Yezda Urfa was an American symphonic|art-rock band that self-pressed 300 copies of their 1975 demo album, Boris. In 1976, they recorded a proper album and shopped it to multiple labels. It finally appeared as an archival disc, Sacred Baboon, in 1989 on Syn-Phonic. Members: Brad Christoff (drums, tubular bells, metallophone, percussion), Phil Kimbrough (keyboards, accordion, […]
Pavlov’s Dog was an American rock band from St. Louis that released the 1975 album Pampered Menial on ABC and Columbia, followed in 1976 by At the Sound of the Bell. Their intended third album remained a bootleg (The St. Louis HOUNDS, 1977) until its first proper release in 2007. Material from their pre-label days […]
Jasper Wrath was an American hard-rock/psych band that made a 1971 self-titled album on Sunflower. A revised lineup surfaced with a self-pressed 1975 single, followed by 1977 albums under the alternate names Arden House and Zoldar & Clark. Singer/musician Jeff Cannata fronted Eighties melodic-rockers Arc Angel and later recorded solo under his surname. Members: Robert […]
Gamma was an American hard-rock band from San Francisco, formed by guitarist and Montrose mastermind Ronnie Montrose. They released three albums between 1979 and 1982 on Elektra. Members: Ronnie Montrose (guitar), Jim Alciver (keyboards, 1979-81), Alan Fitzgerald (bass, 1979-80), Davey Pattison (vocals), Skip Gallette (drums, 1979-80), Glenn Letsch (bass, 1980-82), Denny Carmassi (drums, 1980-82), Mitchell […]
Flight was an American symphonic/jazz-rock band that released the 1975/76 Capitol albums Flight and Incredible Journey, followed by the 1980 Motown title Excursion Beyond. Members: Pat Vidas (brass, lead vocals), Ted Karczewski (electric guitar, acoustic guitar), John Ray (acoustic guitar, bass), Russell A Dawber Jr (drums, percussion), Jim Michael “Fizzwah” Yaeger (keyboards), John DeNicola (bass), […]
Ethos was an American Midwest symphonic-rock band that released the 1976/77 albums Ardour and Open Up on Capitol. A collection of their early demos later appeared on the CD Relics. Members: Wil Sharpe (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Michael Ponczek (keyboards), Mark Richards (drums, percussion), Dan Owen (bass, vocals, 1973), Stevie Marra (bass, flute, vocals, 1974-75), Brad […]
Balance was an American rock band that released the 1981/82 albums Balance and In for the Count and scored a Top 25 hit with “Breaking Away.” Members: Peppy Castro (vocals), Bob Kulick (guitar), Doug Katsaros (keyboards), Chuck Burgi (drums), Dennis Feldman (bass) Background Balance formed in 1979 when veteran rock singer Peppy Castro teamed with […]
The Suburbs were an American new wave band from Minneapolis that debuted with a self-titled 1978 EP, the inaugural release on Twin/Tone, which issued their 1980 album In Combo and its two-record 1981 followup Credit in Heaven. Members: Beej Chaney (guitar, vocals), Chan Poling (piano, vocals), Bruce Allen (guitar, vocals), Michael Halliday (bass), Hugo Klaers […]
Wall of Voodoo was an American new wave band that mixed jagged electro-pop with Spaghetti Western sounds. They cut a 1980 indie EP and the 1981/82 IRS albums Dark Continent and Call of the West, which spawned the early MTV hit “Mexican Radio.” After singer Stan Ridgway’s departure, they made the 1985–87 albums Seven Days […]
Band X was an American jazz-rock/space-rock band from Massachusetts that released an album titled The Best of Band X in 1976 on Broken Records before evolving into the Craig Peyton Group. Members: Craig Peyton (vibraphone, vocals, percussion; b. 1953; New Canaan, Connecticut), multi-instrumentalist Alan Grzyb (bassoon, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, keyboards, backing vocals), bassist/trombonist […]
