I really don't get the point to the whole garage revivalist music scene.. not only does it copy straight from the styles of music, dress & design, & not only does it add nothing new.. it doesn't even sound as good as the original music from the likes of the Sonics, 13th Floor Elevators. I don't get it.

Done, you cats have 118 votes, votail an urges

I'm of the opinion that the best garage song/album has yet to be written, so as they say up in this part of the world, on way the digger....

PQ

Nice one PQ





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119....best of luck, always liked your band...glad to see you finally got the album out...

... I reckon The Sonics came close, but failing that, if the best garage song /album has yet to be written, it won't be done by a band that fails to introduce any originality or ideas of their own into a genre that petered out around 40 years ago.

Just an opinion - if you can't take a criticism, the music industry really isn't the place for your fragile ego.

128....

And I voted for you earlier btw.. I believe in supporting homegrown acts, even if the music doesn't grab me - I went onto that website and it just baffled me when I saw the amount of garage revivalist bands there are around these days... and so many of them starting with "The (one word)", dressed in 60s clobber & using designs based on 60s posters... like I said, I just don't get it, but maybe that's just me missing the point. Anyhow, best of luck getting the gig - yer in pole position at the moment.

I've said it before but The Reigning Sounds 'Too Much Guitar' is a first-class garage rock & roll album. Forty years after the fact aswell. The best song however is and always will be Don't Look Back by The Remains, doesn't matter how many revivals there are.

Just voted there (You're up to 142) and I'm glad to see you're still not on heroin

http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Discussion/tabid/63/forumid/3/postid/40775/view/topic/Default.aspx

thanks for all your support guys - it's very very much appreciated.

....and yes we're still not on the smack =-D

"I believe in supporting homegrown acts, even if the music doesn't grab me" - WHY!

OK,I might have stretched the truth there a little!

why not is what i say?

it's all down to luck and money whether bands make it, isn't it?... it has little to do with talent... so why not promote bands from your own home, hope that people catch on and make a 'scene' from your city and therefore see money being invested there which will also enable lesser known (and better) acts to get the chances they might not have had otherwise...

...that argument was thought through in the last 23 seconds so don't be surprised if there are holes in it...

...plus i don't follow the advice myself...

...ah well...

No - i totally agree with you... I do BELIEVE in the idea of supporting homegrown acts, but like yourself, I often don't actually do it.. living in Sligo - it's even more obvious with the lack of facilities for bands. There are zero rehearsal or recording studios - it's suprisingly difficult for bands to get gigs here.. the local promoters are all sound, but they're also very aware that unless the bands are reasonably well known (ie., getting radio plays) then very few people will show up to see them. There isn't even anywhere to rent a decent P.A. if bands want to play the local pub (unless they fork out stupid money for it). I tried setting up a rehearsal space last summer with government investment, but with the time & effort it would've taken on my part, it wasn't a runner.

173 votes. Your suckin diesel now boy!

As a substitute for the heroin?!?!

The f*ckin festival is in rotterdamn..wont get to see them play....or visible evidence of smack-less show..

You can get a flight with Aerlingus for uner €150 to Amsterdam & take a train direct from Schipol - it takes about an hour. Feckin great city too - totally overlooked... we played there last summer, loved it .

Even if the new garage bands aren't as good, you gotta admit, garage is pretty fun to see live so it's good there are still new functioning bands playing this style. Anyway, if you ignore the revivalists, Garage never went away. People like Billy Childish/Holly Golightly and others on the "Damaged Goods" label have been keeping the flame burning over the years, even when the NME hated them, and they hated the NME.

I wouldn't mind so much if it was revivalism per se - there's a lot of 80's revivalist music around these days that I like - but for the most part, a lot of these bands are copyists in that they add nothing new at all... it's a straight copy of the music, dress sense & design styles & even the use of words like "cat" - I find it utterly baffling. I just don't see the point, in the same way that I don't see the point in tribute acts.. yeah, lots of people enjoy seeing them live, but not me.

As for acts that have kept the genre alive (like the ones you mentioned) - I'll have to check them out!

And surely anyone with half a brain hates the NME!?!?

The NME is almost on par with The Sun...rags

PQ

Not quite. The half-brained certainly read the NME though.

Yes, but not everyone writes a song called "we hate the f**king NME"

True!

Hello All....some news.....we're still not on heroin =D

Our gig on 16th Febuary in Eamonn Dorans, Dublin has been canceled due to ill health.
We are working on a new date - stay tuned for more details.

For any of you kats out there who haven't already voted for us at http://www.primitive-festival.nl/ please do so!!!
If you have already THANKS!

Also look out for limited edition split 7" with The Hollywood Sinners on Dirty Water Records - this coming April

Cheers
Rosco
The Urges
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