HW:Garage Influences

[Jon Browne]

In article <3.0.5.32.19980202122505.007a6770 at sirius.com>, Doug Pearson
<ceres at SIRIUS.COM> writes
>Is it just me, or does anyone else notice a strong similarity (both
>lyrically and musically, although not rhythmically) between the verses (but
>not the choruses) of "Psychotic Reaction" and "Brainbox Pollution"?  Anyone
>know if Brock was listening to obscure 60s American garage bands in the
>early 1970s?
>
>>Must be up there with Monster Magnet doing Third Bardo's "Five Years Ahead
>>of my Time"!
>
>Or Inner City Unit doing "Hurricane Fighter Plane" and "Little Black Egg"?


Anyone heard a track called "Magic Potion" by an outfit called The Open
Mind (1969). I heard it on "Psychedahlia - Rare Blooms From The English
Summer Of Love"  _Very_Brainstorm-esque indeed, in it's phrasing as well
as the riff. I'm certain DB was listen to "obscure" 60's Garage as it's
hardly _that_ obscure!  I mean, Psychotic Reaction is a) a hugely well
known song and b) a clear rip of The Yardbirds "I'm A Man".

IMHO ICU's best garage take was the cover of "I Wanna Come Back From The
World Of LSD" by Fe Fi Four PLus Two (CD - Pebbles Vol #5 Various
Morons)

Five Years Ahead Of My Time, as well as Monster Magnet, has recently
been covered by Primal Scream. The original is available on CD - Pebbles
Vol. 3 Various Burnouts.

Everyone should have the Pebbles stuff. It's required listening.

--
Jon