The Units were an American new wave trio from San Francisco, active from 1978 to 1984. They cut a 1979 white-label EP and the 1980 album Digital Stimulation, a classic of early synthpunk. In 1983, a reconfigured four-piece Units surfaced with the Epic EP New Way to Move and the video hit “A Girl Life […]
Tin Huey was an American new wave/art-rock band from Akron, Ohio, that made two DIY EPs and the 1979 album Contents Dislodged During Shipment. Saxophonist Ralph Carney led the Swollen Monkeys and scored Eighties hits with The Waitresses. Members: Mark Price (bass, vocals), Ralph Carney (horns), Chris Butler (vocals, guitar), Michael Aylward (guitar, vocals), Harvey […]
Missing Persons were an American new wave band, best known for the hits “Mental Hopscotch,” “Destination Unknown,” “Walking In L.A.,” “Words,” “Give,” and “Right Now.” Between 1982 and 1986, they made three albums and became an early MTV fixture, distinguished by the space-age costumes and colorful hairdos of frontwoman Dale Bozzio. Members: Dale Bozzio (lead […]
James Chance (1953–2024) was an American saxophonist who proliferated on New York’s No Wave scene. In 1979, he headed avant-funk titles by The Contortions (Buy) and James White & The Blacks (Off White), both on ZE Records. Contortions members: James Chance (vocals, saxophone), James Nares (guitar), Pat Place (slide guitar), Reck (bass), Adele Bertei (organ), […]
Harvey Mason is an American drummer, producer, and composer who played on Seventies jazz-funk albums by Bobbi Humphrey, Charles Earland, Donald Byrd, Gene Harris, and Herbie Hancock. As a bandleader, Mason cut five albums between 1975 and 1981 on Arista. Background Harvey Mason was born on February 22, 1947, in Atlantic City. He played drums […]
Stardrive was an American electro-jazz/funk band that released the album Intergalactic Trot on Elektra in 1973, followed by a self-titled album on Columbia in 1974. Members: Harvey Sarch (Guitar), Howard Rego (Drums), Jaime Austria (Bass), Robert Mason (Synthesizer) Background Stardrive was named after a hybrid synthesizer created by Robert Mason (b. 1946), a classically trained […]
Exmagma was a German avant-jazz/rock trio that made two 1973/74 albums, Exmagma and Goldball. Their intended 1975 third album appeared as a 21st-century archival disc. Members: Andy Goldner (guitar, bass, saxophone, tapes, vocals), Thomas Balluff (keyboards, flute, effects, vocals), Fred Braceful (drums, percussion) Background Exmagma formed when American jazz drummer Fred Braceful (b. 1938) teamed […]
Steve Marcus (September 18, 1939 — September 25, 2005) was an American tenor saxophonist from New York City. He helped pioneer electric jazz with his albums Tomorrow Never Knows (1968), Count’s Rock Band (1968), and The Lord’s Prayer (1969), which recast pop and rock songs with improvisational saxophone over guitar-driven rhythm sections. His electric tone […]
Pat Martino (1944–2021) was an American jazz guitarist from Philadelphia. He first recorded behind saxophonist Willis Jackson on multiple mid-Sixties titles on Prestige Records, which issued his first five solo albums between 1967 and 1970. After his 1972 Cobblestone release The Visit!, Martino cut two albums for Muse Records and switched from post-bop to jazz […]
This Oneness was an American jazz-rock band from Minneapolis that released the album Surprize in 1975. Members: Bernie Pershey (drums, percussion, vocals), Douglas Nelson (electric bass, vocals, percussion), Dale Strength (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion), Gregg Inhofer (vocals, piano, guitar, 12-string guitar, percussion), Robyn Lee (flute, saxophone, organ, synthesizer, vocals) Background This Oneness spun […]
