Great Bands From Detroit?

[Bev]

I've been put up to helping with the music end of a documentary about Detroit. I'm looking for great Detroit bands to interview but also great bands from the past or great songs about the city for the soundtrack. Any suggestions?

[Max Reverb]

The mother fucking AMINO ACIDS!!!!

[Max Reverb]

These guys are amazing live, played with em once in detroit. Humanity will Fall like pins is an amazing record. One of my favorite instrumental bands going now for sure. 

pistol*b said:

the amino acids!

[Reyes o Rodriguez]

Only one group comes to mind right know ummmmm

 

THE PLEASURE SEEKERS!!!! all girl garage band, suzie quatro 60's punk band

 

and maybe somebody already mentioned The GORIES

[DubStooge]

Saw this programme a year or so ago. Maybe someone uploaded to net?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/detroit/synopsis/

[Blair]

Loved these guys.  "Monkey Bars" was great.  I got to see them in Rochester, NY in the mid-80s sometime.  Damn good show.  Wish I could've gone to the reunion gig a year or two back.

Rev Velveteen Sly said:

Hysteric Narcotics -- one of Dave Feeny's earlier bands [Tempermill Studios.]

[Blair]

Nobody's mentioned The Sights?  Seriously?  Eddie Baranek has gone through a number of different lineups, but ALWAYS gets very talented musicians.  AND the songs are great.  And he's a fantastic performer.

[Blair]

I'll also second the emotions on The Paybacks, The Dirtbombs, The Detroit Cobras, and so many more.

 

And especially The Gories.  I was lucky enough to see them a bunch in the late 80s into the early 90s (and also went to the Detroit gig in '09, then saw all the NYC area gigs last summer).  They were great back then and are still fantastic now.  Heck, The Gories caused me to start my fanzine back in September, 1990.  I remember sending the first ish - at the time, it was a 4-page newsletter that I was trying to do every couple weeks - off to Peg.  She told me (not quite in these words) to cool it on the stupid pen names and just go straight at it.  And she was right.  (Last year, when I brought it up, she basically said, "I can't believe I said that!  I'm so sorry."  I told her there was no need, 'cuz she was right.  Lucky for me, I've got those early issues hidden away somewhere.  I'll find 'em next time I move.)

[ELECTROMAGS]

The Sights were one of the first ones mentioned in this thread, for the same reasons you mention.


Blair said:

Nobody's mentioned The Sights?  Seriously?  Eddie Baranek has gone through a number of different lineups, but ALWAYS gets very talented musicians.  AND the songs are great.  And he's a fantastic performer.

[Blair]

My brain must've been flickering when I went past your original post.  Sorry 'bout that.  But glad we agree.

ELECTROMAGS said:

The Sights were one of the first ones mentioned in this thread, for the same reasons you mention.


Blair said:

Nobody's mentioned The Sights?  Seriously?  Eddie Baranek has gone through a number of different lineups, but ALWAYS gets very talented musicians.  AND the songs are great.  And he's a fantastic performer.

[KK Dirty Money & Las Drogas]

No problem. This is a huge thread now, so there's lots of info and a ton of bands mentioned. 

The cool thing is that the list could go on and on if we really wanted to mention all the great bands around here.

Blair said:

My brain must've been flickering when I went past your original post.  Sorry 'bout that.  But glad we agree.

ELECTROMAGS said:

The Sights were one of the first ones mentioned in this thread, for the same reasons you mention.


Blair said:

Nobody's mentioned The Sights?  Seriously?  Eddie Baranek has gone through a number of different lineups, but ALWAYS gets very talented musicians.  AND the songs are great.  And he's a fantastic performer.

[Brian T. Kirchner]

The Underdogs
Bob Seger
? and The Mysterians
The Woolies
The Rationals
The Wanted
Unrelated Segments
S.R.C.
The Frost
Cinecyde
The Cult Heroes
The 27
Coldcock
The Blades
Gang War
Toby Redd
Negative Approach
Vivo Tempo
Mystery Girls/Junk Monkeys
The Treblemakers
Bootsey X and The Lovemasters
The Trash Brats
Paul K.
Angry Red Planet
The Bushmasters
The Detroit Cobras
Outrageous Cherry
Rocket 455
Johnny Law
The Twistin' Tarantulas
Ten High
Chinese Millionaires
Fortune & Maltese
The Volebeats
The Wildbunch
The Hentchmen
The Go
Waxwings
The Paybacks
The Shanks
The Fondas
The Hard Lessons

Some of these may have already been mentioned...

[Marty Shane, Pacifiction Records]

Glad someone mentioned the Dogs! Great early 70's Detroit rock and they are still around! They appeared at SXSW a few years ago with Wayne Kramer. I carry their tribute album here:

http://www.pacifictionrecords.com/japan/CD/VA_doggystyle.shtml

 

The guy who released this is working on a new Dogs DVD, check Detroit Jack's blog. He might be a source of information:

http://detroitjack.blogspot.com/

Total Kunt said:

The Dogs