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Re: Official Blue Cheer Thread
A very CHEERful band in my rock book........RIP to PD
A very CHEERful band in my rock book........RIP to PD
Blue Cheer (Official Thread)
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Re: Official Blue Cheer Thread
Fruits & Icebergs
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Re: Official Blue Cheer Thread
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Pioneers of Heavy Metal? Blue Cheer
I was not really familiar with this band (well in name). I had heard their version of Summertime Blues but did not know it was them. Any way it is claimed that they are the Pioneers of Heavy Metal. They pre-date Black Sabbath.
Here is a quote from Wikipedia
""Blue Cheer was an American psychedelic blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues-rock style, and is also credited as being pioneers of heavy metal (their cover of "Summertime Blues" is sometimes cited as the first in the genre[2]), punk rock,[3] stoner rock,[4][5] doom metal,[5][6] experimental rock,[7] and grunge.[8] According to Tim Hills in his book, The Many Lives of the Crystal Ballroom,[9] "Blue Cheer was the epitome of San Francisco psychedelia." Jim Morrison of The Doors called the group, "The single most powerful band I've ever seen"
They do have a pretty heavy sound as it seems for the 60's
I was not really familiar with this band (well in name). I had heard their version of Summertime Blues but did not know it was them. Any way it is claimed that they are the Pioneers of Heavy Metal. They pre-date Black Sabbath.
Here is a quote from Wikipedia
""Blue Cheer was an American psychedelic blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues-rock style, and is also credited as being pioneers of heavy metal (their cover of "Summertime Blues" is sometimes cited as the first in the genre[2]), punk rock,[3] stoner rock,[4][5] doom metal,[5][6] experimental rock,[7] and grunge.[8] According to Tim Hills in his book, The Many Lives of the Crystal Ballroom,[9] "Blue Cheer was the epitome of San Francisco psychedelia." Jim Morrison of The Doors called the group, "The single most powerful band I've ever seen"
They do have a pretty heavy sound as it seems for the 60's
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METALPRIEST
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^^^ Merged you here man!! Good enough reason for me to bump the thread!
^^^ Merged you here man!! Good enough reason for me to bump the thread!
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Re: Official Blue Cheer Thread
Thanks.. Had no idea that they were already covered in a thread. Next time I'll look first..
Thanks.. Had no idea that they were already covered in a thread. Next time I'll look first..
joker1961
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So much ground to cover in the world of Rock music joker, I don't know too much about this band ... but I like this,
joker1961
Skaven Swear Runner
So much ground to cover in the world of Rock music joker, I don't know too much about this band ... but I like this,
so true loads of ground to cover in the cosmic world of ROCK Music...Sox thank you the track was a amazing this will start a new affair with "BLUE CHEER"
