Blue Cheer - "Vincebus Eruptum" (1968) - Philips
Hello Friends,
Tiki T. and I picked this record up at a used record shop while we took a break from Holiday shopping! And what a find this is!
Nothing takes your mind off the annoying holiday crowds like some good, old-fashioned drug-inspired psychedelic blues. Some even credit this power trio from San Francisco as the progenitors of Heavy Metal. Who are we to argue? Their grungey, head-banging version of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" makes The Who's version seem tame by comparison... and that's saying A LOT!
Influenced by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dickie Peterson (vox, bass), Leigh Stephens (guitar) & Paul Whaley (drums) formed Blue Cheer in 1967. Their first single, "Summertime Blues" would be a Top 20 single and their debut album, Vincebus Eruptum, would be a Top 20 album. The record is loud and bluesy with thumping drum and thudding bass-lines like a less-talented, but angrier version of Cream.
Fun Fact: Hey kids, did you know that the band Blue Cheer got their name from a street brand of LSD going around San Francisco in the late 1960's? Groovy!
RATING: 4.5 Parchment Farms out of 5
UPDATE: You know that scene in "Back to the Future" where Marty McFly is back in the 50's and he needs to convince his father that he's from outer space and he puts walkman headphones on him and blasts some Van Halen on his unsuspecting ears? This is what I imagine this album sounded like to unsuspecting ears in 1968!
Nothing takes your mind off the annoying holiday crowds like some good, old-fashioned drug-inspired psychedelic blues. Some even credit this power trio from San Francisco as the progenitors of Heavy Metal. Who are we to argue? Their grungey, head-banging version of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" makes The Who's version seem tame by comparison... and that's saying A LOT!
Influenced by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dickie Peterson (vox, bass), Leigh Stephens (guitar) & Paul Whaley (drums) formed Blue Cheer in 1967. Their first single, "Summertime Blues" would be a Top 20 single and their debut album, Vincebus Eruptum, would be a Top 20 album. The record is loud and bluesy with thumping drum and thudding bass-lines like a less-talented, but angrier version of Cream.
Fun Fact: Hey kids, did you know that the band Blue Cheer got their name from a street brand of LSD going around San Francisco in the late 1960's? Groovy!
RATING: 4.5 Parchment Farms out of 5
UPDATE: You know that scene in "Back to the Future" where Marty McFly is back in the 50's and he needs to convince his father that he's from outer space and he puts walkman headphones on him and blasts some Van Halen on his unsuspecting ears? This is what I imagine this album sounded like to unsuspecting ears in 1968!
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