Editing Garage rock (section)

====Asia====
{{See also|Group Sounds}}
[[File:The Spiders.jpg|thumb|[[The Spiders (Japanese band)|The Spiders]] in 1966]]

The Far East was not immune to the beat craze, and Japan was no exception; this was particularly true after the Beatles' 1966 visit, when they played five shows at Tokyo's [[Nippon Budokan|Budokan]] arena.{{sfn|Bartlett|2008}}  The popular 1960s beat/garage movement in Japan is often referred to as [[Group Sounds]] (or ''GS'').<ref name="GS I Love You"/> [[The Spiders (Japanese band)|The Spiders]]{{efn|Not to be confused with Alice Cooper's American band of the same name.}} were one of the better-known groups.<ref name="GS I Love You"/> Other notable bands were [[the Golden Cups]]{{sfn|Hicks|1999|p=49}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cope|first1=Julian|title=The Golden Cups|url=http://www.japrocksampler.com/artists/groupsounds/golden_cups/|website=Julian Cope Presents|access-date=August 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033408/http://japrocksampler.com/artists/groupsounds/golden_cups/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[the Tigers (Japanese band)|the Tigers]].<ref name="GS I Love You Too">{{cite web|last1=Unterberger|first1=Richie|title=GS I Love You Too: Japanese Garage Bands of the '60s|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/gs-i-love-you-too-japanese-garage-bands-of-the-60s-vol-2-mw0000259471|website=AllMusic|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918190346/http://www.allmusic.com/album/gs-i-love-you-too-japanese-garage-bands-of-the-60s-vol-2-mw0000259471|archive-date=September 18, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Bhatia|2014|p=91. Bhatia mentions that Biddu, previously of India's the Trojans, produced the Tigers and that they cut a hit.}}

Despite famine, economic hardship, and political instability, India experienced its own proliferation of garage bands in the 1960s, persisting into the early 1970s with the 1960s musical style still intact even after it fallen out of favor elsewhere.{{sfn|Bhatia|2014|pp=1–4, 10, 51}}<ref name="Unterberger (Simla Beat)"/>{{efn|On pages 10 and 51 the author indicates that the term often used for many the Indian bands of the 1960s is "garage bands".}}  Mumbai, with its hotels, clubs, and nightlife, had a bustling music scene.  The Jets, who were active from 1964 to 1966, were perhaps the first beat group to become popular there.{{sfn|Bhatia|2014|pp=23, 32}}  Also popular in Mumbai were the Trojans, featuring [[Biddu]], originally from [[Bangalore]], who later moved to London and become a solo act.{{sfn|Bhatia|2014|pp=15–22, 91.}}  Every year the annual Simla Beat Contest was held in Bombay by the Imperial Tobacco Company.{{sfn|Bhatia|2014|pp=1–3, 46, 50–51, 54, 67, 78, 121, 134}}  Groups from all over India, such as the Fentones and Velvet Fogg, competed in the event.{{sfn|Bhatia|2014|pp=1–2, 29, 50, 54, 121–122, 134}}<ref name="Unterberger (Simla Beat)"/>