The Standells

The Standells were one of the key bands of the 1960s garage rock era, and recorded one of the genre's definitive songs, "Dirty Water." They also recorded a handful of other sneering garage punk favorites, including "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White," "Why Pick On Me," and "Try It," but the band didn't start out as teenage troublemakers. They'd been playing Los Angeles clubs since 1962 and issued a live album, In Person at PJ's, that documented them as a lively but clean-cut outfit playing popular covers of the day. It was when producer Ed Cobb persuaded them to record "Dir...