M.I.A. — short for Músicos Independientes Asociados — was an Argentine musical collective that hybridized rock, folk, and classical music across three late 1970s studio albums: Transparencias, Mágicos Juegos del Tiempo, and Cornonstípicum. Members: Lito Vitale (keyboards, drums) Liliana Vitale (vocals, drums), Daniel Curto (guitar), Nono Belvis (bass), Juan Del Barrio (keyboards, drums), Alberto Muñoz […]
Danny O’Keefe is an American singer/songwriter, best known for his 1972 hit “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues” and the acclaimed 1973 album Breezy Stories. Between 1970 and 1984, O’Keefe made seven albums for assorted labels. His songs inspired covers by Jackson Browne (“The Road”), Donny Hathaway and Leo Sayer, who both covered the Breezy […]
Cheryl Dilcher (1949–2005) was an American singer/songwriter who emerged with the 1970 Ampex release Special Songs, followed by the 1973/74 A&M albums Butterfly and Magic. She retired after her 1977 fourth album, Blue Sailor. Background She was born Cheryl Aleta Dilcher on November 12, 1949, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. As a teenager, she took up songwriting […]
Leon Ware (1940–2017) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer who released a 1972 self-titled album on United Artists, followed by the popular 1976 Gordy title Musical Massage. In 1979, Ware reemerged with Inside Is Love, followed by the 1981/82 Elektra titles Rockin’ You Eternally and Leon Ware. After nineteen quiet years, he released […]
Ivory was a German symphonic-rock band that released the 1979 album Sad Cypress on Jupiter Records. Members: Christian Mayer (vocals, guitar), Ulrich Sommerlatte (keyboards), Thomas Sommerlatte (keyboards), Goddie Daum (guitar), Charly Stechl (bass, flute), Frederik Rittmüller (drums), Thomas Carl (drums) Background Ivory formed in 1976 as Caressing Hands: a merger of two Munich student groups, […]
Hoelderlin was a German Krautrock band that debuted with the 1972 folk-psych album Hölderlins Traum. In 1975, the returned with a self-titled symphonic-rock album, followed by the 1976/77 albums Clowns & Clouds and Rare Birds. Keyboardist and co-founder Joachim Grumbkow led subsequent lineups through the 1979–81 albums New Faces and Fata Morgana. Members: Nanny de […]
Grobschnitt was a German symphonic space-rock band that released eight studio albums and three live sets between 1972 and 1985 on Brain. Members: Stefan Danielak (guitar, vocals), Eroc [Joachim Heinz Ehrig] (synthesizer, percussion, drums, vocals, 1972-83), Gerd Otto Kühn (guitar, vocals, 1972-89), Bernhard Uhlemann (bass, flute, percussion, 1972), Hermann Quetting (keyboards, 1972), Axel Harlos (drums, […]
Sixty-Nine was a German hard-rock/psych duo that released the album Circle of the Crayfish on Philips in 1972, followed by a live double-LP of all-new material on the label in 1974. Members: Armin Stöwe (organ, piano, synthesizer, guitar, vocals), Roland Schupp (drums, percussion) Background Sixty-Nine formed in 1969 when multi-instrumentalist Armin Stöwe teamed with drummer […]
Som Imaginário was a Brazilian samba-rock/psych band that released two self-titled 1970/71 albums on Odeon, followed by the 1973 release Matança do Porco. Members: Wagner Tiso (keyboards), Zé Rodrix (organ, percussion, vocals, flute), Robertinho Silva (drums), Tavito (12-string guitar), Luís Alves (bass), Laudir de Oliveira (percussion), Toninho Horta (guitar), Nivaldo Ornelas (saxophone) Som Imaginário (Portuguese […]
Real Ax Band was a German jazz-funk/soul sextet that released the album Nicht Stehen Bleiben on April Records in 1977. Keyboardist Dieter Miekautsch hailed from the bands Missing Link, Missus Beastly, and Embryo. Members: Maria Archer (vocals), Dieter Miekautsch (piano, organ, vocals), Heinz-Otto Gwiasda (guitar, vocals, flute), Christopher Mache (bass, vocals), Marlon Klein (drums, congas), […]
