Estrus Garageshock 95 May 26
Found on the internet written for MTV by the late great Frank Kozik. 'Reprinted' here with aforementioned credits so you understand how amazing this piece of history is:
ATN Graphics Guru (and, in our opinion, the coolest artist on the planet) Frank Kozik reports from the scene of the crime. These are his rough notes, scrawled on cocktail napkins and various xeroxed flyers: For the fifth year running, Garage Shock, the brainchild of Estrus label founder and Mono Men singer/lead guitarist Dave Crider, invades the sleepy town of Bellingham, Washington (pop. 55,000). A total of 20 bands played the 3-B Tavern, an amazingly grungy wonderland of a 300 seat venue for four nights (May 25-May 28) of today's best surf and garage music incredible performances. Tim Kerr's Lord High Fixers(the legendary Big Boys co-founder's new band) stole the show for me with the insanely beautiful Man Or Astro-Man? set on Saturday night coming in a close second. Dude, I would say people in the lines outside the 3-B sometimes waited three to four hours to get in. Hundreds of disappointed people were turned away. They flew in from Japan, Denmark, Sweden, all over the world. The weather was beautiful, the town wondrous and accommodating. No real dogs in the line-up. Fashion on parade. A real good solid four nights of killer fucking shit. New band to watch for: The Go-Nuts, America's first snack-rock band demonstrating the amazing Nut-Wagon ('62 Dodge customized Big Daddy Roth-style). Highly customized. Go-Nuts, the cool new costumed super hero snack food guys. Capt. Corn Nut, the Donut Prince, and their sidekicks. If you didn't go to the Garage Shock this year, you just may be out of luck. It has grown to such amazing proportions that it may never happen again. I'd give it five stars. Band members hanging with fans. The hardcore people of the surf and garage scene there having a great time. All hotels filled up. People partying all over town. Crider is the King of garage rock. His label Estrus is the most amazing label ever known to man. Garage Shock has grown from like a couple hundred people who knew each other going to a small show to a lot of people showing up from all over the world. It will be legendary someday. Reunion of the Untamed Youth occurred. Mono Men set was really good. Nomads were really good. Man Or Astro-Man? were great. Insanely high level of intensity I haven't seen since the old punk days. Lord High Fixers. It's like if Charlie Patton went industrial. It was rad. They stole it. Man's Ruin (Kozik's label) may do something with them. Garage Shock also kicked off the Mono Men/ Nomads ten day West Coast tour. It was definitely a special thing. Year's highlight for the garage and surf set. Kozik over and out.
About the shirt:
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd¬≤ (142 g/m¬≤)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Blank product sourced from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
Found on the internet written for MTV by the late great Frank Kozik. 'Reprinted' here with aforementioned credits so you understand how amazing this piece of history is:
ATN Graphics Guru (and, in our opinion, the coolest artist on the planet) Frank Kozik reports from the scene of the crime. These are his rough notes, scrawled on cocktail napkins and various xeroxed flyers: For the fifth year running, Garage Shock, the brainchild of Estrus label founder and Mono Men singer/lead guitarist Dave Crider, invades the sleepy town of Bellingham, Washington (pop. 55,000). A total of 20 bands played the 3-B Tavern, an amazingly grungy wonderland of a 300 seat venue for four nights (May 25-May 28) of today's best surf and garage music incredible performances. Tim Kerr's Lord High Fixers(the legendary Big Boys co-founder's new band) stole the show for me with the insanely beautiful Man Or Astro-Man? set on Saturday night coming in a close second. Dude, I would say people in the lines outside the 3-B sometimes waited three to four hours to get in. Hundreds of disappointed people were turned away. They flew in from Japan, Denmark, Sweden, all over the world. The weather was beautiful, the town wondrous and accommodating. No real dogs in the line-up. Fashion on parade. A real good solid four nights of killer fucking shit. New band to watch for: The Go-Nuts, America's first snack-rock band demonstrating the amazing Nut-Wagon ('62 Dodge customized Big Daddy