One From the Vaults: Modcast #3

Mr Suave

In today's mod, mod world, what is suave? Dredging through the memories of the misspent days of my youth I found that the styles, music, fashions, even the words I read all led me down a common path. The various twists and turns of that path drove me to the edge of the cocktail culture [http://www.mistersuave.com]. Teetering on the brink, I was finally repulsed by the mockery of things once held cool. Repulsed enough to pull myself back and begin making my way down a new path of my own creation. Here then is a path where my days of now pay homage to those who have gone before, heeding well-worn advice in the conception of my own modernistic stylings. While there is nothing new under the sun, there can be fresh ways to look at what has passed us by; original ways of combining those pasts into a more perfect understanding. I don't believe in living in the past, but in using the past to enhance living for today. When I was swinging in the mod scene I was always looking for those people, fashions, sounds, trends, groups who could honor the past while creating a new style all their own. Every era produces its own bit of swank culture, suave styles, and just plain cool. Once cool, always cool. Once granted, there is no retracting the title of suave. Most of what is here comprises those cool things and hip people who over the years have gained that certain ... Je ne sais quoi. In music -- jazz, lounge, mod, and certainly even some current rock and pop groups and musicians are here, and are suave. Suave is what you make it. In my mod world these things are suave because I make them that way. Solid soul and style, Mr. Suave Feed Shark [http://feedshark.brainbliss.com]

« November 2009 »

This is a repodcast of a classic, early, episode of the modcast. Because of storage issues I've had to take down lots of the early modcasts and lots of people have e-mailed asking if and when I might bring them back. So, here is episode #3 featuring garage revival bands, with the original notes.

Lots of bands start in garages, but these bands all share a certain sound that can only be called sixties punk. They draw their influences from the sixties sounds of the likes of The Standells, The Seeds, The Sonics, The Count 5, Velvet Underground and The Kingsmen. But they also were influenced by the original punk rock scene of the late seventies such as the Ramones, Sex Pistols and New York Dolls. The garage rock bands featured in this episode are just the tip of the iceberg.

The wikipedia probably has the definitive garage rock summary of the genre and an exhaustive list of links to garage bands and related info.

You'll also want to check out the main garage record label Bomp! which has several different labels --such as Voxx-- that feature original sixties garage bands, garage revival acts and current garage acts.

The Prisoners -- Better in Black
Thee Headcoatees -- Don't Try and Tell Me
Yard Trauma -- Some People
Chesterfield Kings -- Are You Gonna Be There
The Pandoras -- The Way It's Gonna Be
Gravedigger V -- Spooky
Cynics -- Waste of Time
Fleshtones -- A Hand for the Bands
Salvation Army -- Going Home
Tell-Tale Hearts -- Won't Need Yours
Unclaimed -- Run From Home
The Prisoners -- Maybe I Was Wrong

Bonus Video: Chesterfield Kings - 99th Floor

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