Blue Cheer
In 1966, Blue Cheer (reputedly named after a type of LSD, if not directly after Procter & Gamble’s laundry detergent) formed as a six-piece band in San Francisco. By the following year, Blue Cheer reduced its membership by half to become a “power trio,” like heavy-rock contemporaries Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. KSAN DJ Abe “Voco” Kesh, or Abe Kesishian, played the band’s three-song demo on the air and got Blue Cheer a deal with Philips Records. The “power trio” lineup of Blue Cheer that took shape in 1967 — with Dickie Peterson on bass and vocals, Leigh Stephens on guitar, and Paul Whaley on drums — recorded the band’s first two albums, Vincebus Eruptum (1968 Philips) and... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock
- City Of Origin:
- San Francisco, ,California United States
- Formed Date:
- 1967
