Dr. Z was an English post-psych organ trio that released a standalone single on Fontana in 1970, followed by the album Three Parts to My Soul on the Vertigo “swirl” label in 1971. Members: Keith Morris [aka Keith Keyes] (keyboards, vocals), Bob Watkins (drums), Rob Watson (bass) Background Dr. Z was formed in 1969 by […]
The Walker Brothers were an American pop-vocal band from Los Angeles that moved to England in the mid-1960s and scored hits on the UK chart, including “My Ship Is Coming In,” “Make It Easy on Yourself,” and “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”. After three albums, frontman Scott Walker launched a solo career. During the […]
Jellyroll was an American brass-rock band from Cincinnati that released a 1970 self-titled album on Kapp Records. Built from members of James Brown’s backing unit The Dapps, they fused soul, fuzz rock, and jazzy arrangements in a post-psych crossover style marked by theatrical vocals, swirling organ, and ensemble interplay. Members: Roger Troy (lead vocals), Eddie […]
Khan was an English space-rock band that released the album Space Shanty on Deram in 1972. This was the second recorded band with guitarist Steve Hillage and keyboardist Dave Stewart, who interacted earlier in Arzachel. Bassist Nicholas Greenwood released his only solo album, Cold Cuts, the same year as Space Shanty. A subsequent, unrecorded Khan […]
Brian Protheroe is an English singer, keyboardist, and songwriter associated with the mid-seventies cabaret glam scene. He released the 1974–76 Chrysalis albums Pinball, Pick-Up, I/You, and the soundtrack to the fifties rock musical Leave Him to Heaven. Early Life, Activities Protheroe was born on June 16, 1944, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, to an English mother and […]
Blackwater Park was a German hard-rock band behind the 1972 BASF album Dirt Box. Members: Richard Routledge (vocals, guitar), Michael Fechner (guitar), Andreas Scholz (bass), Norbert Kagelmann (drums) Background Blackwater Park formed in early 1971 in West Berlin when bassist Andreas Scholz joined guitarist Michael Fechner and drummer Norbert Kagelmann. Scholz recorded one prior album […]
Julie Driscoll is an English blues and jazz singer who cut two 1965 singles for Parlophone, followed by two albums in featured capacity with Brian Auger & The Trinity, which scored a 1968 UK hit with “This Wheel’s on Fire.” In 1971, she released the album 1969 on Polydor and appeared on the double-album Septober […]
Il Rovescio della Medaglia was an Italian symphonic/hard-rock quartet that released the 1971/72 albums La Bibbia and Io come Io, then added keyboardist Franco di Sabbatino for the 1973 release Contaminazione. Members: Enzo Vita (guitar), Stefano Urso (bass), Gino Campoli (drums), Gianni Mereu (lead vocals, 1970), Sandro Falbo (lead vocals, 1970), Pino Ballarini (vocals, flute, 1970-73), […]
Rastus was an American brass-rock band that released a 1971 live/studio double-album on GRT, followed by the 1972 studio album Steamin’ on Neighborhood Records. Members: Daniel Matthew Magalen (vocals, saxophone), Dave “Smokey” Smelko (drums, percussion, vocals), Don Nagy (bass, trumpet), George Sopuch (guitar), Marc Roman (trombone, vocals), Mike “The First” Geraci (saxophone, backing vocals), Tony […]
Rotary Connection was an American pop-psych/soul band from Chicago that released six albums between 1967 and 1971 on Cadet Concept. Members: Mitch Aliotta (vocals, bass), Sidney Barnes (vocals), Judy Hauff (vocals), Minnie Riperton (vocals), Bobby Simms (vocals, guitar), Charles Stepney (piano, vibraphone), Phil Upchurch (guitar, bass), Ken Venegas (drums) Background Rotary Connection was the brainchild […]
