Editing Garage rock (section)

====Midwest====
[[File:Shadows of Knight composite 1966.jpg|thumb|[[The Shadows of Knight]] in 1966]]

Chicago, known for electric blues, continued to have a strong recording industry in the 1960s and was also a hotbed of activity for garage rock.  Chicago blues as well as the Rolling Stones, [[the Pretty Things]], and [[the Yardbirds]] influenced [[the Shadows of Knight]],{{sfn|Aaron|2013|p=58}} who recorded for [[Dunwich Records]] and were known for a tough, hard-driving sound.{{sfn|Stax|1998|pp=34, 53}}  In 1966 they had hits with versions of [[Them (band)|Them]]'s [[Van Morrison]]-penned "[[Gloria (Them song)|Gloria]]" and Bo Diddley's "Oh Yeah", and also released the aggressive "I'm Gonna Make You Mine",{{sfn|Aaron|2013|p={{page needed|date=June 2020}}}} which Mike Stax remarked "was recorded live in the studio with the amps cranked beyond distortion, this is 60s punk at its sexually charged, aggressive best."{{sfn|Stax|1998|p=53}}  Also recording for Dunwich were [[the Del-Vetts]] and [[The Banshees (band)|the Banshees]], who released the cathartic "Project Blue".{{sfnm|1a1=Jarema|1y=1991|1pp=1–13|2a1=Markesich|2y=2012|2pp=60, 381}}{{sfn|Stax|1998|p=46}}  Other notable Chicago acts were [[the Little Boy Blues]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ankeny|first1=Jason|title=Little Boy Blues|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/little-boy-blues-mn0000258279/biography|access-date=July 7, 2015|archive-date=May 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508093632/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/little-boy-blues-mn0000258279/biography|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[the New Colony Six]].{{sfn|Stax|1998|pp=62–63}}

Michigan had one of the largest scenes in the country.  In early 1966, Detroit's [[MC5]] released a version of "I Can Only Give You Everything" before they went on to greater success at the end of the decade.<ref name="Ankeny (MC5 Bio.)"/> [[The Unrelated Segments]] recorded a string of songs beginning with local hit "The Story Of My Life",{{sfn|Stax|1998|p=73}} followed by "Where You Gonna Go".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ankeny|first1=Jason|title=The Unrelated Segments|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-unrelated-segments-mn0000811169/biography|access-date=July 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615042239/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-unrelated-segments-mn0000811169/biography|archive-date=June 15, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>  In 1966, [[the Litter]] from Minneapolis released the guitar-overdriven "[[Action Woman]]", a song which Michael Hann described as "one of garage's gnarliest, snarliest, most tight-trousered pieces of hormonal aggression".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hann|first1=Michael|title=Old Music: The Electras - Action Woman|website=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jun/01/old-music-electras-action-woman|date=June 1, 2012|access-date=October 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014750/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jun/01/old-music-electras-action-woman|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>