History Main / GarageRock

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+ BluesRock, {{Blues}}, FolkRock, Protopunk, later bands were often influenced by (and overlapped with) PsychedelicRock

+ BluesRock, {{Blues}}, FolkRock, later bands were often influenced by (and overlapped with) PsychedelicRock

* Music/TheNazz (Early Music/ToddRundgren's band; hits included "Open My Eyes" and the original version of "Hello, It's Me")

* Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels (fronted by a white singer who'd become famous in UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} for performing soul music in predominantly black clubs, they were a seminal Detroit rock band who influenced dozens of subsequent artists, including Music/BobSeger, Music/TedNugent, and Music/BruceSpringsteen)

-->--Advertising blurb for the box set ''Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond''

The first wave of garage rock lasted from around [[TheSixties 1964 to 1968]]. Perhaps the most influential (and definitely the most frequently covered) garage rock single was "Louie Louie", a tune written by Richard Berry, reintroduced by the Sonics and the Wailers and definitively covered by the Kingsmen. However, it was UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion that really started the deluge; Music/TheBeatles, Music/TheRollingStones, and all the movement's other groups inspired countless teens from all over the world to form their own bands.

+ BluesRock, {{Blues}}, {{Folk}} Rock, later bands were often influenced by (and overlapped with) PsychedelicRock

* ''The Sonics'' ("Strychnine," "Psycho," "The Witch"; considered ''the'' ancestor of Washington state's AlternativeRock scene)

* The Young Rascals (a one-time New Jersey bar band who grew out of a doo-wop group; they recorded three albums with a rough and ready white soul sound, becoming one of the few garage rock groups that enjoyed widespread mainstream success as pop stars, with hits like "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Any More" and "Good Lovin'". Sensing the winds of psychedelic change, they dropped the "Young" from their name and began recording jazz-influenced BaroquePop instead, with occasional nods to their soul band roots.)

* Music/TheKinks

* Music/ThePrettyThings ("Rosalyn", "Don't Bring Me Down")

Nearly every early garage band that made a hit was a OneHitWonder, although some bands like The Sonics, The Standells, The Seeds, and especially Music/PaulRevereAndTheRaiders were slightly luckier. (Also, major names like Music/AliceCooper, Music/TedNugent, Music/IggyPop and Music/ToddRundgren got their starts in garage bands.) The double LP ''Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era: 1965-1968'', compiled by future Music/PattiSmith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye in 1972, contains a decent amount of these hits, as well as some "deep cuts" and even novelty songs from garage and PsychedelicRock; it was later expanded into a series of CD box sets, and has also [[FollowTheLeader inspired]] countless similar compilations.

* Music/TheNazz (Music/ToddRundgren's first band; hits included "Open My Eyes" and the original version of "Hello, It's Me")

* Music/PaulRevereAndTheRaiders (their garage era hits included "Kicks", "Hungry", "Him or Me", "Steppin' Out", and "Just Like Me"; they're also remembered for their 1971 comeback hit "Indian Reservation")

The first wave of garage rock lasted from around [[TheSixties 1963 to 1968]]. Perhaps the most influential (and definitely the most frequently covered) garage rock single was "Louie Louie", a tune written by Richard Berry, reintroduced by the Sonics and the Wailers and definitively covered by the Kingsmen. However, it was UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion that really started the deluge; Music/TheBeatles, Music/TheRollingStones, and all the movement's other groups inspired countless teens from all over the world to form their own bands.

* Music/TheByrds (their success inspired many FolkRock-inspired garage bands and helped create the JanglePop genre)

* Music/CountFive ("Psychotic Reaction")

* [[Music/TheFiveSixSevenEights The 5.6.7.8's]] (You've heard them if you've seen ''Film/KillBill'')

* [[Music/TheFlaminGroovies The Flamin' Groovies]] (started in 1965, made their major impact in TheSeventies, and [[LongRunners finally split up]] in 1992, eventually reformed)

* [[Music/TheFlaminGroovies The Flamin' Groovies]] (started in 1965, made their major impact in TheSeventies, and [[LongRunners finally split up]] in 1992)

+ RockAndRoll, BritishInvasion

* {{Flanderization}}: The original 60s garage bands were a diverse bunch; several bands performed [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles-like]] PowerPop or [[Music/TheByrds Byrds]]-ish FolkRock. However, the genre became best known for bands influenced by the tougher, R&B-inspired side of TheBritishInvasion, such as Music/TheRollingStones, Music/TheWho, Music/TheAnimals, Music/TheKinks and Music/TheYardbirds.

There is significant overlap between garage rock, SurfRock, FolkRock, TheBritishInvasion, PowerPop, and ProtoPunk. Question Mark & the Mysterians, The Monks, and a few later garage rock bands such as Music/TheStooges and Music/{{MC5}} are often considered to be the first PunkRock bands.

* Music/KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizzard

* Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels (fronted by a white singer who'd become famous in UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} for performing soul music in predominantly black clubs, they were a seminal Detroit rock band who influenced dozens of subsequent artists, including Music/BobSeger, Ted Nugent and Music/BruceSpringsteen)

Nearly every early garage band that made a hit was a OneHitWonder, although some bands like The Sonics, The Standells, The Seeds, and especially Music/PaulRevereAndTheRaiders were slightly luckier. (Also, major names like Music/AliceCooper, Music/TedNugent, Music/IggyPop and Music/ToddRundgren got their starts in garage bands.) The double LP ''Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era: 1965-1968'', compiled by future Music/PattiSmith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye in 1972, contains a decent amount of these hits, as well as some "deep cuts" and even novelty songs from garage and PsychedelicRock; it was later expanded into a series of CD compilations, and has also [[FollowTheLeader inspired]] countless similar compilations.