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Lamest Garage Rock Cover?
Started this discussion. Last reply by John Battles yesterday. 40 Replies 0 Likes
IS THERE A COVER OF A GARAGE ROCK CLASSIC OR OBSCURITY , OR BOTH , THAT WAS SO BAD YOU EITHER LOVED OR LOATHED IT? The example I always fall back on is Pop Music Will Eat Itself's "Beaver Patrol". I…Continue
Standells , Sloths , others Just Announced @ Ponderosa Stomp 2013.
Started this discussion. Last reply by John Battles Mar 24. 1 Reply 3 Likes
The initial artists set to play The Ponderosa Stomp were just announced.Of most interest to many folks here are The Standells and The Sloths. It's no secret The Sloths are kicking ass and taking…Continue
Reg Presley Dies at 71.
Started this discussion. Last reply by John Battles Feb 24. 18 Replies 5 Likes
Reg Presley , Lead Singer for The Troggs , for nearly 50 years , until a major stroke in 2010 and a diagnosis of Lung Cancer in early 2012 necessitated his retirement , has died from related…Continue
Rock 'n' Roll Rumors and Urban Legends
Started this discussion. Last reply by John Battles May 15. 106 Replies 3 Likes
Have any of you heard any good Rock'n'Roll rumors ? They don't have to be incriminating. Some might be things you WISH would have happened , e.g. the New York/Boston super - bill at The Warsaw in…Continue
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John Battles replied to MikeL's discussion I'm finally going to see Cheap Trick this summer :)"He sure did. Of course , so did Judge Rhinehart (sic) , Jennifer Jason Leigh , and , briefly , anyway , Phoebe Cates. I still love that movie. I did'nt go see it when it came out , because it looked so stupid. I did'nt realize that ,…"
John Battles replied to GONER RECORDS's discussion Moving Sidewalks in NYC March 30?"They could trade a Hendrix song for "Every Night a New Surprise.". I know , how incorrect !I mean, we know Jimi was a big supporter of teh group , and that's greta , but , we'veheard these songs a zillion times. If you're…"
John Battles replied to GONER RECORDS's discussion Moving Sidewalks in NYC March 30?"The more I take it in , admitedly second hand , I wish they'd lose the Hendrix covers and try a little harder not to sound like ZZ Top , though it's exciting this is happening at all.
As far as other Texas Garage bands that tried again ,…"
John Battles replied to Incognito Music Magazine's discussion Take 'Er Easy tunes"Bonniwell Music Machine - Take Time Out For a Daydream. A rare Pop - oriented song by the late , great Sean Bonniwell , but , an effective one."
John Battles replied to John Battles's discussion Lamest Garage Rock Cover?"The Low Numbers - Try It (Standells) . This was a VERY early Punk Rock Joke band , on Rhino. So bad , it's passable , but, i TAKE IT THEY WERE NEVER A REAL BAND. In their liner notes , the Guitarist said he holds the title…"
John Battles replied to swt's discussion SXSW 2012"NAUGHT TO DO WITH SXSW , BUT , I THINK "HEY HAMBURGER PIMP" MIGHT BE THE BEST NAME ON THIS THING , TO DATE.
"Well...If it is'nt my old friend , The Hamburger Pimp."
"Man , you better watch who you fuckin'…"
John Battles replied to John Battles's discussion Lamest Garage Rock Cover?"NO , I THINK IT'S FUNNY. Don't feel you're being mean. I still don't know who the Hell she is.
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John Battles replied to John Battles's discussion Lamest Garage Rock Cover?"No , no , no. You're thinking of Neko Case. Nash Kato was The Green Hornet's sidekick.
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John Battles replied to John Battles's discussion Lamest Garage Rock Cover?"Yeah , that was a joke. I , unfortunately, live in Urge Overkill , Liz Phair , Smashing Pumpkins , Ministry , etc. etc.'s home town , so , I always had to hear how great all that stuff was , but , I'm still not feelin' it . A…"
Andy Climax replied to John Battles's discussion Lamest Garage Rock Cover?"Wasn't Nash Kato, Inspector Clouseau's assistant in dem Panther movies??? haha"
Jane Dear replied to John Battles's discussion Lamest Garage Rock Cover?"Ha! I think she was still incubating when Urge Overkill got together. I feel kinda mean making fun because it just goes without saying."
