The Keggs-To Find Out

[Yojimbo335]

This is the most amazing piece of shit in music history.

[stranget92]

wow!, looks like nirvana got his sound from this

[aflickering]

for every person out there who can hear the raw, terrible fucking beauty of this battered piece of trash, i feel a little more at home in the world.

[aflickering]

"A band so hated in their hometown Detroit they had to change their name after every show they played".

[SecretActivator]

Fucking amazing

[TheSunbau]

I love this raw and honest garage rock from the 60s. Hi there "Traductus5972"! I think the cord progression are Em - G - A - C. My favs from the mid 60s are THE ZETTLERS and their recordings from 1965 "Skinnie Minnie" and "Beautiful Delilah". Now we´re talking about 4 mic:s and then count to four. What a bloody "drive".

[OneDayInMyGarden]

A sound that puts you out of your comfort. Off-puttingly beautiful.

[wyldescot]

Its the (pre)Velvet Underground I've heard,or at least Lou Reed in there on the vocals.

[jrmwigga5555]

i know this is going to get me chastised, but this is garbage lol. don't get me wrong, i see the appeal but good god...they could have at least learned how to play a little bit ya know? lol

[ShapelyDice]

@jrmwigga5555 A very nice compliment for a killer track.

[Traductus5972]

i still can't figure the out the chords to this song, i Think it starts and E minor and then switches the G and then I'm lost

[guitarbassdrumsetc]

@Traductus5972 (to how ive learned by ear) its F minor, A, B, B minor. for the chorus you can probably learn it by ear the notes used are (for the lead section, its all on the high e string) f a b Db (octave higher) e and f. then at about 1:01 one guitar goes right back to fminor a b bminor, and one guitar holds f minor strumming only on the g,b and high e strings. Im yet to figure out the lead section played during the verse.

[RedVynil]

These guys got a record deal???

[antikist]

@RedVynil No not really, they them selves paid for the record to be recorded and pressed. And as legend goes, when they came to pick them up, they found out that the pressing plant had burned to the ground and only 67 copies of Pure Garage Heaven had survived. Which they gave to family and friends. .

[RedVynil]

@antikist I wonder if it's the same pressing plant that Charlie used for his third Beatle break-in record? He told me that he recorded a third one and sent it to a plant to get pressed and, as he had no back-up copy of the tape, when the plant burned down, he lost everything, including all the money he paid them to press it!! They never gave him a refund!!

[antikist]

@RedVynil Who knows, it would be one hell of a coincidence. But stranger things have been said to have happen in the world.

[RedVynil]

@antikist I KNOW!!!! Bush was president TWICE!!!! It doesn't get much stranger than that!!!!

[antikist]

@RedVynil You're right, about the only thing I'm now still waiting for is pigs that can fly.

Well, if Bush made president twice that's about to happen soon, I guess within the next few years.

But Hey, I thought that Hell would freeze over before Shwartzeneggar would become governor.

So I guess that must have happened as well.

Just goes to show that a lot of money and very little wit can get you a long way.

[RedVynil]

@antikist Well, just so you know, presidents aren't elected, they are simply put into office. Now that we have a native Kenyan in office, how long before Arnold the nazi gets in?

[Khultan]

It just sounds funny : )

[havenoneatall]

Once again music aficionados are treated to some of the best of soul-rock that experts have always known about. The Keggs in their farewell concert ( which lasted just slightly over 2 hrs.) played their two ever songs recorded, over and over to the delight of the pot heads, coke heads, acid heads and all other dopers ( sort of in attendance ). A somewhat enthusiastic encore followed for those not already passed out on the ground .

[CinemaCinder]

Don't know how much of this is true, but according to Gene Sculatti's book Too Cool, the Keggs were so hated in their native Detroit, they had to change their name after every show they played, only 75 copies of this single were pressed, and on the way to a practice session the guitarist's motorcycle was hit by a truck which sent him into a metal rail which lopped his head off and ended the Keggs' career. How much of this is true and how much is inventive bologna I don't really know...

[hulud99]

one of the highlights of the BFTG comps

[talktalk3]

@hulud99 agreed!!

[Traductus5972]

this song just gets better everytime i listen to it

[Zeanu]

Everything about this track is awesome. I dunno why people call it terrible. The gritty feel of it just rocks my socks. A soundtrack to an awesome trip.

