Heavy Psych & Power Fuzz
from The USA 1968-1972 By the end of the sixties psychedelia was pretty
much a spent force. Bands were looking for
something simpler and more earthy. Crosby,
Stills & Nash had gone all acoustic and
harmonious, The Band had achieved a return
to classic Americana, and James Taylor was
showing the world you could be laid back and
hip at the same time.
However, not everyone wanted to ditch their
fuzzboxes. Inspired by such outfits as Cream,
Blue Cheer, Hendrix and the nascent Led
Zeppelin, these American bands were moving
out of psych into something less cosmic and far
heavier. This mix of blooze rock and heavy
riffing is loud and nasty but it pre-dates metal It's pretty tripped out, but it's not really
psychedelia. It's the sound of guitar, bass
and drums (and the occasional
Hammond organ) just as it was meant to
be, cranked up and in your face. No frills,
just power chords and stomping riffs.
Stamp on that Big Muff and solo till your
brain drops out. Track listing: 1. THIRD POWER; Persecution
2. THUNDER & ROSES: White Lace
& Strange
3. THE HOOK: Dimples
4. THE POWER OF ZEUS: It
Couldn't Be Me
5. BANCHEE: John Doe
6. BROTHER FOX AND THE TAR
BABY: Steel Dog Man
7. THE LEMONADE CHARADE:
Hideaway Of Your Love
8. GENESIS: Angeline
9. BLUE MOUNTAIN EAGLE:
Loveless Lives
10. MOUNT RUSHMORE: Someone
Else's Games
11. THE ILLINOIS SPEED PRESS:
Get In The Wind
12. THE FIELDS: Bide My Time
13. ROAD: Spaceship Earth
14. EDEN'S CHILDREN: Knocked Out
15. T.I.M.E: I Think You'd Cry
16. UNDERBEAT: Darkness
17. THE Y E L L O W PAYGES: I'm AM a n
18. LINCOLN STREET EXIT: Time
Has Come, Gonna Die
19. THE UNIQUES: My Babe
20. THE FORT MUDGE MEMORIAL
DUMP: The Seventh Is Death
