Hell yeah! Summertime Blues is an absolute banger.
Hell yeah! Summertime Blues is an absolute banger.
Whatever you do just play it loud then turn it up some more.
Saw these dudes play at sxsw once. Dickie's bass rig was so loud it rattled the head off the cab during the last song (Rock Me Baby iirc).
"Doctor Please" is so fucking intense This album sounds like a huge, magnificient wall of intensity, which is crazy considering they are only 3 dudes the album after, InsideOutside is also really fucking good and worth checking out
never heard this one but that cover looks like peak 70s carpet vibes matching the actual carpet lol
Late 60's (1968)
Their version of Parchment Farm burns big holes into brain matter.
The original heavy metal. Them and sabbath.
This!!!!!
And Deep Purple.
Primordial metal
I remember one of the members bitching when people would say sabbath created metal
Is this metal? Not progressive rock like I thought? The Reaper?
These guys don’t get enough credit for pioneering heavy metal. They should be mentioned with Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Zeppelin
They definitely are discussed among the people in the know
They played my dad’s high school. He said they were deafeningly loud and he hated them. Take w grainy of salt; he’s a seals and crofts / CSNY kinda guy. Blue Cheer are great
I grew up with cs&n and Cathedral gives me shivers but I also love this music
Nice to see Seals & Crofts get some love. I knew them. Wonderful guys.
I really like them musically but something about the vocals bug me a little bit. Great band but not my favorite thing ever.
Makes me want to smoke dmt with my head in the bass drum.
One of the most important rock records ever. Turn that shit way up.
Proto-metal at it's heaviest.
If you like this, check out *Beck, Bogert & Appice*
One of the best early punk bands ever
Yea this gets in the rotation often. Their next album is worth a spin too - they fall off after their second album though.
They were huge for a shot time in the 70s. Some great music but haven’t heard in decades.
Saw them in Portland around 2007. So kickass!
The OG garage band? Yeah, they were kind of a big deal.
They are also credited as being some of the earliest pioneers of heavy metal, with their cover of "Summertime Blues" sometimes cited as the first in the genre. They have also been noted as influential in the development of genres as disparate as stoner rock, experimental rock, and grunge.
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This album rules Heavy psych blues for the win
This came out before Sabbath's first record. This album is to metal what Iggys Raw Power is to punk
One of the original LOUD bands Summertime Blues
HELLS YES
My dirtbag hippie parents had this one. I remember studying the album cover. It was like a Hieronymus Bosch painting. All kinds of crazy characters. https://preview.redd.it/f04jt7kw3ugh1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c2f202de6e3c54936d6fec879abd7bbe1c265d7
They were a pretty successful one hit wonder in their day. Considered by some to be an early example of heavy metal.
Summertime Blues - the song of the summer in about 1968 or 1969. AM radio