Whoa. Shit like this was the template for a fucked up '80s garage bands like Pussy Galore.

These punks formed their group in 1966, in Chicago. "Jailbait" was member Bill Gradisher's attempt to write his own "Louie Louie." This Travel Agency has nothing to do with the other Travel Agency on Viva.

Godamn I love Beep Beep And The Road Runners. A great name and a group of TWEENS no less... they were still kinda CHILDREN!! Also: they were a TWO DRUMMER gimmick band, not that you can really tell.

This Worcester, Massachusetts began as a surf/instrumental band in 1962, by 1963 they'd added a singer, one of the drummers also sang a bit. They had one more 45, the groovy "Don't Run," on Audio Dynamics. By the '70s they'd added horns and become Lundon Fog. They split up in 1973.

The Lee Kings were a short lived beat group from Sweden that, in three years, produced a fuckton of records!! Including two LPs!! Their catalog is made mostly of covers, solid versions of course, but I like their songs best; "Why Why Why" is good, but their strongest is perhaps "Lost My Girl."

I know "Lost My Girl" ain't exactly SLOPPY GARAGE SLOP, but, shit...them fellers have found an ace guitar tone; what a great track.

The Sydney, Austrailia-based beat group the Allusions scored big... well, a respectable #12, with their first A-side, "Gypsy Woman."

I love that driving fuzz guitar and the reverberatin' atmosphere. The Allusions had six singles in all and were even afforded an album. They split in 1970. Also: the Saints covered "Gyspy Woman" as a B-side in 1981.

Here is one of those all time '60s garage (ahem) classics; a sloppy, snot-crusted solid double-sider, at that.

Ohio's the One Way Street's "Jack The Ripper," of course, is one twisted punked out rip of Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savage's "Jack The Ripper"! The flip, "We All Love Peanut Butter" is a nerdy knowing nod to the stream of consciousness produced when you eat a handful of the LSD, "sung" over the tune from the Nightcrawlers' "Little Black Egg". Their "lyrics" are just fantastic: juvenile and weird.

You and I will take a trip now...take a feather and fly, and maybe do a swan dive from a roof... Peanuts are nice but the acid is rare

WHAT THE FUCK! That is some blatant shit for the time, there is no teen coded nod for other teens to suss, just the singer saying "take a trip now." Had this made the radio I'm sure it would'a been BANNED from the radio!

Dig this ace piece of speedy Southern garage rock from the Voxmen!!!

Most of the band was from a town called Toccoa in Georgia; they played a lot, all over Georgia and South Carolina. Their first 45 was recorded in Atlanta, their second, and fucking awesome, “Time Won’t Change My Mind,” was recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina. Both 45s were released their own VM label. Jeepers, I need to own both these singles!

I really don't hafta school y'all on this group, the Yardbirds, right? If you've ever heard of the Led Zepperlings, they evolved from the last Yardbirds lineup, or Eric Crapton, he played guitar in the band early on, you have the Yardbirds to thank. Really, they were important as a seminal English R&B group; in fact, they were the band hired as house band at the Crawdaddy following the Rolling Stones' tenure. Their take on Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightnin'" was from their first album, Five Live Yardbirds and sums up where they were in 1964.

Yeah, so the early Yardbirds catalog is a knowing nod to blues AND R&B and it IS all canon! Of course, even their stabs at pop hits were great. Later, in late '65, when Jeff Beck joined 'em, they evolved into a beat powerhouse writing songs like "Over Under Sideways Down" from their fantastic album Yardbirds: Roger The Engineer...and then came Jimmy Page on bass...

"I Know Why" is a sweet piece of garage perfection that was only ever cut as an aceate.

The Hallmarks were from from Ocean Port, New Jersey and had one proper single issued on Smash, "Girl Of My Dreams" b/w "Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally." "Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally" is actually "I Know Why" re-recorded with new words and some goofy effects.

Well, here is a sweet, fuzzed-out and vibrato-shook jam that builds nicely to a slightly-delic, drop-dead ending!

"Walk" was the Pandas' only single; they were from Texas.

Ah... here is a cool downer track with some sweet jangle, atmosphere, and harmony. Some consider this track, "I Saw Her Yesterday," the best garage track to come from NYC. Um... I'll let y'all decide.

The Sunrisers were from Little Neck/Whitestone, Queens, this was their only 45, issued October, 1966.

Say WHAT?! The Rites of Spring weren't no '60 garage band?!? Uh...I'm not talking about Revolution Summer's Rites of Spring. Gah! THIS Rites of Spring were from Birmingham, Alabama, and first known as the Hard Times, but changed names after they saw San Diego's Hard Times on Where the Action Is.

I'd not heard "Comin' on Back To Me" before, but it is a solid fuzz jam; I'd drop a bit of scratch for a copy. Oh yeah, today is the first day of spring, hence the spring reference and all that. For fuck's sake the sun IS currently out!!

There are easily ONE MILLION versions of the '60s classic "Hey Joe"! But I think the Stillroven's version is the best. It's syncopated, fast as shit, and RAW!!

The Stillroven were from a Minneapolis suburb Robbinsdale, and originally called the Syndicate. They were quite prolific; all told they made six 45s between 1965 and 1969, with their "Hey Joe" getting picked up for national distribution on Roulette. Sundazed issued a collection Cast Thy Burden Upon The Stillroven in the mid '90s.

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"Hey Joe" is prolly best known via the Experience version, which was based on folkie Tim Rose's slowed-down interpretation, which I've written about before.

Most everyone now is sussed on Bob Seger. Like, those in the know know his early shit as Bob Seger & the Last Heard, Bob Seger System is THE SHIT, and once he grew that beard he went to shit.

It's endlessly debatable, but this single "2 + 2=?" b/w "Death Row" hasta be one of the greatest 45s ever. I go back and forth tryna decide which side I like best, have for years.

The Mixed Emotions were a teen group from Ohio, towns Findlay and Arlington. Their "My Back Door" is a cool midtempo burner. I suspect "back door" is not a reference to anal sex, or maybe it is and the singer's girlfriend was into pegging. I...uh, I'll let y'all decide...

The group had two singles "Search My Heart" b/w "My Back Door" and "Through the Looking Glass" b/w "Live Today" both were on the JWJ label.

Now HERE is a righteous testimony to the Everly Brothers' teener harmonies meetin' some crazy droning guitar playing!!!

The Del-fi's were from Bethesda, Maryland. Also: this 45 was issued twice—the second issue has a lavender-colored sticker; ORIGINALS are yellow.

Oh Lord how I fucking love these heartbroken teenaged whiners.

Regretfully, I know absolutely nothing about Bedlam's Offspring. The only other BO track I've found is "I'll Be There." It's another whiner, this one unreleased.

Holy CRAP. This group, the Squiremen Four were middle-school-age teens when they wrote and recorded this!

These kids were from Miami, Florida, and their song "Bitter End" charted locally. They would later drop the "Four" from their name and be known simply as the Squiremen and record one more single, the pop-sike "Who In The World." It was released on another local Florida label, Trip.

Ah...YEAH, now here is some really cool teenaged '60s garage SLOP!!

This group, the Cirkit, were from Michigan City, Indiana and this was their only single; what a fucking GREAT double sider.