| Garage rock | |
| Stylistic origins | |
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| Cultural origins |
late 1950s United States early 1960s Canada
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| Typical instruments | |
| Mainstream popularity | Mid 1960s United States and Canada |
| Subgenres | |
| Acid punk - Garage punk | |
| Regional scenes | |
| Chicago, Detroit, Grand Rapids,New York, LA, Montreal, Portland, Seattle, Twin Cities, Texas | |
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The style had been evolving from regional scenes as far back as 1958. "Dirty Robber" by The Wailers, and "Rumble" by Link Wray are mainstream examples of the genre in its formative stages. The Wailers were an American Rock band from Tacoma, Washington. " Rumble " is an influential rock Instrumental by Link Wray & His Ray Men. Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr ( May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was an American Rock and roll Guitarist
By 1963, garage band singles were creeping into the national charts in greater numbers, including the Kingsmen (Portland), Paul Revere and the Raiders (Boise), the Trashmen (Minneapolis) and the Rivieras (South Bend, Indiana). The Kingsmen were a 1960s Garage rock / Frat rock band from Portland, Oregon. Paul Revere and the Raiders is an American rock band that saw enormous mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and earlier 1970s best-known for hits like The Trashmen were a Rock and roll band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1962 The Rivieras was a rock group, formed in the early 1960s in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Other influential garage bands, such as the Sonics (Tacoma, Wa. See Seattle SuperSonics for the basketball team The Sonics are an American Garage rock band that were part of the Pacific ), never reached the Billboard 100.
In this early period, there was a cross-pollination between garage rock and frat rock. Frat rock was an early influential American subgenre of Rock and roll / Roots rock. Frat rock (another heavy influence and precursor to punk rock) was also a loosely defined genre of rock and roll which featured raw, energetic, usually party-themed anthems. It is sometimes viewed as merely a sub-genre of garage rock.
The "British Invasion" of 1964-1966 greatly influenced the garage band sound, as many local American bands (often surf or hot rod groups) began augmenting their sound with a British Invasion lilt. The British Invasion was the term applied by the news media — and subsequently by consumers — to the influx of Rock and roll, beat and pop performers Surf rock is a style of music that originated in the USA that mixes elements of Surf music and Rock music, and partially due to the number of Mexican Hot rods are typically American cars with large engines modified for linear speed The British Invasion also inspired new, and often very raw, bands to form. Garage rock bands were generally influenced by those British "beat groups" with a harder, blues-based attack, such as The Kinks, The Who, The Animals, The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, The Pretty Things, Them, [2] and the The Rolling Stones. The Kinks were an English pop and rock group formed in 1963 and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. The Yardbirds are an English rock band noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous Guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck Small Faces were an English rock group from East London, heavily influenced by American Rhythm and blues. The Pretty Things are a Rock and roll band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to Rhythm and blues that influenced a number of key Them was a Northern Irish group formed in Belfast in April 1964, most prominently known for the Garage rock standard " Another influence was the folk-rock of the Byrds and Bob Dylan, especially on bands such as the Leaves. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major The Leaves were an American Garage band formed in California in 1963
Looking back from a later perspective, it is generally agreed that garage rock peaked both commercially and artistically during 1966. It went into a slow, but irreversible, decline beginning the following year, with fewer and fewer examples of the genre being released in 1968 and 1969. From a general interest standpoint, the genre was spent by 1970.
"Garage rock" comes from the perception that many such performers were young and amateurish, and often rehearsed in a family garage. This connotation also evokes a suburban, middle-class setting. It is, of course, inaccurate to conclude that all garage bands met this demographic dynamic. Some bands were made up of middle-class teenagers from the suburbs, some were from rural or urban areas, while others were comprised of professional musicians in their twenties.
The performances were often amateurish or naïve. Typical themes revolved around the traumas of high school life. The lyrics and delivery were notably more aggressive than was common at the time, often with growled or shouted vocals that dissolved into inchoate screaming. Songs about "lying girls" were particularly common. Superficially, this implies that the music was very limited. In reality, different garage rock acts were quite diverse in both musical ability and in style. Bands ranged the gamut from one-chord musical crudeness (e. g. , the Seeds, the Keggs) to near-studio musician quality (e. The Seeds were a rock band who are best known for their hit single "Pushin' Too Hard" released in 1966 g. , the Knickerbockers, the Remains, and the Fifth Estate). The Knickerbockers were an American pop/rock music group best remembered for their 1965 hit "Lies The Remains were a mid-1960s rock group from Boston Massachusetts, led by Barry Tashian The Fifth Estate was a rock n roll band originally formed in Stamford Connecticut as the The D-Men in early 1964 There were also regional variations in many parts of the country with the Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon having the most defined regional sound.