Roth-style). Highly customized. Go-Nuts, the cool new costumed super hero snack food guys. Capt. Corn Nut, the Donut Prince, and their sidekicks. If you didn't go to the Garage Shock this year, you just may be out of luck. It has grown to such amazing proportions that it may never happen again. I'd give it five stars. Band members hanging with fans. The hardcore people of the surf and garage scene there having a great time. All hotels filled up. People partying all over town. Crider is the King of garage rock. His label Estrus is the most amazing label ever known to man. Garage Shock has grown from like a couple hundred people who knew each other going to a small show to a lot of people showing up from all over the world. It will be legendary someday. Reunion of the Untamed Youth occurred. Mono Men set was really good. Nomads were really good. Man Or Astro-Man? were great. Insanely high level of intensity I haven't seen since the old punk days. Lord High Fixers. It's like if Charlie Patton went industrial. It was rad. They stole it. Man's Ruin (Kozik's label) may do something with them. Garage Shock also kicked off the Mono Men/ Nomads ten day West Coast tour. It was definitely a special thing. Year's highlight for the garage and surf set. Kozik over and out.
About the shirt:
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd¬≤ (142 g/m¬≤)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Blank product sourced from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
Found on the internet written for MTV by the late great Frank Kozik. 'Reprinted' here with aforementioned credits so you understand how amazing this piece of history is:
ATN Graphics Guru (and, in our opinion, the coolest artist on the planet) Frank Kozik reports from the scene of the crime. These are his rough notes, scrawled on cocktail napkins and various xeroxed flyers: For the fifth year running, Garage Shock, the brainchild of Estrus label founder and Mono Men singer/lead guitarist Dave Crider, invades the sleepy town of Bellingham, Washington (pop. 55,000). A total of 20 bands played the 3-B Tavern, an amazingly grungy wonderland of a 300 seat venue for four nights (May 25-May 28) of today's best surf and garage music incredible performances. Tim Kerr's Lord High Fixers(the legendary Big Boys co-founder's new band) stole the show for me with the insanely beautiful Man Or Astro-Man? set on Saturday night coming in a close second. Dude, I would say people in the lines outside the 3-B sometimes waited three to four hours to get in. Hundreds of disappointed people were turned away. They flew in from Japan, Denmark, Sweden, all over the world. The weather was beautiful, the town wondrous and accommodating. No real dogs in the line-up. Fashion on parade. A real good solid four nights of killer fucking shit. New band to watch for: The Go-Nuts, America's first snack-rock band demonstrating the amazing Nut-Wagon ('62 Dodge customized Big Daddy Roth-style). Highly customized. Go-Nuts, the cool new costumed super hero snack food guys. Capt. Corn Nut, the Donut Prince, and their sidekicks. If you didn't go to the Garage Shock this year, you just may be out of luck. It has grown to such amazing proportions that it may never happen again. I'd give it five stars. Band members hanging with fans. The hardcore people of the surf and garage scene there having a great time. All hotels filled up. People partying all over town. Crider is the King of garage rock. His label Estrus is the most amazing label ever known to man. Garage Shock has grown from like a couple hundred people who knew each other going to a small show to a lot of people showing up from all over the world. It will be legendary someday. Reunion of the Untamed Youth occurred. Mono Men set was really good. Nomads were really good. Man Or Astro-Man? were great. Insanely high level of intensity I haven't seen since the old punk days. Lord High Fixers. It's like if Charlie Patton went industrial. It was rad. They stole it. Man's Ruin (Kozik's label) may do something with them. Garage Shock also kicked off the Mono Men/ Nomads ten day West Coast tour. It was definitely a special thing. Year's highlight for the garage and surf set. Kozik over and out.
About the shirt:
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd¬≤ (142 g/m¬≤)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Blank product sourced from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!