Line #61 Main/GarageRock


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:A collage of several original garage rock bands created for a ''Magazine/RollingStone'' article. Back left: The Sonics. Front: The Blues Magoos. Back right: Question Mark and the Mysterians.]]
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5	Primary Stylistic Influences:
6	+ RockAndRoll, UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion
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9	Secondary Stylistic Influences:
10	+ BluesRock, {{Blues}}, FolkRock, {{Protopunk}}, later bands were often influenced by (and overlapped with) PsychedelicRock
11	]
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13	->''"They wanted to be Music/TheBeatles. They wanted to be [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand The Stones]]. OK, so a couple of them made it… but what about the rest?"''
14	-->-- Advertising blurb for the Creator/RhinoRecords BoxedSet ''Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond''
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16	Garage Rock is a raw form of rock music that gets its name from the stereotype of amateur teenage musicians playing in {{Garage Band}}s. In reality, while this is how the genre got its start, many such bands (especially today) are composed of older and more professional musicians.
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18	The first wave of garage rock lasted roughly from [[TheSixties 1964–68]]. 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 CoveredUp by The Kingsmen in 1963. However, it was UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion that really started the deluge, with Music/TheBeatles, Music/{{The Rolling Stones\|Band}}, and all the movement's other groups inspiring countless teens from all over the world to form their own bands.
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20	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 Steve Tyler of Music/{{Aerosmith}}, Music/AliceCooper, Music/TedNugent, Music/IggyPop, Music/ToddRundgren, Music/BobSeger, and Billy Gibbons of Music/ZZTop got their start 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.
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22	There is significant overlap between garage rock, SurfRock, FolkRock, UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion, PowerPop, and ProtoPunk. In fact, such garage rockers as Question Mark & the Mysterians, The Monks, Music/TheStooges, and Music/{{MC5}} are often considered to be the first PunkRock bands.
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24	In the [[TheSeventies 1970s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]], punk bands like Music/TheCramps and the Music/{{Ramones}} would create the first garage rock revival, while Music/{{Nirvana}} and Music/{{Mudhoney}} also struck it big with a variant of {{Grunge}} heavily influenced by garage rock. But the most successful revivalists came in the 2000s, when Music/TheWhiteStripes, Music/TheStrokes, and Music/TheHives achieved a commercial success that was unrivaled by even the first wave of garage rock bands.
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26	The film ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'' is a tribute to this genre.
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29	!!Some influential mid-60s American Garage Rock artists:
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31	[[index]]
32	* Music/The13thFloorElevators ("You're Gonna Miss Me"; more PsychedelicRock than garage, but very influential on both genres)
33	* Music/TheBluesMagoos ("We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet")
34	* Music/TheByrds (their success led to many FolkRock-inspired garage bands and helped create the JanglePop genre)
35	** ''Music/MrTambourineMan'' (1965)
36	* Music/TheCastaways ("Liar, Liar")
37	* Music/TheChocolateWatchband ("Sweet Young Thing", "Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love-In)?")
38	* Music/CountFive ("Psychotic Reaction"; a OneHitWonder who received a twisted tribute when critic Lester Bangs created an elaborate AlternateHistory for them)
39	* Music/BobDylan (not technically part of the genre, but his mid-decade electric albums like ''Music/Highway61Revisited'' and ''Music/BlondeOnBlonde'' were a big stylistic influence)
40	* Music/TheElectricPrunes ("I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night," "Get Me to the World on Time"; they were at the midpoint between garage and PsychedelicRock)
41	* [[Music/TheFlaminGroovies The Flamin' Groovies]] (started in 1965, made their major impact in TheSeventies, [[LongRunners split up]] in 1992, eventually reformed)
42	* Music/TheFugs ("Boobs a Lot", "Kill for Peace")
43	** ''Music/TheFugsFirstAlbum'' (1965)
44	** ''Music/TheFugsSecondAlbum'' (1966)
45	* Music/TheKingsmen ("Louie Louie", "Jolly Green Giant")
