Some of these bands have influenced the punk Movement in the late 70's, there's this great box set
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuggets:_Original_Artyfacts_from_the_First_Psychede...
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A lot of these bands were one hit wonders, but that one hit left a big impression, there's also bands from England in Nuggets 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuggets_II:_Original_Artyfacts_from_the_British_Emp...
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964-1969 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

More then one option to vote, no guests.

Oh my gosh, I am in HEAVEN! That's MY kinda music, baby...

SO many good groups mentioned. SO many others not {The Blue Things, the Ugly Ducklings, the Fleur de Lys, etc.}

I have to name some of my favorites...

The Standells
Mouse and the Traps
Syndicate of Sound
The Nazz
The Kingsmen
Electric Prunes
Shadows of Knight
Leaves
Remains
Chocolate Watchband
Music Machine
Sonics
Cryan Shames......

Ok, I realize that is most of them. I do like the Blues Magoos {originally Bloos Magoos} too
And most of the others.

Well, I don't know if it's even worth it for me to vote because I'd be voting for most of them...I could probably whittle it down to 5-10 or so....

By the way, those Nuggets box sets are fantastic! I have the original Nuggets 2 lp {vinyl} that came out in the very early 70's. First time I'd heard some of those bands {the rarer ones}. If you love garage rock, those sets are definitely "must have"...

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Sonics?
Remains?
13th Floor Elevators?

Sonics?
Remains?
13th Floor Elevators?

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:exclamationSONICS :exclamation

Great List, Love this Music, One Missing The American Breed.

lotsajizz wrote on May 12^th, 2008 at 7:43pm:


LOL now someone is gonna make a poll to confirm which is the worst and the best  :youmademecrylikeababy

It looks like ? & Mysterians are leading, no votes for the Barbarians?     they were on the TAMI show, their drummer had a hook on one of his hands, Moulty tells the story all about it, another of their songs was "Are you a Boy, or are you a girl" one of the early songs about sexual confusion regarding long hair on guys back in the 60's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulty
The Barbarians (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I voted for The Seeds.

I saw the Remains at Amoeba awhile back. I also recently bought one of their CDs in the cutout bin for a dollar when I felt the need to fill my pockets with lots of stuff for an event later that evening. Never listened to it.

I haven't voted, because I can't decide. I love all these bands, and love my Nuggets Cd's.

Ok, so I gave ALL of them a vote. Even the Castaways, as I like "Liar Liar" and a friend of mine used to date the drummer. lol

I went with The Standells. After thinking about it. They were a band i heard a long long time ago, and fell in love. Even though the others are equally good, I went with the one that had the first and most influence on me... It seemed fair!

Pdog wrote on May 13^th, 2008 at 12:21pm:


Me too. You would never believe how I got mine either.

lotsajizz wrote on May 13^th, 2008 at 12:51pm:


So what bands would you suggest? there are a lot of other bands.
1-Every Mothers Son/Five Americans/Lemon Pipers/Outsiders/Swinging Medallions/Fifth Estate/Royal Guardsmen, the list could go on & on.
As to not to much thought was put in this poll, you've got to be kidding me, I spent a lot of time & thought putting this together, Nuggets list is the bands that were well 'known, & even those bands people don't recognize, let alone some unknown band that never had a hit record.
As for Paul Revere & Raiders, I have trouble regarding them as a garage band because they had major big hits in the 60's, it's like calling The Byrds/Lovin' Spoonful/Young Rascals/Beach Boys/Turtles/McCoys/Love/Association, etc a garage band, their very early hits had that garage sound, which is stripped down with just guitars, Bass, Drums & keyboard, like "Just Like Me' has got that Kinks slide the barre chord sound, but later on their records were produced with horns & orchestra, Terry Melcher produced them on Columbia, I'm leaving them for later on with a poll on American Bands.
As for American Garage bands in the 65-68 time period, Nuggets has got the perfect list, if you can come up with other bands that are not on the list, list them.

Heart Of Stone wrote on May 14^th, 2008 at 8:37am:


If you're seriously going to consider a band like Every Mother's Son or the Outsiders as "garage bands" but disallow Paul Revere and the Raiders as a garage band on the basis of hits, horns and orchestra, then I am going to give you a  

Homeboys DEFINE American garage sound.  Mark Lindsay's holler and songwriting define garage in that they are pretty much squarely in the excellent-but-ungenius arena where the bulk of the major players in this genre excel.  The Just Like Us LP has about two originals and a ton of covers of current R&B and rock 'n' roll hits - just like every garage LP of the era.   Good Thing and Hungry are garage ORGASMS, Good Thing in particular.   That they had a TV show and Melcher production means little in the face of the raging sound of their best tunage.

I mean, this is a pointless, and for me, merely semantic & fun argument - all any of it is, really, is rock and roll, who cares if it's "garage" or not, but stupid rock and roll arguments are pretty much the point of this board, so whatever.  Paul Revere and the Raiders have been refused their due for too long.  So . . .

Paul Revere/Raiders.  Garage Band.  

about 500 yeras ago i was in a band we used to do Aint No Friend of Mine - originallyby the Sparkles I believe (Nasty?)

that was a rocking tune

but you gotta love Roky Eriksonn - although I liked his renaissance stuff from the 70s best - two headed dog / bloody hammer - he had some great songs

Nasty Habits wrote on May 14^th, 2008 at 9:25am:



This is a great comment/tribute to PR&R, and Mark would be tickled to read it, I'm sure. Too bad his message board went down last Sept.... He could use some cheering up right now, as his Rock & Roll Cafe in Portland, Ore. just closed down on Monday... Had his own radio show on Sat. nights, that was broadcast from the restaurant. He's a great guy and I hope things work out for him---I've known him since '87......anyway, THANKS for all the kind, and TRUE words.