Garage Rock Songs

137 songs · chronological · Annotations and notes by Justin A. Brummer

A collection of garage rock songs that reference the Vietnam War This forms part of the larger Vietnam War Song Project, an interpretive examination of over 6,000 Vietnam War songs identified, revealing how the war's significance is represented through music. The project also collects spoken-word recordings about the conflict. This unique collection of voices advances scholarship by providing insights into people’s views about the war over time as represented in music, looking at diverse communities and vibrant music scenes. It is crucial in developing our knowledge of the war and the humanities, through the use of a digital research platform.YouTube playlist: Vietnam: Garage RockPicture…

  1. The Boss Five – Please Mr. President (1965)
  2. Richard Kaye – Here Comes Uncle Sam (1965)
  3. Ray Hildebrand – Hello Viet Nam (Goodbye My Love) (1965)
  4. B.J. Thomas & The Triumphs – Vietnam (1965)
  5. Adam Saylor – I Will Go Away (1965)
  6. The Gas Co. – Blow Your Mind (1965)
  7. Mac Davis – I Protest (1965)
  8. Mac Davis – Bad Scene (1965)
  9. The Spokesmen – Have Courage, Be Careful (1965)
  10. Chico Holiday – Show Us the Way (1965)
  11. The Answers – Fool Turn Around (1965)
  12. Jerry Dayton – Who's Wrong (1965)
  13. The Starfires – Cry for Freedom (1965)
  14. Leon Russell – Everybody's Talking 'Bout the Young (1965)
  15. Bobby Jameson – Viet Nam (1965)
  16. The Indigos – He's Coming Home (1965)
  17. Billy Carr – What's Come Over This World? (1965)
  18. The Spokesmen – Dawn of Correction (1965)
  19. The Jayhawkers – Dawn of Instruction (1965)
  20. The Centurys – So the Prophets Say (1965)
  21. Jim Wagoner – I've Tried (1965)
  22. Johnny Carlton With The Escorts – Bamboo Baby (1965)
  23. The Spokesmen – Better Days Are Yet to Come (1966)
  24. The Fugs – Kill for Peace (1966)
  25. The Fugs – Doin' All Right (1966)
  26. Monks – Complication (1966)
  27. Monks – Monk Time (1966)
  28. Lindy Blaskey and The Lavells – Out Here in Viet-Nam (1966)
  29. The Midnight Sons – Draft Time Blues (1966)
  30. Don Wright and The Head Set – Draft Dodger Blues (1966)
  31. Terry Randall – S.O.S. (1966)
  32. The Reactors – 1-A (1966)
  33. The Beach Bums – The Ballad of the Yellow Beret (1966)
  34. The Combenashuns – Hey Uncle Sam (1966)
  35. Chuck Blake – Please, Mr. Johnson (1966)
  36. The Barons – Don't Burn It (1966)
  37. The Prophets – Fightin' For Sam (1966)
  38. Keith Everett – Conscientious Objector (1966)
  39. The X-L's – Protest Against Protest (1966)
  40. David Winters – Anti-Protest Protest Song (1966)
  41. David Clayton-Thomas – Brain Washed (1966)
  42. The Singing Bodies – Diagnosis-Neurosis (1966)
  43. The Patriots – The Prophet (1966)
  44. The Masters Apprentices – Wars or Hands of Time (1966)
  45. The Reason Why – Game of War (1966)
  46. Vic Lance – I'm Coming Home (1966)
  47. The Outcasts – Price of Victory (1966)
  48. Bob Linkletter – Out Crowd (1966)
  49. Bob Linkletter – The Final Season (1966)
  50. Doc and The Medics – Postmarked Home (1967)
  51. The Banana – There She Goes Again (1967)
  52. Tommy Finch – Street Without Joy (album) (1967)
  53. Tommy Finch – Street Without Joy Pt. 2 (1967)
  54. The Beaubiens – Times Passed (1967)
  55. The Mergers – Unworthy American (1967)
  56. Mass Confusion Rock Band – War Rages On (1967)
  57. The Nervous System – Make Love, Not War (1967)
  58. Keith Gordon – A Teenager's Answer (1967)
  59. Keith Gordon – Teenager's Answer (Vocal) (1967)
  60. Shane Dominic – Going Home (1967)
  61. Shane Dominic – This Land (1967)
  62. The Bojax – Hippie Times (1967)
