour on this record really grabs you,
but without it at any point becoming novelty or comedy. You really have to
listen to a song like Orgasmic Pizza yourselves to understand how a girl can
sing about hot pepperoni and getting greasy mess on her face without being just
ridiculous, but I can tell you that Daddy Long Legs or Bad Cat are just great
party tunes, even if they are about spiders and the singer being a feral
cat-woman with a bad attitude respectively.
Nothing can replace seeing the onstage mania of a Pussycat live show,
but this record is definitely the closest you’ll get, and has a few tricks of
its own up its sleeve into the bargain. -Source
I saw
this band live a week ago and was blown away by them. I hadn't heard their
album before I saw them, but it showcases their music to date. Pussycat has a fantastic
voice - which is exactly the same when she sings live - a great big voice from
such a tiny frame! I highly recommend this album and if you get a chance to see
them live you MUST GO!!! Their 'punk rock 'n' roll' music has slight elements
of The Cramps and The Stooges and when playing live there was a mixture of
Punks, Rockabillies and others among the crowd. I can't rate this band highly
enough! Top marks all around! -Psycho
Pussycat And The Dirty Johnsons - Exercise Your Demons (Johnson Family 2010) FLAC320
Screaming
Apple Records release another absolute monster GaragePunk Scorcher. Let's FACE
it, you could get hit by a BUS tomorrow! Don't be a total dipshit and miss out
on all the funtastic joy and exitement that all the other kids are getting from
this great Long Player.
BUZZFUELED
INSECT RIOT ROCK AND ROLL! STRICTLY FOR DANCING OR BUGGING OUT YOUR SQUARE-ASS
NEIGHBOURS.
These five,
fly-faced primates hail from a dirty basement smack in the middle of Bergen,
Norway. And they only have one agenda: make you stop, stare, stomp your feet,
spill your beer and leave you with a permanent buzz ringing in your ear. The
Scumbugs play straight forward fuzz and organ driven garagepunk, spiced up with
some wailing harmonica and demented lyrics. Top that off with a bucket of
earworm hooks designed to stick in your brain and destroy your frontal lobe. Cause
this is primitive instinct rock and roll, catchy and infectious.
Based on
pure passion, joy and aggression with no room whatsoever for intellectual
stimulation. These flies have been on the wall of all the "BACK FROM THE
GRAVE" and "TEENAGE SHUTDOWN" recordings, sucking it all up to
spew out their own brand in 2015. If you
imagine THE MIRACLE WORKERS and THE BRANDED both in a fight with THE MUMMIES! Or
THE SONICS drunk on strychnine going wild wild wild in the bed with LES
SEXAREENOS. That's a pointer towards their sound.
"Bugging
out with…" is their first longplayer, presenting 12 homemade nuggets
reeking of the budget rock, no hit protopunk and raunchy r’n’b that the band
was born and bred on. This is a platter for the permanent party, a band only a
motherf****r could love.
So don’t
cheat yourself by missing out on this must have for the wild and outrageous
music lover. Prehistoric sounds from the caves of Norway. Yabba
Dabba Dooh!
The Scumbugs - Bugging Out With... The Scumbugs (Screaming Apple Records 2015) FLAC320
Frank D. : You hear it all the time: "The only bands that play good old fashioned rock'n roll are from Sweden and Norway nowadays.” But now, we have a Dutch answer! The name of this post punk monster is Fury 161, also known as the galloping consumption with (ex)-members of 7Zuma7, the Apemen, 69 Charger and the Madd.
With a vigorous sixties garage punk sound which brings back memories of greats like The Pretty Things, Thirteenth Floor Elevators and The Sonics the band races through the seven tracks on the MCD 'Los Reyes De La Carretera'. Whether it is due the background vocals during 'Playing Tricks', the organ of Don Derdag or the typical vocals of Don De La Tourette stays unclear, but the picture of a band that declares war on the "Happy Days” music in a garage in a sleepy suburb in 1966's Dallas pops into mind and is there to stay. Fury 161 sounds authentic, but original at the same time. Tracks as 'Git Some' + 'Bad Boy Boogie' prove that sounding old fashioned doesn't have to be a negative thing...
In conclusion, Rotterdam based Fury 161 comes up with a catchy record, which is going to frequent my CD player a lot this summer. -Source
They boiled up from the sewers of Rotterdam in 2000. Inspired by the likes of: Sparkles , Monks , Standells and other giants of the 60’s garage era, they soon found their own garage to start bumping and grinding.
