Who was your hometown Garage Rock Band?

I'm sure that, with all that 60s garage rock explosion, almost everytown in North America had a garage rock band. And i am also sure that some of them have played reunion concerts and such.... so who was your hometown's garage rock hero? What compilations do they appear on? and have they reuinted for a concert?

I live in the North-east side of Indianapolis, so the Garage Rock great in that area would be Sir Winston and the Commons.... they have been featured in Back from the Grave vol 2. ("We're gonna love") and a few other places.

They re-united briefly in 2003 to perform for a local school's Alumni Association. (I didn't/couldn't catch it )

 

I guess the main band around me was the James Gang, if you can even call them a garage band. I should look more into my area's '60s bands, though.

 

how would someone find this out?

 

Ask 50-60 year-old guys from your area.

 

or alternatively, read all the liner notes on Garage Rock compilations.... Seaching for Shakes helps, too. And maybe there are local garage rock fan sites in your area/state, this site, for example has information on Garage Rock 45s from Indiana Bands

 

thats a good idea... ill start asking around tomorrow.

 

Hey, I just found out the Rats are from my home town. They've been featured on Back From the Grave Vol. 1 and Garage Kings. Plus, the Lemon Pipers are from my college town; I wonder if they went to this school. Thanks for the band search link, Ash.

 

i just searched every town i've lived in, not a single band from any of them...

 

Cool!

 

no prob, I just found out that you live in Akron, OH

 

Yeah, I do. There were other garage bands from Akron, too, such as:

The Beau Denturies
The Caps
The Decades
The Interns
The Lime
P.J. Orion & The Magnates
The Panicks
The Road
The Shades
The Zoo

Pretty cool.

 

Im from Adelaide South Australia. And I collect local bands. I made my own CD of some of the ones that I have.

Blues Rags 'N' Hollers- Got Love If You Want It
Bobby James & The Vibrants - I've Learned
Johnny K. - Big Boat Up The River
Machine Gun Kelly's Rejects - I'm Going Back
Sounds Of Silence - Blame Myself
The Bobby James Syndicate - Short Sam
The Clefs - Bring It To Jerome
The Crests - The Morning After The Night Before
The D-Coys - Bad Times
The Hergs - Cadillac
The Masters' Apprentices - Undecided
The Others - Dancing Girl
The Southern Gentlemen - Leave Myself To Me
The Syssys - Jump Back
The Twilights - Needle In A Haystack
The Vibrants - Something About You Baby
The Vikings - Down The Road Apiece

 

Rick James hails from this great city (r.i.p., man); local talent - Rod Nickson Project, Jony James Blues Band, south of Nowhere, the Maniacs(g.d. cover), the Steam Donkeys, Ani DiFranco, the Feast and Lazlo Holyfield.

but i don't know who startd in a garage

 

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I would say ours was the New Bomb Turks, but there have been many.