Obscure Heavy Psych/Heavy Rock/Proto-Metal

[dr wu]

BTW...I highly recommend getting all the Gravy Train cds.....great stuff on all of them imho. I also recommend all The Steamhammer cds....similar to Gravy Train and an excellent band. Martin Pugh guitarist for Steamhammer of course was also in Armageddon with Relf, Cennamo, and Caldwell (who drummed on Captain Beyond).

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

BTW...I highly recommend getting all the Gravy Train cds.....great stuff on all of them imho. I also recommend all The Steamhammer cds....similar to Gravy Train and an excellent band. Martin Pugh guitarist for Steamhammer of course was also in Armageddon with Relf, Cennamo, and Caldwell (who drummed on Captain Beyond).

I like what I've heard so far, which is the debut and the song you posted, so will look into them.

Steamhammer is phenomenal, but didn't know that Caldwell was in Armageddon though, that's cool.

Love Captain Beyond, especially that debut. Rod Evans was a class vocalist that dropped off the face of the earth! Probably pursued a more calmer and normal life.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Stray ~ Stray (1970)

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Another band repost, but a band not to be overlooked as just a one-hit wonder with the haunting "D.O.A." as they had plenty of better material. Their debut was their heaviest, and they got a bit more commercial as they went along. They really started falling off at Bloodrock USA as they lost their original producer, and original band members began to leave the group after that album. Some really good songs on their first 3 releases though.

Also, if you're a Hammond organ lover like me, you'll dig their music more, methinks.

Bloodrock ~ Melvin Laid an Egg (1970)

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

More Dust appreciation. A lot of emphasis on "thick" bass and drum parts, but very dynamic with acoustic segments intertwined. Guitar gets to shine at the end though.

Dust - Pull Away/So Many Times (1972)

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Supernaut - Supernaut (1974)

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Toe Fat - Toe Fat (1970)

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Highway Robbery - For Love Or Money (1972)

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Flower Travellin' Band - Satori (1971)

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Ursa Major - Ursa Major (1972)

My pa got me into this one