THE WHO or THE JAM??? - Beyond Tiki

T TikiGardener Member 1st website dedicated to Tiki Gardens Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 1368	T TikiGardener Posted posted on Mon, May 31, 2004 12:08 AM I'd have to say the Standells were ( along with The Sonics,The Monks, The Music Machine, Love, and a thousand bands that it took 40 years for their music to find distribution outside of their local area ) Garage Punk. Not that the monicker existed at the time, but they were a part of a prototypical movement that put on an attitude of not caring what the "Man" thought. I remember being a kid in the sixties, and if someone called you a "Punk", it was as searing a swear word. Garage punk of the sixties, the rivival that happened in the 80's with bands like the Fuzztones, and a fair portion of the current garage revival get a great deal of play in my little tiki corner. Something about the swagger 'n snarl of songs like "Psycho" matched by the snarl on the faces of my tikis is serendipitous. TG

I'd have to say the Standells were ( along with The Sonics,The Monks, The Music Machine, Love, and a thousand bands that it took 40 years for their music to find distribution outside of their local area ) Garage Punk. Not that the monicker existed at the time, but they were a part of a prototypical movement that put on an attitude of not caring what the "Man" thought.

I remember being a kid in the sixties, and if someone called you a "Punk", it was as searing a swear word.

Garage punk of the sixties, the rivival that happened in the 80's with bands like the Fuzztones, and a fair portion of the current garage revival get a great deal of play in my little tiki corner. Something about the swagger 'n snarl of songs like "Psycho" matched by the snarl on the faces of my tikis is serendipitous.

Post #93667 by TikiGardener on Mon, May 31, 2004 12:08 AM