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Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or '60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock music that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals.
An indie-label movement that emerged in the mid-'80s, garage rock revival bands aimed to recapture the wild, rowdy, raucous spirit of '60s garage rock.
Garage Rock Revival. 2,745 releases. Incorporated the raucous spirit of '60s Garage Rock into the sensibilities of Alternative Rock and Indie Rock; predominant in the '00s.
Listen to the Best of Garage Rock Revival playlist on Apple Music. 22 Songs. Duration: 1 hour, 2 minutes.
- The Sonics, “Have Love, Will Travel” “Rock and roll—it’s the only place you can scream like that without going to jail,” Sonics vocalist-keyboardist Gerry Roslie told me a few years ago.
- 13th Floor Elevators, “You’re Gonna Miss Me” As garage rock turned psychedelic by the latter half of the ’60s, “You’re Gonna Miss Me” was a significant milestone along the way.
- The Kingsmen, “Louie Louie” In many ways, The Kingsmen’s version of “Louie Louie” is the template for garage rock. Three chords fuel a lo-fi masterpiece built around trebly guitar, blaring organ and singer Jack Ely’s murky vocals, which attracted the attention of the FBI and prompted the governor of Indiana to ban the song for its supposed indecency.
- The Seeds, “Can’t Seem to Make You Mine” Sky Saxon sounds just as desperate on “Can’t Seem to Make You Mine” as he does on “Pushin’ Too Hard,” but the band must have sweated out whatever uppers they were on before slinking their way through this one.
In the early 2000s, a garage rock revival gained mainstream appeal and commercial airplay, something that had eluded garage rock bands of the past. This was led by four bands, The Hives (from Fagersta, Sweden), The Vines (from Sydney, Australia), The Strokes (from New York, USA), and The Whit…
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Garage Rock Revival. An indie-label movement that emerged in the mid-'80s, garage rock revival bands aimed to recapture the wild, rowdy, raucous spirit of '60s garage rock.
