Found this band very early on and still listen to them occasionally. A psychedelic goodie, one of those albums that you'll like every track on. "Chocolate Moose" and "Love Machine" are lovely songs.
Album information:
01-Chocolate Moose 02-Written On The Wind 03-I've Been Waiting Too Long 04-Soul Drippin's 05-Get Some Beads 06-Ain't Nobody 07-Try Me 08-Love Machine 09-Have You Been Sleepin' 10-From A Camels Hump
American Hard/Psychedelic rock band. They have released a single album, good stuff.
Album information:
01-Gettin’ Together
02-Feel So Lonely
03-Passed By
04-Lost In A Daydream
05-Persecution
06-Comin’ Home
07-Won't Beg Anymore
08-Crystalline Chandelier
09-Like Me Love Me
10-We, You, I
11-Snow
Band information:
Third Power was an American psychedelic hard rock band from Detroit, Michigan, who released one album in 1970.
The group was formed in 1969, and became a prominent local club band before signing to Vanguard Records. Guitarist Drew Abbott and bassist Jem Targal shared singing duties. They released an album, Believe, on the label in 1970. The album made modest sales but the group disbanded in 1971. Abbott later went on to work with Bob Seger, and Targal briefly led his own solo career. Seger lived next door to Targal in Waterford Village, Michigan and met Abbott there.
01 - Tuely's Day 02 - Tuely And Mary 03 - Make You See 04 - Alone 05 - Wellsville 06 - Power Of Love 07 - If I Ever Needed A Woman 08 - Better Be Sure 09 - 40 Days And Nights (Introduction) 10 - 40 Days And Nights 11 - Make It 12 - Anyone At All 13 - I Want To Go Clear 14 - Play The Game
One of the first bands that I've discovered. With only a single album released, these guys influenced many bands. "Thor the Thunder God", "My Soul and My Will", "Magic Potion" are great songs. Must-listen album for everyone interested in heavy/psychedelic rock.
Album information:
01-Dear Louise
02-Try Another Day
03-I Feel The Same Way Too
04-My Mind Cries
05-Can't You See
06-Thor the Thunder God
07-Horses And Chariots
08-Before My Time
09-Free As The Breeze
10-Girl I'm So Alone
11-Soul And My Will
12-Falling Again
13-Magic Potion [bonus track]
14-Cast A Spell [bonus track]
15-Day And Night [bonus track]
16-Get Out Of My Way [bonus track]
Band information:
The band was formed in the mid 1960s by four musicians from Putney, South London. Initially named The Apaches formed by Tim du Feu, Mike Brancaccio and Philip Fox and their friend Ray Nye. Nye left in 1965 and another friend, Terry Schindler, joined instead. The band became The Drag Set, who released a little-known single in February 1967, "Day and Night" / "Get Out of My Way". Shortly thereafter, they changed their name to The Open Mind and in July 1969 released a self-titled LP which has since become a highly sought-after collectible. The band, however, is best known for its druggy August 1969 single, "Magic Potion", which did not appear on the album.
The Open Mind disbanded in 1973; its members wanted to move into jazz-influenced music, but The Open Mind was too well known as a psychedelic band. The band members (minus Phil Fox) went on to form Armada, which lasted about three years but did not release any recorded material.
Despite their paucity of recorded material, The Open Mind have proven to be influential in the psychedelic rock genre, their single "Magic Potion" having been covered by bands such as The Seers and Sun Dial.
A Hard/Heavy Psychedelic rock band from Japan. Most of the songs are sung in English. Band's early stuff was more of a Psychedelic pop, this album was a great change. A bunch of people like me dig bands that came out of Japan, so here you go!
Album information:
01 - Iijanaika
02 - Town Where I Was Born
03 - Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Night
04 - Nobody Cares
05 - Traces Of Love
06 - To My Sons
07 - No One Knows What They Were
08 - Alone
09 - Untitled
Band information:
The Mops were formed in 1966 by a group of high schoolers: Mikiharu Suzuki (drums), Taro Miyuki (guitar), Masaru Hoshi (or Katu Hoshi) (guitar), and Kaoru Murakami (bass). They began as an instrumental rock group similar to The Ventures, but soon after forming, Mikiharu Suzuki's brother Hiromitsu joined on lead vocals. The group began to play psychedelic rock at the suggestion of their manager, who had brought home recordings of American hippie groups such as Jefferson Airplane from his trip to San Francisco. The group signed toJVC Records, the Japanese wing of Victor Records, and released a single in November 1967 called "Asamade Matenai", which hit No. 38 on the Japanese charts. In April 1968, the full-length debut, Psychedelic Sound in Japan, followed; the album included covers of "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane, "Light My Fire" by The Doors, as well as "Inside-Looking Out" and "San Franciscan Nights" by The Animals. They received much press for being the "first psychedelic band" in Japan, and performed with elaborate light shows.
