Detroit band, the Gories, was influential in shaping the garage rock
scene here in the city... and they are getting back together.
Excerpt:
The Gories — guitarist/singers Mick Collins and Dan Kroha with drummer
Peggy O’Neil — formed in 1986 and released three influential albums of
raw, passionate, soulful do-it-yourself noise that set the stage for
what we now call garage rock. Collins and Kroha have remained fixtures
of the Detroit scene (principally with the Dirtbombs and Demolition
Doll Rods respectively), while O’Neil has been musically active in her
adopted home New Orleans, but the three have not played together since
the group imploded in 1992. Though the group didn’t survive, its music
lived on to help spur the Detroit garage rock movement that helped
propel the White Stripes into international stardom.
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