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>>63274344
The Beatles
>>63274360
These types of comps may be closer in terms of sound, but pic related is a very essential release in terms of early 60s Pacific NW garage, and literally close to The Sonics in the same way Soundgarden was close to Nirvana
>>63274344
You're in luck OP, I was a garage rock historian in highschool
>The Sonics- Boom and Savage Young Sonics
>The Seeds- first four albums, ones after are good too
>Chocolate Watchband- Their two albums
>The Monkees- just get a greatest hits, the Rhino one is excellant
>Lyres (90's Boston band)- A Promise is a Promise
and >>63274397
Make sure to listen to the Nuggets compilations as well, tons of great stuff on those that I couldn't put down because they're just single songs.
Just for you guys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOmpp_srn8E&list=PLB9FC6639258340E4
>>63274468
fuck I wanted to post the whole playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB9FC6639258340E4
>>63274445
It's worth saying that you'd probably also love the early Kinks and Who albums. Check out the first few Grassroots albums too.
>>63274445
thanks a lot to you and everyone else, I'm listening to the seeds debut now and loving it
>>63274575
Try The Thirteenth Floor Elevators too, great band and they only have a few albums as well.
>>63274445
yeah Nuggets is an absolutely essential comp, probably (after Anthology Of Folk Music) the most influential compilation ever - It's great, as are (at least the few I've heard) the sequels
pic related is my personal favorite garage rock one though, bought it on CD have heard not a thing on it and it really inspired to dig deeper into the genre
OP, it's important to note what he said about comps - lots of bands in that time period laid down one or two absolutely killer singles but never did an LP. If you go into the genre with /mu/'s stereotypical 'proper albums only' retarded bias, you'll miss 90% of the good stuff out there.
But really, The Monkees? I mean sure they had some solid as fuck jams (I I I I"M NOT YOUR STEPPING STO O O O ONE) but considering how manufactured and inauthentic they were in an otherwise really honest genre it's kinda weird you give them such high billing
>>63274618
>not loving The Monkees
Listen to Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., I should have listed it along side the greatest hits. Also what about
>Pleasent Valley Sunday
>Valleri
>Last Train from Clarksville
>I'm a Believer
The Monkess starting at Aquarius wrote all their songs and played their own instruments, before that they had some of the greatest songwriters ever pen their songs. Like I don't want to sound like a Monkees super fan, because I'm not, but they definitely do not deserve the hate and the have some really great tunes to their name.
>>63274614
already love em
>>63274696
Good taste, are you into Roky's solo albums? Give Don't Slander Me a listen if you haven't already
>>63274682
>Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd
that's a great album, I don't really see it as garage rock, it's more like lush psych pop with some things even reminiscent of Beach Boys.
>>63274747
Yeah I can see that, it has garage moments and psychedelic moments, which kind of go hand in hand anyway. It's a bit of both imo, definitely The Monkee's best overall album.
>>63274682
> Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd
haven't heard it, but from it's title I suspect I won't like it. Also i'm not nearly as much of a fan of the poppier stuff like the songs you listed. Tell me if I'm wrong, but from the title of that LP I can only assume it's their attempt at "Village Green Preservation Society" or "Oracle And Odyssey" or "Pet Sounds" and for all three of those bands I much much prefer their earlier, rawer, more rock and roll stuff.
But to each their own, glad you do.
Oh and as for Thirteenth Floor Elevators? I could never get into them, even thoughit seems like everyone else does. But how cool would a pic related project have been?
Can anyone else give me some good 60s garage stuff that is just horribly dated and politically incorrect these days? Like 'He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss)" or this gem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qA04Y3iywQ
>>63274737
Will do
>>63274763
yeah after all even Nuggets puts refined thing like Sagittarius' My World Fell Down with the likes of gritty Standell's Dirty Water
another track I really like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc8tmiQVblk
>>63274809
It kind of is like Odyssey and Oracle, if that type of psychedelic stuff isn't for you you probably wouldn't like it. It is more raw than all the albums you posted though, just not as much as I think you'd like. Also a Roky/GG collab wouldn't have been very good, GG was basically straight garabge. He played bands with J Mascis on guitar and it didn't save the music even slightly, so I doubt he would have been better with Roky.
Another artist missing from this thread is The Stooges, arguably not true garage but heavily inspired by that. Everyone knows them but it's still worth saying for those who aren't woke.