Sharon Redd (1945–1992) was an American soul-funk singer who served in Bette Midler‘s backing trio The Harlettes (1973–77) and sang on Seventies titles by Barry Manilow and Norman Connors. On Prelude, she cut the 1980–83 solo albums Sharon Redd, Red Hott, and Love How You Feel. She scored Billboard dance hits with “Can You Handle […]
Sunbear was an American jazz-funk/soul duo that released a self-titled album on Soul Train Records in 1977. The duo consisted of multi-instrumentalists Ahaguna G. Sun and Werner “Bear” Schuchner, who were backed on the album by keyboardist Greg Phillinganes and saxophonist Ernie Watts. Members: Ahaguna G. Sun [Arnie Oliver] (vocals, drums, percussion, clavinet, electric piano), […]
Nektar is a German/British space-rock band that released seven studio albums and three live sets on Bacillus/Bellaphon between 1972 and 1978, followed by an eighth and final release on Ariola in 1980. Members: Roye Albrighton (guitar, vocals, 1969-76, 1980-2016), Allan Freeman (keyboards, 1969-2004), Derek Moore (bass, vocals, 1969-78, 2002-04), Ron Howden (drums, 1969-78, 2002-present), Mick […]
Mythos was a German space-rock band that made a 1972 self-titled album on Ohr. Between 1975 and 1981, they made five further albums on Kosmische Musik, Venus, and Sky Records. Members: Stephan Kaske (flute, guitar), Thomas Hildebrand (drums, percussion, 1972-77), Harald Weiße (bass, acoustic guitar, 1972-77), Robby Luizaga (bass, acoustic guitar, Mellotron, 1975), Hans-Jürgen Pütz […]
Lake was a German rock band that released eight studio albums between 1976 and 1986 on CBS and Polydor. They formed in 1973 as a brass-rock unit and cut three standalone singles. Their classic six-piece lineup coalesced with Scottish singer James Hopkins-Harrison. Produced by keyboardist/composer Detlef Petersen, they made the 1976–79 albums Lake, Lake II, […]
July was an English psych-rock band that released a 1968 album and two singles on Major Minor. They evolved from beatsters The Tomcats, which cut four 1965–66 singles for the Spanish market. Guitarist Tony Duhig and keyboardist Jon Field formed Jade Warrior and recorded multiple seventies albums for Vertigo and Island. Singer Tom Newman made […]
Peter Green (Oct. 29, 1946 – July 25, 2020) was an English blues-rock guitarist from Bethnal Green who served as Eric Clapton’s successor in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, recording one album with the band in 1967 before departing with bassist John McVie to co-found Fleetwood Mac that same year. The band recorded four proper albums and […]
Grootna was an American psych-rock/soul band from Berkeley that released a 1971 self-titled album on Columbia. Members: Kelly Bryan (bass), Slim Chance [Austin De Leon] (guitar, vocals), Greg Dewey [Dewey Dagreaze] (drums, vocals), Anna Rizzo (vocals), Vic Smith (guitar, vocals), Richard Sussman (piano) Formation Grootna blossomed from a shared housing situation between guitarist Slim Chance, […]
The Nazz was an American psych-rock band from Philadelphia that released the 1968–69 albums Nazz and Nazz Nazz on SGC. Frontman Todd Rundgren launched a prolific solo career and later fronted Utopia. Drummer Thom Mooney resurfaced in the hard-rock super-trio Paris. Members: Robert “Stewkey” Antoni (piano, organ, lead vocals), Thom Mooney (drums), Todd Rundgren (guitar, […]
Kevin Ayers (Aug. 16, 1944 — Feb. 18, 2013) was an English singer–songwriter who co-founded Soft Machine. After their 1968 debut album, he went solo with the 1969 Harvest release Joy of a Toy. Between 1970 and 1988, he released twelve albums. Island Records documented his all-star concert with Brian Eno, John Cale, and Nico […]
