Past Interviews

Since our launch in mid-June 2002, 60sgaragebands.com is proud to have documented the stories of the following '60's rock 'n' roll heroes.  To read past interviews, please visit our Archives.

  • Rudy Garza - Preachers (CA)
  • Bill Trainor - Shadows Four (MA)
  • Tony Asci - Dr. T & The Undertakers (FL)
  • Terry Rae - Palace Guard (CA)
  • Dugan Turner - Donnybrooks (CA)
  • Ron Pruitt - Bare Facts (OH)
  • Dan Schafer - Bark Of Paper Mulberry (MI)
  • Bo Glover - Roemans (FL)
  • John Axberg - Only Ones (TX)
  • Larry Tamblyn - Standells (CA)
  • Dan Hortter - Yellow Payges (CA)
  • John "Shorty" Hill - Shadows Of Time (MA)
  • Larry Wheatley - Count & The Colony (MI)
  • Art Hauffe - Cherry Slush (MI)
  • Don Miller - Castels (TN)
  • Don Cochrane - Persian Market (LA)
  • Nelson Calongne, Mike Presti - Zoofs (LA)
  • Larry Roquemore - Larry & The Blue Notes (TX)
  • Jerry Sims - Monuments (OK)
  • Wayne Joplin, Dick Leighninger - Mystery Meat (IL)
  • John Babicz, John Peterman, John Harrison, Blake Allison - Bachs (IL)
  • Marc Black - Blades Of Grass (CA)
  • Kirby Bivans, Bob Siegel - Other Half (IL)
  • Pete Rowland - Mouse & The Boys (FL)
  • Allen "Smokey" Roberds - Parade (CA)
  • John Robinson - Concussions (MI)
  • Jim Pons - Leaves (CA)
  • Jimmy McAllister, Ron West - Chesmann Square (MO)
  • Steve Gunlock, Larry Pollard, John Hatton - Morticians (IA)
  • Barry Tashian - Remains (MA)
  • Larry Smith - Mods (OH)
  • Bill Kellogg - Berkley Five (FL)
  • Craig Reid - Noblemen (FL)
  • Jim Wright - Coachmen /Jesters (IN)
  • Mike "Pinky" Semrad - Smoke Ring (NE)
  • Steve Hough - Rumbles (NE)
  • Dennis Pinkston - Coffeehouse Blues (MI)
  • Pete VanDerSchaegen, Bob VanDerSchaegen, Jay Best - KanDells (MN)
  • George Butticaz - Intruders (FL)
  • Bobby Holliday - Bojax (SC)
  • Carl Chapman - Pastels (MI)
  • Pat Hearns - Sapians (NY)
  • Pat Walters - Paragons (NC)
  • John Byrne - Count Five (CA)
  • Gus Duffy - Webster's New Word (IN)
  • Geoff Gillette, Frank Krakowski, Chuck Perrin - Shaggs (IN)
  • R.T. Salazar - Tears (CA)
  • Rick Levy - Limits (PA)
  • Chuck Kirkpatrick - Gas Company / Proctor Amusement Co. (FL)
  • Mike Frederick - Rising Tydes (PA)
  • Bob Agnew - Satyrs (NJ)
  • Bruce Watson - Coachmen (NE)
  • Bob Dougherty - King's Ransom (PA)
  • Randy Solvang - Blue Light (WA)
  • Barry Lewis - Hedds (CA)
  • George Bryant, Rowland Brasch, Greg DeMers - Brutus & The Bullies (WA)
  • Dick Schalk - Wayds (OR)
  • Joe Tarantino - Vandals (CA)
  • Jack Bandoni, Jr. - Piece Kor (MD)
  • Kenneth Stephens - Silvertones (OH)
  • Hans Stucki - Angry (OH)
  • Marty Tryon, Bob Corff - Purple Gang (CA)
  • Jay Snyder - Euphoria's Id (ME)
  • Norm Prinsky - Rumors (CA)
  • Len Cirelli - Rockin' Ramrods (MA)
  • Larry Diehl - Lil' Boys Blue (CA)
  • Alan Fowler - Galaxies IV (NJ)
  • Danny Davenport - Blazers (GA)
  • Dan Gioioso - Strangers (MA)
  • Don Jobe - Ghosters (MI)
  • Jerry McMillen, Al Pisciotta, Dennis Swanson - Children of The Mushroom (CA)
  • HJ Boyle - Scoundrels (NY)
  • Ron Chassner - Gents Five / Leaves of Grass (FL)
  • Jim Parker - Kitchen Cinq (TX / CA)
  • Ray Bane - Bummers (MI)
  • Dennis Girrbach - Morticians (MI)
  • Eldon Pitts (Jay Dennis) - Wild Things (IN)
  • Fred Cole - Weeds / Lollipop Shoppe (NV)
  • Ken Erwin - C.A. Quintet (MN)
  • Tim Fleischer - Edicates (OH)
  • Sterling Smith - Grayps (OH)
  • Jim Lynch - Gears (OH)
  • Steve Jarrell - Prophets (VA)
