I am a sucker for garage rock bands with a gimmick. I LOVE crap bands like ‘The Mummies” (Dressed like mummies), “Man Or Astroman” (Dressed like spacemen), “The Astronauts” (Dressed Like spacemen), “Supernova” (dressed like spacemen), “The Phantom Surfers” (Dressed like gents in tuxedos & phantom masks), “Demolition Doll Rods” (dressed like stripers, even the guy), “The Vulcaneers” (Dressed like 60’s Star Trek dudes - I guess that makes them spacemen), “The Monks” (dressed like, uh, Monks), The Count-backwurds” (Dressed like Paul Revere & the Radars on speed), “The Von Zippers” (Dressed like Eric Von Zipper), “Doo-Rag” (Dressed like gas station attendants), & “The Dukes Of Hamburg” (Dressed like, oh fuck, I don’t know, but it’s a gimmick!), the list goes on!!! I will be posting junk from all the aforementioned bands later, but now let us take a look at the band “The Invisible Men“. They dressed like Dr. Jack Griffin, Claude Rains character in Universal’s classic 1933 horror film “The Invisible Man. That means Gauze bandages, sunglasses & smoking jackets. Their live show consisted of Instro surf with sometimes-gonzo vocals. At Some point during the show an Elvis impersonator like character called “The Boss Man” would come on stage & Karate battle the band. How could you not love that? Now the interesting thing is that by the time of “Come Get Some”, their 2nd album, the band had dropped the gauze, sunglasses & smoking jacket image for a new one: Fuckin’ fowl mouthed angry stoner punk rock! That’s rights, songs about THE MAN trying to keep them down & stop them from smoking the SWEET LEAF. It’s a hilarious album that’s kind of like “Black Sabbath” with Farfisa organ. Enjoy.
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Uhh, actually all 60's garage rock comps are FUCKING GODHEAD!!!!
Link #1 will get you "Chuncked and Muddled"
Rare live & studio cuts including a nice version of the Red Krayola's "Hurricane Fighter Plane"
I am currently dealing with a computer virus (FUCK NORTON!) that is keeping me from making any fresh posts. Don’t worry, I will be back soon & better than ever! Until then, Here's a Blues Explosion live set recorded from the mixing desk at the “Club Vera” in Groningen, Holland on the 18th of September in 1994.
The Beastie Boys are releasing their new instrumental album “The Mix-Up” today, so I thought I would post one of their major influences. “Giants Of The Organ In Concert” by Jimmy Mcgriff & Groove Holmes is a live set of Hammond B3 based funky jazz workouts recorded in 1973 at Paul’s Mall nightclub in Boston. If your familiar with the song “Groove Holmes” off the Beastie’s 1992 album “Check Your Head” then that will give you an idea what to expect from this set. This Double LP was released on the Groove Merchant label. The label was started in 1971 by Sonny Lester. He was the creator of 1963’s classic album “How To Strip For Your Husband”. If you are ever out thriftin’ & see a Groove Merchant LP, Buy It!
