A pioneer of heavy metal, punk and stoner rock band "Blue Cheer" was formed in 1966. The original composition of the team in San Francisco included six people, but since its foundation in less than a few months, as he gained power trio format, whose members include Leigh Stephens (guitar), Dickie Peterson (bass, vocals) and Paul Whaley (drums). Signed a contract with "Philips Records", the band released LP "Vincebus Eruptum", chaotic masterpiece, mixed on primitive energy. The album brought the band its first and most famous hit, "Summertime Blues". This cover of Eddie Cochran got to the 14th line of "Billboard", and the album was ranked in the national chart 11th. position.
Successful close-harmony Belgian-English group that attacked the Belgian and Dutch charts in the seventies. Precursor to the group was the formation "The Bats" from Diest, with in it the brothers René & Robert Vlaeyen. These successful Flemish entrepreneurs (René Vlaeyen is nowadays known as a TV-producer with VTM-shows as de Kotmadam & Gaston+Leo at his conscience). had international plans and placed an ad in Melody Maker in search of vocal talent. Steve Davies (who had been a session-musician in England for a group named "Octopus" in England, and who had later come to Germany and Belgium) and Robert Vlaeyen founded the Belgian "Octopus"…
Status Quo are an English rock band who play a brand of boogie rock. The group originated in The Spectres, founded by schoolboys Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster in 1962.[1] After a number of lineup changes, which included the introduction of Rick Parfitt in 1967, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969…
After working with two monstrously loud guitar heroes, Leigh Stephens and Randy Holden, Blue Cheer wanted to pursue a more subtle musical direction, and on their fourth album, simply titled Blue Cheer, they followed the path of the first half of 1969's New! Improved! Blue Cheer, featuring guitarist Bruce Stephens and keyboard man Ralph Burns Kellogg, instead of the power trio format they pioneered on their first two albums and the second half of New! Improved! with Holden.
Collecting the Cars' first five albums into one set, this collection features many of the band's essential songs, including "Just What I Needed," "Moving in Stereo," "You're All I've Got Tonight," and "Drive." For anyone interested in purchasing the bulk of the band's output in one fell swoop, this set offers an easy option.