http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1218&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rssAt one time, Blue Cheer was hyped as the loudest rock band on the planet. Rampant personnel changes stunted their progress but the band's first three albums remain essential listening for devotees of all music that is heavy. Basically inventing acid rock (and heavy metal, too) with their blistering rape of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" in 1968, these NorCal kids pretty much flattened all comers for the crown of world's heaviest band at the time. Their debut album, <I>Vincebus Eruptum</I> is marked by big, fat, revved-up blues riffs with dueling lead guitar solos that occupy totally separate spots in either speaker, and wholly over-the-top drum rolls that do the same thing. Other elements include unhealthy amounts of fuzz, dirty hippie "yeahs" at just the right moments, and a serious biker rock/LSD vibe. The name of the band even refers to a brand of the drug. <I>Vincebus Eruptum</I> makes Cream and Iron Butterfly and any other late '60s pre-metal band sound like Herman's Hermits by comparison. The original lineup (a trio) recorded the sprawling, more psychedelic <I>Outsideinside</I> before shrieky guitarist Leigh Stephens left and was replaced by loud guitar prophet Randy Holden, who offered three insanely heavy cuts to the group's third album <I>New! Improved! Blue Cheer</I>. By the time the group recorded a self-titled fourth album, bassist/singer Dickie Peterson was the only remaining original member. Recordings from this period are best collected on <I>Good Times Are So Hard To Find: The History of Blue Cheer</I>. - Mike McGuirkAcid Rocken720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:09:49 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1218&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss At one time, Blue Cheer was hyped as the loudest rock band on the planet. Rampant personnel changes stunted their progress but the band's first three albums remain essential listening for devotees of all music that is heavy. Basically inventing acid rock (and heavy metal, too) with their blistering rape of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" in 1968, these NorCal kids pretty much flattened all comers for the crown of world's heaviest band at the time. Their debut album, <I>Vincebus Eruptum</I> is marked by big, fat, revved-up blues riffs with dueling lead guitar solos that occupy totally separate spots in either speaker, and wholly over-the-top drum rolls that do the same thing. Other elements include unhealthy amounts of fuzz, dirty hippie "yeahs" at just the right moments, and a serious biker rock/LSD vibe. The name of the band even refers to a brand of the drug. <I>Vincebus Eruptum</I> makes Cream and Iron Butterfly and any other late '60s pre-metal band sound like Herman's Hermits by comparison. The original lineup (a trio) recorded the sprawling, more psychedelic <I>Outsideinside</I> before shrieky guitarist Leigh Stephens left and was replaced by loud guitar prophet Randy Holden, who offered three insanely heavy cuts to the group's third album <I>New! Improved! Blue Cheer</I>. By the time the group recorded a self-titled fourth album, bassist/singer Dickie Peterson was the only remaining original member. Recordings from this period are best collected on <I>Good Times Are So Hard To Find: The History of Blue Cheer</I>. - Mike McGuirk http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2007013&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss Acid Rock Mon, 1 Jan 1968 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blue Cheer on Rhapsody Online 2007013 tra.2007013 Blue Cheer art.1218 0.99 Vincebus Eruptum alb.249747 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/7/2/2/1082276_170x170.jpg 1993-04-06 00:00:00.0 1968-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Summertime Blues tra.2007013 227000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2007013&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2007013&variant=data&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2007018&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss Acid Rock Mon, 1 Jan 1968 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blue Cheer on Rhapsody Online 2007018 tra.2007018 Blue Cheer art.1218 0.99 Vincebus Eruptum alb.249747 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2007015&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss Acid Rock Mon, 1 Jan 1968 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blue Cheer on Rhapsody Online 2007015 tra.2007015 Blue Cheer art.1218 0.99 Vincebus Eruptum alb.249747 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/7/2/2/1082276_170x170.jpg 1993-04-06 00:00:00.0 1968-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Doctor Please tra.2007015 473000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2007015&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2007015&variant=data&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2045167&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss Acid Rock Thu, 1 Aug 1968 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Blue Cheer on Rhapsody Online 2045167 tra.2045167 Blue Cheer art.1218 0.0 Outsideinside alb.230596 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/3/2/9/699236_170x170.jpg 1994-06-14 00:00:00.0 1968-08-01 00:00:00.0 true Feathers From Your Tree tra.2045167 211000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2045167&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2045167&variant=data&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2045172&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss Acid Rock Thu, 1 Aug 1968 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Blue Cheer on Rhapsody Online 2045172 tra.2045172 Blue Cheer art.1218 0.0 Outsideinside alb.230596 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/3/2/9/699236_170x170.jpg 1994-06-14 00:00:00.0 1968-08-01 00:00:00.0 true (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction tra.2045172 310000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2045172&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2045172&variant=data&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29215023&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss Acid Rock Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Blue Cheer on Rhapsody Online 29215023 tra.29215023 Blue Cheer art.1218 0.0 60s Garage Rock Nuggets alb.29204108 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/4/3/1743459_170x170.jpg 2009-04-01 00:00:00.0 2009-04-01 00:00:00.0 false Summertime Blues (Live) tra.29215023 315000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29215023&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29215023&variant=data&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2716034&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss Acid Rock Thu, 25 Oct 1990 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Blue Cheer on Rhapsody Online 2716034 tra.2716034 Blue Cheer art.1218 0.99 Good Times Are So Hard To Find: The History of Blue Cheer alb.100332 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/0/2/0/1080205_170x170.jpg 1990-09-25 00:00:00.0 1990-10-25 00:00:00.0 true Parchment Farm tra.2716034 349000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2716034&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2716034&variant=data&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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00:00:00.0 1990-10-25 00:00:00.0 true Good Times Are So Hard To Find tra.2716043 198000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2716043&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2716043&variant=data&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2045174&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss Acid Rock Thu, 1 Aug 1968 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Blue Cheer on Rhapsody Online 2045174 tra.2045174 Blue Cheer art.1218 0.0 Outsideinside alb.230596 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/3/2/9/699236_170x170.jpg 1994-06-14 00:00:00.0 1968-08-01 00:00:00.0 true Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger tra.2045174 92000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2045174&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2045174&variant=data&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10933535&variant=play&rws=%2Fblue-cheer%2Ftop-tracks.rss Acid Rock Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 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