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Blue Cheer formed in late 1967, taking their name from
a type of acid tab. They came from San Francisco, but,
although part of the psychedelic set, love ’n’ peace
this was not. In some ways they were the antithesis to
the hippy trip. They used the basic heavy psychedelic blues
format of Hendrix and co, added giant, heavily discordant
guitar workouts and a pounding, overdriven bass, then played
it all at full blast. Vincebus
Eruptum is a 60s Rock Classic.
It spawned a Top Ten hit in America (Summertime Blues)
and the album itself reached no: 11. Legend has it that
whilst recording their second album, "Outsideinside",
they were so loud they blew up the studio monitors and
the album could only be completed with the band playing
outside.These two albums on one CD (for the first time
ever in UK on CD) will appeal to all fans into bands from
Motorhead,to Pearl Jam, Nirvana to Chilli Peppers, all
who cite Blue Cheer as an influence.
The last track on the album is a video clip of “Summertime
Blues” taken from Beat Club, Germany Nov 16th 1968
Click here to go to the
Blue Cheer website
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