46	* Music/TheKnickerbockers ("Lies", "One-Track Mind")
47	* Music/TheLeaves ("Hey Joe" [which became a Garage Rock standard], "Too Many People")
48	* Music/{{Love\|Band}} (started as Garage, evolved into PsychedelicRock and BaroquePop)
49	** ''Music/ForeverChanges'' (1967)
50	* Music/{{MC5}}
51	** ''Music/KickOutTheJams'' (1969)
52	* Music/MitchRyderAndTheDetroitWheels (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)
53	* Music/TheMonks (five American servicemen stationed in UsefulNotes/WestGermany whose unique sound was half-garage, half-PsychedelicRock)
54	* Music/TheMovingSidewalks ("99th Floor"; another band that fused garage and PsychedelicRock, their members included future Music/ZZTop guitarist Billy Gibbons)
55	* Music/TheNazz (Early Music/ToddRundgren band; hits included "Open My Eyes" and the original version of "Hello, It's Me")
56	* [[Music/QuestionMarkAndTheMysterians Question Mark & the Mysterians]] ("96 Tears")
57	* Music/TheRemains ("Don't Look Back")
58	* Music/PaulRevereAndTheRaiders (their garage era hits included "Kicks", "Hungry", "Him or Me", "Steppin' Out", "Good Thing", and "Just Like Me"; they're also remembered for their 1971 comeback hit "Indian Reservation")
59	* Music/TheRivieras ("California Sun")
60	* Music/TheSeeds ("Pushin' Too Hard," "Can't Seem to Make You Mine," "Mr. Farmer")
61	* Music/TheShadowsOfKnight (their version of "Gloria" [[invoked]] CoveredUp Them's original on the American charts)
62	* Music/SirDouglasQuintet ("She's About a Mover"; combined garage with country rock and Tex-Mex)
63	* Music/TheSonics ("Strychnine," "Psycho," "The Witch"; considered ''the'' ancestor of UsefulNotes/{{Washington}} state's AlternativeRock scene)
64	* Music/TheStandells ("Dirty Water," "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White")
65	* Music/TheStooges ("No Fun," "I Wanna Be Your Dog," "1969"; they came along too late to be part of the original movement, but still one of the most significant bands of the genre due to their influence on punk rock)
66	** 1969 - ''Music/{{The Stooges\|Album}}''
67	** 1970 - ''Music/{{Fun House\|Album}}''
68	** 1973 - ''Music/RawPower''
69	* Music/TheSwinginMedallions ("Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)", "I Found A Rainbow")
70	* Music/TheTurtles (started as a garage-y FolkRock group before having pop hits like "Eleanor" and "Happy Together")
71	* Music/TheTrashmen ("Surfin' Bird")
72	* Music/TheWailers (not ''those'' [[Music/BobMarley Wailers]]; this group was from Tacoma and recorded the song "Tall Cool One", as well as one of the better known pre-Kingsmen revivals of "Louie Louie")
73	* Music/TheYoungRascals (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.)
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75	[[/index]]
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78	!!Equally influential mid-60s UK artists who were kindred spirits:
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80	[[index]]
81	* Music/TheAnimals
82	* Music/TheBeatles (without them, there would have been no British Invasion and hence no Garage Rock, at least not as we know it)
83	* Music/TheCreation ("Making Time")
84	* Music/TheDaveClarkFive ("Bits and Pieces", "Glad All Over")
85	* Music/TheKinks (very Garage-y at the beginning, but soon moved on to other genres)
86	** 1967 - ''Music/SomethingElseByTheKinks''
87	** 1968 - ''Music/TheKinksAreTheVillageGreenPreservationSociety''
88	** 1970 - ''Music/LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne''
89	** 1971 - ''Music/MuswellHillbillies''
90	* Music/ManfredMann
91	* Music/TheMove
92	* Music/ThePrettyThings ("Rosalyn", "Don't Bring Me Down", "Honey I Need"; started as garage, evolved into PsychedelicRock, RockOpera and ProgressiveRock)
93	** 1968 - ''Music/SFSorrow''
94	* Music/{{The Rolling Stones\|Band}} (their influence on the genre can't be overstated)
95	* Music/{{Them}} (Music/VanMorrison's first band; hits included "Here Comes The Night", "Baby Please Don't Go" and "Gloria")
96	* Music/TheTroggs ("Wild Thing", "I Can't Control Myself", "Love Is All Around")
97	* Music/TheWho
98	* Music/TheYardbirds
99	** 1964 - ''Music/FiveLiveYardbirds''
100	** 1965 - ''Music/ForYourLove''
101	** 1965 - ''Music/HavingARaveUp''
102	** 1966 - ''Music/RogerTheEngineer''
103	** 1967 - ''Music/LittleGames''
104	[[/index]]
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107	!!Artists from TheSeventies, TheEighties and later who helped revive Garage Rock:
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109	[[index]]
110	* [[Music/TheFiveSixSevenEights The 5.6.7.8's]] (Female Japanese PowerTrio best known for their appearance in ''Film/KillBill'')
111	* Music/ArcticMonkeys
112	** 2006 - ''Music/WhateverPeopleSayIAmThatsWhatImNot''
113	** 2007 - ''Music/FavouriteWorstNightmare''
114	* Music/TheBlackCrowes (not a pure example, but they've certainly done tracks in the garage style).
