The Zakary Thaks were an American garage band from Corpus Christi, Texas, f… Read Full Bio ↴The Zakary Thaks were an American garage band from Corpus Christi, Texas, formed in the mid 1960s.
The band developed out of the Marauders, a teen group which included Chris Gerniottis (vocals), Pete Stinson (guitar), and Rex Gregory (bass), and who then became the Riptides, adding lead guitarist John Lopez. By 1966, they had acquired a new drummer, Stan Moore, and had become the Zakary Thaks – the name being a mutated version of one seen in a magazine.
Influenced by blues guitarists as well as British and American groups of the period, the band soon gained local popularity. Their first record, for the local J-Beck label, combined an original composition, "Bad Girl", with a Kinks song, "I Need You". Released in mid-1966, it became a regional hit and was picked up nationally by Mercury Records. Its success won the band a spot supporting their heroes, the Yardbirds.
A second single, "Face To Face" was less successful, but the band continued to tour, supporting acts including the Jefferson Airplane and the 13th Floor Elevators. Later singles showed the band taking a more pop-focused approach. By 1968, Gerniottis had left the band for a while to join another group, the Liberty Bell, but returned later. However, the band did not repeat its early success, splitting up in the early 1970s.
In 1979, "Bad Girl" was included on the Pebbles anthology of mid-60s garage bands, and has maintained its renown among collectors of the genre. A compilation of the band’s singles was issued in 2001.
Drummer Stan Moore died in 2000. In 2004, remaining members of the band reformed to perform at festivals.
The band developed out of the Marauders, a teen group which included Chris Gerniottis (vocals), Pete Stinson (guitar), and Rex Gregory (bass), and who then became the Riptides, adding lead guitarist John Lopez. By 1966, they had acquired a new drummer, Stan Moore, and had become the Zakary Thaks – the name being a mutated version of one seen in a magazine.
Influenced by blues guitarists as well as British and American groups of the period, the band soon gained local popularity. Their first record, for the local J-Beck label, combined an original composition, "Bad Girl", with a Kinks song, "I Need You". Released in mid-1966, it became a regional hit and was picked up nationally by Mercury Records. Its success won the band a spot supporting their heroes, the Yardbirds.
A second single, "Face To Face" was less successful, but the band continued to tour, supporting acts including the Jefferson Airplane and the 13th Floor Elevators. Later singles showed the band taking a more pop-focused approach. By 1968, Gerniottis had left the band for a while to join another group, the Liberty Bell, but returned later. However, the band did not repeat its early success, splitting up in the early 1970s.
In 1979, "Bad Girl" was included on the Pebbles anthology of mid-60s garage bands, and has maintained its renown among collectors of the genre. A compilation of the band’s singles was issued in 2001.
Drummer Stan Moore died in 2000. In 2004, remaining members of the band reformed to perform at festivals.
Won't Come Back
The Zakary Thaks Lyrics
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Donovan Woods I got shot beneath the club You did too but i…
Mat Kearney You woke the morning up Running off the darkest night The lo…
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Bad Girl You, you, you Do you know that bad girls go to…
I Need You I need you I need you more than birds in the…
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GarageRockRadio
One of the best 60s Garage Rock tunes, in my opinion! Yeah they were like 15 or 16 when they recorded their songs. Bad Girl, and Face to Face are great too!
Tommy Joe 90
Masterpiece
LPCustom3
Stanley Moore(RIP) on Drums. Stanley was a great drummer and I use to really enjoy playing with him. He inspired everyone to play better. Stan is on the far right!
Bennie Guardell
I knew Stan in the mid to late 80s & you're so right, he drove the whole band to play better ! Sure miss him and was deeply saddened when I heard he was gone ...
b.r. ross
+LPCustom3 --I thought that he was in the middle of the picture here, and Pete was far right....
Johnjoseph Barnes
One of my favourites.
Steve
This has a hell of a funky riff....
YouTubeStars
Great Corpus Christi TX Garage Band who recorded this in their teens! This is a classic Garage Rock song!
briannawarhila
guys with original riffs and A+ chops, who caught the pre-beatles garage band sound and layed it down hard! These guys make 'Shadows of Knight' sound like piss-ass posers - awesome and thanks dude!
mewrth
Great quality! Where did you get this version?