Hard Stuff was an English hard-rock trio that made the 1972/73 albums Bulletproof and Bolex Dementia on Purple Records. They cut a prior single as Bullet and gigged as Daemon; archival releases from both iterations surfaced in the 21st century. Members: John Du Cann (guitar, vocals), John Gustafson (bass, vocals), Paul Hammond (drums) Background Guitarist […]
Tako was a Yugoslav symphonic/space-rock band released the 1978–80 albums Tako and U Vreći za Spavanje, both later reissued with bonus tracks and alternate cover art. Members: Dušan Ćućuz [aka Dule] (bass, vocals), Đorđe Ilijin (keyboards, flute, harp), Sava Bojić (guitar, vocals, 1975-77), Milan Lolić [aka Mića Žorž] (drums, 1975-77), Miroslav Dukić (guitar, vocals, 1977-81), […]
Parzival was a German folk-rock band behind the 1971–73 Telefunken albums Legend and BaRock. Members: Lothar Siems (guitar, vocals), Thomas Olivier (drums), Walter Quintus (violin, bass, organ, piano), Walter von Seydlitz (cello, 1972-73) Background Parzival emerged in Bremen from the folk trio Siems/Quintus/Olivier, whose roots trace back to 1965 when guitarist Lothar Siems and drummer […]
Classix Nouveaux was an English new wave band that released three albums between 1981 and 1983 on Liberty. Noted for their dapper Blitz attire and the theatrics of singer Sal Solo, they charted with the uptempo bass-driven tracks “Guilty,” “Never Again,” and “Is It a Dream?” Members: Sal Solo (vocals), Mik Sweeney (bass), B. P. […]
Azar Lawrence is an American jazz saxophonist who released three albums between 1974 and 1976 on Prestige. Background Lawrence was born on November 2, 1953, in Los Angeles. His mother, a music teacher, nurtured his musical interests from a young age. He first practiced violin as a tween, then switched to the saxophone at age […]
Witthüser & Westrupp were a German acid-folk duo who issued four albums between 1970 and 1972 on Ohr and Pilz. Blending acoustic instrumentation with surreal narration and countercultural themes, they explored cosmic mysticism on Der Jesuspilz and lysergic whimsy on Trips und Träume. Their work bridged the singer-songwriter tradition with the experimental fringe of the […]
Leo’s Sunshipp was an American soul-funk band that released the album We Need Each Other on Lyon’s Record Co. in 1978. Members: Kenny Stover (producer, songwriter), Johnny Simone (producer, songwriter), Alvin Few (producer) Background Leo’s Sunshipp formed in 1977 in Los Angeles around vocalist/songwriter Kenny Stover, vocalist/songwriter Johnny Simone, and vocalist/producer Alvin Few, all born […]
Help Yourself was a rustic English jam band that released the 1971–72 Liberty–UA albums Help Yourself, Strange Affair, and Beware the Shadow, followed by a 1973 split release with the side-project Happy Days. Members: Malcolm Morley (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Dave Charles (drums, percussion, vocals, 1970-73), Richard Treece (bass, guitar, vocals, harmonica, 1970-73), Ken Whaley (bass, […]
The Smoke was an American pop-psych band from Los Angeles that released a 1968 self-titled album on Sidewalk/Capitol. WCPAEB co-founder Michael Lloyd masterminded the project and also produced October Country. Members: Michael Lloyd (vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, arrangements), Stan Ayeroff (guitar), Steve Baim (drums) For the English mod/freakbeat band, click here. Background New York–born Michael […]
Zerfas was an American hard-rock/psych band from Indianapolis that released a self-titled album on 700 West in 1973. Members: Dave Zerfas (drums, percussion, vocals), Herman Zerfas (keyboards, vocals), Mark Tribby (bass, guitars, vocals), Steve Newbold (bass, guitars) Background Zerfas formed in Indianapolis in 1969 around brothers Dave and Herman Zerfas. Originally active under the names […]
