The Stems Rank Their Top Five Garage Punk Bands
To celebrate The Stems’ 40th anniversary and new live album, frontman Dom Mariani takes us through his favourite bands in their genre.


The Stems are a garage punk band founded by Dom Mariani in Perth, Western Australia in late 1983. The group is heavily influenced by 1960s garage rock and 1970s power pop. They broke up in August 1987 and reformed in 2003, releasing a new album in 2007. Although the group disbanded in October 2009, as of 2013 The Stems are an ongoing live concern.
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