One of the band members had to have access to a garage. These bands played garage rock – the original lo-fi music. Garage rock was just a blanket term. There were offshoots. For instance ...

In the 1960s, Larry was a founding member of the Standells, who would become one of the most influential garage rock bands in the U.S. The music they made has been cited as a key influence by ...

Pioneering garage ... the band—who pioneered the psychedelic sound that was popular in the 1960s—is often referred to as one of the earliest punk bands and said to have inspired punk rock ...