Colours were an American psychedelic rock band from California that released the 1968/69 albums Colours and Atmosphere on Dot Records. Members: Jack Dalton (guitar), Gary Montgomery (keyboards), Rob Edwards (lead guitar, 1967-68), Chuck Blackwell (drums, percussion, 1967-68), Carl Radle (bass, 1967-68) Inception Colours emerged from the Dalton Boys, an early Sixties pop band with guitarist […]
Afterglow was an American psych-rock band from Chico, California, that released a self-titled album on MTA Records in 1968. Members: Larry Alexander (drums), Ron George (bass guitar), Gene Resler (vocals), Roger Swanson (keyboards), Tony Tecumseh (guitar) Background Afterglow evolved from the Medallions, a garage-beat combo formed in 1965 by guitarist Tony Tecumseh, drummer Larry Alexander, […]
Skafish was an American new wave/art-rock band from Chicago headed by Jim Skafish, an eccentric singer, songwriter, and performance artist. Formed in 1976, they built a Midwest audience with their provocative live shows. They made a 1980 album for I.R.S. and performed their melodramatic concert opus “Sign of the Cross” in the multi-act concert film […]
Bethlehem Asylum was an American sax-rock/psych band from Tampa that released two albums in 1970/71 on Ampex Records. Members: Charlie DeChant (vocals, saxophone, flute), Christian Gandhi (keyboards, woodwinds), Danny Finley (vocals, guitar), Jimm Neiman (bass), Russell Buddy Helm (drums) Background Bethlehem Asylum coalesced in Tampa around multi-instrumentalists Charlie DeChant (vocals, saxophone, flute), Christian Gandhi (keyboards, […]
Saturnalia was an English folk-psych band that released the album Magical Love on Matrix in 1973. Members: Rod Roach (guitar, backing vocals), Adrian Hawkins (vocals), Tom Crompton (drums), Richard Houghton (bass, keyboards), Aletta Lohmeyer (vocals) Background Saturnalia formed in London in 1972 when two ex-members of hard-rockers Horse, singer Adrian Hawkins and guitarist Rod Roach, […]
Ruth Copeland (born 1946) is an English soul-rock singer who moved stateside in the late 1960s and released the 1970/71 albums Self Portrait and I Am What I Am on Invictus. After several years singing backup for Parliament, she wrapped her career with the 1976 RCA release Take Me to Baltimore. Background Ruth Copeland was […]
Symphonic Slam was a Canadian maximalist rock trio that released a self-titled album on A&M in 1976. Two years later, frontman Timo Laine issued a solo album on Lady Records that bore the band’s nameplate. Members: Timo Laine (guitar, vocals), John Lowery (drums), David Stone (keyboards) Background Symphonic Slam was the brainchild of Timo Laine*, […]
Harmonium was a Québécois symphonic-folk band that released the 1974–75 Célébration albums Harmonium and Les Cinq Saisons, followed by the 1976 CBS double-album L’heptade. Members: Serge Fiori (guitar, flute, vocals), Michel Normandeau (guitar, vocals, 1972-76), Louis Valois (guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals, 1973-78), Serge Locat (keyboards, 1975-77), Pierre Daigneault (flute, saxophone, clarinet, 1975-76), Robert Stanley (guitar, […]
I Giganti was an Italian beat group that released thirteen singles and the 1966–69 albums I Giganti and Mille idee dei Giganti, followed by the 1971 symphonic album Terra in bocca (Poesia di un delitto). Members: Mino Di Martino (vocals, guitar), Francesco “Checco” Marsella (vocals, keyboards), Sergio Di Martino (vocals, bass), Enrico Maria Papes (vocals, […]
Carolyne Mas is an American rock singer and songwriter from New York who released three Mercury albums between 1979 and 1981, scoring international hits with “Stillsane” and “Quote Goodbye Quote.” Background Carolyne Mas was born Carol Patricia Mas on October 20, 1955, in Bronxville, New York, and raised on Long Island in a musically active […]
