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Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Bastardous Bassist ---I would also like to point out that part of Ozzy's stage show was to bite the head off of a rubber bat at the time. That's why he bit the head off the real one. He thought the audience was just planning ahead and giving him a rubber one. Still not as cool as Nitro and the wine glass.
Also, I was waiting for someone to say Dio. He did some cool stuff with Sabbath, I'd say.
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Yes, I remember reading about that. Hell On Earth or something, I can't remember what their name was. Whoever they were, their singer then ran for Governor.
TrueNeutral:
--- Quote from: Combinethresher ---I'm going to uncharacteristically stick to the thread topic and mention that I goddamn hate the Strokes. They make boring, sterile "garage" music for hipsters and wannabe artists who've never heard real garage music before. Saviors of rock and roll, my ass.
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Uh. "Garage music", isn't that some form of house or dance music, some scene in the UK? I was under the impression the The Strokes were only called a garage band because they play music that you would expect to hear from some kids practicing in their dad's garage. I mean, seriously, is there even a 'real' garage rock?
Bastardous Bassist:
--- Quote from: DynamiteKid ---Yes, I remember reading about that. Hell On Earth or something, I can't remember what their name was. Whoever they were, their singer then ran for Governor.
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Cool. I only remember Nitro for two things. First, their guitarist. Michael Angelo Bation from the (in)famous "Speed Kills" and "Speed Lives" videos. Second is for their motto. "Louder, faster, better."
Combinethresher:
--- Quote from: TrueNeutral ---
--- Quote from: Combinethresher ---I'm going to uncharacteristically stick to the thread topic and mention that I goddamn hate the Strokes. They make boring, sterile "garage" music for hipsters and wannabe artists who've never heard real garage music before. Saviors of rock and roll, my ass.
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Uh. "Garage music", isn't that some form of house or dance music, some scene in the UK? I was under the impression the The Strokes were only called a garage band because they play music that you would expect to hear from some kids practicing in their dad's garage. I mean, seriously, is there even a 'real' garage rock?
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Ideally, garage music is something you'd expect to hear from kids in their garage-crude, fun, catchy-but I'd be hard-pressed to apply that descriptor to the overproduced, boring dreck that the Strokes play. Keep in mind also that garage rock is a dated term mostly applied to suburban teenage bands in the mid-to-late 60s. The closest things to it in recent years have been the Hives or the Teenage Harlets.
nescience:
--- Quote from: TrueNeutral ---
--- Quote from: Combinethresher ---I'm going to uncharacteristically stick to the thread topic and mention that I goddamn hate the Strokes. They make boring, sterile "garage" music for hipsters and wannabe artists who've never heard real garage music before. Saviors of rock and roll, my ass.
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Uh. "Garage music", isn't that some form of house or dance music, some scene in the UK? I was under the impression the The Strokes were only called a garage band because they play music that you would expect to hear from some kids practicing in their dad's garage. I mean, seriously, is there even a 'real' garage rock?
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Okay, let's step back here.
"Garage" is the term that generally refers to the early 80s post-disco period during which house music came into focus, and many forms of music derived from original Garage. This includes "urbanized" forms of Garage in the UK like 2step Garage, UK Garage, and Grime. The origin of the name comes from the association with Larry Levan's Paradise Garage. I urge y'all to pick up Live at the Paradise Garage or Gwen Guthrie's Padlock to get an idea of Levan's DJ prowess.
"Garage Rock" is the raw, youthful rock & roll that emerged in the early 60s from surf rock, R&B and British Invasion influences. We're talking stuff like "Louie Louie", the Electric Prunes, the Sonics, the Human Beinz, and more. A good starter to listen to this stuff is Lenny Kaye's boxed-set Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, or the one-disc Nuggets from Nuggets cut taking highlights from the anthology.
Garage rock has undergone a few distinct revivals, but only the early 2000s revival (and to a lesser extent, the 80s Paisley underground) has gained much commercial success. Groups that fall under this classification include the Strokes (often recognized as spearheading the movement), the Hives, the Vines, the Hellacopters, Jet, and the White Stripes (though their musical history can be traced to slightly different roots). Rather unfortunate movement, that.
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