This is the very beginning of the process which promises peace and prosperity worldwide; to begin the countdown of world hunger's final moments; racism and bigotry of all kind, in case you haven't noticed, are now hightailing out of Dodge and will be troubling us no more. The reversal of climate change is a certainty, and though this is not confirmed, it looks like advanced civilizations from distant galaxies will finally extend their hands of friendship across the cosmos to the waiting embrace of Planet Earth.
Well, OK, lets hold our horses here.
While I would love to put a stake in the heart of all of humanity's ills as much as the next guy, I guess I shouldn't over promise. That's not the intended purpose of this blog. All I am here to do is provide a space for those of us who love good rock and roll, for people who like rock and roll that's not afraid to rock and roll. I will, very shortly, explain more fully on what I intend to do here, but the short version is this: to involve us all in a positive celebration of garage rock, protopunk, power pop and freakbeat. Don't know what I'm talking about? Don't worry -- I'll be happy to explain and I'll even do my best to make it fun. From time to time, my posts will give you album reviews, history and suggested listening.
What I'm shooting for, rather than me talking out of my behind every week, is to have an online magazine type of thing. Already, I have featured interviews with some of the people who actually make the music and who present the music. In my utopian vision for this blog, I'd like to also include record labels, filmmakers, and anyone else who is part of this thing called garage rock.
To see our best features so far: check out our profile of Kevin Anthony, the force behind the internet radio station Psychedelic Jukebox; and our interview with Moulty of the wonderful first-wave garage rock band the Barbarians ; Our interview with Sid Herring of the Gants.
Check back Mondays and I will have more details. But welcome, welcome, WELCOME to Garagerocktopia!
By any measure, Garage Rock is an obscure subgenre of rock. There are times when it threatens to go mainstream. A few garage rock songs have climbed the charts, such as the The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction." The genre has gone through a few revivals, and can claim one superstar -- Jack White of the White Stripes. Bands like the Hives, Jet, the Strokes and the Vines attracted some attention from MTV and the mainstream rock press. As quickly as they became visible, though, they dropped out of visibility.
I'm actually not sure I'd like garage rock to become too popular, however. I'll address that concern in a future post.
I'll talk about what garage rock is exactly in coming posts. What I want is to do here, quite simply, is to make this a sort of meeting place for those of us who dig garage rock, freakbeat, protopunk and power pop.
I am very open to suggestions for topics. If you're involved with garage rock or any of the other genres mentioned above, I definitely want to talk to you. Are you a musician? a record label? Have a kick-ass radio station? Let's get in touch.
Thanks for checking out Garagerocktopia.
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