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...

[Marko's Garage Gig]

I have a liking to so much music. Some is considered "Garage" to many. From the Dutch comes Q65, Outsiders, and The RO D YS (roadies), and Beat Music such as The Zipps were great! So much of America was close to Euro Freakbeat and British Beat and Mod music to go around.

But two bands set me off forever after a first listen in 1965 - The KInks and The Sonics. After that I was never the same.

20 years later I met and still know The Cynics. Still fantastic with the nucleus of Gregg and Michael. Some of their best friends has not been mentioned yet. The Sound Explosion from Greece, along with The Sick Rose stand tall in the Garage music history.

In 1989 I saw The Cynics one week, The Fluid the next week, then Thee Headcoats after that. I am still not the same since..Amazing shit!

[Martha]

Marko's Garage Gig said:

I have a liking to so much music. Some is considered "Garage" to many. From the Dutch comes Q65, Outsiders, and The RO D YS (roadies), and Beat Music such as The Zipps were great! So much of America was close to Euro Freakbeat and British Beat and Mod music to go around.

But two bands set me off forever after a first listen in 1965 - The KInks and The Sonics. After that I was never the same.

20 years later I met and still know The Cynics. Still fantastic with the nucleus of Gregg and Michael. Some of their best friends has not been mentioned yet. The Sound Explosion from Greece, along with The Sick Rose stand tall in the Garage music history.

In 1989 I saw The Cynics one week, The Fluid the next week, then Thee Headcoats after that. I am still not the same since..Amazing shit!

[Martha]

Martha said:

Looks like I'll be the first to add The Gruesomes to the many other solidly fab artists being listed.

[karen]

i just want to add one more thing and then i'm done here- i thought this was garage PUNK hall of fame. these are all good/great artists, but some of them miss the mark. i love link wray, can't deny his contribution, but he's not garage PUNK. i mean, am i taking this too literally?

[Marko's Garage Gig]

I agree, this discussion may have gone out. I wanted to point that out, but got a little soft on the approach. 60's Garage Punk, would you say is US based? I lean that way. Then came bands like The Stomachmouths and many others from all over the world following that glorious period of 1963-1967 in Garage Punk that I love.

karen said:

i just want to add one more thing and then i'm done here- i thought this was garage PUNK hall of fame. these are all good/great artists, but some of them miss the mark. i love link wray, can't deny his contribution, but he's not garage PUNK. i mean, am i taking this too literally?

[karen]

i dunno...i guess we have different ideas about what constitutes punk. THAT is the key word here - "garage PUNK hall of fame" not garage hall of fame - throw in that punk word & it's a whole other ball game. i know - can't have one without the other...i'm tired . out.

Marko's Garage Gig said:

I agree, this discussion may have gone out. I wanted to point that out, but got a little soft on the approach. 60's Garage Punk, would you say is US based? I lean that way. Then came bands like The Stomachmouths and many others from all over the world following that glorious period of 1963-1967 in Garage Punk that I love.

karen said:

i just want to add one more thing and then i'm done here- i thought this was garage PUNK hall of fame. these are all good/great artists, but some of them miss the mark. i love link wray, can't deny his contribution, but he's not garage PUNK. i mean, am i taking this too literally?

[karen]

here's a good one for you ....

[Gunther Toody]

The Little Bits, The Keggs, The Swamp Rats, The Sonics, Link Wray, Bo Diddley, The Monks, The Saints, Tim Warren/BFTG/Crypt, Billy & Miriam/KICKS/Norton, Larry & The Bluenotes, The Elite, The Barons, Billy Childish/The Milkshakes/Mighty Caesars,

NOT Mark Taylor!

[9th Street Shakedown]

Johnny Thunders and The heartbreakers

[karen]

someone please explain how bo diddley is punk? remember - garage PUNK hall of fame....

[Gunther Toody]

How many Bo Diddley songs (or songs in Bo Diddley style) have you heard by the other (semantically non-challenged) garage bands on the list?
Jeez, just Billy Childish alone...

[karen]

but is it punk???

Gunther Toody said:

How many Bo Diddley songs (or songs in Bo Diddley style) have you heard by the other (semantically non-challenged) garage bands on the list?
Jeez, just Billy Childish alone...