  • Terry Barkley - Shandells / Shandells, Inc. (AL)
  • Bill Kennedy - Twiliters (NY)
  • Tim Frazier - Shades Of Blue (IL)
  • Steve Kuppinger - Graveyard Five (CA)
  • Jay Langhammer - Gnats (TX)
  • Fred Murphy - Mogen David & The Grapes Of Wrath (IN)
  • Dean Brown - Kempy & The Guardians (TX)
  • Jim Frost - Intruders (MI)
  • Eddie Burton - In (AL)
  • Jim Phillips - Jackson Investment Co. (FL)
  • Kim Weighous - Pedestrians (MI)
  • James Weaver - Red Beard & The Pirates (GA)
  • Jim Corbett - Pur'Swa'Der...s (NJ)
  • Craig Clarke - Jades (MI)
  • Rickey Moore, Frank Maier, Steve Sklamba - Better Half-Dozen (LA)
  • Marc Chapman - Thunderbolts (VT)
  • Mike Brassard - Mike & The Ravens (VT)
  • J.C. Clore - Third Booth (IL)
  • Gary Baldwin, Victor Wells - Vynes (IL)
  • Craig Weidenheimer - Seeds Of Time (AL)
  • Brooks Reid - New York Square Library (FL)
  • David Eagle - Soup Greens (NY)
  • Gary Story - Zookie & The Potentates (MI)
  • Joe Garrison - Id (CA)
  • Jerry Chandler - Four More (TX)
  • Robert Allen - Sundown Collection (TX / CA)
  • Ron Bowell - Friar Tuck & The Monks (KS)
  • Jerry Milam - Golden Voice Recording (IL)
  • Roger Johnson, Forrest Cloud - Eric & The Norsemen (KS)
  • Ed Gerosa - Road Runners (CT)
  • John Castellano - Peck's Bad Boys (NY)
  • Bill Yergin - Rainbow Press (NY)
  • Mac Brown, Larry Dunlap, Dave Dunn, Les Silvey - Stark Naked & Car Thieves (CA)
  • Ken "Furvus" Evans - Fifth Estate (CT)
  • Bob Cianci, Alan Parrillo - Saturday's Garbage (NJ)
  • Rod Shepard - JuJus (MI)
  • Joey Porello - GTOs (OH)
  • Billy Corelle, Teddy Dewart - Teddy & The Pandas (MA)
  • Bob Pennington - Kolor Korporation (FL)
  • Alan Aaron - Yo Yos (NY)
  • Sid Whatley - Just Us Five (OK)
  • Larry Deatherage - Nomads (NC)
  • Scott Jones - Daze Of The Week / Grotesque Mommies (WA)
  • Carl Adams, Steve Brown - Thunderbirds (IA)
  • Zack Bocelle - Redcoats / Sidekicks (NJ)
  • Tim Daum, Geoff Hearsum, Rob Hegel, Dale Graham, Mike Reed - Bittervetch (OH)
  • Art Guy - Smokestack Lightnin' (CA)
  • Briant Smith - Bad Roads (LA)
  • Earl Jarred - P-Nut Butter (AZ)
  • Brian Albano - Forum Quorum (NY)
  • Bruce Clawson, Rick Morinini - Dovers (CA)
  • Burton Stahl - Music Explosion (OH)
  • Danny Belsky - East Side Kids (CA)
  • Art Steinman - Jagged Edge (NY)
  • Steve Sills - Straight Jackets (CA)
  • Steve Bednarz - Pedestrians (IL)
  • Gary Williams - Magic Mushroom (CA)
  • Tommy Mann, Marvin Taylor - K-Otics (AL)
  • Jerry "Zu" Matheson - City Zu (WA)
  • Michael Gleicher - Cellar Dwellers (NM)
  • Jack Chisholm - Chevelle Five (TX)
  • Glen Duncan - Misfits (CA)
  • Michael Chain, Bobby Cochran - Knack (CA)
  • George Napolitano, Joe Sirico - Ox Bow Incident (NY)
  • Manny Freiser - Grodes (AZ)
  • Jack Gerow - Us Too Group (OH)
  • Frank Hames - Pastels (WA)
  • Jim Stanley - Outspoken Blues (IL)
  • Jeff Costello - The Ones (CT)
  • Paul Krupocin - LITES (NJ)
  • David Everett, Ken HitchcockSix Deep (TX)
  • Eddie Griswold, Jon LeVeen, Willie Parquette, Jeff Purvin, Gary Tharler - Your Mother (CT)
  • Bruce Ward - Lyndells (MO)
  • Jim Stanley - Transatlantic Winkham Chicken #5 (CA)
  • Ray Bushey, Gary Gadouas - Kon-Taks (VT)
  • George Cladwell - Bees (CA)
  • Michael Isenberg - Blue Feeling (IL)
  • Joey Cannizzaro - Vistas (VT)
  • Don Branch - Styx (CA)
  • Barry Stacks - Grifs (NC)
  • Joe Colarusso - Queen's Way Mersey (PA)
  • Robbie Leff - Crabs (TX)
  • Tom Muller - New Arrivals (CA)