  63. The Front Line – Saigon Girl (1967)
  64. The Front Line – 3 Day Pass (1967)
  65. The Razor's Edge – War Boy (1967)
  66. The Raving Madd – I Said Oh No No (What's in It for Me) (1967)
  67. Seeds of Euphoria – Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam (1967)
  68. Anglo Saxton – Ruby (1967)
  69. Mike Cassedy – Now He's Gone (1967)
  70. The Mama Cats – My Boy (1967)
  71. Sur Royal Da Count and The Parliaments – Sgt. Ralph Yore U.S.M.C. (1967)
  72. Dennis Filkin, Gail Keener and The Madlads – He'll Never Know (1967)
  73. The Put On Company – Please Mr. Johnson (I Don't Wanna Go) (1968)
  74. Michael Merchant – Military Minor Blues (1968)
  75. The Rehabilitation Cruise – I Don't Care What They Say (1968)
  76. The Satyrs – Yesterday's Hero (1968)
  77. The Other Half – Bad Day (1968)
  78. The Central Nervous System – It Takes All Kinds (1968)
  79. The Butter Rebellion – Aftermath (1968)
  80. Transatlantic Railroad – Why Me (1968)
  81. Mike Johnson – I'll Be Home Again (1968)
  82. The American Dream – All the Way in Mourning (1968)
  83. The Liberty Bell – Naw, Naw, Naw (1968)
  84. The Alphabetical Order – Gonna Fight the War (1968)
  85. The Bob Seger System – 2+2=? (1968)
  86. The Lower Oisch Philharmonic – Magic Rag Rag (Part I) (1969)
  87. The Lower Oisch Philharmonic – Magic Rag Rag (Part II) (1969)
  88. The Chain Reaction – The Quiet Americans (1969)
  89. Jimmy Thompson – I Wanna Die Young (1969)
  90. The Out of Order – Lonely Sentry (1969)
  91. Jerry Simpson – Young Boy (1969)
  92. Jon Agee – August 1968 (1969)
  93. Michael McGuffy – Young Man's Blood (1969)
  94. Third Condition – Monday In May (The Kent State Tragedy) (1970)
  95. Maxima – Four Dead in Ohio (1970)
  96. Daryl Bowden – Lottery (1970)
  97. T.P. and The Indians – Ally or Enemy (1970)
  98. The Just Luv – Valley of Hate (1970)
  99. Storm Warning – Little Miss Teen (1970)
  100. Branded X – Society and Me (1970)
  101. Branded X – Tribute to Uncle Sam (1970)
  102. Jay Pollard – Mail Call (1970)
  103. Neutral Spirits – Neutral Spirits (1972)
  104. Liserio and The Blue's Aspect – So Many People Couldn't Be Wrong (1972)
  105. Shadrack – I Wonder Why (1973)
  106. Various Artists – Garage Goodies (1985)
  107. The Fugs – Exorcising the Evil Spirits From the Pentagon October 23, 1967
  108. The Fugs – War Song
  109. Joey Rivers – (Let My People) Get Me Out of Here
  110. Joey Rivers – The P.O.W.
  111. Billy J – After This Next Fight
  112. Shades – Let Us Vote
  113. Fire and Ice Unlimited – Cry of America
  114. Blue Freese – Soldier's Prayer
  115. The Preacher – Dear Brother
  116. Ray Hildebrand – Why Did He Go Away
  117. Ronnie Cochran – Vietnam Freedom for Man
  118. Pittsburgh Phil – Vietnam
  119. Wayne Gentry – Product of a War Machine
  120. Chuck Dockery & His Four Buddies – I'd Rather Fight Than Pay
  121. Chuck Dockery & His Four Buddies – Soldiers Last Letter
  122. Tommy Finch – Marine's Diary
  123. The Green Machine – Hey Hippies
  124. The Green Machine – Stand and Be Counted
  125. Dick "Deacon" Martin – Rice Paddy Daddy
  126. The Centars – Ghosts in the Night
  127. Jerry Lee "Smoochy" Smith – World Si-Tuation
  128. Billy Stephens – Rice Paddies
  129. Stoned Age – Tower of Babel
  130. Jamie Marlowe – The Devil Dreamed a War
  131. Green Apples Dirty – Girl I Miss You So
  132. The Now Sound – P.O.W.'s Letter (From N. Vietnam)
  133. Henry Flynt & The Insurrections – Uncle Sam Do (1966)
  134. Henry Flynt & The Insurrections – I Don't Wanna (1966)
  135. Henry Flynt & The Insurrections – Go Down (1966)
  136. Michael Yonkers – Kill the Enemy (1968)
  137. Michael Yonkers – Boy in the Sandbox