Biglietto per l’Inferno was an Italian symphonic-rock band that released a 1974 self-titled album. Soon after, they recorded a second album that surfaced in 1992 on Mellow Records. Keyboardist Baffo Banfi released three electronic albums. Members: Claudio Canali (vocals, flute, flugelhorn), Marco Mainetti (guitar), Baffo Banfi (organ, Moog), Giuseppe “Pilly” Cossa (piano, organ), Fausto Branchini […]
Kalevala was a Finnish art-rock/psych band from Helsinki that made the 1972 Finnlevy album People No Names and the 1975–77 Hi-Hat titles Boogie Jungle and Abraham’s Blue Refrain. Members: Juha “Lido” Salonen (guitar, bass, vocals), Beaver Aitto-Oja (drums, 1969), Remu Aaltonen (drums, vocals, 1969-71), Albert Järvinen (guitar, 1970-71), Matti Kurkinen (guitar, 1971-75), Alf Forsman (drums, […]
Atlantis Philharmonic was an American symphonic-rock group from Cleveland that released a self-titled album on Dharma Records in 1974. The duo added guitarist Roger Lewis and completed a second album in 1975, issued three decades later as Atlantis Philharmonic II: Grand Master. Members: Joe DiFazio (organ, piano, harpsichord, Mellotron, Moog, guitar, bass, bass pedals, lead […]
Mass Production was an American soul-funk band that released eight albums on Cotillion between 1976 and 1983. Initially a ten-piece, they scored a 1979 Billboard hit with “Firecracker” and set UK dance floors alight with “Cosmic Lust,” “Shante,” and “Strollin.” They served as the backing band on the 1980 release Slipping Out by soulsters The […]
Thomas & Richard Frost was the American chamber-pop/psych duo of Californian brothers Tom and Rich Martin. The pair released three singles on Imperial and a fourth on Liberty in 1969/70, the first two culled from a proposed album, Visualize, that remained vaulted until a 2002 Rev-Ola CD. In 1972, the pair released a self-titled album […]
West Bruce & Laing were an English–American super-trio comprised of ex-Cream bassist-singer Jack Bruce and two former Mountain members, guitarist Leslie West and drummer Corky Laing. They released the 1972–73 rock albums Why Dontcha and Whatever Turns You On and the 1974 concert disc Live ‘n’ Kickin’ on Columbia/Windfall. Members: Leslie West (guitar, vocals, dobro), […]
Woody Kern was an English psychedelic blues-rock band that released the 1969 album The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk on Pye Records. Members: Steve Harris (drums), Mike Wheat (bass), John Sanderson (tenor saxophone, flute, violin), Rik Kenton (guitar, keyboards) Background Woody Kern formed in 1967 as a Nottingham powertrio comprised of bassist Mike Wheat, drummer […]
Juliet Lawson is an English singer–songwriter who released the 1972 album Boo on Sovereign. Background Juliet Lawson got her musical start as the singer in a rock band formed by her cousin, an occasional co-writer. After a handful of shows, they cut a demo in London. Juliet pitched the tape to Island Records, which offered […]
Graham Central Station was an American soul-funk band from San Francisco that released seven albums on Warner Bros. between 1974 and 1979. Members: Larry Graham (vocals, bass, guitar, clavinet, organ, piano, drums, percussion), Patryce Banks (vocals, percussion, tambourine), Hershall Kennedy (vocals, clavinet, trumpet), Robert Sam (vocals, piano, organ), David Vega (vocals, guitar), Willie Sparks (vocals, […]
John Foxx is an English keyboardist, songwriter, and producer who first emerged as the frontman of Ultravox, a pioneering electro-rock band that released three 1977–78 albums on Island Records. In 1980, Foxx debuted as a solo artist with Metamatic, a collection of minimal wave and ambient-vocal cuts on his own Virgin-imprint Metal Beat. Foxx embraced […]
