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| From | "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> |
| Subject | Re: garage / punk |
| Date | Fri, 20 Aug 2004 05:32:28 -0500 |
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:53:16 -0700
From: Ralph Alfonso <ralph@nettwerk.com>
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: garage/punk
Message-ID: <v04220805bd4aa5928b9a@[209.17.154.159]>
Greg
wow....
now, this brings up the question, when did "garage rock" come into
general usage....
prior to the 77 punk explosion, 60s garage rock was known as "punk
rock" by collectors, so when
did punk switch from describing the 60s bands to describing the new
70s punk bands?
was it the UK press?
I doubt it. I'm not sure when the term came into vogue, but my guess is that
the term "garage rock" was originally an Americanism. I've long thought that
moving the family Oldsmobile, the bicycles, and the lawnmower into the
driveway so that Junior and his teenage buddies can practice "Louie, Louie"
in the vacated family garage was strictly an American phenomenon. (It could
be Canadian, too, I guess.)
(In my era as a teenager, the garages in my town resounded with stumbling
tyro versions of "Smoke On the Water", "Rock and Roll All Nite", and "Slow
Ride". And now a college friend of mine who lives out in the northwest
suburbs of Chicago informs me that his neighbor's kids bash out Blink-182
and NoFX tunes in *their* garage. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.)
If this was and is the preferred method of learning the rock'n'roll ropes
for kids in the UK as it has been for decades in the US, I'm sure that the
British Auditeers will chime in and tell us. But it's my impression that the
ubiquitous detached carport of American suburbia was such a stereotypical
rehearsal space for kids with guitars and drums that it naturally led to the
invention of the terms "garage band" and "garage rock" on these shores.
I'd be interested, however, in seeing if it really has been a more popular
venue over the years than that other stereotypical home rehearsal space, the
basement. Where did Auditeer musicians cut their teeth in their early bands,
practice-wise?
Gregory Sager
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