Bassist Murakami quit the group in 1969, and guitarist Miyuki moved to bass. The group then signed with Liberty/Toshiba/EMI, moving to a blues rock and Hard Rock sound, and followed with the hits "Tadorituitara Itumo Amefuri" "Gekko Kamen (Moonlight Mask)" and "Goiken Muyo (No Excuse)", both of which charted in 1971. Several albums followed before the group's breakup in May 1974.
After The Mops, Hoshi remained in the music industry, working as an arranger. Hiromitsu Suzuki became a TV personality and actor, and Mikiharu Suzuki embarked on a successful career in artist management. The group achieved a resurgence of cult fandom in America after their "theme song", entitled "I'm Just A Mops", was included on the 1960s rarities compilation Nuggets II.
Coming back with a very heavy album. The Human Instinct hails from New Zealand. These guys made heavy metal in 1970. You could call this anything with a "heavy" prefix. I'll let the tracks speak for themselves, enjoy.
Album information:
01 - Black Sally
02 - Stoned Guitar
03 - Jugg-a-Jug
04 - Midnight Sun
05 - Tomorrow
06 - Railway and Gun
Band information:
The Human Instinct are a New Zealand blues rock band that has been active since the late 1960s. The band currently consists of Maurice Greer (lead vocals and stand-up drummer), Phil Pritchard (guitar), Joel Haines (guitar) and Tony Baird (bass). The band has had more than 25 members and has changed lineups several times since its formation under the leadership of Maurice Greer.
They have released a total of seven albums and thirty singles. Their most recent album, Midnight Sun, was released October 2010.
The band is best known for their single "Black Sally" and their album Stoned Guitar, which features the Jimi Hendrix-inspired guitar work of Billy Te Kahika, professionally known as Billy TK.
I think this album will be appreciated by all kinds of listeners, it's a mix between Hard, Psyche & Prog rock. Lead guitar alone is a reason to gather interest in the album. Sadly there's no Volume Two. Enjoy this great album.
Album information:
01 - Mystic Man 02 - Appearance Is Everything, Style Is A Way Of Living 03 - Brush With The Midnight Butterfly 04 - Maybe Someday 05 - Reality Presented As An Alternative 06 - Naked Breakfast 07 - Circle Of The Night
I'll begin by saying that the guitar-work on this album is amazing! Vocals are usually soft and clean, I love it! Through the Eyes of Love is a Psychedelic/Hard rock album. "It's So Hard" and "Fifteen Hundred Miles" are my favorites. If you enjoy lengthy lead guitar-work, give the Frost a listen.
Album information:
01 - Black As Night 02 - Fifteen Hundred Miles (Through The Eye Of A Beatle) 03 - Through The Eyes Of Love (God Help Us Please) 04 - Maybe Tomorrow 05 - It's So Hard 06 - Long Way From Home 07 - Big Time Spender
Exkursions could only release this single album. The album is a mixture between Blues and Psychedelia. Very enjoyable 8 songs, "Would You Believe?" being my favorite. Best part of this album for me is that every single song feels like it's been made of a different genre.
Album information: 01 - Picture Woman 02 - Dry Ground 03 - Baby You Lied 04 - What Happened to Me 05 - Third Eye 06 - You & Me 07 - It's Been Set Down 08 - Would You Believe
O Canada! The Churls is a psychedelic rock band with great vocals and lead guitar. Their first and second albums are put together with 19 tracks. "City Lights", "Time piece", "Gypsy Lee", all songs that you might put on repeat for a whole day.
Album information:
01 - Eventual Love 02 - Crystal Palace 03 - Think I Can't Live Without You 04 - Princess Mary Margaret 05 - City Lights 06 - Fish On A Line 07 - He Weeks Go By 08 - Where Will You Be Tomorrow 09 - Time Piece 10 - Reservations 11 - Gypsy Lee 12 - Send Me No Flowers 13 - I Can See Your Picture 14 - See My Way 15 - Long, Long Time 16 - Tonight 17 - Trying To Get You Off My Mind 18 - She Needs A Man 19 - Too Many Rivers
Stark Naked to me is somewhere between prog and psyche, have a listen and decide for yourself. "Favorite" is a word I use too often, atleast when I'm blogging, but everything I post here truly is a favorite of mine, Stark naked is one of them. Male & female vocals, heavy guitar work, and non-ending tracks!
