Garage Punk Hall of Fame — who would you nominate?

[ted cogswell]

I'd like to get a list of people - artists and groups - that people here would consider the best of the best from a GaragePunk perspective. If we can get together a list of say, 50 or so candidates, I'll conduct a poll here on the forum to elect members to a "Garage Punk Hall of Fame".

Candidates can be from any era. Just to get us going why don't I throw out some names off the top of my head.

How about...

Billy Childish
Mick Collins
The Dead Boys
The Devil Dogs
The MC5
The Monks
The Mummies
MX-80
The Seeds
The Stooges
Roky Erickson/13th Floor Elevators
Link Wray


And feel free to toss out any names you can think of. Even if you don't think they're quite "Hall of Fame" worthy but should at least be considered.

Lets see what we can come up with here...

[peppe]

the wylde mammoths
the barracudas
sex museum
the monsters

[Allie Friese]

Individual people? Black Francis, Kim Deal, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Andrew Wood, Mark Arm, Buzz Osbourne. Grunge, anyone?

[Rev. Spaminator]

The Sonics
Vulcan Detective Agency

[Total Kunt]

The Monks
Screaming Lord Sutch
Johnny Moped
The Sonics
Girl Trouble
Radio Birdman (The New Christs)
Sonic Rendezvous Band
MC5
The Stooges

[Milissa Ross Greenberg]

I think this is more up my alley than the Peoples Hall of fame.
The Seeds, The Sonics, The Wailers, 13th Floor Elevators, Stooges, MC5, Velvet Underground, NY Dolls, Modern Lovers, DMZ. the real kids,Lyres, Ramones, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers,Sonic Rendezvous band,The Customs,The Cramps, Flamin Groovies, The Remains, The Pretty Things & many more.

People/ labels/rock writers/Clubs: Marty Thau - Red Star Records, Terry Ork, Billy/Miriam from Norton Records, Greg Shaw - Bomp. Max's, CBGBs, Jimmy Harold @The Rat in Boston, Cantones in Boston, Kicks Magazine, Punk Magazine, Legs McNeil, John Holmstrom and many more.

[Dexter Duckett]

The White Stripes

[electrocute your cock]

Cheater Slicks been mentioned? I love that story in We Never Learn about everyone leaving the room as soon as they started playing. I think I'd love any band that had could do that.

[Isabella Gloria]

there was a discussion like this on last.fm a while back [:
let's see..
I'd choose the rolling stones, for their undeniable influence on countless garage bands;
downliners sect, because they're underrated and fucking amazing;
aaaand the sonics. of course!

OH and hasil adkins!

[Pim Scheelings]

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[Richard]

The Wailers, The Weeds,

[blackmonktime]

The Music Machine............

[Steve Worrall]

Individual Hall of Famers for me...

Sean Bonniwell

Rocky Erickson

Arthur Lee

Julian Cope

Link Wray

Graham Day

Billy Childish

Mark E SMith