Shindig! presents
Psychotic Reaction
A Garage Rock Special

Sonics · Bay Area Garage · Count V · Flintstones · Gonn · Texas Garage · Garage in the Movies · Blues Magoos · Pleasure Seekers · Elastik Band · Standells · Rationals · Tampa Bay Garage · Davie Allan · We The People
These in-depth and exclusive features - from the pens of top pop writers, archivists and historians - cover a broad spectrum of North American bands who have come to define the term "garage". Loooooong hair, Vox guitars, Farfisa organs, Beatle boots, tight Levis and a ton of snot and attitude - these bands invented the punk ethic 10 years before the word "punk" was even being used.
From New York (The Blues Magoos) down to Florida (We The People); from Texas (Zakary Thaks) up to the North West (The Sonics, The Wailers); this is the first US garage reader to hit the shelves to date. Nobody has covered the U.S. '60s garage band explosion with such dedication and know-how before.
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Following our acclaimed first compendium we are proud to present Shindig! Annual No.2 featuring the biggest and best bits from the pages of Shindig! Magazine.
Prepare yourself for a feast of features from the technicolour back pages of 1960s, '70s and even '80s rock, including:
Moby Grape · West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band The San Francisco Scene 1965-67 · The Dukes Of Stratosphear Tyrannosaurus Rex · The Youngbloods · The Sonics · The Charlatans Gary Walker & The Rain
These in-depth and exclusive features - from the pens of top pop writers, archivists and historians - hail from out-of-print back issues of the bi-monthly hip and happening chronicle of super- cool new and vintage music. An absolute must for all lovers of cult rock, pop, garage and psychedelia.
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"Shindig! Magazine has been peddling psych and fuzz for years. They love psychedelic music and weird beat music and they've lovingly created a second annual which focuses on the loads of cool bands and gives you loads of dope pictures to dribble over. Annual No.2 is the best bits from the mag... and maybe some new bits. Well, in the pages is a load of great pieces (and, in addition, ace artwork from SFA cohort, Pete Fowler) on bands like Moby Grape, Pre T-Rex Bolan riffs, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The Sonics, The Charlatans (no, the old guys who did the wondrous Codeine... and, if you don't know much about the group, it's an article that'll flip your wig clean off your dome!) and a great piece on The Dukes Of Stratosphear (who were, effectively, XTC in disguise, making a brilliantly authentic Britsike after getting stuck in the dressing up box). There's also a cool timeline of the SanFran psych scene which covers all the greats and also-rans. It really is a cracking read for the muso-nerd. " Electric Roulette "Shindig Annual No.2 has some great, lovingly written and researched overviews of Moby Grape and the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band among several others." Buzz magazine "Book of the minute must be Shindig Annual No.2" Gavin Martin, The Family of Rock "Johnny Black timelines San Francisco 1965-67 with eyewitness accounts, uber fan Tim Forster traces the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band's highs and lows over 22 pages, Dukes Of Stratosphear pick their fave UK psych singles (Yardbirds, Pink Floyd and Traffic 45s a must) and the US Charlatans talk strip clubs and throwing ashtrays at punters. This second compendium from the Shindig! stable, ornamented with rare pics of cult heroes and psych poster reprints, is every bit as fab as the first. Also out, Shindig! Psychotic Reaction: The US '60s Garage Explosion with exhaustive features on The Sonics, The Standells, Count Five and more." Mojo magazine "Shindig Annual No.2 is really good, tells you everything you need to know about the San Francisco scene in that period. It's an attractive looking book with great photos, I would recommend it." Spencer Leigh and Kevin Roach on BBC Radio Merseyside.

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SHINDIG ANNUAL No.1

Shindig! Annual No.1 is a glossy hardback book with 112 groovy colour pages.

The artists covered in this annual range from the well known: THE MOVE (the last in-depth interview with original singer Carl Wayne), LOVE AFFAIR (the UK pop/soul act that were the most talked about UK group for a number of months in 1968) and BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD (Neil Young, Steven Stills... say no more). The now legendary: JOHN'S CHILDREN (a massive interview with singer Andy Ellison and drummer Chris Townsen), JESSE HECTOR (the original space-age mod whose style and attitude influenced a number of glam and punk acts). The now highly regarded: SRC (the Detroit band who ran their own studio and were friends with the stars), KALEIDOSCOPE (England's most loved unsuccessful '60s pop act), THE ACTION (utter stylists produced by George Martin), GRAPEFRUIT (more-than-pretty-boy Beatles protégés) and LES FLEUR DE LYS (who out-did The Who on their Immediate version of 'Circles'), UGLY DUCKLINGS (Brilliant Canadian garage/psych act. Mick Jagger was a fan!), WE THE PEOPLE (From incessant '60s garage punk to psych whimsy and gnarly fuzz rock).

All these articles first appeared in the out-of-print Volume 1 series of Shindig! Magazine. They have been redesigned with new illustrations and additional photographs.

"Bi-monthly psych-fest consolidates its first incarnation
At a time when magazines seem to be dropping like flies and those that
survive stick to the tried and trusted, Shindig! goes from strength to
strength by filling a gaping hole for unashamed obsessives craving
exhaustive coverage of psych, garage, freakbeat, prog, acid-folk and
attendant movies, books and cultural artefacts.
Starting in 1993 by RC psych-columnist Jon “Mojo” Mills as a photo-copied
fanzine called Gravedigger, the magazine changed its name, evolved visually
with eye-blasting technicolour, added a growing coterie of respected
contributors, then relaunched eight issues ago, creating the glorious
spectacle of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band gracing WH Smith’s
shelves. For in-depth accounts of artists rarely seen elsewhere (apart from
RC!), plus the magical buzz of a pure fan’s passion, it uncannily recalls
original fanzine ZigZag and definitely carries the torch.
The annual presents selected features from the magazine’s first phase,
including 23 pages on The Move, Grapefruit, the Ugly Ducklings, the UK
Kaleidoscope, Jesse Hector, Buffalo Springfield, Les Fleurs De Lys, The
Action, We The People, Love Affair’s Steve Ellis and Mills’ epic John’s
Children interview. Ken Shimamoto’s SRC is nothing less than Motor City
heaven. Obviously specialist but truly worthy of support, No 2 should be a
monster. " RECORD COLLECTOR

SHINDIG! ANNUAL No.3

Another year older, another year wiser…
and another Shindig! Annual.
This annual has some of the best features from out-of-print issues of Shindig! magazine plus two specially commissioned new pieces, exclusive to this publication: Brian Greene and Will Shade look at British pop journeyman and former Tales Of Justine frontman David Daltrey's 40-plus year career, whilst Daragh O'Halloran turns his attention to the events that shaped Ireland's late '60s underground psychedelic rock explosion via Eire Apparent, Andwella's Dream and The Orange Machine.
If you're a new reader you'll find this bumper crop of top features an ideal introduction to Shindig! magazine. It's safe to say that anyone who's got this far knows our game and won't expect to read about The Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys or Dylan here. Oh no. Much as we love 'em, we'll leave it to other publications to keep representing their stories over and over. Instead feast your eyes on the likes of The Pretty Things, Alice Cooper, The Scaffold, Kevin Ayers, The Flamin' Groovies, The Strawbs, Procession, Fire and The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream. Eclectic enough? We think so.

"I have just received my copy of Shindig! Annual No. 3... it is fantastic. The cover is worth the price alone."