Steve Ellis. Marlys Roe. Jim Brandenburg. Dean Senftner. Myron Lee. The names may mean little to the casual music fan, but to Tony Texley they are the bloodline of a sound which four decades past lit ...

The Outcasts smile for the camera in a mid-’60s promotional photograph. Credit: Courtesy of Sam Kinsey Teen Canteen Collection From 1964 to 1968 — the years between the Beatles’ Ed Sullivan appearance ...

Punk rock’s first wave didn’t last very long. It burned out nearly as quickly as the short songs of its most famous bands. But the scene wasn’t limited to what happened over a few years in the mid-70s ...

DAY TRIPPERS: The Ron-De-Voos are one of several WNC garage rock bands featured on 'Psychedelic States: The Carolinas in the '60s,' a new compilation co-curated by Asheville music historian and deejay ...

Psychedelic garage, morose weirdo loner garage, surf-y garage, proto-punk garage rock, and organ-driven garage jams that became international hits — we’ve got all that and more, right here, daddy-o.

The Sonics of today operate much as the influential garage-rock band did during its brief run in the mid-1960s. "We come out, and I mean this in a nice way, but we come out to punch you right in the ...

I’ve always been transparent about the fact that the Secret History of Chicago Music relies on other people. I get leads from the musicians I write about, from my knowledgeable friends, and from ...

This 1967 album teeters between orchestral pop and art rock, with an overall Americana energy to it that is unmistakable. Unless you’re a big Beach Boys fan, you may have never heard of Van Dyke Parks ...

The 1960s may not have been the greatest decade in rock & roll history but it’s hard to argue that any decade was more exciting. It was all new. Every kid who plugged in an electric guitar or flipped ...