Those Sounds are coming from the Garage?

The sound of a typical garage band was rooted more in attitude than any specific musical form. Its practitioners cheerfully pirated and appropriated rock styles at will, blending blues and folk and surf music with their interpretation of the Mersey beat, learning to hold and play their instruments a la the Ventures and dress themselves in the mode of the Rolling Stones, The only thing that tied them together was an unmistakable spark of life; the exhilaration that comes from ascending a stage, realising its power and possibilities as fantasy moves inexorably into reality.

This triumph of substance over style, however, shouldn't obscure certain musical similarities that make the garage bands of the Sixties instantly recognisable, even today. Inventions such as the portable organ pioneered by Vox and Farfisa, guitar distortion boxes such as the fuzz-tone and the widespread acceptance of the electric bass provided the building blocks of the sound. Though these advances would soon become the norm and even obsolete, there was time for a kind of zany experimentation with these new toys.

The best garage bands not only surprised their audiences; they also surprised themselves, and perhaps there lies the secret of their music.

Lenny Kaye

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