Amazing Blondel was an English folk-rock trio that debuted in 1970 on Bell Records, followed by the Island titles Evensong, Fantasia Lindum, England, and Blondel. On DJM, they made the 1974–76 albums Mulgrave Street, Inspiration, and Bad Dreams. Guitarist Eddie Baird released a 1976 solo album, Hard Graft. Members: Terry Wincott (keyboards, cittern, recorder, flute, […]
Junco Partners were an English rock band from Newcastle, formed as an R&B/beat sextet in 1964. After issuing one single on Columbia in 1965, they underwent a series of lineup shifts, eventually morphing into a four-piece hard-rock/psych band. This iteration released a self-titled album on Barclay in 1970 and disbanded the following year. The nameplate […]
Julian’s Treatment was an English psychedelic musical project headed by author and keyboardist Julian Jay Savarin. His sci-fi triology Lemmus: A Time Odyssey formed the basis of the 1970 double-album A Time Before This and its 1973 followup Waiters on the Dance. Members: Julian Jay Savarin (vocals, keyboards), John Dover (bass), Del Watkins (guitar), Jack […]
The Third Power was an American psych-rock trio from Farmington Hills, Michigan, that released a standalone single (as 3rd Power) on small-press Baron in 1968, followed by the 1970 album Believe on Vanguard. Bassist/singer Jem Targal issued a 1978 solo album, Luckey Guy, on self-press Sheavy. Members: Drew Abbott (guitar, vocals), Jem Targal (bass, vocals), […]
Beau Dommage was a Québécois symphonic-folk/pop band that released four albums on Capitol between 1974 and 1977. Blending vocal harmonies, acoustic textures, and regional lyricism, they became one of the most commercially successful acts of the 1970s French-Canadian music scene. Their early albums reached multi-platinum status in Quebec and produced enduring radio staples like “La […]
Every Which Way was an English psych-rock/soul band that released a self-titled album on Charisma in 1970. The band was formed by ex-Nice and future Refugee drummer–percussionist Brian Davison, who features before the nameplate in certain media. Vocalist Graham Bell hailed from Skip Bifferty–Heavy Jelly. He reunited with his former Skip-mates the following year in […]
Fat Mattress was an English folk-rock/psych band that released two albums on Polydor in 1969 and 1970. Guitarist Noel Redding also played bass in the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Late-period member Steve Hammond composed their non-album b-side “Black Sheep of the Family,” covered by Quatermass and Rainbow. Members: Neil Landon (vocals), Jim Leverton (bass, keyboards), Eric […]
Ethel the Frog was an English heavy metal band that released a 1980 self-titled album on EMI. Members: Doug Sheppard (vocals, guitar), Paul Tognola (guitar), Terry Hopkinson (bass, vocals), Paul Conyers (drums) Background Ethel the Frog formed in 1976 in Kingston upon Hull, where singer–guitarist Doug Sheppard and guitarist Paul Tognola teamed with bassist Terry […]
The Staple Singers were an American soul group from Chicago, formed in 1948 and active for the entire second half of the 20th century. They made numerous gospel recordings between 1953 and 1968 on Vee Jay, Riverside, and Epic. Between 1968 and 1974, the Staple Singers made six albums on Stax and scored R&B crossover […]
Kajagoogoo was an English synthpop band whose 1983 global hit “Too Shy” made them part of the Second British Invasion. They released two albums on EMI, followed by a third on Parlophone under the abbreviated name Kaja. Vocalist Limahl left the band after the first album for a brief solo career. Members: Steve Askew (guitar), […]
Strawberry Alarm Clock was an American West Coast rock band, best known for their 1968 psychedelic rock evergreen “Incense and Peppermints.” They released four albums between 1967 and 1969 on Uni Records. Members: Lee Freeman (guitar, vocals), Ed King (guitar, bass, vocals), Gene Gunnels (drums), Gary Lovetro (bass, vocals, 1967), Randy Seol (drums, vocals, 1967-68), […]
