96 Tears – QUESTION MARK & THE MYSTERIANS**

I Need Somebody/Stormy Monday/You’re Telling Me Lies/Ten O’clock/Set Aside/Up Side/8 Teen/Don’t Tease Me/Don’t Break This Heart Of Mine/Why Me/Midnight Hour/96 Tears

Question Mark & The Mysterians were a routine garage band who hit the big time with their US chart topping single 96 Tears. The accompanying album fared less well and they quickly disappeared from sight. (US:66)

“Fairly derivative 60s rock with a lighter garage sound and some funky organ moments. 96 Tears and I Need Somebody are the standouts, and they do stand out quite a bit as very good nuggets of teenage angst.”

“Like most other garage rock bands, it consists of a few guitar chords, a bit of piano, a tambourine, and most importantly, the organs. More than half of the album did virtually nothing for me. Just run of the mill garage rock that does nothing to excite.”

“A disappointing offering. Having searched for ages to find a copy of the single 96 Tears I was really happy to find the whole album, only to discover that all twelve tracks sound like 96 Tears, but the other eleven are not as good as the original. If you've got the single don't bother with this, you probably won't play anything else.”

“They may have been a one-hit-wonder, but what a hit. 96 Tears is still a unique rock song, full of hypnotic atmosphere and clever musicianship. The other material on the album is interesting and for the most part, equally well-played and quite enjoyable though less remarkable and commercial than the band's one big hit. Some songs are ballads, a few are quite bluesy, and others bristle with the unique sound that made 96 Tears a song worth listening to.”

“Question Mark & The Mysterians had one of the hottest garage band hits of the 1960's. The hit song 96 Tears inspired countless young musicians of the era. Simple, quirky, raw and pure, these are American sixties rock 'n' roll garage band songs that jumped out of the AM radio right at you.”

“Question Mark & The Mysterians, were a sixties garage rock band that failed to gain any popularity beyond the garage fury of 96 Tears. All tracks feature the classic sound of the Vox Continental organ, solid bass playing, and bluesy guitar riffs straight from the garage.”