If so, what are your favorite artists/subgenres?
Here's a great free streaming station for fans: Psychedelicized.com
Here's a great free streaming station for fans: Psychedelicized.com
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Does Harry Nilsson's "The Point" count? If not, how about Bo Hansson's "Lord of the Rings"? If "Surfing With the Alien" by Joe Satriani is a third strike out, then no. I am not a prog rock or psychedelic fan.
I like this genre. I like this site you suggested.
I'm a fan of the 60s-70s rock and roll.
I'm a fan of the 60s-70s rock and roll.
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Hawkwind's Space Ritual is probably the best Psych album ever. At least in my mind. It is more Heavy Psych and Space Rock than Psych Rock.
Demon & Eleven Children by Blues Creation is really good too. Though again its Heavy Psych. Sounds more like a Japanese Led Zeppelin than anything else.
Demon & Eleven Children by Blues Creation is really good too. Though again its Heavy Psych. Sounds more like a Japanese Led Zeppelin than anything else.
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I'm pretty sure I'm a fan of this genre. Does King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard count?
The Sonics are fantastic as far as vintage garage rock goes. I like the shitty little electric keyboard and the fuzzy, crusty recording of this particular song:
I've been digging Ty Segall for a while. He has the only sound that I can consistently say I enjoy, and I'm happy to see he's been receiving a bit more attention from the mainstream. Emotional Mugger is a personal favorite.
I've been digging Ty Segall for a while. He has the only sound that I can consistently say I enjoy, and I'm happy to see he's been receiving a bit more attention from the mainstream. Emotional Mugger is a personal favorite.
Now we're talking.
Here's a few favorites:
First up, one of my favorite psychedelic garage bands of all, with one of their most manic numbers:
The Seeds - Night Time Girl (1967)
Most famous for "Pushin' too Hard" and "Can't Seem to Make You Mine", the Seeds soldiered on for a few more years, releasing a pair of albums and numerous flop singles as late as 1972. "Night Time Girl" is an insane bacchanal of garage stomp, with a leering, unhinged Sky Saxon vocal, primitive tribal drumming, and the band's usual minimalist organ work. This is a fake live recording (from Live at Merlin's Music Box, a fake live album), and the overcharged teenaged girl screams take on an ominous dark quality, sounding like a midnight revival gone haywire. Cheap and trashy, as most great garage rock should be, this also manages to retain some real menace.
Next up, one of my favorite one-shots:
The Del Vetts - Last Time Around (1966)
Sounding like an intense cross between The Who and The Yardbirds (even copping a bit of the guitar solo of "You're a Better Man Than I"), the Del Vetts appear to have released only three singles in their career (a whole album has been cobbled together from them, adding some unreleased stuff). This is the one they are remembered for, and it is one of the heaviest sounding American singles ever at the time it was released. If those are down-tuned guitars (hard to tell), they were doing it long before Black Sabbath was dreamed up. Nice downer lyrics too. This Chicago band went nowhere, but their single remains one of the most striking garage rock nuggets of their era.
Next up, a Paisley Underground favorite:
The Rain Parade - This Can't Be Today (1983)
In the early 80's there was a legitimate revitalization of psych music, which had become nearly extinct after dying out in the early 70's. For my money, The Rain Parade was the best of the west coast Paisley Underground scene; psychedelic, but moody and sad, with an outstanding guitarist, David Roback, who would go on to found Opal and Mazzy Star. "This Can't Be Today" was their first single, and it defines the allure of the band; mysterious sounding lyrics, jangling guitars, some propulsion in the drumming, wispy keyboards, a vague darkness to the proceedings. The 80's psyh scenes dried up way too soon, but there are some good relics left behind.
Finally, a 21st century nugget from San Francisco:
Lumerians - Orgon Grinder (2008 )
This hypnotic drone is a latter-day psych masterpiece, imho. From the catatonic, druggy vocal to the two basslines, to the distorted organ and wall of noise background that warps and wooshes and sounds freakin' great stoned; it manages to capture all the ingredients that make a psych nugget great, but without sounding like a 1960's retread. Lumerians normally make instrumental music, and the vocalist here is a guest, so this is a little atypical of their sound. But it hits all the right notes with me.
