Various Artists - Stompin at the Klub Foot

I was a regular back in the deep "n" distant

Summer on the rallies, winter in the klub foot, happpyyyyy daze. It weren't a good night unless you got your and other peoples blood on your clothes, it was rough up the front, but there was a code.

Our lot didn't turn up for the recording nights cos we reckoned it would be full of "plastics". Kinda wish I had now.

This album has a proper mixture of live garage, psychobilly, neo rockabilly etc back from the golden days. It puts a proper fkn smile on my face every time I dig it out Enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

Listing of the tracks are placed in the comments.

The Escalators - Moving Staircases

After leaving the Meteors, following the Clapham South Escalators side project and before the Tall Boys Nigel Lewis led the Tall boys.

I bought this back in 83 and loved it. It's differant from all his other stuff, sort of garage and indie (80's style) all mixed up together.
Proper good gear, gooo on give it a try.

Go for it "n" enjoy.

Track listing in comments

The Fuzztones - Lysergic_Emanations

Hey, Hey, 1980's garage revivalists the Fuzztones bang out some great tunes on this cracking album.

They really rock out. Covers are given that special high power Fuzztones spin and own tracks are just greaaaaaaaaaatttt.

Loved it when I bought it the mid 80's and love it now. Go on She's Wicked is superbbbbbbbbbbb

Enjoy
Track listing in comments

VA - Pebbles Vol.1

I bought vol.1 back in the eighties, differant cover and I'm sure there is a change in tracklisting on this re-issue, but maybe it's dodgy @rse memory.

Not that it matters as this Fkn brilliant compilation of hard rockin 60's garage, with an extra 80's track.

Seriously great garage and a couple of funny tunes thrown in as well.

Get on it

Enjoy
Track listing in comments

VA - Rockabilly Psychosis and the Garage Disease

By request of another blogger so it jumps up the q.

Soooooooooooooperb compilation that inspired one of my rat Vespas back in the mid 80's.

Garage, Psychobilly and Trash compilation from back when the scenes where forming and the boundaries blured.

Stand out trax - All. My own favourite is the Stingrays doing Gene Vincents Cat Man.

Enjoy.

Mondo - Enjoy and keep up the good work

The Purple Knif Show

1n 1984 someone thought it would be a bright idea to let Lux Interior do a radio show.

They were right.

It did the rounds as a bootleg for a few years before it finally got released as CD.

Trash, garage and rockin tunes throughout.

Enjoy it
Track listing in comments

Mooney Suzuki - Electric Sweat

US garage band keeping it clear and keeping simple.

Nice bit of hammond organ stylee and the odd soul tinge add to the mix.

This aint going to change the world, but its a fkn good Album every bit is good and in places better than the other 00's garage.

Go for it

Enjoy
Track listing in Comments

MC5 - Kick out the Jams

A great garage punk band from the late 60's. These fellas were up for revoluuuuution.

They are an important part in punk history, not as often claimed the starting point.

Put aside all that and the thing that you've got is a sh#t hot band knocking out sh#t hot tunes and thats what fkn matters.

This is there first album and its liiiveeee.

Track listing in comments
Enjoy

The Golden Horde - The Golden Horde

This is a great album from the Irish indie garage punksters.

I first came across these in the eighties where they were expected to be the next big thing, which never happened. If they had been around ten years later things would have been very differant.

They have left a legacy of great, great music for us to enjoy including this album from the early nineties.

Track Listing in Comments

Enjoy

The Vibes - What's Inside

I fkn love this band from the 1980's and I'm on a mission to convert the world to fans. Younger mates at work have already got them on their ipods and moan about the limited output, 1 album, a couple of singles, a bootleg live then nothing.

Saw them live loads, they fkn rocked. Unlike some of their mates from back then the music fully stands the test of time.

When they do covers or their own stuff, they fkn owned every song they play. I've heard them describe as psycho-garage and I reckon that gets it about right. Slap bass, fuzz guitar, urgent sound and blinding vocals.

This is a vinyl rip as they only have 2 tracks out cd on one of the ace compiliations. Listen, Listen LISTEN then spread the word. Their singles soon.
enjoy - track listing in comments.

