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Article: Garage rock festival to take NYC by storm with 40 acts, old and new
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- August 13, 2004
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LUKAS I. ALPERT, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
08-13-2004
Dateline: NEW YORK
The spirit of garage rock infused both the three-chord anthems of the Ramones and the raw power of Iggy and the Stooges.
But aside from a few blips on the cultural radar, the simplistic formula and nothing-fancy attitude that defines garage rock has drifted to the fringes of musical history. Played in dingy garages and barrooms, it was mostly ignored by the mainstream.
Well, get your ear plugs ready.
That three-chord energy is set to shake the musical world's hips as 40 bands from legendary rocker Bo Diddley to revivalists the Strokes gather in New York to kick out the jams at the International Underground ...