Garage rock

Garage rock (performed by garage bands, not to be confused with the genre of dance music of the same name) was a simple, raw form of rock and roll that emerged in the mid-1960s, largely in the United States. The term "garage rock" comes from the perception that many such performers were young and amateurish, and often rehearsed in a family garage (this stereotype also evokes a suburban, middle-class setting). Inspired by British Invasion bands like The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who and The Rolling Stones, these groups played a homespun variation on British Invasion rock. "Garage rock" was often musically crude, but nevertheless conveyed great passion and energy. Most of the bands used simple chord progressions, pounding drums, and short, repetitive lyrics.

1980s, '90s, and 2000s garage revival bands

• Thee Obscene
• The 5.6.7.8's
• The Alleys
• The Avatars
• The Bent Scepters
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• Billy Childish
• The Buff Medways
• The Blue Van
• The Charms
• The Clamour
• The Cynics
• Dead Moon
• The Detroit Cobras
• The Dirtbombs
• The Embrooks
• The Fleshtones
• The Fondas
• The Fuzztones
• Girl Trouble
• The Gore Gore Girls
• The Gravedigger 5
• The Greenhornes
• The Hentchmen
• Thee Headcoats
• Hysteric Narcotics
• The Hives
• The Indikation
• The Insomniacs
• The Kaisers
• Lyres
• Mando Diao
• The Milkshakes
• Thee Mighty Caesars
• The Miracle Workers
• Mondo Topless
• The Mooney Suzuki
• The Morlocks
• The Nymphs
• The Nomads
• The Original Sins
• The Outta Place
• The Pandoras
• Plan 9
• Razorlight
• The Satelliters
• The Seers
• Shrubs
• The Sound Explosion
• The Stems
• The Stomachmouths
• The Strokes
• The Subsonics
• The Stepford Husbands http://www.wfmu.org/~dathedj/shbio.html
• The Swingin' Neckbreakers
• The Untamed Youth
• The Von Bondies
• The Vines
• The White Stripes
• The Woggles