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Blue Cheer, named after their friend Owsley Stanley’s special brand of Acid tabs, formed in late 1967. They came from San Francisco. They made raucous, frantic slabs of greasy noise, took trips by the truckload and hung around with Hell’s Angels. 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 # 10, selling over a million copies in the US alone. 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. They were friends with and played on the same bill as Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin and The Grateul Dead. Bands from Motorhead to Pearl Jam, Nirvana to Chili Peppers, all cite Blue Cheer as an influence.
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