Garage Explained

A garage is a covered structure built for the purpose of parking, storing, protecting, maintaining, and/or repairing vehicles. Specific applications include:

• Garage (residential), a building or part of a building for storing one or more vehicles
• Automobile repair shop, also called a garage, where vehicles are serviced and repaired
• Bus garage, a building or complex used for storage of buses when not in use
• Filling station, an automotive service station where vehicles take on fuel or recharge
• Multistorey car park, or parking garage, a building serving as a public parking facility

Other meanings of garage may include:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

• Garage (film), a 2007 film by Lenny Abrahamson
• The Garage (1920 film), a film by Roscoe Arbuckle
• The Garage (1980 film), a film by Eldar Ryazanov

Video game

• Garage (video game), a 1999 Japanese horror adventure video game

Music

Groups and genres

• Garage (band), a Czech rock band
• Garage house, a form of dance music that emerged in the 1980s
• UK garage (also known as simply "garage"), a form of dance music that emerged in the 1990s
• Garage rock, a form of rock and roll that emerged in the 1960s

Albums

• Garage (album), a 2005 album by Cross Canadian Ragweed
• Garage Inc., a 1998 compilation of cover songs by Metallica

Periodicals

• Garage (fanzine), a 1980s music fanzine from New Zealand
• Garage Magazine, a biannual publication dedicated to contemporary art and fashion

Brands and enterprises

• Garage (clothing retailer), a US/Canadian retailer for teenage girls
• Garage (drink), a Finnish alcopop drink
• Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
• Paradise Garage, also known as "the Garage" or the "Gay-rage", a now-defunct New York City discotheque located in a parking garage

See also

• GarageBand, a music production software application published by Apple Computer