Bang was an American hard-rock/psych trio from Philadelphia that released three albums in 1972/73 on Capitol. They debuted with a heavy, riff-driven self-titled album that drew comparisons to Black Sabbath. Their second release, Mother/Bow to the King, coupled conceptual side-long suites with compact, riff-based rockers. Music, their third album, featured more contoured guitar lines, orchestral […]
MX-80 Sound was an American avant-rock band from Bloomington, Indiana, formed amid the first wave of Midwest proto-punk innovators (Pere Ubu, Electric Eels). After their 1976 DIY debut, they linked with Island Records for 1977’s Hard Attack, a blue-print for post-punk, No Wave, and noise-rock styles. On Ralph Records, they made the 1980/81 albums Out […]
Illusion was an English folk-rock band behind the 1977/78 Island albums Out of the Mist and Illusion. They comprised four-fifths of the original Renaissance, which underwent two overhauls before the unrelated Seventies version. Members: John Hawken (Fender Rhodes, MiniMoog, Mellotron, organ), Louis Cennamo (bass), Jane Relf (vocals), Jim McCarty (vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion), John Knightsbridge […]
Donny Hathaway (1945–1979) was an American soul singer, composer, and arranger who recorded for Atco between 1970 and 1973. His debut Everything Is Everything features “The Ghetto,” co-written with Leroy Hutson, while Donny Hathaway (1971) includes covers of “A Song for You” and “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.” He scored a signature hit with […]
Ford Theatre was an American psychedelic rock band behind the 1968/69 albums Trilogy for the Masses and Time Changes on ABC Records. Members: James Altieri (bass), Arthur Webster (guitar), Robert Tamagni (drums), John Mazzarelli (keyboards, vocals), Joe Scott (vocals) Background Ford Theatre formed in 1966 in Milford, Massachusetts, from the lineup of local garage band […]
Gomorrha was a German Krautrock band behind two 1970/71 hard-rock albums, culminating with the 1972 Brain release I Turned to See Whose Voice It Was. Members: Helmut Pohl (drums), Eberhard Krietsch (bass, organ, piano, vocals), Ali Claudi (guitar, vocals), Ad Ochel (guitar, vibraphone, vocals), Peter Otten (vocals), Mike Euler (bass) Background Gomorrha formed in early […]
Black Heat was an American soul-funk/psych band that released three albums on Atlantic between 1972 and 1975. Members: Bradley Owens (vocals, guitar), Johnell Grey (vocals, keyboards), Danny Ray Thompson (Woodwinds), Esco Cromer (drums, vocals), Naamon “Chip” Jones (bass, vocals), Raymond Green (congas, timbales, harmonica), Rodney Edwards (trumpet) Background Black Heat formed in New York City […]
The Best of Both Worlds were an American soul-funk band from Washington, D.C., that released the album I Want the World to Know on Calla Records in 1975. The band shortened its name to Both Worlds for the sophomoric Don’tcha Hide It, released on TPI Records in 1977. Members: Winfield Parker (lead vocals), James Gallon […]
Automatic Fine Tuning was an English instrumental hard-rock band that released the singular 1976 Charisma album A.F.T.. Guitarists Paul A. MacDonnell and Robert Cross worked with bassist Trevor Darks and drummer–vocalist Dave Ball. The quartet played the 1976 Reading Rock Festival and recorded a BBC session for John Peel. Members: Paul A. MacDonnell (guitar), Robert […]
The Insect Trust was an American psych-rock band that released a 1968 Capitol Records album, followed by the 1970 Atco release Hoboken Saturday Night. They fused folk, blues, free jazz, raga, and jug band music into a style aligned with the outer edges of psychedelia. Members: Nancy Jeffries (vocals), Bill Barth (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, […]
