Yeah Spencer, Greg Shaw (Bomp Magazine and Records, manager of The Flamin' Groovies, U.S.A. Garage Band expert and collector---over 100,000 GB 45's!) called San Jose Ground Zero for the Garage Band scene.
I was at The Watchband's first show, saw The Trolls (Stained Glass' original name, when they were a quartet), The Syndicate, and People, all before seeing The Beatles at The Cow Palace in S. San Francisco in the summer of '65---Eric.