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Blues rock. folk rock. jangle pop. new wave. psychedelic rock. Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or '60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals.
- Late 1950s to early 1960s, United States and Canada
- Garage punk, '60s punk
Jun 7, 2021 · Garage Rock Music Guide: A Brief History of Garage Rock. Written by MasterClass. Last updated: Jun 7, 2021 • 4 min read. Beginning in the early 1960s and continuing through all eras of rock 'n' roll, various amateur musicians have joined together in high-energy bands under the banner of garage rock.
- The Sonics: Here Are the Sonics!!! (1965) Some opinions are really just plain facts, including, but not limited to: Donald Trump is a jerk, we really don’t need another Transformers movie, and The Sonics drew the blueprint for garage rock.
- Various Artists: Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 (1972) One-stop shopping for fans of mid- to late-’60s garage rock, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 collects tracks from, well, just about everyone who mattered: The Remains, The Electric Prunes, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Standells, Count Five, The Strangeloves.
- 13th Floor Elevators: The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966) It’s hard to think of any one record that has influenced an entire genre as much as the 13th Floor Elevators’ seminal debut influenced psych rock.
- The Electric Prunes: Electric Prunes (1967) The Electric Prunes’ 1967 self-titled debut opens with a strange, buzzing moan; experimental and sometimes eerie, the Prunes were recognized for embracing early elements of psychedelic and acid rock.
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- 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.
- The Sonics – Here Are The Sonics!!! (1965) Just as R’n’B was being smoothed off to an ever-shinier finish, Tacoma, Washington mob The Sonics brought the noise back big style.
- The Monks – Black Monk Time (1966) If you were under the impression that all garage rock stuck to a similar, no-nonsense template, this bunch of ex-GIs based in Germany disproved that from the get-go.
- The Seeds – The Seeds (1966) As beat pop’s milky white take on R’n’B began to curdle under the influence of strange mind-altering substances, The Seeds threatened to corrupt the template further with all manner of delinquent, misanthropic malevolence.
- 13th Floor Elevators – Psychedelic Sounds Of… (1966) Go to your local vinyl emporium and you’ll invariably find these releases in a section marked ‘Garage/Psych’.
The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time · Playlist · 50 songs · 47 likes.
Garage Rock was a simple, raw form of rock & roll created by a number of American bands in the mid-'60s. Inspired by British Invasion bands like the Beatles, Kinks, and Rolling Stones, these midwestern American groups played a variation on British Invasion rock.
