What was THE record that got you hot for garage rock 'n' roll?

[Joey Fuckup]

For me, it was finding my mother's 45 rpm of the Standells' "Dirty Water"...then I heard Paul Revere & the Raiders on oldies radio with "Kicks" and ? and the Mysterians' "96 Tears"...the Outsiders' "Time Won't Let Me" came afterwards...sure they're well known, but it started the catalyst...can't forget the Dave Clark Five's "I Like It Like That"...which led to the Fleshtones....

[Ghislaine]

well...for quiet a while i had been wondering who were these guys singing so beautifully ''but you leave me alone--to cry on my own--thats why you got a heart thats made of stone''...when i got the joy to discover who--i think---are the best,the ones and only...THE REMAINS!!!!All their songs are hits!''Once before'',''Me right now''...Cant sound better than that in terms of garage r-n-r,can you?they are Kings!

[Joey Fuckup]

Yeah, the Remains are great! Have you seen the documentary on them? I'm hopin' to eventually catch that soon...One of my fave tunes by them is "I Ain't Got You"...

Ghislaine Korb said:

well...for quiet a while i had been wondering who were these guys singing so beautifully ''but you leave me alone--to cry on my own--thats why you got a heart thats made of stone''...when i got the joy to discover who--i think---are the best,the ones and only...THE REMAINS!!!!All their songs are hits!''Once before'',''Me right now''...Cant sound better than that in terms of garage r-n-r,can you?they are Kings!

[doornail]

It would have to be the first time I heard Plan 9 - Dealing With The Dead.  Freakin' awesome and opened up another world to a kid from Kansas in NH for college in 1986.  The Lyres too.  Of course this took me to the roots and what can I say, I am still a Garage Punk these many many years later.  Garage rock and roll runs through my veins, brotha's and sista's.

[John Docherty]

The one that sticks in my head was the track "crackin up" by The Wig. Came off an LP called 'The Wig Live at the Jade Room"  Thats what got me hooked on all the 60's garage/psych stuff back in the early 80's.

[Andy O.B.O.]

Easy, Songs the Lord Taught Us. It also got me really into rockabilly. Then I read about how they'd listen to local dj's playing music in Ohio, so I thought I'd try to do the same where I lived, in St. Louis. That's when I found the Wayback Machine. After that came stuff like the Oblivians, The Makers, etc.

[Joey Fuckup]

Hey, you do know that you can listen to archived "Wayback Machine" episodes, don't you?

Andy O.B.O. said:

Easy, Songs the Lord Taught Us. It also got me really into rockabilly. Then I read about how they'd listen to local dj's playing music in Ohio, so I thought I'd try to do the same where I lived, in St. Louis. That's when I found the Wayback Machine. After that came stuff like the Oblivians, The Makers, etc.

[Andy O.B.O.]

Do now!

[Dan Electreau]

Gruesomania by the Gruesomes. 

At the time I was listening to lots of American blues as well, bluesy British bands like the Yardbirds as well as punk/alternative music. I'd always wished for something that combined the toughness and speed of punk with the style and instrumentation of bands like the Animals (harmonica, fuzz, organ) and The Gruesomes delivered!

 

The only problem was that while I was hot for garage rock 'n' roll thanks to the Gruesomes, all the girls I knew were hot for the Smiths (at best) or Platinum Blonde (at worst). 

 

[Joey Fuckup]

What really sucked for me, was there was an amazing amount of good music in the '80's and '90's (garage and punk), but it was next to impossible to find it in the city I lived. The bigger chain stores would never give indie labels the time of day, so special ordering something that wasn't on a major label was impossible. Even the one independent record store we had here (Roanoke, VA) was limited on what they could get. There has been so many bands that I've discovered through the internet, 'zines, Wayback Machine, etc. and it makes me sick to think that I missed out on so much. I mean, like hardly no one listened to the Smiths because they weren't played on the radio, and the only way I knew of them was an album review in Rolling Stone. Most of the bands I did "discover" were from write-ups in Thrasher and Maximum Rock 'N' Roll. Luckily I knew some guys that would send off for tapes and LP's and make me mix tapes. Ugh, and those are gone...if only I still had them...One of the other sources where I would discover cutting edge stuff was through the mail order company ROIR, where I ordered/bought tapes of the Fleshtones, Germs, ? and the Mysterians, Scientific Americans, and others. Guess I'm rambling at this point so I'll stop now...

Dan Electreau said:

Gruesomania by the Gruesomes. 

At the time I was listening to lots of American blues as well, bluesy British bands like the Yardbirds as well as punk/alternative music. I'd always wished for something that combined the toughness and speed of punk with the style and instrumentation of bands like the Animals (harmonica, fuzz, organ) and The Gruesomes delivered!

 

The only problem was that while I was hot for garage rock 'n' roll thanks to the Gruesomes, all the girls I knew were hot for the Smiths (at best) or Platinum Blonde (at worst). 

 

[Rob Wright]

Pretty sure the gateway drug for me was 'Heavens to Murgatroyd...' by Thee Headcoats!

[Rob Wright]

Oh yeah, and Deja Voodoo!!!

[Deejay Cheeky Tiki]

Wow maybe I am old, but for me when around 6 or 7, my father gave me a pile of 78 to play on my little toy record player, saying those one were mine (because he didn't about old RnR). I played them a lot, but he one that hook me on music, garage or not, was Little Richard "Keep A-knockin' ". Everything in that song was, for a young who couldn't understand english, totally insane. The beat, the voice, the energy, it puts a mark on my soul. Music can be totally out of control. Next time, the other song to have such an impact one me was the Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop" at 11.  That was it, at this age I have decided I will never follow mainstream boring music. Still on the same path since then.