The Zakary Thaks

We remain in Texas and we move to a southern town called Corpus Christi, home of two great garage bands of the sixties: the Bad Seeds and the Zakary Thaks. The Thaks were a group of teen-agers (the average age was just 16 years) who released six singles between 1966 and '69. Their contribution to the Nuggets compilation is a song called Bad Girl, maybe the fastest and trashiest among the 118 tracks included on the 4 CDs box set.
At the beginning of their career they had been filmed while playing some songs, probably by their manager Mike Taylor, singer of the Bad Seeds, who used the footage to try to get them some gigs. The Zakary Thaks managed to play as an opening act for many popular bands who performed in Corpus Christi.
Luckily the film didn't get lost, so we can see this legendary band in action. Their version of My Little Red Book is certainly influenced by the Love's one, but they express their uncontrollable energy even better with Sock It To Me Baby. This clip really confirms us that punk music was born a decade before the Ramones or the Sex Pistols.

Zakary Thaks - Sock It To Me Baby (1966)
Zakary Thaks - My Little Red Book (1966)

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Mirco