This resulted in a 4 track 7inch released in 2001 the “Allstar Wrestling Matches”, which got good reviews worldwide.
After this fine piece of work they we’re joined by the mighty Don Juan Peyote, who completed the band and made things a little smoother. This resulted in more gigs with the likes of: Zeke/Nomads/Hard Feelings. Soon after this Don Larvey K-tel (vocals) called it a day. The mighty fury had a big tour coming up so they decided to let Don De La Tourette take over vocals & Don Druff grabbed the bass (everybody still following?)
They premiered in this line up on the “Revenge Of The Rock’n Roll Monsters” tour starring: Peter Pan Speedrock, Apers , Spades & El Guapo Stuntteam, which turned out to be a big success.
After that they started working on new songs which resulted in “Los Reyes De La Carretera” (7 tracks of the best soulstompin’ garagepunk that ever came from the lowlands). Restored to a 5 piece outfit (Don Perignon has joined the ranks) they are now ready to bring this mayhem upon you. -Source
Fury 161 - Los Reyes De La Carretera (Tear It Up Records 2005) FLAC320
I couldn't find any reviews for this album, but you can be shure, it's as good as "Los Reyes De La Carretera". In my humble opinion it's even better. Here are a few songs to listen to ... then decide for yourself ... and last but not least I really want to mention this incredibly great cover artwork by Mitch O'Connell.
Fury 161 - Talk Of The Town (Tear It Up Records 2007) FLAC320
Timothy Gassen describes the sound of the Breadmakers as "mid-60s styled white R&B, heavily influenced by the British R&B scene of The Downliners Sect and Pretty Things. The sixpiece plays it pretty purist and straight, with some tasty harmonica and piano adding spark and flavor."
Biography
Melbourne, AU based "The Breadmakers" are playin' their Sloppy Swamp Pop since 1989.
Hoodoo White (Davern White, ex-Bo-Weevils)
is on guitar and vocals, Lazy Dik (Richard Whelan) on Vocals, Harmonica
& Maracas, Homesick Gordon playin lead guitar, Cadillac Slim
(Nicholas Phillips, ex-The Puritans) is on bass while Bootpolish Lacey (Scott Lacey, another ex-The Puritans) plays drums. Smokey Shephard is on Piano and. Organ.
"Breadmakers were the house band of Corduroy, when Corduroy existed. Band and label were creatures of Nicky Shutdown, as well as the Puritans, Driveaway Service and Shutdown '66, all monsters freed from Nick's imagination to give vent to his love for the racy sound of the sixties. A love that must never be completely passed, if on the threshold of old age the good Nick decides that it is time to reform the band.... Franco "Lys" Dimauro
....but their newest incredible effort is not supposed to be our topic today and these words are only for additional information.
Today the 4th album "Cool!" shall be brought to your ears. In 2005 the website of Corduroy offered the now 24 years old excellent piece of work with the following words:
"An
absolutely swingin', cocktail shakin' masterpiece from the Breadmakers.
Lots of hip new & original tunes about martinis, highways, voodoo
and tequila, all recorded in their favourite 1959 mono studio."
That's all I could find about this album on the net and in my archives.
The Breadmakers - Cool! (Corduroy Records 1996) FLAC320
LP-version with 8 Bonus-Trax in VBR ....Thanx so much, Mr. Eliminator
It's been a long time since this album was released (February 2019) and no one told me about it .... but now that I've stumbled across it, I feel the need to recommend this "10 out of 10 points" album to YOU (just in case you doesn't discovered it yourself before). As usual I leave the talking about it to other, more eloquent people. Big big thanks to them.
Have the Windom Earles
crafted a genre all to themselves? The 5-piece surf punk outfit from
Manchester, UK have released an album fueled with fuzz, punk and chaotic
rockabilly. Call it Fuzzabilly or what ever, this album is an absolute
entertaining piece of work. Mai Tai Pink Eye shines from
beginning to end with it’s fuzz-laced rockabilly. Thee Windom Earles
take influences from bands like The Cramps and Amazing Royal Crowns and
toss in some punk distortion along with stoner rock energy. Now this may
sound disorganized, but it works. The band throw a ton of punkish
attitude into the album while sticking to their rockabilly roots. The
icing on the cake may be the lead vocals who reminds us of an odd blend
of David Yow, Lux Interior and a bit of Glen Danzig from his Misfits
days. The bottom line is this album crosses into so many rock genres
it’s ridiculous. Fans who love stoner to hard rock and puck to hardcore
will find it hard not to get into this album. -Source
This video was recorded live for broadcast at Thee Earles Cave on Wednesday 20th of
August 2020. See your favourite greasy hotdogs blast through a half hour
of foot stompin', wig flippin, garbage fire rock & roll.