Thousands of garage bands were extant in the USA and Canada during the era. Several dozen of these produced national hit records, including "Louie, Louie" by The Kingsmen (1963-64), "Psychotic Reaction" by The Count Five (1966), "Pushin' Too Hard" by The Seeds (1966), "Gloria" by the Shadows of Knight (1966), "96 Tears" by Question Mark and the Mysterians (1966), "Talk Talk" by The Music Machine (1966), "Dirty Water" by The Standells (1966), "Double Shot (of My Baby's Love)" by The Swingin' Medallions (1966), "Respect" by The Rationals (1966), and "Little Bit O'Soul" by The Music Explosion (1967). " Louie Louie " is an American rock 'n' roll song written by Richard Berry in 1955 The Kingsmen were a 1960s Garage rock / Frat rock band from Portland, Oregon. " Psychotic Reaction " is an early Psychedelic / Garage rock song released by the band Count Five in 1966, and also the title of their The Count Five was a 1960s Garage rock band from San Jose California, best known for their Top 10 single " Psychotic Reaction " " Gloria " is a rock song classic written by Northern Irish Singer-songwriter Van Morrison and originally recorded by Morrison's The Shadows of Knight' are an American rock band from the Chicago Suburbs formed in the 1960s who play a form of " 96 Tears " is the name of a popular song recorded by Question Mark & the Mysterians in 1966, in Bay City Michigan. Question Mark and the Mysterians (or ? and the Mysterians) were an American Rock and roll band formed in Bay City Michigan, in 1962 The Music Machine (1965–1969 was an American Garage rock and Psychedelic (sometimes referred to as garage punk) band from the late 1960s headed by singer-songwriter The Standells were a 1960's Garage rock band from Los Angeles, California. The Swingin' Medallions are an American Beach music group from Greenwood, South Carolina. In Mathematics, a rational number is a number which can be expressed as a Ratio of two Integers Non-integer rational numbers (commonly called fractions The Music Explosion was a Garage rock band from Mansfield Ohio best known for their top Ten hit, "Little Bit O'Soul" in 1967
Hundreds of garage bands produced regional hits. Examples include: "I Just Don't Care" by New York City'sThe D-Men (1965), "The Witch" by Seattle's Sonics (1965), "Where You Gonna Go" by Detroit's Unrelated Segments (1967), "Girl I Got News for You" by Miami's Birdwatchers (1966) and "1-2-5" by Montreal's the Haunted. The D-Men were an American Beat group They began in Stamford CT in 1963 The Unrelated Segments were a Garage rock band from Detroit Michigan, whose popularity peaked in 1967. The Birdwatchers were a Garage rock Pop band active in the 1960s in the Miami area Boston's Remains, though only able to make it onto Billboard's Bubbling Under charts, had enough of a following and reputation to open for the Beatles during their 1966 U. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 S. tour. Ohio's Shondells released a minor regional hit in 1964 before disbanding; when it was unearthed by a Pittsburgh DJ in 1965, the resulting success of Hanky Panky revived the moribund career of Tommy James, who formed a new group of Shondells and went on to chart seven more Top 40 singles. Tommy James and the Shondells was a 1960s American Rock and roll group. For the football player of the same name see Tommy James (football player.
But as one would expect, most garage bands were commercial failures. This is despite scores of such bands being signed to major or large regional labels. For instance, "Going All The Way" by The Squires was issued on a national label (Atco) and is now regarded as a genre classic, but was not a hit anywhere. The Squires were an American garage band in the 1960s who have a claim to being the quintessential example of the genre
By 1968 the style largely disappeared from the national charts (the minor hit “Question of Temperature” by The Balloon Farm being a notable exception). The Balloon Farm was a musical act from New Jersey which took its name from a New York City nightclub It was also disappearing at the local level as new styles had evolved to replace garage rock (e. g. , progressive rock, country rock, Bubblegum, etc. Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved For the geological term see Country rock (geology. Country rock is a Musical Genre formed from the fusion of rock Bubblegum pop (also known as bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, or simply bubblegum) is a genre of Pop music whose classic period ran from 1967 ) and as the music industry withdrew its support. In Detroit garage rock stayed alive until the early 70s, but with a much more aggressive style than early garage rock. Among garage purists, these later bands are considered a different genre altogether, however, proto-punk or proto-hard rock. Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock
The garage rock revival is a musical phenomenon largely influenced by the original garage rock of the 1960s. Its earliest roots can be traced to the early 1970s, following the release of Nuggets in 1972 and continues to this day through the Western World as modern youngsters continue to pay tribute to a vanished golden age of rock and roll that was 1960s garage rock. Proto punk bands of the early '70s such as The Stooges and The New York Dolls were arguably garage rock revivalists. The Stooges are an American rock band that was active from 1967 to 1974 then reformed in 2003 For the self-titled debut album see New York Dolls (album The New York Dolls are an American Glam rock band formed in Iggy Pop had been in a mid-sixties, Detroit garage band, The Iguanas, who released a version of Bo Diddley's "Mona" in 1966 and recorded many other songs that fit within the genre. Bo Diddley ( December 30 1928 &ndash June 2 2008, born Ellas Otha Bates) was an original and influential American
The mid to late 1970s saw the arrival of the quintessential garage punk bands, who inspired all garage rock to come, most notably The Ramones, who are usually considered the first of the American punk bands. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group A good example of the continuing Detroit garage rock scene of this period is The Romantics. The Romantics are an American rock band from Detroit Michigan.
