Graveyard Five-The Graveyard Five Theme

[smokeemonkee]

This could have been accurately described as "rock and roll" , but calling it "punk" conveys what this really is even more accurately, especially for people who know what that means and use the description for MUSIC, not people.

[AmericanPunkGarage]

@smokeemonkee To me the word punk means aggressive music and not meant for commercial success. It comes from the heart which to me means just play what you love to play and they did that on this number.

[smokeemonkee]

@AmericanPunkGarage I totally agree with you about your description.

[JustinSepheren]

Great Groovin ghoulishness!...Puts me right behind the wheel of the Munster Koach.

[shinybald36]

why do you call it a punk instrumental? Is punk the new catch all for cool?wtf?i know it was released when fuzz pedals where less than a decade old, so why the punk label?

[heshwuan]

@shinybald36 "punk" as in "not pop" or rather, not popular or mainstream.

[kiely]

@shinybald36

because it is from the "first wave" of punk (U.S. 1966-67)... there was punk before The Germs and before The Sex Pistols and Before The Ramones ... hell, there was punk before The Stooges. there is some 50's stuff i would definitely call "punk". but labels aren't important ... they are only handles that help communicate information.

[deannadeadly]

@kiely THANK YOU.

[MrMonsterstiffy]

@kiely Robert Johnson was a punk, Johnny Cash was a punk, Elvis was a punk, a bitch-ass punk... but still.

[jwhiteout]

@MrMonsterstiffy See what happens when you use the word "punk?" A bunch of pretentious assholes who don't even like music start talking about really uninteresting shit. Yes, junior. We know, you're more worried about whether your anarchy boots make the right impression.

[kiely]

@MrMonsterstiffy personally i don't think i could possibly stretch the label punk to include Elvis or Robert Johnson but feel free to do so. i guess John Cash could be called a punk for his nearly 20 years of speed addiction but other than that i wouldn't call him punk either. i'm guessing that you mean to reference pop stars from the 50's ... from that era, personally, i would call Hasil Adkins and Link Wray punk. Wray basically invented power chords on which most of today's punk is based

[gwugluud]

Hey, they ripped off The Gravedigger V ! lol

[NcicHit]

Hard to beat a great garage song.

[GaetanoCozza]

Fantastic.

[hollies65]

This is GODLIKE! 6 stars!

[asorls1]

This would be a great horror soundstrack song.

[forestdweller958]

groovy. i like it.

[at7000]

Wow, this is the real deal. In my opinion though, the retro bands have not been able to capture this exact sound. No doubt because of the vintage equipment and vintage, often crude, recording techniques.

[grimson]

I agree with that. I give them all credit, but the garage revival bands just don't sound the same.

[thomasmantellwilliam]

IT BURNS!!! IT BURNS!!!

[kruls1101]

yaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hh!!!!!!!

[Alquit4]

How cool is this?!

[Alquit4]

You know it Daddio!

[djsundancekid]

Wow 1967!

[djsundancekid]

Really raw and dirty sound and that's why i like it.More info please:what year was this? where they come from?

[rockman4591]

@djsundancekid Not sure but think 1967 or 1968? Band was from Lake County, California. Steve Kuppinger, Louie Shriner, Dave Templeton and Gary Prather. Louie used a Fender twin reverb lots of reverb. Believe he used an extra reverb unit as well. All four are still alive and two of them are not so well. Steve and Dave still play occasionally. I'm Dave, the drummer's brother. We had a band going for 3 years just for fun. I used to be their roadie. The flip side is cool also. Marble Orchard.

[AmericanPunkGarage]

@rockman4591 I missed your comment, so sorry for the late reply. Do you know who played what instruments?

[AnarchoMojo]

Your stuff is awesome!, seriously.

I always dive deep into those garagecomps, but half of your bands are totally new to me.

Very intresting though, keep up the good work.