  • Joe Seddon - Strimbling Blimbles (NJ)
  • Ken Polizzi - Wee Four (NY)
  • John Green - Trojans (IA)
  • Terry Lee - Dearly Beloved (AZ)
  • Randy Alvey, Les Dale - Green Fuz (TX)
  • Ron Kinder - Nite Raiders (IL)
  • Jim Hockstraff - Harbinger Complex (CA)
  • Eric Chandler - Fifth Row Bac (OR)
  • Ted Bennet and George Egy - XL's (IN)
  • Roger Michaud - Chosen Few (VT)
  • Joe Doss, David Scmuck - Burgundy Runn (NM)
  • David Arsenault - Little John & The Sherwoods (MA)
  • Scott Snellgrove - Esquires (AR)
  • Tom Hanley - Penetrations (SC)
  • Dominck Demieri - Sundowners (NY)
  • Dana Schlotz - Stanley & The Four Fendermen (CA)
  • Bob Geissler - Swiss Movement (TX)
  • Herb Gross - Invictas (NY)
  • Barry Carlos - Peter Wheat & The Breadmen (CA)
  • Dave Pye - Coachmen (OK)
  • Gary Miller - Nite Owls (IL)
  • Mike Andrews, Butch Ramirez, John Roina, Bob Smith - Parish Hall Blues Quintet (CA)
  • Matthew Warman - Griffith Harter Union (IL)
  • Larry McClurg - Mind Garage (WV) 
  • David Cortopassi - Elastik Band (CA)
  • John Furland - Paegans (IL)
  • Don Mangus - Rhode Runners (OH)
  • Robert "Butch" Martin - Second Time (CA)
  • Pat Cahill - Village Vandals / Rhythm Disciples (NY / NJ)
  • Ramon (Dingo) Dominquez - Gaslite Village (NY)
  • Lenord Silva - Crystal Garden (CA)
  • Mac Macoy - Collegiates (IN)
  • Billy Doherty - Lost Souls (CA)
  • Mike Tylzynski - Noblemen (OK)
  • Rich Beckholt - Headband (OH)
  • Kevin Ryan - Undecided (MI)
  • Ron Moody - Ron Moody & The Centaurs (VA)
  • Rodney Waller - Mid-Knights / Paradox (IA / FL)
  • Peter Loeb - Cannons (WI)
  • Guy Maynard - Seeds Of Doubt (IL)
  • David Martin - Epics Combo (NC)
  • Frank Bento, Bill Bilhou - Sullies (CA)
  • Dave Harding - Newarks (CA)
  • John Keith - American Revolution (CA)
  • Michael Sulsona - Spats (CA)
  • Clyde Snyder - Beach Nuts (NJ)
  • Carl Anderson, Bo Calnen, Jimme Summers - Exides (IL)
  • Larry Drennan, Dennis Fehler, Allan Jansen, Ronnie Mahan, Mike Rushing, Skip Spoonts, David Toms - The Bad Seeds (TX) 
  • Eric Chase, Michael Georgiades Dennis Graue, Paul Fairweather - Gross National Product (CA)
  • Tom Hamilton - Human Expression (CA)
  • Bobby Church - Undertakers (FL)
  • Michael Hadder - Turning Image (VA)
  • David Owens - Those Guys (TX)
  • John Irish - Dimensions/Midnight Sun (WI)
  • Richie Weintraub - London & The Bridges (NY)
  • Anthony Martinich - Soul Searchers (FL)
  • Dick Cronin - Apple Corps / Chazy Westport System (NY)
  • Greg Eckler - Bush / Light / Tick (CA)
  • Richie Weintraub - London & The Bridges (NY)
  • Anthony Martininch - Soul Searchers (FL)
  • Dick Cronin - Apple Corps / Chazy Westport System
  • Mark Anderson - Band Without A Name (CA)
  • Craig Murphy - Flight 13 (CA)
  • Pat Fogel - Whatsits (KY)
  • Tony Johnson - Sandi & The Accents / Brain Police (CA)
  • James Anderson, Mark Hopper - Lee Riders (CA)
  • Keith Stacy - Tamrons (NC)
  • Tom Guernsey - Reekers / Hangmen (MD)
  • Jack Nadelle - New Generation (CA)
  • Rick Rogerson - Tides In (NY)
  • Joey Calato - Cavemen (NY)
  • Floyd Marcus - Jeckell & The Hydes / 1910 Fruitgum Company
  • Tim Justice - Gentlemen (TX)
  • Ken Muir - Mogan David & The Grapes Of Wrath (IL)
  • Bill Smith - Uranus & The Five Moons (CT)
  • Bill Looney - Penthouse Five (TX)
  • Chet Nichols - Chosen Few (IL)
  • George Bunnell - Strawberry Alarm Clock (CA)
  • Frank Sotelo - Swift Rain (TX)
  • Hank Mayberry - Daybreakers (OH)