Brent D. Himes - Guitar,
Brian Holland - Drums,
Brian Clemmens - Vox,
Jay Schneider - Bass.
Influences
Beasties, Bad Brains, Chili Peppers, Dead Kennedys, Bouffant Jellyfish, Sprawl, Wu Tang, Van Halen (Roth era), Ravi Shankar, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Black Flag, Black Sheep, Tribe Called Quest, 60's and 70's groove jazz, James Brown, Jane's Addiction, Love Kitchen, Rush, King Crimson, The Ramones, Doug E. Fresh, Ice-T, and Supertramp.
Taste Of Garlic is a Punk, Funk, Rap, Rock group which has been rocking the gulf coast for over 10 years. It all started when the notorious Stoney Koon met BD on the front porch of the Fart Institute for smoke break. They had a chat and got to be friends. BC had only recently relocated to H-town from Miami Beach where he was formulating a business plan for a scooter rental/pinball arcade, and once back in town he had hooked back up with his hometown boys. When Stoney once asked BD for a ride home, he directed him to the home of The Drummer- B Holland. It was there that the miasmic mixture of metal, funk, rap, punk, and cannibis was strewn together.
It was a magical time, because in 1991 nobody had yet heard the watermark album "Check Your Head", the Chili Peppers had only just broken through into the mainstream, and the corporatized new-school "grunge" was poking its head out from the womb of the as-yet undiscovered (un-pillaged) Seattle scene. What was intended to be a mixture of James Brown, Jane's Addiction, Dizzy Gillespie, Led Zeppelin, and N.W.A., was instead the ghastly and fortuitous blend that soon became what is Taste of Garlic- that same intended mixture but with a little paprika and scent of butt methane.
The original line-up consisted of B Holland on drums, BD on guitar, Fat Muff on bass, and the vox shared between Stoney and BC. But, lo, it was not meant to be, and a shakedown occured wherein we found J Schneider lurking in the shadows, waiting for a chance to pounce upon the stage and put his leg, all the way up to his waist, through the floor. Stoney placed his bets on a career in engineering and real estate and headed for the hills of Southern Cali.
This was to be the line-up which would ineffectually change the face and smell of Rap-Rock, though that very same category would become a niche and be ravaged well before the end of the twentieth century. Many "rap-rock" bands have come and gone, and the genre- if you will- still remains in the mainstream and is a commercially viable product for the industry. We weren't there first, but we were in there real good and deep and we had a most exceptional experience participating in Houston's third or fourth renaissance alongside outstanding acts like Dinosaur Salad, 30footFALL, Wishbone Bush, Neckbone, CrazyKilledMingus, and countless others.
From 1991 to 1999 was a golden era for Houston and its people, local music-wise. Besides local talent, a wealth of top-notch entertainment came into its own and travelled through our town, hitting landmark venues like Fitzgerald's, The Axiom, The Vatican/Abyss, Unicorn, etc. To this day, Taste of Garlic plays the occasional reunion show, but you have to keep your nose fine-tuned to the scent of butt and ancient coffee grounds or you could miss it.
*BE WARNED* Garlic has re-grouped and is resuming playing shows in early 2006, April 1st, 2006 to be exact, bringing you a taste of what was hot and fresh TEN YEARS AGO, so have Sherman set your Wayback Machines and get ready to get these on a regular basis once again!!!
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for your kind words and support! The album is out now and available at CHRISGEO.COM Thanks for allowing me to plug it on your comments page!
Ticking away, the moments that make up a dull day. You fritter and waste the hours in an up hand way! Kicking around on piece of ground in your home town. Waiting for someone or something to show you the way. Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain. You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find. 10 years have got behind you no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun! So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around, to come up behind you again! The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older. Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.
Damn it's been a long time guys! Still love ya though!
DUDE so my homey was tattooing the guitarist for GWAR a few minutes ago and in band talk i mentioned that i played the O'bong for Taste of Garlic and your not going to believe this ..... GWAR loves TASTE OF GARLIC ..... so any way he gave me the digits and says we gotta party soon and let him know about the NEXT SHOW
We Are Half Nelson - 6pm, Trian Woodburns - 7pm, Idiginis - 8pm, Karina Nistal - 9pm, and Dimitris Rail - 10. $5 presale tickets are available. let me know www.dizzybootz@gmail.com if you want presale tickets. this is going to be a great show. can't wait.
show #1 friday night, march 20, House of Blues is having a spring break reggae / ska showcase with my band IDIGINIS The SUSPECTS and DR. KING COBRA with the TEXAS DUB CRUSADERS. show is like $10.
this is IDIGINIS first real headlining show so come hang out and have some fun. come say hi if you have a chance. thanks for the support.
show #2 sat night march 21 at meridian. Martin Atkins (Invisible Records) The Queers (Asian Man Recrds) Los Skarnales SiNDADDY (feat. Members of SKREW, REVCO, Dead Horse, Deth Kultur BBQ, Skate Nigs, and more!!!!) The Hickoids! Bozo Porno Circus (Reunion Show!!) Joan Jett's newly signed artists: THE CUTE LEPERS Scorpio Rising (feat. Wunderbred & Madame Scorpio from Retarted Elf!!!!) The Trian WoodBurns (feat. Members of The Flamin' Hellcats, Simpleton and Donkey Punch!) Chant Plus special guests 2 stages!
Tickets are $12 - Show starts at 7PM free lecture at 6pm from Martin Atkins.
Hey J or Brent, this is the drummer. How do I get to the show? Am I still in the band? If so, do you fuckers still remember the songs cause I know B.C. doesn't remember the lyrics. Plus does anyone even know how to get in touch with B.C.'s probation officer?I love you guy's call me tomorrow.Cant wait for the show. B........