Bakery was an Australian post-psychedelic rock band from Perth that released two singles and performed on the 1971 Astor release Rock Mass for Love. In 1972, they released the lauded hard-rock album Momento. Members: Peter Walker (guitar), Mal Logan (keyboards, 1970), Hank Davis (drums, 1970-72), John Worrall (vocals, flute, 1970-72), Eddie McDonald (bass, 1970-72), Rex […]
Demon Fuzz was an English funk-psych septet that released the 1970 album Afreaka! on Dawn. They recorded a second album circa 1971–72 that surfaced after their breakup on self-press Paco Records. Members: Smokey Adams (vocals), Winston Joseph (guitar), Sleepy Jack Joseph (bass), Steve John (drums), Ray Rhoden (keyboards), Ayinde Folarin (percussion), Paddy Corea (flute, saxophone), […]
Leroy Hutson (born June 4, 1945) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer from Newark, N.J., who emerged as the third frontman of Chicago soulsters The Impressions, which he joined in 1971 as Curtis Mayfield‘s replacement. As a solo artist, Hutson released seven albums on Mayfield’s Curtom label between 1973 and 1979, followed by […]
The Silver Apples were an American electro-psych duo that released the 1968/69 albums Silver Apples and Contact on Knapp Records. Their lost 1969 third album, The Garden, appeared thirty years later as a Whirlybird Records archival disc. Members: Simeon Coxe (vocals, banjo, keyboards, oscillator), Dan Taylor (drums, percussion, vocals) Background The Silver Apples emerged from […]
Bow Wow Wow was an English new wave band that released two proper albums and assorted singles between 1980 and 1983 on EMI and RCA. They courted fame and infamy with a string of tribal-rhythmic hits (“I Want Candy,” “Baby Oh No”) and a series of promo stunts involving then-teenage vocalist Annabella Lwin. The other […]
Peter Ivers (September 20, 1946 — March 3, 1983) was an American musician and songwriter from Boston who released the 1969 Epic album Knight of the Blue Communion, followed by the 1974–76 Warner albums Terminal Love and Peter Ivers. As a songwriter, he co-wrote “In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)” for the 1977 David […]
Hammer was an American hard-rock band from San Francisco that released a 1971 self-titled album on Atlantic. Members: John DeRoberts (vocals), Jack O’Brien (guitar), Richie McBride (bass), Norman Landsberg (keyboards), John Guerin (drums), Andy Newmark (drums) Background Hammer formed in 1969 under the guidance of Fillmore promoter Bill Graham, who placed the band on bills […]
Emergency was a German/Czech brass-rock band that cut the 1971/72 CBS albums Emergency and Entrance, followed by the 1973/74 Brain titles Get Out to the Country and No Compromise. Members: Hanus Berka (saxophone, flute, keyboards, Mellotron), Otto Bezloja (bass, 1970-73), Udo Lindenberg (drums, 1970-71), Jiří Matoušek (keyboards, 1970-73), Barrie Newby (guitar), Miloš Vokurka [Reddy] (vocals, […]
Embryo is a German ethno-jazz/rock ensemble that debuted with the 1970 Ohr release Opal, followed by nine albums through the decade on United Artists, Brain, and April Records. During the 1980s, they released further albums on Schneeball and Materiali Sonori. Members: Christian Burchard (vibraphone, hammer dulcimer, percussion, vocals, marimba, drums, 1969-2018), Edgar Hofmann (saxophone, flute, […]
Brainstorm was a German jazz-rock band that released the 1972–73 albums Smile a While and Second Smile on Spiegelei. Members: Rainer Bodensohn (flute), Eddy von Overheidt (keyboards), Enno Dernov (bass), Roland Schaeffer (saxophone, flute, guitar, vocals), Jo Koinzer (drums, 1972-73), Horst Mittmann (drums, 1973-75), Nick Nikitakis (guitar, 1973-?), Rich Schwab (bass, vocals, percussion, 1974-76), Dieter […]
