A version of the proto-metal rock trio, Blue Cheer, whose debut album, 1968’s Vincebus Eruptum, included a recording of Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues,” (which The Who would cover on Live At Leeds), will hit the road in early April. There’s just one problem, the touring group will not include original guitarist Leigh Stephens. The current group will include original singer/bassist Dickie Pet...
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Blue Cheer are possibly one of the dirtiest sounding bands I have ever heard. Everything that makes a rock song good - distortion (check), heavy drums (check), over confident but not necessarily skilled guitar solo (check). This track just has balls, that's all I'm saying. True southern rock greatness.
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Here's an article on Blue Cheer I was working on much of last year which has finally been published. It’s another dry run for a book I've been trying to bash out which deals with some of San Francisco's lesser known acid rock bands (all publishers and/or agents are welcome).The highlight of writing this piece came when I found myself watching TV with BC mainstay Dickie Peterson in his apartme...
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In keeping with "ROCKNROLLPIMP's":http://mog.com/ROCKNROLLPIMP tradition I thought I would post a video. This is something that I hole near and dear into my heart especially as I was rasied on a bottle of mercury. And fluff. Anyway. (metal speak here) I fuckin' love Blue Cheer. Particularly their first album. Check it out if you love some serious heavy metal from the late sixties. The ba...
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...Would have made it big. Real big. Unlike most of the bands that arose in San Francisco in the late fifties, **Blue Cheer** played loud and furious blues-based psychedelia. **Vincebus Erupton**, in it's day, was quite unlike anything else out there. Their version of **Summertime Blues** is still my favorite.The track I've posted here, **Sun Cycle**, was the soundtrack to some incredible...
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In keeping with "ROCKNROLLPIMP's":http://mog.com/ROCKNROLLPIMP tradition I thought I would post a video. This is something that I hole near and dear into my heart especially as I was rasied on a bottle of mercury. And fluff. Anyway. (metal speak here) I fuckin' love Blue Cheer. Particularly their first album. Check it out if you love some serious heavy metal from the late sixties. The ba...
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Blue Cheer are possibly one of the dirtiest sounding bands I have ever heard. Everything that makes a rock song good - distortion (check), heavy drums (check), over confident but not necessarily skilled guitar solo (check). This track just has balls, that's all I'm saying. True southern rock greatness.
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A version of the proto-metal rock trio, Blue Cheer, whose debut album, 1968’s Vincebus Eruptum, included a recording of Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues,” (which The Who would cover on Live At Leeds), will hit the road in early April. There’s just one problem, the touring group will not include original guitarist Leigh Stephens. The current group will include original singer/bassist Dickie Pet...
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written in the late 1950s by Eddie Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart it was covered many timesMore famously by the Who on Live at Leeds but prior to that this cover made the charts
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| 1 Summertime Blues |
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| 2 Parchment Farm |
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| 3 Out of Focus |
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| 4 Second Time Around |
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| 5 Doctor Please |
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