One of the many devil children spawned from contemporary pop punk fallout. Best described as the easiest way to take a 37 minute shower in booze,spit,sweat,beer cans, and broken glass out side of actually taking a shower in booze, spit, sweat, beer cans, and broken glass. Since their conception in 2004, A-Bomb Chop Shop has made a trademark out... [+] Read More

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Hasil Adkins was a one of a kind rockabilly lunatic whose life and music were bizarre enough that if they had been a work of fiction, no one with any sense would have ever believed it. A frantic one-man band who bashed out ultra-crude rock & roll tunes about sex, chicken, and decapitation into a wheezing reel-to-reel tape machine in a West... [+] Read More

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Formed in October of 1992, the Hentchmen were one of the most popular live acts in lower Michigan throughout the '90s. Featuring organist/vocalist Johnny Volare, guitarist Tim V. Eight, and drummer Chris Handyside, the band performed a primitive garage band sound that utilized few instruments and referenced their heroes in '60s music. They began... [+] Read More

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After a long and semi-successful tenure as leader of scuzz-rock heroes Pussy Galore, Jon Spencer took his anti-rock vision and hooked up with guitarist Judah Bauer and drummer Russell Simins to create the scuzz-blues trio the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Postmodern to the core, this is an ironic name; little of what this band plays resembles... [+] Read More

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The Austin, Texas-based garage-punk quintet Lord High Fixers was the mid-'90s project of longtime indie vet Tim Kerr, an alumnus of bands ranging from the Big Boys to the Monkeywrench (the blues-grunge side project of members of Mudhoney and other Seattle scenesters). Also comprised of vocalist Mike Carroll, guitarist Andy Wright, bassist Robbie... [+] Read More

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Grungy garage band led by vocalist J.T. (real name: John Terlesky) and organist Dan McKinney. Their first two albums drew praise for the group's unique sound, playing in an idiom not noted for originality, and also drew a few comparisons with the Lyres. Later material moved into garage acid-rock and psychedelia, with the same originality... [+] Read More

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Bashing out garage rock years before it was fashionable and rockabilly-influenced sounds as if the Stray Cats had never happened, the A-Bones were a Brooklyn-based five-piece that approached the sloppy greatness of rock & roll's past with a beer-addled enthusiasm that had nothing to do with "oldies" or "nostalgia" and everything to do with the... [+] Read More

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While recording an album in 1989, New York City punk band the Rat Bastards imploded due to typical musical differences, and two members, Andy Gortler (guitar, vocals) and Steve Baise (bass, vocals), carried on with the project as the Devil Dogs. Influenced particularly by '60s trash rock (Sonics, Wailers), the Phil Spector "Wall of Sound," and... [+] Read More

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The garage band the Flaming Stars came together in 1994 under the guidance of ex-Gallon Drunk drummer Max Decharne (vocals/keyboards). Joining him are Paul Dempsey (bass), Joe Whitney (drums), Mark Hosking (guitar), and Huck Whitney (guitar). The Flaming Stars, who spark a haunting swagger similar to Nick Cave and the Tindersticks, spent the... [+] Read More

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The emergence of the Gories heralded a new Golden Age of Detroit rock beginning in the late '80s; a renaissance of noise and rustbelt rock which lasts through to today. Formed in 1986 by three Detroit natives, none of whom previously knew how to play an instrument -- Mick Collins, Margaret Ann O'Neill (Peg), and Dan Kroha -- they took their name... [+] Read More

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