Scaramouche was a German art-rock band that released a self-titled album in 1981 on Ohrwurm Records. Members: Holger Funk (lead vocals), Johannes Hofmann (keyboards), Martin Hofmann (bass), Robby Stein (drums), Tommy Weber (guitar) Background Scaramouche formed in the summer of 1976 around keyboardist Johannes Hofmann (b. September 10, 1951), a classically trained teen musician from […]
Táta Vega (born Oct. 7, 1951) is an American soul singer from New York who did early Seventies stints in Pollution, Earthquire, and the Andrae Crouch Singers. Between 1976 and 1980, she cut four albums on Tamla. Background She was born Carmen Rosa Vega on October 7, 1951, in Jamaica, a neighborhood in the borough […]
Pinguin was a German sax-rock band that released the 1972 album Der Grosse Rote Vogel on Zebra. They first grouped as Talix, a psychedelic sextet behind the 1970 album Spuren. Members: Klaus Gebauer (vocals), Markus Schaub (guitar, percussion, vocals), Joe Voggenthaler (guitar, percussion), Tom Wohlert (bass, bongo), K.D Blahak (drums), Volker Plitz (organ, percussion), Elmar […]
Igra Staklenih Perli was a Yugoslav space-rock band that released the 1979/80 RTB albums Igra Staklenih Perli and Vrt Svetlosti. Pre-record material (1976–78) surfaced on the archival discs Inner Flow and Drives. Members: Svaba the Kraut [aka Zoran Lakić] (keyboards, 1976-1985), Joshua N’Goma [aka Vojkan Rakić] (guitar, 1976-80), Predrag Vuković (percussion), Draško “Dracula” Nikodijević (bass, […]
Chopyn was an English art-rock band that released the 1975 album Grand Slam on Jet Records. They featured veteran jazz-rock guitarist Ray Russell with singer/songwriter Ann Odell. Members: Denny McCaffrey (vocals), Simon Colclough (vocals), Clyde McMullen (bass, vocals), Ann Odell (keyboards, vocals), Simon Phillips (drums), Ray Russell (guitar, vocals, sitar) Background Odell had released the […]
100% Pure Poison was an American soul-funk band that released the album Coming Right at You on EMI in 1974. The band consisted of U.S. servicemen stationed in Germany at the time of the album’s release. Members: Jackie Beard (saxophone, vocals), Slide Beard (trombone, vocals), Marvin Daniels (trumpet, vocals), Pie Harrison (vocals, percussion), John Jackson […]
Karthago was a German rock band formed around guitarist/vocalist Joey Albrecht and keyboardist Ingo Bischof. After the 1971/72 BASF albums Karthago and Second Step, they moved into a heavier phase on Bacillus with the 1975/76 albums Rock ’n’ Roll Testament and Live at the Roxy. Albrecht headed a final trio lineup with pianist Chico de […]
Christopher was an American psych-rock powertrio from Houston that released a 1970 self-titled album on Metromedia. They weren’t related to the South Carolina band (also known as Jonathan Hooker Manuscript) behind the 1969 album What’cha Gonna Do? Members: Doug Tull (drums), Doug Walden (bass, vocals), Richard Avitts (guitar, vocals), Leon Rudnicki (bass), Terence Hand (drums), […]
Jan Dukes de Grey was an English symphonic-folk/rock combo that released the album Sorcerers on Decca in 1969, followed by the popular Mice and Rats in the Loft on Transatlantic in 1971. After five years of playing under alternate names, group leader Derek Noy recorded an album’s worth of material, later issued on the Cherry […]
Jade was an English folk-rock trio that released the album Fly On Strangewings on DJM in 1970. Members: Marian Segal [Marianne Segal] (vocals, guitar, percussion), Dave Waite (guitar, bass, vocals), Rod Edwards (keyboards, bass, vocals) Formation Jade formed in Westminster in 1970 when singing guitarists Marianne Segal and Dave Waite, a folk duo since the […]
Jackson Heights was an English band that issued the folk-rock album King Progress on Charisma in 1970. After a lineup change, they moved to Vertigo for the 1972/73 albums The Fifth Avenue Bus, Ragamuffins Fool, and Bump ‘n’ Grind, the latter two influenced by ragtime and music hall. They were one of three bands — […]
