Twenty-five years ago, the Cynics started their own garage revival.

Today, having weathered a bigger garage resurgence spearheaded by bands like the White Stripes, the Pittsburgh-based band remains one of the exemplars of distorted, three-chord, high-energy rock ‘n’ roll.

“We’re still standing and we’re still doing it the way we did when we started,” said frontman Michael Kastelic. “I guess you could say we were here when it all started and we’re still here now.”

Kastelic and the Cynics headline an outstanding garage-themed lineup on March 24 at Live at PJ’s. The bill also features the Hentchmen and the Sights, both from Detroit, and noted Motor City producer Jim Diamond deejaying between sets.

“What a great bill,” Kastelic said. “We can’t wait.”

Kastelic is a true believer. He’s been singing in bands since he was in his teens and, now in his 50s, still sings, dances, writhes and shimmies like someone half his age.

His irrepressible stage presence and Gregg Kostelich’s aggressive, distorted guitar attack give the Cynics their unmistakably appealing signature. It’s tough to beat two-minute songs that feature three chords and irresistible hooks.

“I was always in bands, even in grade school and, being a weird kid with proclivities toward the Velvet Underground and the Stooges kind of made me stand out,” he said. “I usually got a lot of stuff thrown at me for standing up on stage with a dog collar changing the words to “Free Bird” and stuff.”

“I guess even then I was waiting for the right band to come along.”

That happened when he finally hooked up with his old buddy Kostelich in 1986 and they two of them merged their separate garage sensibilities into one band.

A quarter century, more than a dozen albums and their own record label — the indie powerhouse Get Hip — later, the Cynics are among the last true garage bands left standing.

Kastelic said the band is at a creative peak, having just completed a new album, “Spinning Wheel Motel,” which was recorded at Diamond’s Ghetto Recorders.

“I think we’re the last garage band to record there,” he said theof the studio, where the White Stripes, the Dirtbombs and countless other Detroit bands have recorded. “But we were in and out of there in two days and, when we were done, the songs still sounded like they did when we played them.

“That’s a rarity.”