In the 1980s, another garage rock revival saw a number of bands linked to the underground music scene earnestly trying to replicate the sound, style, and look of the '60s garage bands (see The Chesterfield Kings, The Fuzztones, The Milkshakes, and The Cynics as examples of this); this trend coincided with a similar surf rock revival, and both styles fed in into the alternative rock movement and future grunge music explosion, which some say was partially inspired by garage rock from the Seattle area like The Sonics and The Wailers, but was largely unknown by fans outside the immediate circles of the bands themselves. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Underground music refers to a variety of post-1960s rock pop or dance subgenres that developed a Cult following despite their lack of Mainstream appeal visibility The Chesterfield Kings are a rock band from Rochester New York, who began as a retro-1960s garage band, and who have heavily mined the underside The Fuzztones are a Garage rock revival band formed in the 1980s playing straight into the 1990s and now Billy Childish (real name Steven John Hamper) or William Charlie Hamper (born December 1, 1959) is an English artist author Poet The Cynics is an influential garage rock revival band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Surf rock is a style of music that originated in the USA that mixes elements of Surf music and Rock music, and partially due to the number of Mexican Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of See Seattle SuperSonics for the basketball team The Sonics are an American Garage rock band that were part of the Pacific The Wailers were an American Rock band from Tacoma, Washington.
This movement also evolved into an even more primitive form of garage rock that became known as garage punk by the late 1980s, thanks to bands such as The Gories, Thee Mighty Caesars, The Mummies, and The Devil Dogs. Garage punk is a Rock music Fusion of Garage rock and Punk rock. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The Gories were a three-piece Garage punk band formed in Detroit in 1986 Thee Mighty Caesars were a primitive Garage punk group formed by Billy Childish in 1985 after the demise of The Milkshakes. The Mummies were an American Garage punk band formed by Trent Ruane (organ vocals Maz Kattuah (bass Larry Winther (guitar and Russell Quan The Devil Dogs were a New York-based Garage punk band started in 1989 by Andy Gortler (guitars Steve Baise (bass and Paul Corio (drums Bands playing garage punk differed from the garage rock revival bands in that they were less cartoonish caricatures of '60s garage bands and their overall sound was even more loud, obnoxious, and raw, often infusing elements of proto punk and 1970s punk rock (hence the "garage punk" term). This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.
The garage rock revival and garage punk coexisted throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s with many independent record labels releasing thousands of records by bands playing various styles of primitive rock and roll all around the world. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Some of the more prolific of these independent record labels included Estrus, Hangman, Rip Off, MuSick, In The Red, Telstar, Crypt, Dionysus, Get Hip, Bomp!, Music Maniac and Long Gone John's Sympathy for the Record Industry. An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels Estrus Records is an Independent record label from Bellingham Washington that makes surf, garage and Trash rock music Hangman Records is a British Independent record label founded in 1986 by Billy Childish. In the Red Records is an Independent record label in Los Angeles CA. Crypt Records is a New York City -based Record label and Record store founded by Tim Warren. Get Hip Records is an independent Pittsburgh based music label and distributor formed by Gregg Kostelich in 1986 Bomp! Records is an American indie label featuring punk pop powerpop garage rock new wave old school rock neo-psychedelia and much more Long Gone John (born John Edward Mermis is an American Entrepreneur who is best known for his record label Formed in 1988 by record industry anti-mogul Long Gone John, Sympathy for the Record Industry (also known as Sympathy Records or Sympathy 4 the R