Here's a few favorites:
First up, one of my favorite psychedelic garage bands of all, with one of their most manic numbers:
The Seeds - Night Time Girl (1967)
Most famous for "Pushin' too Hard" and "Can't Seem to Make You Mine", the Seeds soldiered on for a few more years, releasing a pair of albums and numerous flop singles as late as 1972. "Night Time Girl" is an insane bacchanal of garage stomp, with a leering, unhinged Sky Saxon vocal, primitive tribal drumming, and the band's usual minimalist organ work. This is a fake live recording (from Live at Merlin's Music Box, a fake live album), and the overcharged teenaged girl screams take on an ominous dark quality, sounding like a midnight revival gone haywire. Cheap and trashy, as most great garage rock should be, this also manages to retain some real menace.
Next up, one of my favorite one-shots:
The Del Vetts - Last Time Around (1966)
Sounding like an intense cross between The Who and The Yardbirds (even copping a bit of the guitar solo of "You're a Better Man Than I"), the Del Vetts appear to have released only three singles in their career (a whole album has been cobbled together from them, adding some unreleased stuff). This is the one they are remembered for, and it is one of the heaviest sounding American singles ever at the time it was released. If those are down-tuned guitars (hard to tell), they were doing it long before Black Sabbath was dreamed up. Nice downer lyrics too. This Chicago band went nowhere, but their single remains one of the most striking garage rock nuggets of their era.
Next up, a Paisley Underground favorite:
The Rain Parade - This Can't Be Today (1983)
In the early 80's there was a legitimate revitalization of psych music, which had become nearly extinct after dying out in the early 70's. For my money, The Rain Parade was the best of the west coast Paisley Underground scene; psychedelic, but moody and sad, with an outstanding guitarist, David Roback, who would go on to found Opal and Mazzy Star. "This Can't Be Today" was their first single, and it defines the allure of the band; mysterious sounding lyrics, jangling guitars, some propulsion in the drumming, wispy keyboards, a vague darkness to the proceedings. The 80's psyh scenes dried up way too soon, but there are some good relics left behind.
Finally, a 21st century nugget from San Francisco:
Lumerians - Orgon Grinder (2008 )
This hypnotic drone is a latter-day psych masterpiece, imho. From the catatonic, druggy vocal to the two basslines, to the distorted organ and wall of noise background that warps and wooshes and sounds freakin' great stoned; it manages to capture all the ingredients that make a psych nugget great, but without sounding like a 1960's retread. Lumerians normally make instrumental music, and the vocalist here is a guest, so this is a little atypical of their sound. But it hits all the right notes with me.
The work of Amon Düül (the first, if you want it all psychy) is always a fun listen if you find yourself craving something a little more atmospheric.
Spoilering everything only because it's a lot, I love this stuff and I guess I come at it from a slightly different angle.
There's my little spiels, at least about the more beat-y garage side of things. I'm checking that website out soon 'cause it sounds fun. Clicked on it and saw the Velvet Underground, Ian Anderson, and the Troggs already, so I'm interested.
Man, a while back I used to have, like, old record label samplers of random fun garage rock from the mid-60s all the way through to the late 80s or 90s saved on Youtube. All kinds of oddities. Had some funky garage and surf rock ones from...I think some were from Japan, but quite a few were also from the States, and Europe.
Anyway, I go back to find them and the channel that had all them up got taken down at some point so that blows, but oh well. One of the Japanese bands did a damn good version of Johnny Rivers' "Secret Agent Man" and I wish I could find it again to show. I'll keep looking. Another one did a cool version of the Standells' "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White", but honestly I could bring up the original here as far as that goes. You might know the Standells for their song "Dirty Water". I know them because they were on an episode of the Munsters because they couldn't get the Beatles.
