I was inspired to write this post, as tomorrow evening the Cyril Jordan- Chris Wilson version of The Flamin' Groovies are gonna be playing the tiny Elbo Room club in San Francisco (their ONLY US show, as a matter of fact). This gig sold out immediately, and you best BELIEVE I'm gonna be there. I've had the pleasure of seeing Cyril & Roy Loney recreate the warped insanity of the Flamingo / Teenage Head era, but have never had the chance to see Cyril and power pop vocalist [...]
Shake some action - Flamin' Groovies Download: 01-shake-some-action.mp3 Carrie Brownstein once called this her favourite guitar line, and while i'm sure if i thought hard enough i could find a better [...]
Flamin' Groovies, "You Tore Me Down"
Much is made about 1977 being important as the year of revolution against rock music. We thought it might be a good time to see what they had to complain about. This week, we're looking at the best albums of 1976. When critics talk about the years that were the most important [...]
Found myself on a bit of a Flamin' Groovies trip last week, which included their first singer and guitarist Roy Loney's fab solo stuff. Which is where we come across that rare instant where the song apparently came first, and acted as inspiration for the group name. And a mighty fine song it is, too. Satisfaction guaranteed indeed. Roy Loney & The Phantom Movers - Phantom Mover
Scrambled eggs, ta-da-da... All my troubles seem so far away? Hmmm. Yesterday's the word today however, and it's here. Enjoy this somewhat passé six pack, and don't forget to buy some rekkids if you like what you hear. It's just yesterday after all. Weird Herald - Just Yesterday Flamin' Groovies - Yesterday's Numbers Secondhand - The World Will End Yesterday The Act Of Creation - Yesterday Noontime Gravel - Yesterday Paul Gonsalves - Yesterdays
Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head The Flamin' Groovies were a longstanding cult band of the garage / power pop underground and their releases actually split along that axis in an early / late manner. Teenage Head is undoubtedly their pinnacle and shows the debt they owed their Rolling Stones crush in full. The album is chock full of hip-thrust Jagger swagger and Beggar's Banquet -esque salt of the earth breakdowns and the surprising occasional foray into Beefheartian croakery that sets it all off nicely. Its albums like [...]
ORLY? from TuffLuke on 8tracks . Tracklist: Shake Some Action - The Flamin' Groovies Kids (Don't Know) - Orange Mothers S.T.H.D. - Ladyhawk Dum-Dum - The Vaselines Failure - My Robot Friend Cálculo Utilitarista - Guatafán Fred Astaire - Lamps A・N・A - ミドリ
Generations of homegrown legendry teamed up at the GAMH Friday night to show young and old (and quite old) alike how roots rock is served. Alt-country hero Chuck Prophet , who emerged in the 802s with Green on Red and has never let up, and Roy Loney , former front man for 702s power pop progenitors The Flamin Groovies, brought their respective ace backups, The Mission Express and The Phantom Movers by for the show. [...]
The all-powerful Reigning Sound roared out of Memphis with the realest soulful rock 'n' roll since the Flamin Groovies, the Real Kids and Esquerita all ruled the earth together. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Greg Cartwright makes 'em scream, shriek, cry and weep and he visits California far too seldom, so don't miss these shows at Alex's Bar this weekend! (With the Strange Boys opening!? How will we ever go back to normal?) Win tickets here , and then read this interview by Chris Ziegler. Your dad was a record collector—was record collecting your [...]
steven fiche The Flamin Groovies should be right there with the Stooges, the MC5, the Modern Lovers and Big Star when it comes to bands who'd help determine the future of American rock 'n' roll—they could do it all, from cute to crushing, and beneath every Groovies classic ("Slow Death," "Shake Some Action") are ... even more classics ("Teenage Head," "Headin' For The Texas Border," "Love Have Mercy," "Golden Clouds" ...) and a ton of stories about drugs and freaks, including Ted Kennedy, Ike Turner, Jimi Hendrix and a giant mongoose. Co-founder and [...]
In 1971, The Rolling Stones hit the UK Charts with three great Stonesy hits "Brown Sugar", "Wild Horses" and a re-issue of "Street Fighting Man". The album Sticky Fingers featured more great riffs in "Bitch" and the epic "Can't You Hear Me Knocking". And yet, it could be argued, the tune with the greatest Stonesy feel of 1971 didn't come from The Rolling Stones at all. Rock critic Greg Shaw recalls the sessions for The third Flamin' Groovies album Teenage Head as a non stop party. Not one of the San Francisco-based Groovies ever truly mastered [...]
Just some songs. They Want EFX - Das EFX Teenage Confidential - Flamin' Groovies Angel - Fleetwood Mac Beatific - G/L/A/S/S/C/A/N/D/Y Love Goes On! - The Go-Betweens
"Here are 6 promotional videos for The Flamin’ Groovies. 3 of these are taken from YouTube sources (for help on downloading YouTube videos, see my article .) The other 3 were digitized from VHS video tapes and converted to .avi format; these 3 can be downloaded individually. All 6 videos in .avi format can be downloaded here. Note that there is a more complete version of the “Roll Over, Beethoven” video at this blog (I’ve converted the video to .avi format, available here )". via sinkfullofdishes.wordpress.com [...]
Roy Loney of the Flamin' Groovies w/ the A-Bones ( more by Jacob Blickenstaff ) Similar to 2009 , Roy Loney & Cyril Jordan of The Flamin' Groovies will reunite on stage with "musical accompaniment" by The A-Bones for two shows in two different countries this week. The first happens TONIGHT (4/21) at the Bell House in Brooklyn where The A-Bones will also play a separate set of their own and [...]
Before - the Flamin Groovies ( Slow Death ): After - the Dictators ( Bloodbrothers ):
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music www.paulcollinsbeat.com Earning the title "The King of Power Pop," as Paul Collins has, is like being the dude that invented the electric car. Everyone agrees you're on to something, and some even think your ideas are good enough to save the world, but for some reason, you're never going to get your due. Thursday night at Union Hall in Brooklyn, N.Y., Collins made the case for why [...]
Somewhat inappropriate picture today? though, I'm not sure why but somehow I think a half naker girl always seems appropriate. either way it's a tease. When it's good it's good, when it's bad its better... right? so... a few songs for whatever is teasing you, or for those that have only ever made it through a few pages of Ptolemy's Almagest and then afterwards just stared at the sky thinking of something much more stupid but engaging, such as can i cook a pizza on the grill?, or how long could I live in the wilderness. According to [...]
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