The “battle of the bands” concept wasn’t invented during the 1960s, when hundreds of teen bands began springing up in suburban garages in the wake of the rise of surf music and, a bit later, the ...

During the 1960s the Inland Empire was a hotbed for garage rock bands. That music scene also showed the important role Latino groups played in the area. Although they never recorded, one of those ...

This one should certainly appeal to the Ponderosa Stomp set as most listeners would be hard pressed to identify even one of the bands on this 23-song anthology. Certainly this set proves garage bands ...