Johnny Lurg replied to John Battles's discussion Lamest Garage Rock Cover?"No, that was Nash Kato.
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- I'm that one guy.
I grew up watching my Brothers' bands play in the family garage , but , that was mostly Jazz-Rock and FM Hard Rock . I first found out about Garage Rock in the Late 70's , via an article in the UK magazine , Story of Pop , simply called "Punk Rock"(Published in '72 or '73 , I think.) , and a similar article in Creem. It was then that I realized Punk (Which was impossible to hear on the radio or in record stores , where I lived , but I READ a lot about it.)was'nt really something new at all. I began listening to Late 70's - Early 80'S Punk , Garage ,and Rockabilly around the same time , starting in 1980 , in High School. I was late for the party , and , yet , I arrived just in time. I had a radio show in Dallas in '86 , mostly Garage and Rockabilly. Since the late 80's , I've guest - DJ'ed on WHBK and WLUW in Chicago , and DJed in clubs in Chicago , spinning Garage , Rockabilly , Psych , Glam , 70's Punk , 50's Junk , Instros , Country (Hell , yes) , and other stuff you can't GIVE away. It has to be fun , or why bother?
In other pursuits with limited potential for profit , I've been performing live , under my own name , for over 25 years, and as Elvis From Hell and Neutron Prom before that. My firt little band was in 1982 , Born in an Elevator. Then, I had a Rockabilly band and a couple of Garage bands that never got off the ground. I function better with one - shot groups. Played with my good friend (Make him your friend , here.) Psycho * Davy as Sick , Sober and Sorry and The 13TH Floor Elvis Impersonators. Also , the otherwise all - girl Garage group , Daughters of Frankenstein , and Brian McMahon from The Electric Eels' solo group , Das Volt (W/ Sherrilynn from Velveteen Loveseat , Chris from Fuctional Blackouts and Henry , briefly with Sky Saxon.).
If anyone cares , I also sang backing vocals twice with Andre Williams and once with Screamin' Jay Hawkins , and have done guest vocals with some bands you've heard of , and others I wish you had......
I had a co -starring role in the Independent Kids' flick , "Chic - A - Go Go : The Movie" , am briefly visible in "The Big Bounce" , "Public Enemies", "Plastercaster: The Movie" , ""Bubble - Rama", and Rev. Horton Heat's "Wiggle Stick" video.
- Favorite Music/Influences (list some bands, musicians, genres, etc.):
- Hmm.. Seeds , Elevators / Solo Roky , Cramps , Troggs , Pretty Things , Downliners Sect , Chocolate Watchband , Sonics , Paul Revere and The Raiders , Wailers , Don and The Goodtimes , Lincolns , Swamp Rats , Treniers , Chuck Berry , Little Richard , Esquerita , Screamin' Jay Hawkins , Fred Cole , Donny B. Waugh , Mickey Lee Lane , Ramones , Johnny Thunders , Dictators , Dead Boys , Hanoi Rocks , Saints , Stooges , MC5 , Slade , Sweet , Suzi Quatro , her Sisters and Niece , Nancy Sinatra , Ann - Margret , Wanda Jackson , Sparkle Moore , Janis Martin , Collins Kids , Link Wray , Shadows , Ventures , Davie Allan and The Arrows , Travis Wammack , Al Casey , Bobby Wayne , ? and The Mysterians , monks , Third Bardo , Eater , Lurkers , Pistols , X - Ray Spex , Vibrators , F.U.2 , Hubble Bubble , Stack Waddy , Pink Fairies , Deviants , Blue Cheer , Thin Lizzy , Alice Cooper Group , Johnny Cash , Hank Williams (There's only one.), Jerry Lee Lewis , Conway Twitty , George Jones , Buck Owens, ELVIS ( There's only one.), Cub Koda , The Pirates , Jesse Hector , Nervebreakers , Vomit Pigs , Superman's Girlfriend , Lithium Xmas , Peyote Cowboys , Shitty Beatles , Waste Kings , Lava Sutra , (Chicago) Mystery Girls , Oncoming Traffic , Greaseballs , Cynics , Brood , Woggles , Sons of Hercules , Fortune and Maltese , Royal Pendletons , Mack Stevens , Johnny Legend , Eddie Angel , Deke Dickerson , Msr. Jeffrey Evans , The Dyes , Los Gatos Diablos , Bloodshot Bill , NoBunny , Johnny Samson , Rockin' Johnny Band , Muddy Waters , Howlin' Wolf , Leadbelly , John Lee Hooker , Hound Dog Taylor, Robert Johnson , EARLY British and Mexican R'N'R , Japanese Group Sound , German Beat , Peruvian Flake , Pink Floyd wih Syd , Fleetwood Mac with Peter , much more that I can bore you with , later.
