West Coast vs. West Coast

L.A. just comes at this from too many directions imo. Apart from the mega-huge rock groups, it was EASILY the biggest garage rock scene in the whole country (Standells, Love, Music Machine, Seeds, Leaves, etc.) and a major pop hub.

I don't expect much agreement, but I think the Nuggets bands as a whole are overrated. Not their most famous songs--those are great. (You can get a lot of them in one place: Nuggets.) I've collected a fair amount of music from the Standells, Music Machine, Seeds, etc. over the years, and once you get past the "Moulty"s and "Pushin' Too Hard"s, there's not a lot. There's not a garage album I've ever heard that's nearly as good as the first Moby Grape LP.

I know, I know--the ghost of Lester Bangs just gave me the finger.

There are certainly garage band greatest hits albums that are as good or better than the first Moby Grape LP. The Music Machine had an incredible run of singles, the first three of which were big-time double A-sides:

"Talk Talk" / "Come On In" (1966)
"The People in Me" / "Masculine Intuition" (1967)
"Double Yellow Line" / "Absolutely Positively" (1967)

I've got this one:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GMBEJY7KL.jpg

They do a great "Cherry, Cherry," I'll give you that.

are albums the point?

Who knows? Whoever came up with this poll didn't set the parameters very clearly.

knew LA would take this but damn

don't think I even voted :-/

this is relevant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq19haZ0w7s

haha wow, I missed these results! groovy.