Underground Garage

The Mighty Manfred is the frontman and driving force behind the Woggles, the garage rock band from Athens, Georgia that continues to release records and tour worldwide. Periodically he takes his Underground Garage show out on the road, spinning tunes from all across the country.

Palmyra Delran is a devotee of the “trashy pop” sound she explored during her stint as leader of the cult fave “grrrrl” rockers, the Friggs. She’s continued to help propagate the style as a solo artist. She is a student of rock ‘n’ roll history and has learned her lessons well. She shares her knowledge at the lectern in the studios of the Underground Garage.

The “red hot” Dollyrot gets you moving in the morning, whether you are just getting up—or just getting in!

Slim Jim Phantom is the drummer for The Stray Cats—the most famous and successful rockabilly revivalists of the last 40 years. He’s also performed with Jerry Lee Lewis, the late Lemmy Kilmster of Motorhead, and the late Harry Dean Stanton. In between climbing Mount Everest and touring the world, he sits in for the Rockabilly Rave Up every Sunday night.

Chris Carter’s music criticism has appeared in the L.A. Times, CREEM, BAM, and the L.A. Reader. He is president of QM Management and a recognized Beatles expert by ABC, NBC, CBS, and Entertainment Tonight. He also co-founded Dramarama and produced the acclaimed film Mayor of the Sunset Strip.

Bill Kelly, legendary “Guru of the Garage,” began his radio career in 1969. (Little Steven has said that Bill’s original show inspired him to get involved in broadcasting.) The self-proclaimed “Black Hole of Rock and Roll” has long been an avid collector and authority on obscure ’60s garage rock music.

Genya Ravan escaped a WWII concentration camp as a child and came to America full of piss and vinegar. In the ’60s, she formed the very first all-girl band, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, signed by Ahmet Ertegun to Atlantic Records. She has since produced the Dead Boys, Tiny Tim, and Kool & the Gang.

Since the mid ’70s, The Count Peter Zaremba fronted the New York City garage rock legendary band The Fleshtones. He got his start working for legendary NYC concert impresario Ron Delsner. He’s also been an MTV host and a food and travel columnist for the New York Daily News and Time Out New York. He now adds DJ to his rock and roll portfolio.

A native of Queens, NYC, Speedie John is a veteran band member of the Speedies, The Fuzztones, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. He was joined by his wife Laura in the latter, and together they run the fashionable Manic Panic Salon in Los Angeles. He also dabbles in movie business dealings. He brings a bit of Hollywood to the Underground Garage.

He’s a lifelong music “nut” who has more than 100,000 records and/or CDs in his personal collection. His childhood heroes were DJs and he now follows in their stead with a reverence for the history of rock and roll equally matched by a passion for its future.

Kurt has a dual citizenship in Rock ‘n’ Roll being based out of both the U.S. and Spain. He’s “The Pride of Portland, Maine” and has a true “Power Pop” pedigree having been part of many projects in the genre. Most importantly…his own band.