In the 2000s, a garage rock revival gained mainstream appeal and commercial airplay, something that had eluded garage rock bands of the past. This was lead by four bands christened by the media as the "The" bands: The Hives, The Vines, The Strokes, and The White Stripes, the last of which came out of the prominent Detroit rock scene which also include; Von Bondies, The Dirtbombs, The Detroit Cobras, The Go, The Sights, The Hentchmen, Fortune & Maltese and the Paybacks. The Hives are a Swedish Rock band that first rose to prominence in the early 2000s as a leading group of the garage rock revival, playing Garage punk. The Vines are an Australian Garage rock band notable for producing a musical hybrid of '60s rock and '90s alternative music The White Stripes is an American Garage rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The Von Bondies are an American Alternative rock band whose current line-up is composed of Jason Stollsteimer on vocals and lead guitar Christy Hunt on The Dirtbombs are a Garage rock band based in metro Detroit, Michigan, notable for blending diverse influences such as Punk rock and The Detroit Cobras are a Garage rock band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1994. The Go is an American Rock & roll band from Detroit, Michigan. The Sights are a Rock and roll band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1998 Elsewhere, other lesser-known acts such as The Boss Martians, Sweet Lemons, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Satan's Pilgrims, The 5.6.7.8's, The New Bomb Turks, the Oblivians, Teengenerate, Mando Diao, The Makers, Mooney Suzuki, The Flaming Sideburns, Guitar Wolf, Lost Sounds, The Kills, and The Young Werewolves enjoyed moderate underground success and appeal. The (International Noise Conspiracy is a rock band formed in Sweden in the late months of 1998. are an all-female Japanese Garage rock trio whose music is reminiscent of American Surf music and Garage rock. The New Bomb Turks are a Garage punk band from Columbus Ohio. The Oblivians were a Garage punk band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1993 Teengenerate were a Japanese Garage punk band known for their sloppy fun style of playing and often incomprehensible English lyrics Mando Diao is a Garage rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. Origin The roots of Mando Diao date back to 1995 when Björn Dixgård and The Makers are a Garage rock / Rock-n-roll band from Spokane, Washington, formed in 1991 with releases on Estrus Records, Sub Pop The Mooney Suzuki is a NYC Rock and roll band formed in 1996 by Sammy James Jr The Flaming Sideburns is a rock band that was formed in Helsinki, Finland in 1995. Guitar Wolf is a three-piece Garage punk band founded in Japan in 1987 Lost Sounds are a rock band from Memphis Tennessee. Starting in March 1999, the band is made up of Rich Crook on drums Jay Reatard on synth The Kills is an Indie rock band formed by American Vocalist Alison "VV" Mosshart and British Guitarist Jamie "Hotel" The Young Werewolves are a Philadelphia Rock band formed in 2002 Underground culture, or just underground, is a term to describe various Alternative cultures which either consider themselves different from the Mainstream Other notable bands that enjoyed commercial success, were Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Maddison Street Riot, The Datsuns, Kings of Leon, Jet, The Black Keys, Cold War Kids, The Pattern, The Hellacopters, The Libertines and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, though some of these bands popped up on the scene a few years following the initial wave. The Datsuns are a Hard rock / Garage punk band from Cambridge, New Zealand, formed in 2000. Kings of Leon is a rock band made up of three brothers and their first cousin from Tennessee, USA. Jet is a rock band from Melbourne, Australia, whose debut album Get Born, released in 2003 has so far sold over one million copies The Black Keys is a Blues-rock music duo consisting of Dan Auerbach ( vocals and Guitar) and Patrick Carney ( drums and Cold War Kids are an Indie rock band from Fullerton, California, USA. This article is about the concept in The Chronicles of Amber For the band see The Pattern. The Hellacopters are a Swedish rock band that was formed in 1994 and have released six full length albums of their own material a cover album two compilations The Libertines were an English Indie rock band Formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Pete Doherty (vocals/rhythm guitar and Carl Barât (vocals/lead The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a New York City -based Alternative rock band Even younger bands currently on the cusp have ties to the genre, including The Shys, The Parlor Mob, The Wildbirds, and Sikamor Rooney. The Shys are a five piece rock band from Southern California, Their current line-up consists of Kyle Krone, Chris Wulff, Riley Stephenson The Parlor Mob, formerly known as What About Frank?, is an American rock group founded by Mark Melicia David Rosen Paul Ritchie Nick Villapiano
In the late 1990s, Steven Van Zandt ("Little Steven") became a torchbearer, spokesperson, and proponent for both garage rock and the garage rock revival, promoting concerts and festivals across the United States, and also, in 2002, starting a syndicated radio program called Little Steven's Underground Garage and has also launched The Boxen an Underground Garage channel on the Sirius Satellite Radio network. Steven Van Zandt (born November 22, 1950) is an American Musician, Songwriter, Arranger, Record producer See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Van Zandt has described the music format as "groups that inspired the Ramones, groups inspired by the Ramones, and the Ramones. The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group "