R.I.P. Bob Burgess of The Haunted

Sadly, Bob Burgess, harp-honking vocalist of Montreal's The Haunted behind the garage classic "1-2-5," has passed away. 

Straight outta Saint-Hilaire de Riez, it's Dynamite Shakers!

French garage rockers Dynamite Shakers cut their new album Don't Be Boring with Jim Diamond. Here's "Ridiculous" and more.

The Stems' 80s recordings for Citadel collected on Mushroom Soup

Perth legends The Stems get their fuzz-friendly garage rock gems reissued along with demos and outtakes on Mushroom Soup. 

Here's the scoop...

The Stems came roaring out of Perth in the mid Eighties with a sound and style that definitively captured the spirit and enthusiasm of sixties garage music – lurching fuzz-tone guitars, brooding organ and solid gold garage-punk! Though at the core of it all, The Stems wrote some awesome songs, made great records and put on exciting live shows. Debuting in 1985 with their break-through double A-side single She’s a Monster/ Make You Mine, The Stems rode the top of the Australian Independent charts from 1985-1987 with each subsequent release. Tracks like Make You Mine, Tears Me in Two and Love Will Grow mark them out as one of the truly great Australian acts of the Eighties.

Mushroom Soup – The Citadel Years has been remastered and repackaged and brings together the band’s break-through singles, their debut EP Love Will Grow and a selection of demos and outtakes. This collection captures a great band at the peak of its powers.

The vinyl edition features all the classic singles and the Love Will Grow EP that have been long out of print since their release. It also features 4 additional tracks (No Heart, She’s Fine, On and On and Don’t Let Me) on vinyl for the first time, faithfully remastered and available in limited edition green, limited edition purple or traditional black.

The track No Heart was initially a contender for the Love Will Grow Ep and She’s Fine was to be their last single with Citadel but was shelved when the band moved across to the Mushroom label.

Get a copy of The Stems' Mushroom Soup directly from Cheersquad right here. Check out a few tracks below. 

Straight outta Asheville, NC – it's The Satyrs!

Sundazed is putting out a 10-song collection of rare garage rock from The Satyrs. Check the title track from their lone single below. 

Here's the scoop...

There's a load of unfiltered North Carolina ‘60s garage rock from Asheville teen stompers The Satyrs coming your way in September from Sundazed! This LP features previously unissued tracks and their lone 1965 single – all bookended by two savage versions of the title track! 

The contents of this “lost” tape have since been restored and are included on this LP along with the Satyrs’ 1965 originals. Two versions of “Don’t Be Surprised,” the Mark V and the Wal-Mor version, bookend this artifact of true North Carolina garage. Note: This is a different band than the Mike Doerr-led Satyrs of "Yesterday's Hero" fame who formed circa 1968 in Haddon Heights, New Jersey. 

In their brief, explosive appearance on the garage rock scene, the Satyrs provide a look into Southern ‘60s rock and the rippling effects of rock ‘n’ roll in mid-century America. Tenacious in their desire to be a part of the rock ‘n’ roll revolution, the Satyrs successfully captured the essence of a '60s teenager's ephemeral desire to step into limelight, even for a brief moment.

Includes: Don’t Be Surprised (2:26) • Get Out Of That Rut (3:04) • It Won’t be Long (3:02) • Ticky Tacky (2:31) • Try Not To Cry (2:13) • To Be With You (3:02) • I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash) (2:18) • The Shortest Road To You (1:42) • Blue Blue World (3:31) • Don’t Be Surprised (45 version) (2:21)

• Killer NC Garage gold pressed in its hometown of Asheville at citizen vinyl!

• Cut by Warren Defever (his name is alive) at Third Man Mastering!

• Includes their rarer than palm hair 45 cuts plus 8 you’ve never heard!

You can pre-order a limited-run yellow vinyl copy of The Satyrs' album "Don't Be Surprised" (out September 8th) direct from Sundazed right here. Check out the title track from The Satyrs' 1965 single which appeared on the Gritty 60s Garage Punk (Beat Rocket) comp. 

Watch the Teen A Go Go doc on the 60s Fort Worth rock scene

Texas bands like The Vipers and The Elite were part of the exceptionally lively Fort Worth garage rock scene in the mid-60s. 

Toasting 38 years of Tim Warren's Back From The Grave series!

Tim Warren helped foment the 80s garage rock scare by issuing his first Back From The Grave compilation on August 3, 1983.