Sandrose was a French symphonic/psych band that released a self-titled album on Polydor in 1972. Members: Jean-Pierre Alarcen (guitar), Rose Podwojny (vocals), Christian Clairefond (bass), Henri Garella (organ, Mellotron), Michel Jullien (drums, percussion) Background Sandrose formed as a follow-through to Eden Rose, a post-psychedelic instrumental quartet that released the 1970 album On the Way to […]
Chi Coltrane is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist whose music blends piano-driven rock with gospel and soul elements. She reached the U.S. Top 20 with her 1972 single “Thunder and Lightning” and found sustained popularity in Europe with the spiritual anthem “Go Like Elijah.” Her early albums Chi Coltrane and Let It Ride mix […]
The Moon was an American psych-rock band that released two albums on Imperial Records: Without Earth (1968) and The Moon (1970). Members: Matthew Moore (guitar, keyboards), Larry Brown (drums, keyboards), David Marks (vocals, guitar), Drew Bennett (bass, 1967-68), David Jackson (bass, 1969) Background The Moon formed in Los Angeles in 1967 around songwriter and multi-instrumentalist […]
Manilla Road was an American metal band from Wichita, Kansas, that Mark Shelton and Scott Park formed in 1977. The group opened its album run with Invasion on Roadster in 1980, then sharpened its sound through Metal and Crystal Logic before moving into a second label phase with Open the Gates, The Deluge, Mystification, Out […]
The Bards were an American pop-psych band from Moses Lake, Wash., initially active as The Fabulous Continentals in the early 1960s. After years on the Eastern Washington teen-dance circuit, the group adopted a British-influenced sound and image and rebranded as The Bards. Between 1966 and 1971, they issued multiple singles on Piccadilly, Capitol, and Parrot, […]
The Aerovons were an American psychedelic baroque-pop band from St. Louis that recorded two 1969 singles in London at Abbey Road Studios. Their long-vaulted album appeared decades later as Resurrection. Members: Tom Hartman (guitar, piano, vocals), Dave Schirmer (bass, 1966-67), Bob Frank (guitar, 1966-68), Gary (drums, 1966-67), Mike Lombardo (drums, 1967-69), Nolan Mendelhall (bass, 1967-68), […]
Potemkine was a French jazz-rock/Zeuhl band that released three albums between 1976 and 1978: Fœtus (Pôle), Triton (Voxiegrave), and Nicolas II (Phaeton). Members: Michel Goubin (piano), Charles Goubin (guitar, piano, vocals, 1971-79), Xavier Vidal (violin, 1971-79), Gilles Goubin (bass, 1971-73), Maurice Bataille (drums, 1971-73), Philippe Goubin (drums, 1974-82), Dominique Dubuisson (bass, 1974-79), Rémy Sarrazin (bass, […]
Terry Brooks & Strange were an American blues-psych/jam band from Orlando that released two albums as Strange on self-press Outer Galaxie between 1973 and 1976, followed by two albums apiece under their full name on Star People and Rock City between 1980 and 1984. Members: Terry R. Brooks (guitar, vocals), Bob Griffin (bass), Don Hastle […]
Saint Just was an Italian symphonic-folk band that released the 1973/74 Harvest albums Saint Just and La Casa del Lago. Members: Jenny Sorrenti (vocals), Antonio Verde (guitar, bass, vocals), Robert Fix (saxophone, 1973), Tito Rinesi (guitar, vocals, 1974), Andrea Faccenda (guitar, keyboards, 1974), Fulvio Maras (drums, percussion, 1974) Background Saint Just formed in 1972 in […]
Head East was an American hard-rock band, best known for the FM evergreen “Never Been Any Reason” from their 1975 debut album Flat as a Pancake. Through 1980, they released six studio albums on A&M and scored further hits with “Love Me Tonight” and the Russ Ballard cover “Since You Been Gone.” Members: Roger Boyd […]
