The sideprojects coming along nicely. Blink is playing trumpet we are kicking him out though he is too ugly to take it to the top. We do an awesome cover of shihads home again.

What the fuck is a musicain?????

sounds like some sort of drug bogans would drink.

Sorry mAtt, "Garage" was commandeered by the emerging UK minimalist hiphop scene a few years ago, quite a while before "Garage Rawk" started getting popular again. Started with Craig David *cough*, but then the sarf London massif rescued the genre with So Solid Crew, Oxide & Neutrino, and (for those of us who would prefer to avoid the more aggressive Brixton "punched-that-bitch-in-the-mouf-cos-she-wouldn't-sleep-wiv-me-dya-know-wa'-I-mean?" gangsta wank) The (delectable, delightful, only mildly degenerate) Streets.

Here endeth the lesson.

I too would be quite interested in seeing some kiwi garage bands, although the Welli dub scene will remain dear to my heart.

And while I'm on the topic, I always thought that UK Garage should have really been called Bedroom. I mean, garage rock originated with blokes playing their instuments in their garage right? So surely a genre that developed with blokes playing with pro-tools in their bedrooms should be called Bedroom?

Of course, that's a shit name, so they took the name of the toughest room - the garage.

// "Double Door Garage"

Yeah or Gottage.

//I always thought that UK Garage should have really been called Bedroom

it got worse than that - a while ago, there was a genre of UK brit-pop called Bed-sit ... Cornershop was part of that ... basically it was all about anorakkers sitting around crafty pop gems on acoustic guitars, then finding a band to make it louder ...

As for bedroom music - the dance music press does talk about bedroom music quite a bit, basically to cover all dance genres but before a particular musician's work has actually hit the dancefloor - because until then, its never really been heard out of the musician's bedroom.

Ooh, conflicting myths Heather! oh no!! FITE!! OH NO!!

>>Sorry mAtt, "Garage" was commandeered by the emerging UK minimalist hiphop scene
. . . my version - the reinjection of pop(ulist) elements (sort of like a meta lover's-rock move) into the jungle/'ardkore massif as drum'n'bass became a elitist white joyless "breaks science" jazzwank misogynist whatevah - garage has (slightly) lowered bpm from jungle, more vocal manipulation (nice crossfertilization with US r'n'b post-Timbaland) & so on. The penchant for MCing has only recently recently come in (dancehall, hip-hop elements) - originally, speed garage was Armand-Van-Helden stylee.

>>started with Craig David *cough*
if by that you mean, "first crossover hit (if you ignore "Sweet Like Chocolate")", yes. otherwise, it's like saying punx0r started with Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" (not that there's anything wrong with BI or CD, tho).

>>the more aggressive Brixton "punched-that-bitch-in-the-mouf-cos-she-wouldn't-sleep-wiv-me-dya-know-wa'-I-mean?" gangsta wank)
haha that prole-slums-Sid-Vicious-murdering-his-gf-etc-wank-etc-etc

>>(delectable, delightful, only mildly degenerate) Streets.
& he's safely white/indie! (okay, I'm being a sneery tosser. big Skinner fan m'self).

& "the Welli dub scene will remain dear to my heart." - anyone want to start a thread on the scene, & whether it's too complacent/self-congratulatory? (I mean, 'nuff respect etc, but I dunno, something's not /right/ . . .)

Aha! You got me! I confess I was a little confused when the brits started using the term, but I'm sure "Garage Rock" was always two words, so I'm willing to forgive and forget.

// dormant for long enough ?????

jesus....how long are we talking 10-20 years before a genre can be stolen......can bad disco dj's start calling themselves rock'n'roll in 20 years? :)

maybe a type of drum and bass music could be called "bluegrass"........i mean i don't mind them using "2 step" as a term......but garage is a rock term dammit and in my books always will be....

i don't care...apparently dance music is dead anyway:)

I suspect rock and dance will be alive long after the people who declare them dead cark it themselves.

//i heard a rumour that scientists are predicting that all music will be dead in three to five years.
well if you call dance "music" ill agree with that!

Having said that i saw Shapeshifter the other night and was very impressed and blown away.i didnt know they were a band!!the drumming was amazing!!!
but Concord Dawn man,fuck were they just playing the cd?

Dance=Disco