A review by
Olivia C. from her brilliant blog "Beat In My Bones.":
If you’re looking for something extra creepy &
extra trashy- then you’ve GOT to listen to Manchester’s finest Thee Windom
Earles. They are a fascinating band that make you feel like you’ve stepped into
some weird Horror B-Movie. They are off the wall, in your face and just
brilliant. Think along the lines of Captain Beefheart and The Cramps, then
you’ll get it.
Where do
you begin with a band like this? I know nothing about them, all I know is that
they are from the greatest city in the world (Manchester) and they make the
kind of music that would even move us fellow introverts. They’ve got a really
cool style, and this Psychobilly sound is just exceptional. You cannot help but
move when you listen to them, and you cannot help but play their music super
loud.
Their debut
record, Mai Tai Pink Eye came out in February this year. I know, I’m late with
this one. But it’s such a great record. You don’t feel like you’re listening to
a band from 2019. There is something nostalgic about this record- they’ve got
every essence of The Cramps, but they don’t do it in a rip-off style at all. They
take this creepy Rock ‘n’ Roll sound and make it theirs. If The Cramps came
from Manchester, they’d probably sound like this. Songs like Sex Pizzeria are
MADE to be played super loud and Oom Sha Cha too. Just play the whole record
loud at least 5 times a day. You’ll feel better for it.
Mai Tai
Pink Eye is not only probably the best name for a record you’ll hear this year,
but it’s also got a such a tight sound. The production is flawless, and the
sound is beautifully unruly. It is the best form of chaos possible- it’s
basically a band making a lot of noise and having a great time doing so. I’m
having a great time listening to it! It is such a thrilling record. Bands like
Thee Windom Earles and Night Shades who are making their own style of Rock ‘n’
Roll right now; I’d love to see both play a show together. It would be insane. To
hear a sound so refreshing on this record just makes you fall in love with
music over and over again. Songs like Lunchtime Munchtime and Freight Elevator
are just these incredible pieces of real Rock music. There’s the Garage Rock
thrown in, there’s the effortlessly cool and weird style that lures you in. The
vocals are delivered with this infectious energy that is happening throughout
the whole record. I cannot praise this monster of a record enough! You cannot
help but play every single song to death. It’s only 9 tracks long, but those
tracks are enough to have you hooked in every single way. You’ll be having
dreams about this record.
Lick The Flipper has this awesome Surf Rock feel to it, but it also has something a little
eerie/sinister about it. I just love how the band mess with your head. The only
thing that’s consistent is how brilliant they are- everything else is a
pleasant surprise. You just have no idea how the next song is going to hit you.
I think this is the song I’m obsessed with the most (for now) it’s definitely a
stand-out song on this record, but truth be told, the whole record is an
underrated masterpiece. Manchester is truly home to some amazing musicians and
bands- Thee Windom Earles absolutely back this notion up for sure.
When you listen to this record you cannot help but let it take over your
soul. You feel like it has corrupted you in the best way, and all good music
makes you feel this way somehow. Imagine being about 14/15 years old, and
finding a band like Thee Windom Earles and just letting this sound blow your
mind, and you end up starting your own band? That’d be so cool. Instead, as a
32 year old, I’m just in awe of the band and I’m so glad they exist. I’m so
glad I found them. Just when I think I couldn’t love this city even more,
something like this happens! I think it is safe to say that Mai Tai Pink Eye is
probably the year’s most underrated record. It’s got everything you could
possibly want from a pure Rock ‘n’ Roll record.
The Booby Traps are influenced by the raw fuzz sounds of garage bands
from the 60's & melodies & arrangments from the girl groups of
the same era. Also throw in a bit of grit & swagger from all the
great R'n'B artists from the 50's/60's. The Booby Traps are united in their
passion for all things primitive and swingin! The Booby Traps have had
the pleasure of sharing the stage with The Hoodoo Gurus, The Stems, The
Johnnys, The Detroit Cobras, The
Persian Rugs, 5,6,7,8's, Intercontinental Playboys, Dolly Rocker Movement,
The Groovie Ghoulies....and many more.
