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Chicago post-punk revivalists the Ponys formed in early 2001, inaugurated by singer/guitarist Jered Gummere within the months ahead of dissolution of his previous project, regional punk device the Guilty Pleasures. He started writing and performing with partner and bassist Melissa Elias, and after adding previous Mushuganas drummer Nathan Jerde, the …

Believe the Runaways get together AC/DC within a dingy Chicago garage area and you’re near to the totally rock and roll sound that hails from the Paperbacks. Produced in 2000 by vocalist Laura L. Hotshot, the Paperbacks produced their debut helping punk legends the Dictators at Chicago’s Clear Bottle. They …

Serving up an attractive but undeniably fierce mixture of pop smarts and garage area rock force, the Ettes are vocalist/guitarist Lindsay “Coco” Hames, drummer Maria “Poni” Silver precious metal, and bassist Jeremy “Jem” Cohen, a trio of New Yorkers who became Los Angelenos. The music group created in 2004 and …

A proto-punk garage music group that formed at Southwest SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in Green Bay, WI in the later 1990s, the Secret Young ladies developed a ramshackle, passionate and nearly blues-based audio that appears to participate in the mid-’60s just as much as it will the first 21st century, though …

Because the mid-’80s, Detroit’s Mick Collins continues to be among leading music icons within the Motor City. His effect, and impact — on punk and garage area revival bands, specifically — is constantly on the spread worldwide, because of Collins’ incessant touring routine, and a flurry of produces by his …

The Screws are possibly the punkest of all Mick Collins projects. While keeping the blues/garage area/spirit/R&B affects he’s known for, the Screws possess a harsher and much more intense sound. Back 1997, the Crimson Aunts (after that on Epitaph) visited Detroit to record Ghetto Blaster with Mick Collins as their …

The Cheater Slicks started in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1988, when brothers Tom and David Shannon — both guitarists — recruited drummer Dana Hatch and bassist Merle Allin (sibling of G.G. Allin) to try out in an unique, bluesy garage rock-band. After Allin, the Slicks used Alpo (previously of the true …

Inspired by rock and roll and punk icons such as for example Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, and Johnny Thunders, NY City’s the tiny Killers perform stripped-down, super-charged garage area punk. Shaped in 2001 by vocalist/guitarist Andy Maltz, bassist Sara Nelson, and drummer Kari Boden, the music group cut its tooth …

Chicago’s Goldstars surfaced in the first 2000s in the ranks of several local outfits. Organist Skipper and drummer Goodtime (their Christian brands) had been from New Duncan Imperials, while white spirit sibling vocalist and bassist Sal acquired done time using the Krinkles. The band’s electric guitar position was fluid, because …

Blacktop was the initial post-Gories task for Mick Collins. While like the famous garage area punk three-piece, Blacktop is really a clear progression, with regards to musicianship and songwriting skill, for Collins and can be the start of his motion towards noisier materials. The band’s audio was fuller and much …