What is garage music?

[DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR]

is it just a style and if so how would you simply define that style? is it also a state or situation? can a band with a major label or major indie label contract and support be garage? just how fuzzy is the fuzz sound?

[David John de Horton]

Garage takes ques from all facets of music, from Rock, Blues, Punk, Soul, to Jazz, and ties it together in a dirty, nasty, raw mass of sonic nuts and bolts making a delicious blues-funk stew lightly seasoned with garage-rock flair and dirty, fuzzed-up grooves -IMHO

[kopper]

To me, it's just, raw, primal rock'n'roll. But I don't really like to try and "define" a style of music (I think it's one of those things where you know when you hear it). But if you're really looking for definitions, Wikipedia is a pretty good place to start, but check both garage rock and garage punk there.

And remember, talking about music is like dancing about architecture. You want perfect examples of garage? Listen to our podcasts, or the Hideout Comps! You'll hear all sorts of music that falls under the "garage" umbrella.

[DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR]

what we're looking for is what you gave us. people's personal thoughts. you say raw primal rock and roll. that to us is little richard. should we consider little richard to be garage?

kopper said:

To me, it's just, raw, primal rock'n'roll. But I don't really like to try and "define" a style of music (I think it's one of those things where you know when you hear it). But if you're really looking for definitions, Wikipedia is a pretty good place to start, but check both garage rock and garage punk there.

And remember, talking about music is like dancing about architecture. You want perfect examples of garage? Listen to our podcasts, or the Hideout Comps! You'll hear all sorts of music that falls under the "garage" umbrella.

[DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR]

imhos are what we are curious about. not looking for "official" definitions. your feeling that it is a bag of cats is close to how we think about it. not criticizing but finding it interesting that you are using "garage-rock flair" to describe garage music.

David John de Horton said:

Garage takes ques from all facets of music, from Rock, Blues, Punk, Soul, to Jazz, and ties it together in a dirty, nasty, raw mass of sonic nuts and bolts making a delicious blues-funk stew lightly seasoned with garage-rock flair and dirty, fuzzed-up grooves -IMHO

[Gunther Toody]

"I don't know about garage but I know what I like,

surfin' in the swamp on a saturday night."

Paraphrased from Lux Interior.

Garage is a bunch of musical neophyte nerds doing their best to sound like the Stones or the Kinks or the Yardbirds (or fill in the blanks with any band that gets poonanny, which is the biggest motivator to start a band) but not quite getting there, yet the result is honest and full of piss, energy and vitriol.

 

[DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR]

very nice. so the thing is is is it something that must be caught at that moment or stuck at that moment? you are not neophytes forever. maybe it can only be true at that point. so as soon as you learn keith's open tuning tricks you no longer qualify.

Gunther Toody said:

"I don't know about garage but I know what I like,

surfin' in the swamp on a saturday night."

Paraphrased from Lux Interior.

Garage is a bunch of musical neophyte nerds doing their best to sound like the Stones or the Kinks or the Yardbirds (or fill in the blanks with any band that gets poonanny, which is the biggest motivator to start a band) but not quite getting there, yet the result is honest and full of piss, energy and vitriol.

 

[kopper]

Sure, go ahead. If the shoe fits, wear it. Who cares? You seem awfully hung up on "defining" things.

DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR said:

what we're looking for is what you gave us. people's personal thoughts. you say raw primal rock and roll. that to us is little richard. should we consider little richard to be garage?

kopper said:

To me, it's just, raw, primal rock'n'roll. But I don't really like to try and "define" a style of music (I think it's one of those things where you know when you hear it). But if you're really looking for definitions, Wikipedia is a pretty good place to start, but check both garage rock and garage punk there.

And remember, talking about music is like dancing about architecture. You want perfect examples of garage? Listen to our podcasts, or the Hideout Comps! You'll hear all sorts of music that falls under the "garage" umbrella.

[DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR]

sorry but we are very hung up about lots of stuff. reggae is instantly recognizable and people do not wonder about whether a band is playing reggae. the same sure ain't the same with garage.

kopper said:

Sure, go ahead. If the shoe fits, wear it. Who cares? You seem awfully hung up on "defining" things.

DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR said:

what we're looking for is what you gave us. people's personal thoughts. you say raw primal rock and roll. that to us is little richard. should we consider little richard to be garage?

kopper said:

To me, it's just, raw, primal rock'n'roll. But I don't really like to try and "define" a style of music (I think it's one of those things where you know when you hear it). But if you're really looking for definitions, Wikipedia is a pretty good place to start, but check both garage rock and garage punk there.

And remember, talking about music is like dancing about architecture. You want perfect examples of garage? Listen to our podcasts, or the Hideout Comps! You'll hear all sorts of music that falls under the "garage" umbrella.

[TeenFink]

and that's a bad thing? why do we have to have everything all divided up and separated into nice little categories? to be exclusionary? you wanna know what 'garage music' is? it's real RnR. yes, it's that simple. just like what u like and be done with it.

DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR said:

sorry but we are very hung up about lots of stuff. reggae is instantly recognizable and people do not wonder about whether a band is playing reggae. the same sure ain't the same with garage.

[DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR]

thanks teen fink but what we wanted to know was what everybody thinks it is. not what it is. we are not saying anybody's personal idea of garage is a bad understanding of garage. we are just curious. curious about how people think about a certain kind of music. the reason we are curious is because it is so slippery. much more slippery than soul or even funk. this is in no way a negative discussion. not trying to PROVE anything just INTERESTED!!!! jesus christ.

TeenFink said:

and that's a bad thing? why do we have to have everything all divided up and separated into nice little categories? to be exclusionary? you wanna know what 'garage music' is? it's real RnR. yes, it's that simple. just like what u like and be done with it.

DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR said:

sorry but we are very hung up about lots of stuff. reggae is instantly recognizable and people do not wonder about whether a band is playing reggae. the same sure ain't the same with garage.

[DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR]

thanks mina. we can look up a wiki but we can't look up your mind. is that what you personally think garage to be? (just an aside here that has nothing to do with you but proto and post are probably the two most off putting words in music. they are decidedly UNmusical. again we must say that has nothing to do with you. it was just the appearance of proto that set off a personal alarm) we are all discussing and discussing always includes rambling.

Mina said:

Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name. In the late 1970s, some rock critics retroactively identified it as an early incarnation of punk rock, and it is sometimes called garage punk, protopunk, or 1960s punk; however, the music style has predominantly been referred to as garage rock.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garage_rock

[Axel Björnsson]

I think we got the point here. Garage is an amateur who just plays rock n roll from his heart and the result is just what comes.

Gunther Toody said:

"I don't know about garage but I know what I like,

surfin' in the swamp on a saturday night."

Paraphrased from Lux Interior.

Garage is a bunch of musical neophyte nerds doing their best to sound like the Stones or the Kinks or the Yardbirds (or fill in the blanks with any band that gets poonanny, which is the biggest motivator to start a band) but not quite getting there, yet the result is honest and full of piss, energy and vitriol.