#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

#garagerocktober The Killing Floors - Classic 5 piece bilingual garage ravers straight outta Compton, formed in 2014, Jorge Martinez, Irbinn Rocha, Josue Alvarado, German Cruz and Mario Garcia are tearing it up on stages across California. New LP released in 2026, find them on bandcamp NOW! 10/2

#GarageRockTober: ? And the Mysterians, Bay City, Michigan ‘62, Larry Borjas, Robert Martinez, Bobby Balderrama, later joined by vocalist Rudy Martinez aka ?, and then organist Frank Rodriguez, made history.“96 Tears” topped the charts for 15 weeks and defines Garage Rock to this day. #RockHonorRoll

#GarageRockTober 10/2/1972: Lenny Kaye drops ‘Nuggets’, the great garage compilation, which both preserves the 60s garage era and inspires a new generation of rock. #Nuggets #RockHonorRoll

#GarageRockTober The Chocolate Watchband: Classic line up came together in SF ‘66, they defined first wave garage. “Sweet Young Thing”, “Let’s Talk About Girls” & “Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love In)” 3 singles that almost can’t be topped, even though David Aguilar doesn’t sing "Girls". 10/1

#GarageRockTober The Chocolate Watchband: Classic era line up Sean Tolby, Gary Andrijasevich, Bill Flores, Mark Loomis and David Aguilar came together in ‘66 in San Francisco, dropping singles and their debut LP,

What is #GarageRockTober? It’s a celebration of raw buzz, basements, the suburbs, the city, fuzztone guitars, farfisa organs, songs about girls, justice, buses, rebelling, cars - American rock and blues reinterpretated by the British Invasion reinterpretated by kids with guitars back in the states.