6.05.2010

? & The Mysterians - 96 tears (1966)

Did you know that...
The band's frontman and primary songwriter was ?. Though the singer has never confirmed it, Library of Congress copyright registrations indicate that his birth name is Rudy Martinez. His eccentric behavior helped to briefly establish the group in the national consciousness. He claimed (and still claims) to be a Martian who lived with dinosaurs in a past life, and he never appears in public without sunglasses. He talks about traveling into the future and visiting other planets, asserting that he has done so. No other witnesses are known to have shared his questionable claims.

13 comments:

Viacomclosedmedown on youtube said...

Start of Punk Rock! Wow, quite fascinating. And 'Human Fly' was a fave of mine must have been that primal stuff pullin' at me:>} Thanks in advance for this one as I hope it is qued as usual.

anyonesdaughter said...

thumbs up, this rocks pablo! i always loved this song, once you listen to it it will get stuck in your head an haunt you for weeeeeks!!!

cheers!

phantabucket said...

One of the best songs- poor ? is struggling now-a-days- last saw he was playing a mall in Arizona....
I dont have this song in my library- dont know why.... cant wait to add it!

Dr. Funkenstein said...

awesome track!!!!

This one and The Haunted's 1-2-5 are the best garage tunes ever!!

I can't wait...

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Anonymous said...

Holy shit!
That one's amazing!

Thanks a fuckton for this, would totally have missed them if I had not seen it here.

Keep it up, man.

The Bomber said...

Thanks all
;)
I reading your comments each morning guys.

Ouh I do love the Haunted as well!

keep em coming!

Anonymous said...

El líder de la banda fue Question Mark (signo de interrogación -en inglés-), cuyo nombre real se supone es Rudy Martínez, pero quien legalmente cambio su nombre por ?. Su comportamiento excéntrico ayudo a establecer brevemente a la banda en la conciencia nacional. El alegó (y sigue alegando) ser un marciano, quien vivió con dinosaurios en una vida anterior, y nunca aparece en publico sin gafas de sol. También afirma que "las voces" le dijeron que estaría interpretando "96 Tears" (96 lágrimas) en el año 10,000.

Anonymous said...

This is a great track haven't heard it for a while! Swingin' Medallions 'sampled' the keyboard riff for the start and finish of their track 'Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)' which appeared on the Nuggets box set.

Ps 'Girl You Captivate Me' was another great track by ?

Cheers Al

Zeno said...

Ohh Man.. You really made my day with this one! Absolute classic.. A must for everyone. Thank YOU.

Anonymous said...

I dig your blog - keep fighting the good fight!

Anonymous said...

His favorite color is orange, according to liner notes on "Action!".

AL said...

Thank you Bomber