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Description of Garage Rock Revival

 
The Garage Rock Revival of the 1980s was a grassroots response to the pre-fab music of an era which found models-as-musicians (e.g. Duran Duran) and hair metal bands (e.g. Poison, Bon Jovi) ruling the charts and the airwaves. Bands like the Chesterfield Kings sought to restore a sense of unrefined chaos to the rock scene. The Garage Rock Revivalists were the direct heirs of pre-1967 (that's pre-psychedelia) rock -- the golden age of the early Rolling Stones and the Kinks. The sound continues as an underground phenomenon thanks to Indie Garage labels like Sympathy for the Record Industry and Estrus.
 

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Cynics

Snarling beat-punks from
the mid '80s to early '90s
with a love of classic Garage
stomp, Hammond organ, and
psychedelia. Guitarist Gre...

Guitar Wolf

Japanese punk noise-a-billy
came to America in
1990-something and
destroyed all competition.
Guitar Wolf IS rock and ro...

Kings Of Leon

Kings of Leon are made up
of brothers Caleb, Nathan
and Jared Followill, and
cousin Matthew Followill.
The brothers grew up un...

Lazy Cowgirls

Soaked in alcohol and rock
'n' roll, the Lazy Cowgirls
blast a bitter butchering of
R&B-inspired garage punk.

Lyres

The Lyres' charm lies in
their animalization of '60s
rock songs -- souped up
and blasted out as rabid
hyenas. The Lyres' front...

Mono Men

Greasy, garage punks who
mix up raging, snarling
guitars with amped-up,
freaked out vocals and
aggression in general. Th...

New Bomb Turks

New Bomb Turks deliver
relentlessly razor-sharp
guitar-driven, trashy Garage
Punk with snotty, bristly
vocals.

Oblivians

Howling, wailing, thumping,
stomping primitive,
southern blues-influenced
rock that sounds like a
feedback-soaked exorcis...

Supercharger

A pivotal Bay Area Garage
Revival band, members of
Supercharger went on to
be in the Rip Offs and the
Brentwoods. Supercharg...

The A-Bones

Wild, sloppy rock raised on
Rockabilly and Punk noise,
this NY group made Garage
Rock that should've
collapsed, but didn't.

The Chesterfield Kings

Two-track purists from the
late '70s & early '80s whose
love of fuzz guitar and
classic R&B made them
revival favorites.

The Cramps

B-movie schlock coupled
with stripped-down,
horror-fried rock 'n' roll
that has kept its vision for
over 20 years. The two m...

The Devil Dogs

Controlled, spastic guitars
reeling off riffs which still
bring to mind all the great,
raucous chords you've
ever heard. The Devil Dog...

The Motards

Like an exploding beer can,
the Motards' guitars spray
trashed-out chords, soaking
their sound in a drunken
fury.

The Pandoras

Shaking out a raucous '60s
garage punk sound in the
'80s with a single drumbeat,
fuzzed out guitars and
scowling vocals.

The Rip Offs

Bay Area band that knew
how to explode
supercharged life into
classic Punk gems with their
double guitar attack.

The Smears

The Smears trash out gritty,
pure, and simple Garage
rockers with a dedication
to sleaze.

Thee Mighty Caesars

Raw, Garage crunch owing
much to the Kinks and Link
Wray -- led by the
ever-energized Billy
Childish.

White Stripes

Detroit duo whose love of
punk, blues, and piano-led
cabaret have made them
critical favorites. In 2000,
the White Stripes release...

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