Johnny “Guitar” Watson (Feb. 3, 1935 — May 17, 1996) was an American R&B guitarist, active as a sessionist from the early 1950s. Between 1973 and 1984, he released eleven jazz-funk albums on Fantasy, DJM, and Valley Vue. As a bandleader, he headed the Watsonian Institute for two albums during the late 1970s. Background Johnny […]
Solution was a Dutch jazz-rock-soul band that released the 1971–72 Harvest albums Solution and Divergence, followed by the 1975–77 Rocket titles Cordon Bleu and Fully Interlocking. Members: Tom Barlage (saxophone, keyboards), Willem Ennes (piano, keyboards), Ad Kooi (bass, 1966-70), Ap “Appie” Alberts (saxophone, 1966), Frits Lagerwerff (trumpet, cornet, 1966-68), Frits Schmidt (drums, 1967), Hans Waterman […]
The Chocolate Watchband was an American garage-rock band that released three 1967–69 albums on Capitol–Tower. Their songs “Let’s Talk About Girls” and “Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love-In)?” appear on numerous psych comps. Members: Mark Loomis (guitar, keyboards, 1965-67, 1968-70), Rich Young (bass, 1965-66), Jo Kemling (organ, 1965), Ned Torney (guitar, 1965, 1968-70), […]
Reale Accademia di Musica was an Italian symphonic-rock band that released a 1972 self-titled album, followed by a 1974 collaborative effort with guitarist/songwriter Adriano Monteduro. Members: Henryk “Enrique” Topel Cabanes (vocals), Federico Troiani (keyboards, vocals), Pericle Sponzilli (guitar), Nicola Agrimi (guitar), Pierfranco Pavone (bass), Roberto Senzasono (drums, percussion), Nicola di Staso (guitar), Walter Martino (drums), […]
Chris Rainbow (November 18, 1946 — February 25, 2015) was a Scottish art-pop musician, singer, and songwriter from Glasgow who released the 1975–78 Polydor albums Home of the Brave and Looking Over My Shoulder, followed by the 1979 EMI release White Trails. As a vocalist, he sang select songs for the Alan Parsons Project and […]
The Lilac Time is an English neo-acoustic sophisti-pop band, formed in 1986 by singer Stephen Duffy. Their initial run on Fontana (1988–90) produced three albums: The Lilac Time, Paradise Circus, & Love for All. Their music balances folk traditions with chamber-pop detail, marked by lyrical themes of love, memory, and emotional observation. Members: Stephen Duffy […]
The Godfathers are an English rock band that released three albums on Epic between 1988 and 1991. Their debut proper, Birth, School, Work, Death, spawned rock radio hits with “If I Only Had Time,” “When Am I Coming Down,” “Cause I Said So,” and the title track. Members: Peter Coyne (vocals), Chris Coyne (bass), Mike […]
Mallard was an American swamp-rock band that released a self-titled album on Virgin in 1975, followed by In a Different Climate in 1976. They were formed by three members of Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band. Members: Mark Boston [aka Rockette Morton] (bass), John French (drums, vocals), Bill Harkleroad [aka Zoot Horn Rollo] (guitar), John […]
Macondo was an American Latin-rock/psych band from Los Angeles that released a 1972 self-titled album on Atlantic. Members: Max Uballez (rhythm guitar, lead vocals), Albert Hernandez (lead guitar, vocals), Ron Chretin (electric bass), Frank Martinez (drums), Lee Pastora (congas, percussion), Eddie Caicedo (timbales, percussion), Fred Ramirez (keyboards, backing vocals) Background The nine-piece band formed around […]
Hodges, James & Smith were an American vocal trio that released four albums between 1973 and 1978 on 20th Century Records. Early fourth member Carolyn Crawford also recorded as a solo artist. Members: Pat Hodges, Denita James, Jessica Smith, Carolyn Crawford (1971—72) Background Hodges, James & Smith were assembled in Los Angeles in 1970 by […]