Rocket from the Crypt - Scream Dracula Scream

1000000000 mph rock "n"roll with a fair dollop of punk "n" garage in the mix somewhere.

Great album that sound tracked part of my life.

If you like the sound of it you know what to do

Enjoy

Track Listing in Comments

prisoners, the - Revenge of the Prisoners

As the Psychobilly and more stompin Garage were developing alongside, and sometimes crossing over, the promoters would often make some strange choices of line up, which would lead to some unfortunate bands getting grief.

I went to see Guana Batz around 84 and me and my mate joined a few other young Psychobillies to give the supporting Prisoners a hard time.

They came on and blew everybody away with their high powered, fckn superb, hammond driven garage rock. They rocked the place to the rafters and were a harrrddddd act to follow. I've loved them ever since.

enjoy. Track listing in comments

Link Wray - The Orginal Rumble

Link Wray is the godfather of the distorted guitar sound that so influenced garage, punk and heavy rock.

Just about any guitar driven, rough edged musician will name check Link all because of his raw, lowfi, distinctive sound

Fans include Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez have both got into this, using his tracks in Pulp Fiction and the Desperado.

I doubt anyone will like all the tracks here, but the ones you do like you will really, really love. Enjoy.

Billy Childish and Holly Golightly in blood

The garageman and Holly get together on this album of duets to great effect.

Raw, lo-fi, rhythm"n"blues influnced garage. There isn't much to say about Billy Childish, if you want to know more about him, that is what Wikipedia is for.

There is something haunting about Holly Golightly's vocals on this album and they really work especially on the title track.

Enjoy

RL Burnside - A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey

Old bluesman RL Burnside hooked up with garage rocker Jon Spencer to produce this great album in 1996.

This was a great idea as Burnsides powerful authentic blues vocals works superbly with Jon Spencer leading the backing

If you are even vagualy interested by this description, take punt, you will not be disappointed

and you've gotta love the album cover

The Sting-rays - On Self Destruct

The first single by the Stingrays. They mixed Psychobilly with garage and a lisping singer to produce their own unique sound.

Back in the 80's I saw this band live more times than is in anway sane, they were in brilliant live band which livened up every sleazy venue, inc the Klub Foot, that I was lucky enough to see them in.

They introduced me to garage music, which I will always be grateful for.

13th Floor Elevators - Psychadelic sounds of

This is the amazing first album by the 13th Floor Elevators.

Ignore any silly b#ll#cks about wether this is the first Psychadelic album or not and listen to one of the best druggy tinged Garage albums you are ever going to hear. /////////

I got into these in the 80's following the Stingrays cover of You're Gonna Miss Me and never looked back.

It's f#ckn great.

The Cramps - Smell of Female

Live at the Peppermint lounge. This is the last good Cramps album released after years of disputes with their record label.

A fantastic band who produced a few superb albums, a legion of bootlegs and so many happy memories.

When this band covered a song, they f#kin owned it and they rocked the f#ckn place live. Poison Ivy mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Their mixture of garage, rockabilly, trash and punk oozes out of the grooves. We will never see their like again.

RIP Lux.
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Mad 3 - God Fuzzer

This collection of 4 singles and 3 EPs released (94-99) really shows what this Japanese band can do. As always the vast majority are instrumentals. If you've not come across them before what you've got is a mixture of ingredients; 2 parts 60's garage, 3 parts Link Ray, a dash of motorhead, 2 splashes of the meteors, a twist of surf and a whole host of Mad 3, it all makes for a great sound.

If you get any of the ingrediants give them a go, you will not regret it.

Note to self: Link Wray.

The Sonics - Psycho Sonic

Just been reviewing what I said we would put on this blog and realised that there was no garage yet. You don't get better than the Sonics out of 1960's Seattle everybody from the Cramps, via Primal Scream, to the White Stripes have covered or name checked them and for a damned good reason. This is a compilation album and if there is enough interest I'll write about more. You'll have to pick your own favourite from the Witch, Boss Hogg etc. Hard rockin Garage at its best. F#ck the New York Dolls as the roots of punk this is it.