The release of their CD "Be My Caveman" saw the
Booby Traps fan base explode! A second pressing was rapidly produced
after selling out their original 500 copies within a few months! The
4-track studio recording, with 5 live bonus tracks, encapsulated their
raw, garage punk rock sound, a mere entrée to what was yet to come!
Their full-length album has just been released in 2006. 13 new
recordings, keeping true to their 60's punk roots and having switched up a
gear, thrown out the manual and burnt up the track to produce a main
course of fuzz-laden dance-floor stompers. Punters need not order
dessert.
Since The Booby Traps started in 2003 the reviews of their
shows have always been favourable, highlighting the unique sounds that
they have showcased to the Sydney public. Here are a few excerpts from
some of these reviews Sneering Shangri-las inspired girl-group, meets
the fuzz monsters from the garage. Primevil & raw, with a lead
singer thats equal parts Gerry Roslie (of Sonics fame) & wild cat
hillbilly. Go see 'em, they're great to watch. You'll dance & shake,
youll be revived. The Booby Traps would
have to be the hardest working garage band currently playing the Sydney
circuit. They're great at what they do and that whole accelerator-down,
chicks-with-flick knives feel that their music has, is pretty special. A
Booby Traps show is always an enjoyable one. Plenty of sixties garage
comin at you. Screaming, nasty vocals, warm fuzzy guitar that takes me
to a time when Boss Hoss and Skinny Minny let the good times roll. Sweet
melodies and drumbeats that come from the heart of all things garage.
The Booby Traps were rockin and rollin and the only thing the crowd were
left with were extremely sore feet. Mod escapees from a Russ Meyer
flick! -Source
The Booby Traps - Be My Caveman (9 Tr. CD-Single, Off The Hip 2007) FLAC320
Lookout! cuzz headin' your way
in rev-o-phonic sound--it's the Phantom Jets! They're all new, and they're what
are happening now in the Capital City. Coming at you
with a style of beat music borrowing from the wyldest groups of the 60's, but
also incorporating the hi-energy styles of today, the Phantom Jets play songs
reverberating with the sounds of minor-key 60's garage pop, fuzzed-out punkers,
and a bit of reverb-drenched spooky surf thrown into the mix. They are a group
with a single mission....to get people's feet moving with rockin' sounds!
Furthermore, they're out to prove that you don't need amps with 19 rectifiers,
or a drum kit with 20 pieces, and that 2-3 minute songs can get the job done
just as well as any.....and that time spent perfecting a song is time that
could be better used learning a new one...No need to keep your eyes and ears
peeled for the Phantom Jets, they guarantee you'll hear them a-coming! -Source
Germany's
fabulistic Screaming Apple Records present for your delectation ''The
Phantom Jets''... a Sacramento, CA quartet comprising of John, Frank,
Ted and Farfisa-squealer Sarah. If hip-swingin', surf-centred, garage teen-beat
party punk is the thing that readily floats your boat, then you may soon be
under the Jets' spell. The
emphasis is on loudmouth, Jagger-by-Prevost-style hand-on-hip snotty vocals,
dual-packed with reverberating twangs and speed-fueled rhythmic exhortations to
frug the night away like there be no tomorrow. And who knows with these cats
around...to them it wouldn't matter where you be… the supermarket, dentist's
chair, school dining room or better still the parking lot of the local fleapit
drive-in where the kids smoke‘n twist while schlock horror flicks play on a
constant loop. But you
always have to watch your back for deadbeat monsters and teenage zombie-head
losers who lurk in every doorway and around every dark corner followed by
unambiguous trilby-attired spies all of whom are out to do you no good, or at
the very least steal your date right out from under your nose... perhaps
they'll then do unspeakable things. Whoooo-haaa, file under sped-up cartoon
garage punk fun. -Lenny Helsing (Review from "Lost in Tyme issue #5)
Phantom Jets - The Phantom Jets Play The ''Phantom Jet Set'' (Vinyl, Screaming Apple Records 2008) FLAC320
The
Firebirds, as “good old garage rockers from Groningen” they describe themselves on
their FB-site, originated in 1991 from the Five Fantastic Firebirds with the
guitarists Albert Jan Scheper and Hans Dallinga, but only Hans remained until
today.
