By the mid-1960s, pop music was in a full revolution, thanks in large part to the Beatles and the rest of the British Invasion. And a harder, edgier style of rock and roll was percolating in garages and basements everywhere. It was rock with an attitude with a hefty dose of the signature sound of the Vox Continental organ.
In this episode “Garage Punk Origins,” we’ll take a look at the origins of Garage Punk, that edgy early forerunner of what would become the genres of punk rock and garage rock. This episode features the Standells, ? and the Mysterians, and Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs.