Garage band used to have a different meaning when I was young, before the Seattle grunge boys took the term over. It was just essentially the neighbourhood boys who got together to learn a few of the AM radio hits to make some money playing dances and impress some chicks. There was always some poor hanger-on slob who got talked into taking bass lessons and hitting their parents up for money to buy a bass and amp.

This guy often became the best musician in the group.