The 5.6.7.8's - The 5.6.7.8's (1994)

rocking shambling all-girl japanese garage rock

You may already be familiar with their appearance in Kill Bill or know that annoying Woo Hoo song from the Vonage commercials. If you aren't, then you better get familiar. If you are, then chances are you've been mildly curious and looked them up on wikipedia but never got around to getting their music. Turns out, it's super rad. Their music is mostly 50's rockabilly influenced but their sound is pure fuzzed out 60's garage rock. Their english is terrible but I have a hunch this is on purpose; it does give them a unique sound for this age. Their instrumentation is very simple but it keeps the music feeling authentic. All in all it's a super fun listen.

Listen if you like: japanese chicks, kitchy but genuine rock n' roll

My favorites: I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield, I Don't Need You No More, Highschool Witch, and Teenage Cleopatra. The lyrics on Long Tall Sally hillariously indiscernible.

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Link Found Here (along with 5.6.7.8's Discography, I'll listen to those later)


Come on, that's pretty sexy.

The Mummies - Never Been Caught (1992)

loud, fast and out of control garage punk

It is not the most original idea to combine Garage Rock and Punk Rock. Some of the first uses of the term "Punk Rock" came from describing what we know today as Garage for the Nuggets compilation. The Garage songs that people have really hung onto over the years are the fast, loud and angry ones. The Mummies are not the most original band. A great deal of their material is comprised of cover songs. I used to dislike them because I thought their toilet paper suits were gimmicky. Despite the strikes against them, I gave them a listen courtesy of doctorfuckwit. Jesus Christ was I wrong. This album will make you drop to the floor in a puddle of ear blood and your melted face. I don't even think their costumes are gimmicky anymore because any good garage band knows their live shows have to make up for their sloppy music. These guys don't need the costumes but I like to picture punk-mummies jumping around. It's a bunch of trashy, lo-fi noise that keeps true to the music I love.

Listen if you like: The Sonics, The Gories, The Oblivians, any incarnations of Billy Childish

My favorites: Stronger Than Dirt, Sooprize Package for Mr. Mineo, Skinny Minnie, Jezebel

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Link Found Here (great blog)