Retrospect '60s Garage Punk Show
Free FM
Produced By: Free FM
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Punk rock predates the Sex Pistols and The Clash! Welcome to the world’s only weekly podcast presenting obscure 1960s garage punk, garage rock, proto-punk, freakbeat and psychedelia from every part of the planet! 🎸 1960s US deep cuts, Canadian garage and psych, ultra-obscure 60s garage acetates, curios, UK, French, German, Dutch and Italian freakbeat, 'Yugobeat', a wealth of central and south American garage and psych, Japanese 'Group Sounds' and way more! 🎸 Back episodes available at all good podcast places. All the info you need is here - https://linktr.ee/retrospectgaragepunk Find us on Facebook and Insta. This is a weekly show hosted by Phil Grey and first broadcast on Free FM 89.0 [Hamilton, New Zealand], with repeat airings across New Zealand and selected Canadian and US community and campus stations.
All Episodes
ep. 701 - Acid Airwaves: Psych Obscurities From Planet Earth
Published: 10/11/2025 8:00 a.m.
Psychedelic garage bands that time forgot - the oddest, heaviest, and most untamed I can find! Featuring blistering tracks from the US, Uruguay, France and Japan that share a common, acid-fried DNA. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].
ep. 700 - We Start at The Endd
Published: 03/11/2025 8:30 a.m.
Celebrating 700 episodes! Starting with THE ENDD - then it's my faves including THE CAVE DWELLERS, DRIVING STUPID, PAINTED SHIP, LOS YAKI, two WHO covers, Yardbirds, Stones and Them covers! And more! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].
ep. 699 - Kwality (with a capital K) Garage Obscurities!
Published: 27/10/2025 8:30 a.m.
Who cover, Yardbirds cover [from Japan!], Polish beat, it's all top notch! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].
ep. 698 - The Trans-Tasman Tussle
Published: 20/10/2025 8:30 a.m.
Classic NZ vs Australia battle with a selection of fine garage from Down Under Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook, Insta and TikTok. Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].
ep. 697 - No Hit Wonders - the MOST obscure garage selections
Published: 13/10/2025 6:30 a.m.
What's the most obscure garage band or track you know? Will they make the cut alongside a Hong Kong cover of Gloria, a gay-baiting single concocted by two radio DJs, or a band who performed in Papua New Guinea? Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].
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