Rock Workshop was a British brass-rock and blues band that released the 1970–71 CBS albums Rock Workshop and The Very Last Time. The first features Scottish singer Alex Harvey, pre-Sensational Band. Guitarist Ray Russell arranged both albums, which also feature trumpeter Harry Beckett. Members: Alan Greed, Alan Rushton, Alex Harvey, Bob Downes, Brian Miller, Bud […]
The Rich Kids were an English rock band that made the 1978 EMI album Ghosts of Princes in Towers. Original Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock led the band with ex-Slik guitarist/singer Midge Ure, who left after one album with drummer Rusty Egan to form the electro-rock supergroup Visage, which led Ure into Ultravox. Members: Glen […]
The Main Ingredient was an American soul-funk/psych group from Manhattan that first recorded as The Poets in the mid-1960s and as the The Insiders during that latter part of the decade. As the Main Ingredient, they released eleven albums between 1970 and 1981 on RCA Victor. Members: Luther Simmons, Jr. (vocals, 1968-77, 1979-81, 1986), Tony […]
The Original Mirrors were an English new wave band that released the 1980–81 Mercury albums Original Mirrors and Heart Twango & Raw Beat. Singer Steve Allen hailed from Liverpool legends Deaf School. Members: Steve Allen (vocals), Ian Broudie (guitar), Jonathan Perkins (keyboards), Pete Kircher (drums), Phil Spalding (bass, 1978-?), Jimmy Hughes (bass, ?-1981) Background The […]
The Orange Bicycle was an English psychedelic pop-rock band that released five 1967–68 singles on Columbia (EMI), including the cult classics “Hyacinth Threads” and “Jenskadajka.” In 1969–70, they made four singles and a self-titled album on Parlophone, followed by a 1971 single on Regal Zonophone. Their recordings have since been gathered on retrospective comps, including […]
Oberon was an English folk-psych band that self-released the album A Midsummer’s Night Dream in 1971. Members: Jeremy Bernie Birchall (bass), Robin Clutterbuck (vocals), Nick Powell (percussion), Jan Scrimgeour (vocals), Charlie Seaward (guitar, vocals), Julian Smedley (vocals, violin), Chris Smith (guitar) Background Oberon formed in 1970 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, when guitarists Chris Smith and Charlie […]
Smith was an American soul-rock band from Los Angeles that scored a Top 5 hit with “Baby It’s You” and released two albums in 1969/70 on ABC Dunhill: A Group Called Smith and Minus-Plus. Members: Gayle McCormick (vocals), Rich Cliburn (guitar, 1969), Jerry Carter (bass, 1969), Larry Moss (keyboards), Bob Evans (drums, percussion), Judd Huss […]
The Wild Tchoupitoulas were an American tribal-funk/zydeco group from New Orleans that released a self-titled album on Antilles in 1976. Members: Big Chief Jolly [George Landry] (vocals), Aaron Neville (vocals, keyboards), Art Neville (keyboards, vocals), Charles Neville (saxophone, flute), Cyril Neville (vocals), George Porter, Jr. (bass), Leo Nocentelli (guitar), Teddy Royal (guitar), Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste […]
Eternity’s Children were an American soft-pop/vocal group that released two albums in 1968 on Tower Records. Originating in Mississippi and later working with Los Angeles producers Curt Boettcher, Keith Olsen, and Gary Paxton, they specialized in layered harmonies and studio-crafted arrangements that aligned with the California sunshine pop sound. Despite regional success with the 1968 […]
C.O.B. (Clive’s Original Band) was an English folk-rock band that released the album Spirit of Love on CBS in 1971, followed by Moyshe McStiff and the Tartan Lancers of the Sacred Heart on Polydor in 1972. Frontman Clive Palmer was a founding member of the Incredible String Band. Members: Clive Palmer (guitar, banjo, vocals), John […]
