Garage Rock

Garage Rock The genre proved to be a viable vehicle for the rock star dreams of American youth in the 1960s. For every television and movie teen idol fabrication (e.g., Rick Nelson, James Darren, Annette Funicello, Connie Francis, Frankie Avalon, Fabian)—propped up by Brill Building compositions and studio production wizardry inspired by the likes of Phil Spector and Norman Petty—thousands of heartland teens belonged to bands dedicated to churning out covers of the leading instrumental, surf…