Since OP started with The Sonics and the thread imediately started to migrate to psychedelic, i'm just gonna post this, my favorite garage rock track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJb5JbXnmjE
and ask you kindly to post something even rawwer and more distorted that rocks harder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRG-uFNqGBg
>>63274907
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwTQohyalHM
>>63274907
>Screaming Lord Sutch
Fucking nice, didn't think to post him because I've always considered him more blues/hard rock. Good pick.
>>63274344
King Khan and BBQ Show if you want something more modern but same sound.
>>63274930
What type of modern music are you into? It's cool that we both dig garage rock, thats where so much started - but it diverged into Psychedlic experimental then from that all sorts of modern bands that I (very generally speaking dont much care for) where as the other branch was heavy blues / hard rock (leading to punk and metal which i fucking love)
But yeah Screaming Lord Sutch is so much fun and with Joe Meek twiddling the knobs, how can it sound bad?
>>63274927
nice I like it!
have you heard The Pleasure Seekers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJb5JbXnmjE
>>63275050
What do you consider modern music? Like 2000 to now? I listen to all the big names really, like The Strokes, Animal Collective, Kanye, Daft Punk, Bjork, Flamings Lips etc. I don't dig deep into more modern stuff. Been really into The Mars Volta lately, as is evident with my trip name.
>The Swans
>The Soft Cell
>>63275115
kek, I didn't even recognize your trip as a Mars Volta reference (don't really listen to them myself) but them and Animal Collective specifically were the moderns bands I suspected you'd like.
I really dig stuff pretty influenced by Jesus And Mary Chain (for lack of a better term) like The Raveonettes (if you haven't - you NEED to check them out) The Kills, Dum Dum Girls - basically noisty distorted guitar with old rock and roll song structures just makes my dick rock hard
Radio Birdman for a more modern (well late 70's) sound: https://youtu.be/vse3J5-SR3Q
>>63275220
>>63275220
>The Trolls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RC4E7Wn8FE
>>63275247
check out the Before Birdmen Flew comps of Aussie garage shit, you'll dig it
>not on those comps, iirc, but some bomb 60's STRAYA garage rock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bq2QWa7Jmg
bumping because GARAGE ROCK GENERAL, please rec some boss tunes
Los Saicos https://youtu.be/pJjfGWrTSU8
Mystic Tide https://youtu.be/49W3JNeP6DY
Try the Zombies debut album. There was a U.S. release version, which is the one i recommend and the one you might enjoy more, but the U.K. version is good, too.
https://www.discogs.com/The-Zombies-The-Zombies/release/6574374
>>63276534
good advice. I fucking hate how /mu/ used to go on and on about Odyssey And Oracle but completely ignore the earlier classics. I mean if you hate She's Not There you're fucking dead inside or something
Also, if I could get five snappy retro suits and four friends to sober up long enough to do it - I'd love to go out on Halloween dressed as Zombies
>>63275220
Listening to the bands from Losing My Edge is a great way to get into music
>>63276534
but tbqh their singles are 10 times better than this 1st album – whatever the version you pick – even if it's filled with gems like Summertime, I can't make up my mind, etc.
check
Imagine the swan https://youtu.be/GtU50hKztfw
I want you back again https://youtu.be/TlT30Ez41N0
etc.
(also the 2 first LP of Colin Blunstone are amazing)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA7C0BAFEC9E6B0C9
Coachwhips were basically The Sonics + coke
http://youtu.be/tk_XxoNzvVQ
http://youtu.be/Qf63VjzBOhc
http://youtu.be/l_s74zpADCQ
>>63277587
o also The Traps
http://youtu.be/8rFG-Uk4hZs
>>63276695
I like a lot the debut album of the zombies, but I prefer a lot more OAR.
More bands like this anon? I love how they make so perfect melodies.
>inb4 the beatles or beach boys
>>63277677
https://youtu.be/DbzbC51MVyY
https://youtu.be/-oMMI-TDB28
https://youtu.be/uHxJUdKntB0
https://youtu.be/Z63gnR7WQio
https://youtu.be/NvEDAuO-Row
>>63277677
>perfect melodies
It might be out of your comfort zone but close harmony country was a pretty huge influence on bands like the Beach Boys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amDo-KqUjpA