You should've seen my list on My Space. It may not be too late.
- Favorite Movies:
- Faster Pussycat Kill Kill , and most Russ Meyer , The Girl Can't Help It , Most Universal and Hammer Horror , Paul Naschy , Jesus Franco , Al Adamson , Russ Tamblyn , The Wild Angels , Santo and related , Psychomania ! , Carnival of Souls , Skidoo , Vincent Price , Buster Keaton , Louise Brooks , Clara Bow , Lon Chaney , Nosferatu , Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , Der Golem , Mad Monster Party ?, Turkish Wizard of Oz , Star Trek , Star Wars , Exorcist , Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein , and Three Mighty Men (Don't die without seeing it ! Captain America and Santo fight the evil , sadistic druglord , SPIDERMAN , in Istanbul.). I like some really dumb stuff , too.
- Other Hobbies/Interests:
- Writing , Drawing - illustrations and comics , Painting , riding my bike (But not like these maniac Health Nazis in spandex squack non - concealant. The rest of us , the ones who've been riding bikes all our lives , not just since gas hit $4.00 a gallon , have rights , too. So have pedestrians , esp. the elderly , the handicapped and children. Sorry , we can't all ride 30mph and up.) , walking A LOT , the beach , the ocean , travel , music fests and good club shows , building models , collecting records , coffee table books ,videos , DVDs , comic books , horror memorabilia , and other things that I don't need , but , can't live without , and mainly ,cultivating friendships. And , well , you know.
BTW , sorry I bitch so much.
- Favorite Show(s) on GaragePunk Pirate Radio:
- I'll get around to hearing some , one of these days. I don't think I even have the software.
fIND THAT SONG , AT ALL COSTS.
If it got you thru the day 10 , 20 , 30 years ago ,and you don't have it , then , you have a quest. It took me almost 30 years to find my song - "Strange Boutique" by The Monochrome Set. It was my song , in High School. I'D PLAY IT IN THE MORNING , AND I COULD FACE HIGH SCHOOL......"DOWN TO YOU" BY THE REAL KIDS HAD A SIMILAR EFFECT ON ME , BUT ,THANKFULLY , HIGH SCHOOL WAS NOT THE NOSTALGIC AFTERBIRTH SO MANY PEOPLE MAKE IT OUT TO BE. I REMEMBER WHERE I WAS WHEN I FIRST HEARD "KNOW YOUR PRODUCT " BY THE SAINTS , AND DRIVING AROUND , BLASTING TAPES OF GEORGE GIMARC'S SHOW (KZEW DALLAS .) , LIKE THE INTRO TO "THAT 70'S SHOW". OR , SOMETIMES IT WAS A TAPE OF "BOZO'S BIRTHDAY PARTY".
MY ALMA COGEN IS HAVING IT'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION. KIND OF SAD.
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Bugs Henderson Dies.
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I JUST SAW , ON Eggman's post , that Bugs Henderson , former Mouse and The Traps Guitarist , and longtime popular Blues Guitarist/Singer on the Dallas club circuit , passed away recently. I have no information , as of yet. I was briefly in touch with Henderson when he was raising funds and staging a huge benefit show for Ronnie "Mouse" Weiss , who was in need of a Lung Transplant. This was a couple of years ago. Henderon's fiery Guitar licks enhanced such tunes as "Maid of Sugar , Maid of…
Continue Lee Dorman Dies at Age 70.
