Garage (band)

Garage (formerly Garáž) is a rock band from the Czech Republic. The band was founded in Prague in 1979 by Ivo Pospíšil from DG 307. In 1980s there he played on guitarMilan Hlavsa from The Plastic People of the Universe. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989 Garage concerts in abroad (New York, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and France). At that time the band played Joe Karafiát, one of the most acclaimed solo guitarists in Prague, who lived in Canada before the revolution. In 1994 was released album Garage, produced by Ivan Kral (former member of Patti Smith Group).

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Garage rock

Garage rock is a style of pop music, a raw and energetic variety of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s most notably in the United States and Canada, but also elsewhere. At the time it had no specific name and was not recognized as a separate genre, but critical recognition in the early 1970s, and particularly the release of the 1972 compilation album, Nuggets, did much to define and memorialize the style. The term derives from the perception that many groups were young amateurs who rehearsed in the family garage, though many were professional.

The style, a precursor to psychedelic rock, is characterized by sometimes aggressive and unsophisticated lyrics and delivery, often using guitars distorted through a fuzzbox. Surf rock and subsequently the Beatles and the beat groups of the British Invasion motivated thousands to form bands in the US and elsewhere from 1963 through early 1968. Hundreds produced regional hits, and a handful had national chart hits. With the advent of psychedelia, a number of garage bands incorporated exotic elements into the genre's primitive stylistic framework, but after 1968, as more sophisticated forms of rock music emerged, garage rock records largely disappeared from the national and regional charts.

Garage band (disambiguation)

The term garage band can refer to: