Episode 4: Paisley Underground, Feedback, and Other Technical Difficulties

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Welcome to the fourth episode of the Indy Music Garage! I grew up in Southern California, and other than the punk and hardcore scenes, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego had a garage psychedelia scene called the "Paisley Underground" that flourished in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was loosely connected to the punk/hardcore scene, but also quite distinct, since the 60s pop/psyche sound crossed over into more conventional pop tastes. But most of the scene was marked by noisey songwriting, distorted guitars, and lots of reverby feedback.

I finally figured out how to import MP3 files into my podcast program, and there will be some technical difficulties on this podcast until I master the technology. I have analog guitar equipment, so all this digital recording stuff is new to me.

On the podcast, there's two tracks by my old friend Dave Lorenz, who played bass in my band Dona Sonora from Philadelphia in the mid-1990s. His band Crowds and Power is from Brooklyn, New York, so check them out if you live there.

I still do not have a podcast microphone, which is just as well. The show is a whopping 155 minutes!

The bands listed in order are: Embrace, The Yo-Yo's, Rain Parade, The Dream Syndicate, The Velvet Underground, The Crippled Pilgrims, Opal, Mazzy Star, Television, Lungfish, The Cramps, Crowds and Power, Das Damen, 3, 9353, The Snakes, TSOL, Thee Hypnotics, Rites of Spring, Zombie vs. Shark, Edie Sedgewick, Mark Lanegan, Mike Johnson, The Pupils, Bardo Pond, Low, Lucero, Circus Lupus, Skin Yard, Green River, Ruin, The Hot Snakes, The Meatmen, Turbonegro, Mudhoney, Sonic Youth, The Detroit Cobras, Zombie vs. Shark, The Dirtbombs, The Volcano Suns, Mission of Burma, and The Golden Cups.

Next week, I will not know what's in store, so be sure to tune in!

Cheers,

Doc Rockavoy