Two 60s rock tunes you’ve probably never heard

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

Savannah, Georgia during the 60s had a very active music scene. Here are two mini-hit records that got a lot of regional radio air play down south. There were a lot of other great groups in Savannah besides these guys. I went to Savannah High and it seemed that every other guy was either a guitar player, drummer, or bass player. There was a school hair code and they didn’t allow long hair except if you were in a group (which accounted for half the guys). The guys from these two groups below were my friends and would come over to my house to jam, sometimes in near 100 degree heat with no air conditioning. I was asked to join the Rogues when their guitar player left but I had to leave for college.

[Throd]

1. I love that kind of stuff!

That first track was of a style that would lay out some of the foundations of the punk rock we would play in the early 80's.

The first band I played in was the "The Spastic Bastards" in 1982.

[ohiosmith]

2. The best from Columbus, Ohio were The Dantes,

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The Electras, and The Rebounds.

The Dantes were easily the biggest and best. Barry Hayden their lead singer moved to Hollywood, CA in the late 60s and formed a group named Hero. The last time I saw them (around 1970) they had signed with a label and were recording an album.

The Dantes released three singles in the mid-sixties on Jamie Records and Cameo Records. Although they mostly played Rolling Stones and Byrds covers, they also had some originals, "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love" and "80-96"

"80-96" has been featured on many '60s garage/punk comps, and has been described as a 'Yardbirds-esque Rave Up', but really this B-side has a life of its own, straying from the "radio friendly" pop songs and going headlong into the world of garagepunk that we all love and know so well.

The Dantes opened up for such acts as The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Byrds, Iron Butterfly, Them, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Roy Orbison, and The Outsiders. They also served as a one-time backing band for Neil Diamond.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. Very cool - thanks

Here's one of the quintessential garage proto-punk bands from the 1960s that people may or may not know. I saw them on stage with the Seeds and they were very loud, with that Keith Moon style drum-pounding and the punk-like slashing guitars.

[ohiosmith]

4. Thank you!

[pipi_k]

5. FAT

A band from my hometown of Springfield, Mass.

Each year the members get together to perform at a venue downtown.

Here they are from the 60s.