[Matt Benz] Garage bands of the 60's = "punk" . Not the Punk of
later years. The Remains are featured on the Nuggets box. Basically, any
lofi almost indy american band that may have charted a one hit wonder,
was regionally popular, influenced by the British Invasion, etc...
The term "sixties punk" is most accurate, and is used pretty much
interchangeably with "sixties garage bands." Your description is correct,
sir, but, as collectors have ferreted out every dang group who ever put out
a record, no matter how obscure, and slapped the song on a compilation,
there are now lots of known sixties punk/garage bands didn't chart at all.
The subgenre slipped over into psychedelia, too, but only when still
corralled into in 3-minute, maybe 4-minute songs (tops) -- like Love's "7+7
Is."
And then of course, there were the seventies-era sixties punk garage-styled
bands. Who was it that did the cover of the Standells' "Dirty Water" with
several different local versions? The "San Francisco you're my home,"
version is out in the garage... seems appropriate.
Twang content... oh, right...
Jon Johnson writes:
Yeah, I also noticed that the article didn't really mention much
about Tashian's more recent activity, though I'd guess that has to do
with the legendary status that the Remains have at this point.
So, is this like a conspiracy to cover up his later success as a country
musician to keep his "cool" image as a member of a legendary sixties punk
band untarnished? g
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