Clear Blue Sky was an English psychedelic hard-rock band from Acton that released a self-titled album on Vertigo in 1970. Members: John Simms (guitar, vocals), Ken White (drums), Mark Sheater (bass), Maxine Marten (vocals, percussion), Kraznet Montpelier (bass, vocals), Ted Landon (bass) Background Clear Blue Sky started in 1968 as Jug Blues, formed by three […]
Stained Glass was an American psych-rock band from San Jose that released four singles in 1966/67 on RCA Victor, followed by the 1968/69 Capitol albums Crazy Horse Roads and Aurora. Bassist/singer Jim McPherson resurfaced in Copperhead. Members: Jim McPherson (bass, vocals), Dennis Carrasco (drums, vocals), Roger Hedge (guitar, vocals, 1966-67) Bob Rominger (guitar, vocals, 1966-68), […]
Blue Mountain Eagle was an American psych-rock band from Los Angeles that released a 1970 self-titled album on Atco. Members: Joey Newman (vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Bob “B.J.” Jones (lead guitar, vocals), David Price (guitar, vocals), Don Poncher (drums, vocals), Randy Fuller (bass, guitar, vocals, 1969-70), David L. Johnson (bass, 1970) Background The band coalesced […]
Noir was an English soul-psych band that cut one album, We Had to Let You Have It, released in 1971 on Pye/Dawn. Members: Tony Cole (organ, piano, lead vocals), Barry Ford (drums, lead vocals), Gordon Hunte (guitar), Roy Williams (bass) Background Formed in London in 1970, Noir emerged from the split of Cat’s Paw, a […]
White Witch was an American art-rock/psych band from Tampa that released two albums between 1972 and 1974 on Capricorn. Members: Beau Fisher (drums, bass, vocals), Ron Goedert (vocals, percussion), Buddy Pendergrass (keyboards, backing vocals), Bill Peterson (percussion), Buddy Richardson (lead guitar), Bobby Shea (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Charlie Souza (bass, percussion) Background White Witch was […]
Mighty Baby was an English post-psych band that released the 1969–71 albums Mighty Baby and A Jug of Love. They evolved from the 1968 Rolled Gold lineup of The Action. In 1972, guitarist–singer Alan King formed Ace and Mighty Baby morphed into Habibiyya for a raga-folk album on Island Records. Members: Alan King (guitar, vocals), […]
Morgan was an English symphonic-rock band that released the album Nova Solis on RCA in 1972. The following year, they recorded a second album that later appeared as Brown Out (Import, 1976) and The Sleeper Wakes (Cherry Red, 1978). Members: Morgan Fisher (keyboards), Tim Staffell (vocals, guitar), Bob Sapsed (bass), Maurice Bacon (drums) Background Morgan […]
Socrates Drank the Conium was a Greek hard-rock/psych band that released a clutch of singles circa 1970/71, followed by three albums on Polydor during 1972 and 1973. A name-edit to Socrates preceded the Vangelis-produced Phos, released in 1976 on Vertigo. Three further albums appeared during the early 1980s on Minos and Virgin. Members: Αντώνης Τουρκογιώργης […]
Appaloosa was an American chamber-folk band from Boston that released a self-titled album on Columbia in 1969. Guitarist/vocalist John Compton and violinist/vocalist Robin Batteau released one further album together as a duo in 1970. Batteau’s younger brother David was briefly a member of Appaloosa but didn’t play on the album. The brothers later released an […]
Ambergris was an American brass-rock/soul band formed by ex-Blood, Sweat & Tears multi-instrumentalist Jerry Weiss. In 1970, they released a self-titled album on Paramount Records. Members: Jerry Weiss (bass, keyboards), Larry Harlow (keyboards), Charlie Camillari (trumpet), Harry Max (trumpet, bass), Jimmy Maelen (vocals), Billy Shay (guitar, harmonica), Lewis Kahn (trombone), Glenn Jon Miller (trombone), Gil […]
