As above really.

I've just discovered a great trip hop duo called Mandalay – v. relaxing.

stop moaning and go and check out your nu-wave hardcore dubstep grime-influenced acid-house.

Ha I was thinking just the same thing the other day – house, garage where's my garden.

Pete Tong is the UK rep on the international music genre naming committee 😀
Garage started in s a US club called Paradise Garage in which different styles of music were played. From this mix a separate recognisable new 'sound', Garage, evolved. Pretty sure House has a similar etymology, it came from a club called The Warehouse in Chicago. Wikipedia will know exact details.

Garage was used to describe a particular style of punk/rock with bands like Husker Du decades before it was hijacked by the dance brigade, same with hardcore (again from a punk/thrash scene)

bloomin trendies can never do anything original 😉

there's a track called Garage Band by The Clash:

"we're a garage band
we come from garage land"

I think I was in a garage band once. We used to practice in the garage

Me, I do. It's my part time job…

I used to also be in a garage band and the guitarist listened to a lot of R&B.

..which meant (as John said) we practiced in a garage and the guitarist listened to a lot of Muddy Waters and BB King.
I was into hardcore myself. Which involved guitars and skateboards.

Everyone knows that Skiffle 'n Bass is where it's at.

elton john

e used to do sktebord cid drops off grves. clled them grve drops. I s young.

elton john

No, he was a closet

John, the Clash track is Garageland I think.

Anyway, garage was first used to describe certain types of Psychedelic bands around 66 AFAIC. The term has been reused, much like R&B.

Who comes up with the names? Journos of course.

Here's the list from Juno Records

Breakbeat
Electro
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Disco/Nu-Disco
DJ Equipment
DJ Tools
Downtempo
Drum And Bass
Euro Dance/Pop Dance
Funk
Garage
Bassline
Dubstep/Grime
UK Funky/UK Garage
Hardcore/style
Gabba
Hardstyle
UK Hardcore
Hip Hop/R&B House
Deep House
Electro House
Funky/Club House
Hard House
Minimal/Tech House
Progressive House
Scouse House
Jazz
Leftfield
Reggae
Classics/Ska
Dancehall/Ragga
Dub
Roots/Lovers Rock
Rock/Indie
Techno
Trance
Hard Trance
Pop Trance
Psy/Goa Trance
Uplifting Trance

😕

aye, that's the one. It's been a while. Is it on The Clash or on Give Em Enough Rope. Can't remember without digging through my old vinyl…

old vinyl, eh?
oodles of Sisters 12in singles…

Garageland is off the first album