Cool Greek Garage Rock of the 60s

 

Cool Greek Garage Rock of the 60s

I don’t know much about Greek 60s music, but I found this tape in my collection that some friendly Greek guy must have compiled for me. It would have been in the early eighties when I was involved in exchanging tapes of unknown Teenpunk and Freakbeat bands. 

 

Listen to the music and hear that the tunes really rock! The bands – however few they may be, are as inspired as their contemporaries from other countries. This is real Garage Rock – and it sounds as tinny as it should. Maybe the Girls steal the show. 

 

I’ve heard that Nikos Sarros has published a book with photos of Greek 60s bands, but I have not seen it yet. So the bands here are a blank space in regards to personell and origin. Yet, I know that there’s not one track I don’t like.

01. LOUBOGG She‘s Cool

02. THE PERSONS Drive My Mustang

03. TZINO [Gino] Cleopatra In Blue Jeans

04. THE IDOLS Wanted By The Law („Wanted by the loo“)

05. THE RABBITS I‘m Looking In The Universe

06. THE SQUIRRELS Adventure

07. THE GIRLS Hello Beethoven

08. THE ZOO Six Miles From The Cage

09. THE JUNIORS Miss Blue Jeans

10. THE M.G.C. I‘m Gonna Cut My Head

11. ADAM‘S BOYS Get Away From Me

12. THE SOUNDS Strange Trip

13. THE KNACKS Theme Of The Day

14. THE GALAXIES Right Now

15. THE CHARMS I‘m Coming Back

16. THE OLYMPIANS Hopeless Endless Way

17. THE AIR BOYS I Feel Alone

18. TONY PINELLI & THE STORKS Se Thelo

19. THE VIKINGS I‘m Tryin‘

20. THE JAGUARS Wake Up Baby

21. THE OLYMPIANS Go Man Go

22. THE DRAGONS The Forrest Of My Place

23. BRIGHTNESS But Why I Can‘t

24. THE IDOLS Reward

25. ZOE & THE STORMIES The Girl Of Ye Ye

26. DAVE CARROLL & THE SING-SING FOUR Take Me By The Hand

27. FORMINX Until The End

28. THE GREEKS I Remember Only You

29. THE STORMIES Dilly Dilly

 

link to the music: archive.org/details/greek-60s-garage-rock 

 

FYSHEAD – COOL GERMAN UNDERGROUND NEW WAVE late 1980s

 

FYSHEAD – COOL GERMAN UNDERGROUND NEW WAVE late 1980s

 

Actually, I don’t know much about this band, except that they were booked in Berlin as FYS HEAD for a gig. They obviously came from the town of Darmstadt, and Thomas P. Trapp acted as a spokesman for the band. And in 1989 I received a 6-track demo tape which I rediscovered recently and want to share with you. I haven’t altered the sequence of the songs although song 6 seems to stand out a bit.

This recording dates from May 27^th, 1989. It shows the band has got potential as it was recorded live on a 4-track recorder. They audience obviously was outnumbered by the band, but that’s often the fate of an upcoming band. However, FYSHEAD seems to have existed for a short time only. Anyway, this recording is well-worth checking out.

Songs are

WAITING ROOM

WASTE MY TIME

TOO LATE

OCEAN OF COMMON MADNESS

BRING ON…

NO RUNAWAY

 

the link to the music:

https://archive.org/details/fyshead-demos_202412

Unreleased Psychedelic Garage Rock by THE LINKERS

Unreleased Psychedelic Garage Rock by THE LINKERS

 

The Linkers were a Psychedelic Garage Rock band from Bordeaux, that was active mostly in the late 80s and early to mid-90s. The line-up then was Daniel Texier (drums), Fabrice Fenouillet (guitar), Jean Rouch (organ), Jean-Michel Fauché (vocals) and Thierry Arrigossi (bass). They made quite an impact with their organ backed sound that occasionally reminded of similar 60s US Teenpunk bands. Here they cover three songs previously recorded by The Miracle Workers, The Starfires (a 60s band) and The Cynics.

These three tracks (recorded at La Chalet studio in Bordeaux by Thierry Duvigneau and Jean-Marc Sigrist) have been unreleased. I recently discovered them in my demos box.

Love Has No Time (Demiankow)

I Never Loved Her (The Starfires)

Way It’s Gonna Be (Kastelic / Kostelich)

The link to the music:

https://archive.org/details/the-linkers-psychedelic-garage-rock/