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The Invasion also inspired new, and often very raw, bands to form. Garage rock bands were generally influenced by those British "beat groups" with a harder, blues-based attack, such as The Kinks, The Who, The Animals, The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, The Pretty Things, Them, and The Rolling Stones.
- The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat. January 30, 1968. Noise Rock, Proto-punk, Experimental Rock, Garage Rock. Critic Score. 100. 2 reviews. Amazon.
- The Who - My Generation. December 3, 1965. Garage Rock. Critic Score. 100. 2 reviews. Amazon. Music. Spotify.
- MC5 - Kick Out the Jams. February 0, 1969. Proto-punk, Hard Rock, Garage Rock. Critic Score. 100. 1 review. Amazon. Spotify.
- The Seeds - The Seeds. April 1, 1966. Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock. Critic Score 95 2 reviews. Amazon. Spotify.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, several Michigan bands rooted in garage rock recorded works that became highly influential, particularly with the 1970s punk movement. In 1969, MC5 issued their live debut LP, Kick Out the Jams, which featured a set of highly energetic, politically charged songs.
Original mid-1960s garage bands (primarily active from 1964–68) The 13th Floor Elevators (Austin, Texas) A. The Aardvarks (Muskegon, Michigan) The Ace of Cups (San Francisco, California; all-female group) The Allman Joys (Daytona, Florida) The Atlantics (Sydney, Australia) Baby Huey & the Babysitters (Gary, Indiana)
- The Sonics, “Have Love, Will Travel” “Rock and roll—it’s the only place you can scream like that without going to jail,” Sonics vocalist-keyboardist Gerry Roslie told me a few years ago.
- 13th Floor Elevators, “You’re Gonna Miss Me” As garage rock turned psychedelic by the latter half of the ’60s, “You’re Gonna Miss Me” was a significant milestone along the way.
- The Kingsmen, “Louie Louie” In many ways, The Kingsmen’s version of “Louie Louie” is the template for garage rock. Three chords fuel a lo-fi masterpiece built around trebly guitar, blaring organ and singer Jack Ely’s murky vocals, which attracted the attention of the FBI and prompted the governor of Indiana to ban the song for its supposed indecency.
- The Seeds, “Can’t Seem to Make You Mine” Sky Saxon sounds just as desperate on “Can’t Seem to Make You Mine” as he does on “Pushin’ Too Hard,” but the band must have sweated out whatever uppers they were on before slinking their way through this one.
This site is a work in progress on 1960s garage rock bands. All entries can be updated, corrected and expanded. If you have information on a band featured here, please let me know and I will update the site and credit you accordingly.
Jan 29, 2018 · As short lived as that first wave of garage rock was in the mid-1960s (it didn’t even have a name until critics in the 1970s got nostalgic), few genres have branched into more great music...
