In The Trashcan
Records GEM045
"You better run when the time is right early in the
morning when I set my rollin' machine to
self-destruct..."
Garage legends from Stockholm, Sweden. This song starts slow but then it speeds up and it reminds me a lot of a late 60s Giorgio song. Misty Lane Records issued this EP in 1994, years after their split.
MC5-styled garage punk from Liverpool; and they also remind me of a light-version of Supersuckers meets Mr. Suave. On vol 11 and 15 you'll find an earlier single. A 1993 Fist Puppet Records release.
Between glamrock and powerpop, released on Helter Skelter in 1992. Singer Rich Coffee was also active in loads of other garage bands such as Thee Fourgiven, The Unclaimed, Yard Trauma, mostly together with Lee Joseph, but not on this track
This garage beat single is the Sound of Suave straight from the Medway delta. A 1996 release by Twist Records.
Self-penned garage ditty from their early days issued by Belgian label Demolition Derby Records in 1994. See also vols 14, 15 and 25 for more info about this popular German garage outfit.
They recorded this song in 1986 as if it were 1965. Snotty teen punk beat on Bobbette Records. See also vol 15.
Mr. Spaceman is one of those seminal OZ garage record labels from the 80s. This is from 1989. It starts like a ballad, but after half a minute the harmonica's wailing franticly as if it were 1964 again in a Mersey basement club.
A lewd shot of Hammond drenched rhythm 'n' booze from 1997 issued on purple vinyl by Pure Vinyl Records. Formed in France around 1990 and they are still active. Featuring Les Godzillas on backin' vocals.
Garage power pop by The Ones, one of the many bands King Koen has been playing with. Only 555 copies exist, on white wax, released in 1995 by Compact Dick Records, King Koen's own label's sole output. Then he disappeared for a few years to come back with the magnificent Evil Thingies.
The Kartoons from Cosenza, Italy, with their second EP on Wiped Out, released in 1997, yet recorded in 1993. So this might as well be their very first recording. Italian garage beat pop.
On Radio Ungawa we once had an interview with Sean Thomas, their leadguitar player. Billy Childish produced the first two 45s by this Voxx equipment using beat combo The Mystreated. It was recorded at Liam Watson's Toe Rag Studios in 1993. Not to be confused with other songs called "You better run". Released by Twist Records.
From their Australian tour EP on an Australian record label, Corduroy Records, from 1999. An echo-laden rhythm 'n' beat version of Billy Childish' Buff Medways. See also vol 49.
Also on this split-EP is their version of the Trashmen's "King of the surf", but this song is not a surf instrumental. It's a psychedelic garage pop tune, written by Arthur Lee for his band Love; in 1968 it was the B-side of "Alone again or". Although recorded in the mid-90s, it didn't resurface until 2003 on September Gurls Records as part of their splitsingle series; this was volume 2.
On the thin line between snotty punk and garage beat these Dutchmen from Rotterdam lived the lives of Perverts, didn't they? Crazy hi-octane live shows in the mid-90s. Released on Out Now Records in 1995. See vol 29 for the A-side.
Italian psychedelic garage rock from Rome co-released on Moulty and Stanton Park in 1992. Written by Toussaint McCall.
Nothing is known about this garage beat quartet. This song reminds me of a slower yet heavier version of Thee Mighty Caesars' "Wiley coyote" and a dozen other rock 'n' roll tunes as well. I believe this was their sole release, on Tone Records in 1986.