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 2:00am 2 Comments 1 Like
Lee Dorman , original Iron Butterfly Bassist , who played on their first four albums , and a Live LP , up until their breakup , returning to play in many , legitimate , versions of the band (Several touring bands used the name , sometimes with no original or even mk 2 or 3 lineup members , before the law was tightening up on such actions.), was found dead in his car. No foul play is suspected , as it turns out he had a history of heart trouble.
Dorman played in the classic lineup of…
Continue Eddie Bertrand Dies at 67.
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:21pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Eddie Bertrand , Lead Guitarist for the early Surf/Instrumental groups , Eddie and The Showmen and The Bel - Airs , just passed away at the age of 67. There is'nt much more info at the time. Bertrand played Lead Guitar on hits like "Mr. Moto" and "Squad Car" (Still covered , in bitchen form , by Los Straitjackets.) , and commenced performing , again , during the largely California - based Surf music revival of the 80's , which briefly went nationwide in '95 with the popularity of "Pulp…
Continue # 1 song , this week in Gentleman John's Hot Top 30.
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 5:42pm 0 Comments 1 Like
With a voice like a DJ and a face made for radio , Gentleman John decrees (Trumpets , please) , The # 1 SONG THIS WEEK - "TIN SOLDIER" , THE SMALL FACES CLASSIC , PERFORMED BY THE NERVEBREAKERS. "DEDICATED TO ALL THE ....MOD GUYS OUT THERE"( T.TEX EDWARDS). THE FUNNY STAGE PATTER AT THE BEGINNING IS A REFERENCE TO BARRY KOODA'S ORIGINAL "I WANNA KILL YOU" , A TENDER LOVE SONG TO JOAN JETT , AND , YES , THERE WAS A TIME THAT VIRTUALLY NO ONE KNEW WHO JOAN JETT WAS. NOT UNLESS THEY READ…
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- At 9:07pm on May 20, 2013,
melissa scott said… 
- At 1:30am on May 17, 2013, melissa scott said…
Oh, that is SOooooo Aint Bea! 3:) Unmistakeable. Don't blame me, Earl posted it on FUBook. :D
- At 8:19pm on May 16, 2013, melissa scott said…
Aunt Bea!
- At 3:25pm on May 8, 2013,
Elan Portnoy said… Glad you like the record - was fun playing it. Would love to do some more with that bunch. I never saw them but can imagine what it was like - pure rock-n-rol!!!
- At 9:57am on May 6, 2013,
Stephen Blickenstaff said… Thanks John!
I haven't seen the printed bags yet.
I believe they were going to send me one.
- At 1:42pm on May 2, 2013,
Mark George Harrison said… Cheers JB! The last time I'll have a birthday in my 40s!!
Not been on here for a while, never seem to have time.
- At 7:34am on April 24, 2013,
MikeL said… - Testing, testing.
- At 7:32am on April 24, 2013, MikeL said…
- John, for some reason, I can't respond to your message. Hope you get another copy of "Velvet Tinmine" soon.
- At 6:27pm on April 4, 2013,
JawaLetsGo said… yea thanks, but why do you say "sucky balinese boys"? LoL
okay, if I'll vacation in Bali, I will try to make a song. By the way, have you been to Bali, John?
wah steady, if there is a time please on holiday to Indonesia. many cultures here, in addition to the island of Bali, other cities also nice to visit, such as Borobudur temple in Jogjakarta, the floating market in banjarmasin, Ampera bridge in Palembang, Losari Beach in Makassar, and Raja Ampat in Papua island, and much more :)
hmm .. Ruby band, like I've never heard of it, may ask for information that band?
if the Tielman Brothers, I know, it was the 50's band indorock of Kupang - Indonesia. but they played a lot in the Netherlands at that time. The vocalist has just passed away in 2012. :)
- At 9:06pm on April 3, 2013, JawaLetsGo said…
yes thanks John, good day too,
no matter if it is a typo,
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John Battles replied to Andyuzz's discussion "politically incorrect" songs"Yeah , Johnny , I DID , BUT I FORGOT WHAT I SAID....I remembered reading some of the lyrics when "..."And You Suck" came out , and wondering how long they'd last before some Radical Feminists set their practice…"
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