Archive for the ‘Garage Rock’ Category

‘Have Love, Will Travel’. The Sonics

Posted: March 14, 2013 in 60's Rock, Garage Rock
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Kids in the 1960s loved to rock out to garage rock, the type of music played by those who didn’t have decent equipment.  The Sonics epitomized this sound with the Richard Berry-penned tune ‘Have Love, Will Travel’.  The unforgettable riff, with a level of raucous overdrive applied to the guitar tone, was not a common sound when first released.

Buy this song at iTunes or Amazon. The official band site is here.

Other links

  • Use our music reference database to search for information on artists, music styles or instruments (flametreepro.com)
  • Check out a music learning website  with the chords and scales audio for guitar and piano (flametreemusic.com)
  • You can also buy this music, and so much more at Rough Trade, one of the best indie stores in the world.

‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’. The Stooges

Posted: March 14, 2013 in 60's Rock, Garage Rock, Heavy Metal, Protopunk
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‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ was rapidly established as an anthem for a generation of disaffected kids for whom the hippie dream was fading fast. With a grinding riff laden with walls of primitive distortion, the song is at once grimly nihilistic and hilarious, combining Iggy Pop’s laconic vocals and the histrionics of the rest of the band.

Buy this song at iTunes or Amazon. The official band site is here.

Other links

  • Use our music reference database to search for information on artists, music styles or instruments (flametreepro.com)
  • Check out a music learning website  with the chords and scales audio for guitar and piano (flametreemusic.com)
  • You can also buy this music, and so much more at Rough Trade, one of the best indie stores in the world.

‘You Really Got Me’. The Kinks

Posted: March 2, 2013 in 60's Rock, Garage Rock, Hard Rock
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The overdriven guitar sound on ‘You Really Got Me’ is powerful stuff and has had a big influence on rock musicians. Rumours abound about the identity of the guitar solo player – was it in fact the soon to be Led Zeppelin founder Jimmy Page? The band and Page himself deny it, claiming you can hear Dave Davies yelling expletives to his brother on the track just before playing the solo.

Buy this song at iTunes or Amazon. The official band site is here.