#GarageRockTober: The Gants - formed in 1963/64 in Greenwood MS, Sid Herring, Johnny Sanders, Vince Montgomery and Don Wood had gigged around town, had a couple of almost regional hits esp. their take on “Roadrunner”, released 3 LPs but eventually broke up. 1/2

#GarageRockTober: The Buzzards, Detroit, MI 1999 Joe “Dirty” Burdick and Maribel Restrepo of the Detroit Cobras, plus the Paterra twins Leslie & Nancy and Nick Lloyd on drums. Gigs followed, rock was made. The single “You Got Me Down” documented the band’s place in the garage rock pantheon.

#GarageRockTober The Fabulous Courettes: formed in 2014 from Denmark and Brazil, Flavia Couri on guitar and vocals & Martin Couri on drums, The Courettes create the perfect blend of garage rock, 60s Girl Group, Wall of Sound, photo dying scene

#GarageRockTober: The Jagged Edge “Midnight To Six Man” Shelly Leder, Don Brown, Freddie Ebne, Peter Gretch, Leni Matlin dropped this groover in early ‘66 out of NYC by way of Detroit’s Twirl Records. Shel and Don gigged on, but The Jagged Edge was lost to history. #TheJaggedEdge

#GarageRockTober The JuJus: Grand Rapids finest, Rod Shepard, Max “Junior” Colley, Bill Gorski, Ray Hummel III, later Rick Stevens, Brett Wells and Bruce Essex hit the Michigan triad hard, playing in Holland and Saugatuck, plus their hometown.

#GarageRockTober The Mooney Suzuki “Turn My Blue Sky Black” NYC 1996 Sammy James, Jr., Graham Tyler, John Paul Ribas and Will Rockwell-Scott grab the garage gusto, plug in, turn up and rock out. Fame, fortune and 4 fuzz filled albums follow. #MooneySuzuki

In The Garage 10/7/1982: The Bangs (Pre-Bangles) play a show at the Lhasa Club. (L to R): Vicki Peterson, Debbi Peterson, Susanna Hoffs, Annette Zilinskas #GarageRockTober

#GarageRockTober: Guitar Wolf - Formed by Seiji, Billy and Narita in Harajuku, Japan in ‘87. Transformed into Guitar Wolf, Bass Wolf, Drum Wolf, inspired by Link Wray, they created a new genre called “Jet Rock”. 1994 saw 3 LPs from Guitar Wolf, and they are still the #1 Jet Rock band in the world.

#GarageRockTober Gary & The Hornets, Cinci, 1966 - the Calvert brothers, Gary “the leader, singer and guitarist” age 12 bassist Greg age 14 and Steve, the age 7 drummer” lit up the SW Ohio scene and appeared on the Tonight Show, Mike Douglas, “Where The Action Is” and in an Oscar Meyer hot dog ad.

#GarageRockTober The Pandoras: founded by the late Paula Pierce as part of the LA Paisley Underground scene, between 1982-1991 almost 20 women joined her in the rave-up, including Kim Shattuck, future leader of the Muffs, Melanie Vammen, Karen Blankfeld-Basset, & Sheri Kaplan. Loud, badass, awesome.

#GarageRockTober: The Sonics “The Witch” (1964) Larry and Jerry Parypa, started playing with friends in Tacoma in 1960, joined later by Rob Lind, Bob Bennett and Gerry Roslie. Their wild sound burned a path through the northwest that could be seen from space. #TheSonics #Nuggets #RockHonorRoll

Bonus Track #GarageRockTober: The Rats - Akron, Ohio, teen members of The Decades, met producer Terry Rose in late ‘64, inspired by Eric Von Zipper, and created a novelty 45. At 1 a.m. after 8 failed takes, Rose took to the mic and tore the hinges off - “The Rat’s Revenge” part 1 and 2 were born.1/2

#GarageRockTober - The Zachary Thaks: Corpus Christi 1966: Chris, Pete, Rex and John join forces and drop some pure Texas garage gems on the ears of America. They opened for The Yardbirds, Jefferson Airplane and 13th Floor Elevators. Dave Fore left to join Bubble Puppy, and the rest is history. 10/5

#GarageRockTober - Richard and the Young Lions, NJ, 1966: Richard, Bob, Marc, Norm, Ricky and Jerry came together and scored a major hit in Elyria, Ohio and beyond, with “Open Up Your Door”, peaking at no. 70 on the Cashbox chart, placing The Lions and their fuzztone bass among garage royalty. 10/1

#GarageRockTober - The Loved Ones “Surprise, Surprise” Knoxville, TN, ‘66, Terry Johnson, Barry “Byrd” Burton, Doug Graham & Mike Coyner recorded this gem at Bradley’s Barn in Nashville. Played a residency in Greenwich Village, ruled the local scene, then parted ways, leaving only fuzztone memories.

#GarageRockTober The Standells formed in 1964 and released multiple singles and generated a huge buzz at their shows. Producer Ed Cobb approached ‘em with “Dirty Water”, which became the song that put them in the history books. 10/3

#Garagerocktober when I say “Alright” you say “Alright”!

#GarageRockTober The Beefeaters: San Antonio/Denton TX, ‘65-‘69 “Don’t Hurt Me”, Whit, Mark and Bill and Paul got started at Alamo High then they headed to NTSU, gigging on campus and all around north Texas. Recorded a single that didn’t get heard until landing on Texas Garage comps in the 80s.

#GarageRockTober The Beefeaters: San Antonio/Denton TX, ‘65-‘69 “Don’t Hurt Me”. After Dan, Whit, Mark and Bill and Paul got started at Alamo High as Rocky & The Flying Squirrels, they headed to NTSU, and rebranded. Gigging on campus and all around the north TX scene. 1/2

In The Rock 10/3/1977: Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers release their only studio LP ‘L.A.M.F.’ Only released in England, it peaks at #55 on the UK album chart. #JohhnyThundersandtheHeartbreakers
#Punk77 #RockHonorRoll #Garagerocktober