[Wayevy6302]

this is one warped and ugly song but punk is supposed to be that way!!

[crowbarftw]

Its a darned shame these guys havent put out anything else...

[BuddyRamone]

Blatently out of their heads.

[Souplesse000]

Fucking priceless. What a find, kudos.

[brianstorm123]

@1964jazzbass

wow, somebodies got a chip on their shoulder. what's up?-did daddy touch you as a child?

[1964jazzbass]

best song ever ?

[Traductus5972]

so horrible, terrible, and totally awesome. this is a great example of so bad it's good

[1964jazzbass]

@Traductus5972 ??? you didnt get anything guy. It's excellent. no "so bad it's good"

[Peppepoppldoppl]

omg. its so terrible that i listen to it in awe. Awesome music.

[rexmaster5]

Real 60's punk

[rexmaster5]

holy fuck, I swear it sounds like sonic youth on the instrumental break ! And it the whole thing sounds like a more primitive Velvet Underground

[exileexile]

Plleeeaaaase post more of this!!! I can't get enough!

[spyweed1111]

Jon Spencer did not invent anything new, and...this is so much better!!!!!!

[mtwallet]

@spyweed1111 useless comment... spencer never intended to play 60s garage rock&roll... maybe you could have said so about the Gories version, but even about that, you would have been wrong, their version's good

[oldschoolhero66]

I wish I could honestly call this terrible...but I love it so much..

[baldingmoose]

Sooo sexy! the black lips must have been influenced by this.

[Cedrogz]

@baldingmoose Yeah, in many interview they said they were influenced by the Back From The Grave compilation. "To Find Out" and "Girl" by Keggs are in Vol.5 and Vol.6. Awesome 60's punk compilation!

[swampratje]

Killer song!! Gives me the shiverzzz... Thanx for posting!

[waylo4526]

sloppy and so damned out of tune but i gotta say i love it ..this is punk at it's nastiest and rawest the way pure punk should be!

[ZRN959]

so out of tune. AWESOME!

[garagefan66]

So freaking great!!

[Khultan]

I want to resurrect this kind of music but in the context of these contemporary times and bring back savvy reflection and dancing.....

[Lamvesp]

Rough as fuck,,, but i love it.

[boomelcha]

wow this is terrible, I love it

[breakingthe4thwall]

@boomelcha Exactly.

[ShapelyDice]

@boomelcha best comment i've seen on youtube

[davepx]

Wow, just heard this on Bill Kelly & had to investigate - what a masterpiece

[JohnnyFriendly]

An unheraled classic, fo' sho'

[redmeatheart]

your the dude with the vox ac15, shit i've watched all your vids. I have an old silvertone 1485 (jack whites model) 100 watts pure garage awesomeness, love your sound man. peace out

[JohnnyFriendly]

Thanks, my man - that Silvertone sounds neat. Apparently their solid-states are also quality and all.

[redmeatheart]

the gories used the solid state silvertones, their only decent because they used proper jensen speakers in the cabs, the actual head isnt that great soundwise, it's the same as the solid state vox's of the 60's they used amazing speakers but if you just have the head it's not too great. Your ac15 smokes, just wanted to give you a heads up on that, i know your big into garage punk have you heard of golden triangle and the early black lips stuff?

[JohnnyFriendly]

Actually, my AC15 doesn't seem to record too well so I've stopped using it - two speakers perhaps? The Headstrong is more potent for recordings, although the 15 smokes when you're actually in the room.

As for garage punk, I'm more of 60s person than contemporary (Remains, Elevators etc)

[redmeatheart]

i can totally understand that, the older stuff is more often than not better, i agree with ya, your princeton clips have a better recorded sound, cant beat a cranked fender with the reverb dimed. I bet you could do a badass cover of 'the groupies primitive'.

[JohnnyFriendly]

ha ha - I may just do that one of these days

[meinwalkmanistkaputt]

deadly!

[everywherechainsaw]

punk began and ended here!

[baldingmoose]

@everywherechainsaw mozart was punk

[KCVROCKS2008]

sounds a bit out of tune it's trippy.

[waylo4526]

wow! i would have loved to been a kid then to see how people danced to this one lol crazy tune man.

[Cavegirl66]

absolutely my preferite song !!

[ZRN959]

awesome!!!!!

[chuckdee121]

A fragile and subtle song, by a group of gentle people.......NOT!!