Garage Punk

There are three bands and one radio show sharing the name The Avengers: 1) The Avengers were formed in San Francisco, in the first wave of American Punk. Penelope Houston was the lead singer, primary songwriter, and her persona was a large part of the draw for the act. The other band members were James Wilsey (bass), D. Furious (drums), and Greg Ingraham (guitar). Critic Greil Marcus once said The Avengers were, “…San Francisco’s best punk band - in their moments, they were, you knew, better than any other band playing that night anywhere in the world.”

Thee Vicars are four annoying bastards from the shit town of Bury St Edmunds. The band consists of Mike Whittaker aged 19 on bass and vox, Chris Langeland - aged 19 on guitar, Marcus Volkert - aged 17 on the other git and Will Pattenden - aged 18 who smashes stuff. Forming in April 2007, they like dirty and fuzzy noise. They are a band with a raw Vintage sound playing energetic garage rock n roll. Their live shows are filled with energy, feedback and fuzz!

Really no different than The Stooges, but the artist name changed to Iggy and the Stooges (to make frontman Iggy Pop's name more conspicuous as he was clearly the most recognizable name in the band) for the 1973 album Raw Power and the live document of songs culled from two shows (including their final live performance in their original incarnation in February 1974) called Metallic K.O. Otherwise, see the biography for The Stooges for more information on the band.