115	* Music/TheBlackKeys
116	** 2010 - ''Music/{{Brothers\|Album}}''
117	*** "Music/HowlinForYou"
118	* Music/BlackRebelMotorcycleClub
119	* Music/BloodRedShoes
120	* Music/CageTheElephant
121	* Music/TheChesterfieldKings
122	* Music/CocteauTwins
123	* Music/TheCramps (they mixed Garage with {{Rockabilly}} and {{Exploitation Film}}s)
124	* Music/TheDandyWarhols
125	* Music/TheDeadWeather
126	* Music/{{Deerhunter\|Band}}
127	* Music/TheDirtbombs
128	* Music/{{DMZ}} and their SpinOff Music/TheLyres
129	* Music/TheDetroitCobras
130	* Music/EaglesOfDeathMetal
131	* Music/{{Empires}}
132	* Music/TheFleshtones
133	* Music/TheFratellis
134	* Music/TheHives
135	* Music/TheHorrors
136	* Music/TheKaisers
137	* Music/KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard
138	* Music/KingsOfLeon
139	* Music/TheLeatherNun
140	* Music/TheLibertines
141	* Music/LimeSpiders (legends in Australia, but screwed themselves over by continuing to release their work mainly on vinyl and cassette in the late 80's and 90's)
142	* Music/TheLoons (long-running garage/psych band led by musician/writer/publisher Mike Stax, whose ''Ugly Things'' magazine does in-depth articles about garage bands and performers from related genres)
143	* Music/ManOrAstroMan
144	* Music/{{Mudhoney}}
145	* Music/{{Nirvana}} (popularized {{Grunge}} while inspiring a generation of raw rock bands in reaction to the glossy, highly produced music of the 80s)
146	** 1989 - ''Music/BleachAlbum''
147	** 1991 - ''Music/{{Nevermind\|Album}}''
148	** 1992 - ''Music/{{Incesticide}}''
149	** 1993 - ''Music/InUtero''
150	** 1994 - ''Music/MTVUnpluggedInNewYork''
151	* Music/PereUbu (their self-described "avant garage" style combines garage with AvantGardeMusic and PostPunk)
152	* Music/{{Phantom Planet\|Band}} (only in their self-titled and ''Raise the Dead'' albums).
153	* Music/{{Ramones}}
154	** 1976 - ''Music/{{Ramones\|Album}}''
155	** 1977 - ''Music/LeaveHome''
156	** 1977 - ''Music/RocketToRussia''
157	** 1978 - ''Music/RoadToRuin''
158	** 1980 - ''Music/EndOfTheCentury''
159	* Music/{{REM}} (especially in their early days)
160	** 1983 - ''Music/{{Murmur}}''
161	* Music/RoyalBlood
162	* Satan's Satyrs (also PsychedelicRock)
163	* Music/{{Spacemen 3}}
164	* Music/TheStrokes
165	** 2001 - ''Music/IsThisIt''
166	* The Velveteers
167	* Music/TheVines
168	* Music/TheVonBondies
169	* Music/JackWhite
170	* Music/TheWhiteStripes
171	** 2001 - ''Music/WhiteBloodCells''
172	** 2003 - ''Music/{{Elephant\|Album}}''
173	* Music/YeahYeahYeahs
174	[[/index]]
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177	!!Tropes associated with Garage Rock:
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179	* {{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 UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion, such as Music/{{The Rolling Stones\|Band}}, Music/TheWho, Music/TheAnimals, Music/TheKinks and Music/TheYardbirds.
180	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Most original garage bands were male, although there were a handful of female bands.
181	* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Garage Rock makes musical and lyrical simplicity a virtue, partly out of necessity. One of its most appealing aspects is its contention that ''anybody'' can be in a band, with only a minimal amount of practice.
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