Spirits and Worm is one of the first bands I've discovered when I was first interested in psyche rock, probably some time after Iron Butterfly & Frijid Pink. Female vocals, heavy guitar work in a couple songs. The song "Spirits & Worm" is one of my all time favorites. If you have ever heard of the band Coven, you will love this band.
Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come & Sir Lord Baltimore
Heavy! Sir Lord Baltimore is a hard rock/heavy psyche rock band. Kingdom Come has one of my favorite songs, "Kingdom Come". Another great mention would be "Hard Rain Fallin'" from the same album. Lead guitar work alone is a good reason to try out this band if you have not already.
Samuel Prody is a heavy psychedelic rock band, that I wish had found earlier. There's a lot of lead guitar work on this album. Songs "Woman" and "Hallucination" are great and should be heard.
This album has 20 songs, hard rock, heavy psychedelia, prog, everything you'd want. They surprised me by how heavy and mellow they were on different tracks. So many songs to really list here, but "Fragments", "Black Lily", "Get a Life", "Canyon Woman", "Flowing Robes", all left a surprising impression on me.
A great hard rock band Pulse, with psychedelic influence. Expect clean vocals and lots of lead guitar work. As almost all others, Pulse only has a single album released. "Another Woman", "Too Much Lovin'", "Hypnotized", "Lo-Down" all great songs.
Power of Zeus will always have a special place in my.. ears, and archive. Unfortunately this is the only album they have released. I still remember discovering "In the Night", I could not recover for days and listen to the song over and over again. This album is a mixture between hard rock, funk and psychedelic rock. "The Death Trip" is also a song I'll note here.
Album information:
01. It Couldn't Be Me
02. In The Night
03. Green Grass & Clover
04. I Lost My Love
05. The Death Trip
06. No Time
07. Uncertain Destination
08. Realization
09. Hard Working Man
10. The Sorcerer of Isis (The Ritualof the Mole)
Band information:
Power of Zeus was formed in 1968 by Detroit vocalist / guitarist Joe Periano shortly after his release from the Marine Corps. Joe was joined by bassist/vocalist Bill Jones, drummer Bob Michalski & Hammond organist Dennie Webber. Initially going by the name of Gangrene, the Cream/Zeppelin/Sabbath inspired heavy rock quartet became the unofficial house band at the Wooden Nickel club, where they were eventually spotted by a local manager. Motown psyche-oriented subsidiary Rare Earth signed the band on the condition they find a new name.
Having decided upon Power of Zeus they began work on what would become their sole release, 1970's The Gospel According to Zeus LP. The relationship between band and label was strained, with the former claiming that the latter had no experience of recording a heavy rock act, and that the Motown producers had failed to nail their crunchier live sound on tape. Certainly the LP is pretty far removed from the distorto-trash rock of fellow Detroit rockers The MC5 and The Stooges, but what it lacks in grime it makes up for in Super Heavy Funkiness - hammond, bass & drums are to the fore, with production as fat & full as you would expect from the Motown studios. The LP was pretty much a flop at the time, but has since become a highly sought after item, attaining genuine legendary status amongst record collectors - especially those of a hip-hop / breaks orientation, for whom the incredible 'The Sorcerer of Isis (Ritual Of The Mole)' drum & bass break is like manna from Zeus himself. The definition of The Super Heavy Psychedelic Funk Rock Sound.
One of my favorite bands in the archive. Sadly the Part 2 never happened. There's too much information about this band online, but where ever you read, it might be different. They thought the vocals were of Jim Morrison's for example, and that he faked his death to perform in this side-band. That was of course untrue. Another thing is no one really knows who the Phantom (vocals) is, there are names online (Tom Carson for example) however I'm still skeptical. Talking about the music, this album is all heavy psychedelic rock. There are 9 songs in the album, the lyrics are mostly of a story, such as on "Merlin" and "Tales From A Wizard". Everyone must have this album saved somewhere.
Album information:
01. Tales From A Wizard
02. Devil's Child
03. Calm Before The Storm
04. Half A Life
05. Spiders Will Dance (On Your Face Will You Sleep)
This album will move you! A great heavy psychedelic rock example, in my opinion. It is hard to find too much information about this band, but their song "Sea of Nightmares" is probably known to some. "Angel of Love" is my favorite in the album.
Another one-album band, Parish Hall. Mostly hard rock and a bit of heavy psychedelia is how I'd explain this album. "My Eyes Are Getting Heavy" is probably the most known song by them, however my favorite in the album is "How Can You Win". Listen to this album.
