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Back in my record collecting days,I feverishly searched for more obscure stuff and happened across this somewhat rare genre-Garage punk ! As in the early 80's material.I found that many of these bands emulated the late 60's sound with very good results.

For that retro, garage sound nobody does it better than the Swedes and Aussies (The Nomads and Pyromaniacs from Sweden, Hoodoo Gurus, Lime Spiders and Screaming Tribesmen from Oz.) Hell, they're even better than most of the American bands they were emula

Recently Sweden and surrounds have pumped out great garage/metal/punk bands like The Hellacopters and the Backyard Babys.

Again following the path set by the garage bands I liked The Scientists and Beasts Of Burbon from Oz. More swampy than the Flamin

I bought 3 import Swedish comp LP's back in 85-86 and thought the same thing--man, these bands do it better than the Americans.I can only base that opinion on the tons of Nuggets tapes I had back then.There is another cool band from that same time frame c

I remember thinking at the time I bought those Swedish imports how all those bands played garage punk to absolute perfection.I learned not long after about a number of the Australian bands also.I have been on a quest to obtain more music from the land dow

The Creeps - Enjoy The Creeps (excellent LP)

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While not exactly "garage", don't forget the first Swedish band to make an impression after ABBA...the Leather Nun. Great post-Velvets/Stooges rock with industrial pretensions, best heard on the Wire Records best-of compilation "Force of Habit", or anothe

I've got several Leather Nun albums in my collection. "For The Love Of Your Eyes" has to be one of the best ballads I've heard.