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1420Y00F06avantg14Y00C4NOPEN YOUR EARS AND HEAR THE KIDS SING
1401N(Garage music and why you should stop slagging it)
2421Y00F07futurax24Y00C2Nby FishBoy of Panda
0819Y00F05sharp08Y00C4N
0806Y00C5NShut up moaning and listen. Garage bands are cool, and thats it.
0801N
0801NLets just clear some shit up first: Garage music is about songwriting and
0801Nmusicianship. Garage music does'nt just come from Punk. It comes from
0801N50 years of Blues, Metal, Rock, Pop, Indie AND Punk. Don't ever give me that
0811Y00C1Y19C5N"Its just 3 chords" shite. (And neither is punk while we're at it).
0801N
0801NAlso, garage singers don't just shout. I don't know how this got about but
0801Njust cause they don't sound like the people on the latest Shine compilation
0801Ndoesn't mean they can't or don't sing, try opening your mind a bit.
0801N
0801NFinally, the big fuck up that most people make about garage music. Garage
0801Nmusic is not and never will be about ignoring your sound. People think that
0801Nbecause the record is'nt completely clean of static and feedback then the
0801Nband don't care. A garage bands sound is a point of pride and a good band
0801Ncares infinetly about it. It comes not only from the minds of the musicians
0801Nbut also from their knackerd second hand instruments and amps and their
0801Nfucked up playing techniques.
0801N
0801NIf what you've just read does'nt sound cool then look at yourself in the
0801Nmirror. Look like one of the Charlatans? ARGHH! YOUR A FAKE INDIE KID! Do you
0801Nhonestly think Tim Burgess would think you cool if he met you in the street?
0801NNo, he'd kick your sorry arse, steal your old school Adidas trainers and tell
0801Nyou not to come back for them till you're cool enougth to have the honour of
0801Nwearing them. While you're off trying to work out what he meant then listen
0801Nto the Charlatans own dopeass tribute to instrumental garage music: Area 51
0801N(yeah, the one you always skip past on your CD player cause "Its got no words
0801Nin".).
0801N
0801NSo what does this stuff SOUND like? The wierd thing is you KNOW what garage
0801Nmusic is without anyone telling you. You've read the above stuff and when you
0801Nhear it you will KNOW.
0801N
0801NSo remember, you were born knowing what garage music was. Your brain was
0801NDESIGNED to hear it. If you don't listen to it then you are a deviant freak
0801Nof nature. This is more then opinion. I have'nt met a single person worth
0801Nknowing who does'nt like garage music to some degree.
0801N
0801NSo how come people slag it off all the time? Shit, I don't know how to answer
0801Nthat. Maybe they heard one of the more experimental or agressive songs and
0801Nassumed all garage was some fucked up punk girl with a banshee wail. Maybe
0801Nits the names of the bands, or maybe the thought of buying a record that has
0801Nnever been played on the radio in this country and that nobody has ever heard
0801Nof scares the shit out of them. I don't know, but if you listen with an open
0801Nmind and don't say: "This sucks" if you don't like the first song you hear
0801Nthen you'll see why people love it too.
0801N
0801NOkay, so why do I love garage above any other type of music?
0801N
0801NShit. Everything. From the guitar sounds to the singing to the sheer coolness
0801Nof the bands the songs and the record sleeves themselves. More noticeable,
0801Nthe voices and the things the singers do with their voices. And no one garage
0801Nband in the world has ever had a weak name. Check:
0801N
0801NJonny X And The Conspiracy, Lord High Fixers, Urusei Yatsura, ? And the
0801NMysterons, Man Or Astroman?, Dead End Cruisers. (and check the ones listed
0801Nbelow too).
0801N
0801NThere's no dumbshit conformity either. Every rock band in the world seems to
0801Nbe using that quiet / loud / quiet / loud dynamic on every song. If a garage
0801Nsong starts quiet then it fucking stays quiet and if you can't handle that
0801Nthen you should'nt be listening to music at all, you should be buying up
0801Nrecordings of heavy duty farm equipment.
0801N
0801NAnd of course garage music will never die. It just keeps evolving, taking
0801Nfrom other, newer forms of music, yet always keeping the identity it has had
0801Nsince the 70's.
0801N
0801NHow to get some garage music:
0801N
0801NGo into that dodgy looking record store that still sells stuff on vinyl and
0801Nthat all your mates are too scared to go into. Try to get stuff on vinyl but
0801Nif you have'nt got a record player then CD will do. Tapes are just taking
0801Nthe piss. Don't worry about buying any of this stuff and not liking it, if
0801Nyou read the above and thought garage sounded cool then you'll like these
0801Nbands:
0914Y00F05prime09N
0906Y00C1NThe La-Donnas,
0901NWeston,
0901NThe Lord High Fixers,
0901NThe Leopards,
0901NThe John Spencer Blues Explosion,
0901NUrusei Yatsura,
0901NMan Or Astroman,
0901NRocket From The Crypt (heavily commercialised but still dope),
0901NJ-Church,
0901NOne Inch Punch,
0819Y00F05sharp08Y00C5N
0801NAlso listen to the John Peel show on Radio 1 and buy as many 4 quid sample
0801Ncompilations on CD from the punk section of the store as you can afford
0801N(these usually have some garage bands on them).
0801N
0801NAfter buying a few of these start trying to buy records just by the names of
0801Nthe bands and the record sleeve covers. But don't go mad and buy the whole
0801Nsale section of the store because your bound to get burned. Take it easy and
0801Neventually you'll be able to recognize a good record without ever hearing it.
*!EOF