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.

Original 1960s and '70s garage bands

• 13th Floor Elevators
• The Atlantics
• The Balloon Farm
• The Barbarians
• The Beacon Street Union
• The Bees
• Blues Magoos
• Blues Project
• The Bohemian Vendetta
• The Bootmen
• The Bourbons
• The Brigade
• The Brigands
• The Brogues
• The Calico Wall
• The Castaways
• The Charlatans
• Children of the Mushroom
• Chocolate Watchband
• The Choir
• Clefs of Lavender Hill
• The Count 5
• Cosmic Rock Show
• Cotton Mouth
• The Crome Syrcus
• The Cryan Shames
• The Daily Flash
• The Del-Vetts
• The Dovers
• The E-Types
• Earth Opera
• The Elastik Band
• Electric Prunes
• Fenwyck
• The Five Americans
• The Floating Bridge
• Freeborne
• Frijid Pink
• The Frost
• The Gants
• The Gestures
• The Golliwogs
• Gonn
• The Groupies
• Harbinger Complex
• The Hombres
• The Human Beinz
• The Human Expression
• The Humane Society
• Kenny and The Kasuals
• The Kingsmen
• The Knaves
• The Knickerbockers
• The Leaves
• The Lemon Drops
• The Litter
• The Live Five
• The Lollipop Shoppe
• Lyme and Cybelle
• The Lyrics
• The Magic Mushrooms
• The Magicians
• Max Frost and the Troopers
• Michael and the Messengers
• The Mind's Eye
• The Monks
• Mouse and the Traps
• The Moving Sidewalks
• Mr. Lucky and the Gamblers
• The Music Explosion
• The Music Machine
• New Colony Six
• The New Tweedy Brothers
• The Nightcrawlers
• The Night Walkers
• The Nuggets
• The Outcasts
• The Outsiders
• The Other Half
• The Palace Guard
• Phluph
• The Premiers
• Psychedelic Stooges
• Question Mark and the Mysterians
• The Rare Breed
• The Rationals
• The Rats Two Line
• The Remaining Few
• The Remains
• Richard and the Young Lions
• The Rovin' Kind
• The Rumors
• S.J. and The Crossroads
• Sagitarius
• Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
• Saturday's Children
• The Seeds
• Shadows of Knight
• Sir Douglas Quintet
• The Sonics
• The Sparkles
• SRC
• The Squires
• The Standells
• Stereo Shoestring
• The Strangeloves
• Strawberry Alarm Clock
• The Swingin' Medallions
• Syndicate of Sound
• Teddy and The Pandas
• Teegarden
• The Third Bardo
• Third Power
• The Third Rail
• The Tidal Waves
• Thursday's Children
• The Tree Stumps
• The Troggs
• The Turtles
• The Ugly Ducklings
• Ultimate Spinach
• The Underdogs
• The Uniques
• Unrelated Segments
• The Vagrants
• Van Winkle
• Wailers
• We The People
• The Wilde Knights
• The William Penn V
• The Woolies
• The Yorkshires
• The Zakary Thaks