The band plays
covers of obscure bands from the heydays of rock-&roll in the early
sixties, instrumental material from the Ventures or Davie Allan, but also songs
by the Kinks, the difference...the Firebirds play the songs much rawer and faster
than the original versions. For years, the Firebirds entertained their fans perfectly in clubs with this awesome mix of wild rock'n
roll and dirty surf instrumentals. In 2000
they released their selftitled debut album on “My First Sonny Weismuller
Recordings”. 16 tracks (incl. 5 bonus tracks) that come in the same way. The
Firebirds master the authentic rock 'n' roll sound like the best. Full of fire
the guitars scream through the elementary sixties sound. Nothing but homage.
Hans
Dallinga - Guitar Titus Smid - Bass Guitar Arnold Veenkamp - Drums Gerhard Rinsma - Guitar André Dodde - Organ
Firebirds - Firebirds (My First Sonny Weismuller Recordings 2000) FLAC320
Oh, there
have been many punk bands named The Riots, but these hepcats are squarely in
the 1966 garage, courtesy of Freddy Fortune’s excellent Sound Camera Records.
Freddy produced the 2005 "Love After" long-player. It’s full of
pop-tinged mod-garage fun, highlighted by spirited organ and energetic vocals.
The Riots must’ve been a wailing good time at a house party – they sound like a
party waiting to happen. Pick Hits: "Broken Man" and "Hold On
Me". -Timothy Gassen (“The Knights Of Fuzz”)
Broken Man
Originally
edited in “Mono”, now in version “Stereo”, reedition of a treasure, of this
fabulous garage band, husband-and-wife, Ryan and Casey Dawson, did in Love
After a mix of soul, garage and swinging, and if you have a Vespa, now it
doesn’t lack you anything to celebrate the return to the mod/swing of the 60´s. -Francisco Ratb
Move Me
The Riots are a four member
band from USA and this is their brillant debut album on Freddy's Fortune label
Sound Camera Records. Their music has many different sounds from 60's pop, mod,
soul, r'nb, surf. The recordings were made at Freddy's house. It is one of the
best albums that I've listened the last years, full of 60's authenticity. Great
songs like the opening "Hold on me" the organ driven "Wasting my
time" and "Move on me" and of course the hip shakin "Broken
Man" that you can listen in the zine’s cd will make you jump and dance.
The album closes with a fantas-tic psychedelic song "Tomorrow" with
electric sitar, bongos and nice vocals. Don't miss this album for any
reason!!!!-Periklis Mihos (Lost In Tyme-Fanzine Issue #3)
The Riots - Love After (Sound
Camera Records 2004)FLAC320
For several years I
lived in the city of Pontevedra while studying Fine Arts. During this time I
met Juan Leiva (Guly) and together we decided to start a garage band which we
called “Los Villanos de Boraville”. It was 2005 and the city of Lérez did
not know what was coming. One month after the first rehearsal we recorded
our first demo titled “Alligator Wine”. Soon we consolidated both the line-up
(Arthur Morgan joined on bass and Alberto “Six Fingers” on Farfisa) and the
sound, starting to work on what would be our second demo: “La Noche del
Cazador”. In these two demos you can perfectly perceive our taste for the
Garage Rock of bands like The Sonics, Grass Roots, Los Negativos, The Fuzztones,
Miracle Workers, Link Wray...
In April 2008, we released our first CD "
Haciéndolo En La Boraway" (Velvet Cave Records) from which two songs were
extracted for the compilation "The 6th Generation Nation Vol.1" by
Velvet Cave Records, another for volume 2 of the same compilation and two for
the compilation Megaton Yeye Vol.11 (Bonvivant Records).
In the summer of 2009 we
recorded our second LP. "Coolio Weeckendo: Acción, Psychosis y Rock and
Roll" which never saw the light, although some songs can be listened on our
bandcamp site. The cover of this second work was commissioned by my friend, the
graphic artist, Nieves Prado. -Source
Los Villanos de Boraville is the side project set up by Israel on the
fringes of the Tumbitas. A 60's garage band with organ in a Miracle Workers /
Long Ryders vein with some surf parts (“Impala”) and a good half of the songs
are sung in Spanish (not immediately obvious, but there is at least one great
success, ”El Sabado Adios”, and long live the gloomy sundays).
We will also remember the first track "The Haunted House" from
this album “Haciéndolo En La Boraway”, which is reminiscent of the Chesterfield
Kings “Stop!” era.-Source
Los Villanos De Boraville - Haciéndolo En La
Boraway (Velvet Cave Records 2008) FLAC320