Anyway, I go back to find them and the channel that had all them up got taken down at some point so that blows, but oh well. One of the Japanese bands did a damn good version of Johnny Rivers' "Secret Agent Man" and I wish I could find it again to show. I'll keep looking. Another one did a cool version of the Standells' "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White", but honestly I could bring up the original here as far as that goes. You might know the Standells for their song "Dirty Water". I know them because they were on an episode of the Munsters because they couldn't get the Beatles.
The good news is now I collect records myself so I started going looking for these sorts of sampler records on my own instead, and pre-'Rona I had alright luck finding some at the record store near my college campus. That's how I got into the more out-there garage stuff, these compilations. They had one of the Pebbles ones, but I put off buying it and I dunno if it's still there...I was looking for, but couldn't find copies of the Nuggets compilations (either the original or the continued volumes Rhino did) on my travels yet, but I've listened to them and they have good selections for all this. Those Standells songs are on there, for one. I think quite a few of the bands previously mentioned in this thread are on there as well because I remember the Seeds and the Sonics and the Del-Vetts being on the later volumes, as well as that Blue Cheer version of "Summertime Blues". Someday I'll get my hands on some of those.
One compliation I did actually get, though, "English Freakbeat, Volume 4", was pretty good, and I hear the previous three volumes are good as well but I haven't checked them out just yet. Probably will soon, because I'm quite fond of the mod, beat, and freakbeat side of things. That's the sound I go for. Here's a goodie from Volume 4, although it didn't come on the LP, it's a bonus track on the CD version I found out about after:
Another one I got, though this was a CD, was one of those compilations you get from the music magazines. One of them did a Who issue and that came with a CD with some groups I recognized, the one up there is on it, and so are the Pretty Things and the Fleur De Lys and all that. I think it's called "My Generation: 15 Tracks of Beat Filled Teenage Mod Angst" or something. I could check again regarding the album title when I get to my house but it's something like that. It's got Lemmy's old mod band on it doing their own re-written version of "The Kids Are Alright" on there, and that's I think that's reason enough to look into it if that sounds interesting to you, but another good song I liked from it was this one, which is just a straight Who cover:
Hilariously enough, Larry's Rebels are, in a way, one of us: they're a certified Kiwi band, not because they laugh at lolcows, but because they're apparently from New Zealand of all places, what are the odds?
Another one I got, though this was a CD, was one of those compilations you get from the music magazines. One of them did a Who issue and that came with a CD with some groups I recognized, the one up there is on it, and so are the Pretty Things and the Fleur De Lys and all that. I think it's called "My Generation: 15 Tracks of Beat Filled Teenage Mod Angst" or something. I could check again regarding the album title when I get to my house but it's something like that. It's got Lemmy's old mod band on it doing their own re-written version of "The Kids Are Alright" on there, and that's I think that's reason enough to look into it if that sounds interesting to you, but another good song I liked from it was this one, which is just a straight Who cover:
Hilariously enough, Larry's Rebels are, in a way, one of us: they're a certified Kiwi band, not because they laugh at lolcows, but because they're apparently from New Zealand of all places, what are the odds?
Now I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion or not but, don't knock the "popular" bands doing this kind of thing. I'm a sucker for that Tommy James song "Hanky Panky", always have been. I think it's why I got into the more out-there garage stuff. Paul Revere and the Raiders are pretty good too, as far as garage-y stuff that hit it kinda big went. Loved "Him Or Me (What's It Gonna Be?)" Ended up finding a copy of "Revolution!" at that store I got the freakbeat and mod compilations from, actually. "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" is another good one but I always thought that the Monkees' version was even more garage than the Raiders' one, hilariously enough. Specifically, the gritty version on the "Live 1967" album. It becomes a total sludgy freakout, seriously. Problem is that live album's audio fidelity ain't that good on some songs, like that one. I think the mic monitoring was off. Still an interesting listen, though. They're actually playing their own instruments on it. "Sweet Young Thing" gets very loud, in a good way.
There's my little spiels, at least about the more beat-y garage side of things. I'm checking that website out soon 'cause it sounds fun. Clicked on it and saw the Velvet Underground, Ian Anderson, and the Troggs already, so I'm interested.
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