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    Blue Cheer was an American rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009. Based...
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  • Blue Cheer is the fourth album by American rock band Blue Cheer. It was recorded at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco and released in December 1969...
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    Paul Whaley (category Blue Cheer members)
    2019) was an American drummer best known as the drummer for rock band Blue Cheer. He was the son of country music singer Paul Edward Whaley. He grew up...
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  • Leigh Stephens (category Blue Cheer members)
    being former lead guitarist of the San Francisco psychedelic rock group Blue Cheer. Leigh Stephens recorded two albums with the band, Vincebus Eruptum and...
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  • New! Improved! is the third album by American rock group Blue Cheer. Released in March 1969 by Philips Records, it is their first without original guitarist...
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  • rock band Blue Cheer. Russell and Albronda were music aficionados who organized the band and provided initial financing. After Blue Cheer, Jeremy worked...
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  • Vincebus Eruptum (category Blue Cheer albums)
    (/vɪŋˈkeɪbəs ɪˈrʌptəm/; pseudo-Latin) is the debut album of American rock band Blue Cheer. Released on January 16, 1968, the album features a heavy-thunderous blues...
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  • incipient hernias popped." Tiny articles in early rock magazines said Blue Cheer were so loud they had to record outdoors — part of their second album...
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  • Coven". Early occult rock bands such as Coven, Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Hawkwind and Blue Öyster Cult are considered by some critics to be extremely influential...
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  • Cream and the Who, early heavy metal acts such as Blue Cheer set new benchmarks for volume. As Blue Cheer's Dick Peterson put it, "All we knew was we wanted...
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  • up, one band that tends to get overlooked is Blue Cheer." According to critic Mark Deming, Blue Cheer's first album, Vincebus Eruptum, "is a glorious...
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  • 1948 to 1949. Cheer is recognized for its distinctive blue granules, which formerly gave it the nickname "Blue Cheer". The 1952 formula ("Blue-Magic Whitener")...
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    Dickie Peterson (category Blue Cheer members)
    musician, best known as the bassist, lead singer and only constant member of Blue Cheer. He also recorded two solo albums: Child of the Darkness and Tramp. Born...
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  • Fudge, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In the late 1960s, bands such as Blue Cheer, the Jeff Beck Group, Iron Butterfly, Led Zeppelin, Golden Earring, Steppenwolf...
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  • blues and funk, taking influence from popular bands like Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, the Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, and Cream. Rock musician Rikki Ililonga...
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  • Summertime Blues (category Blue Cheer songs)
    country music artist Alan Jackson, and scoring notable hits in versions by Blue Cheer, the Who and Brian Setzer, the last of whom recorded his version for the...
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    psychedelic-influenced metal of bands such as Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Hawkwind, and Blue Öyster Cult. In addition to hard rock and heavy metal, acid...
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  • The Original Human Being (category Blue Cheer albums)
    The Original Human Being is Blue Cheer's fifth album. It was released in 1970 and shows Blue Cheer exploring a more psychedelic and laid‑back rock and...
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    "Doctor Please" and "Feather From Your Tree" (Blue Cheer covers) on Blue Explosion: A Tribute to Blue Cheer (1999, Black Widow Records) "Dancing Madly Backwards...
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  • . is the tenth and final studio album recorded by American rock band Blue Cheer. It includes a remake of their song "Just a Little Bit" originally from...
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  • "Magnolia Caboose Babyshit" is a cover of "Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger" by Blue Cheer, but the song is still credited to Mudhoney. The album, when bought as...
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  • Outsideinside (category Blue Cheer albums)
    Outsideinside is the second album by American rock trio Blue Cheer. Philips Records released the album in August 1968, only seven months after their debut...
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    Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Blue Cheer, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, and Iron Butterfly. Although Black Sabbath...
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  • sited diverse influences including Black Sabbath, Melvins, Ruins, Rush, Blue Cheer, early Devo, and Kraftwerk, as well as musical contemporaries such as...
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    Sledge 55 "Pictures of Matchstick Men" Status Quo 56 "Summertime Blues" Blue Cheer 57 "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 58...
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    Nick St. Nicholas (category Blue Cheer members)
    St. Nicholas's ouster from Steppenwolf, he replaced Dickie Peterson in Blue Cheer alongside Ruben De Fuentes on guitar and Terry Rae on drums. The band...
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    Other groups against which the band have been compared include Kyuss, Blue Cheer, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin. Charles...
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  • Retrieved 3 August 2017. McIntyre, Ken (4 November 2016). "Cult Heroes: Blue Cheer - the band who invented heavy metal". Team Rock. Retrieved 15 August 2017...
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    Randy Holden (category Blue Cheer members)
    guitarist best known for his membership of the West Coast acid rock group Blue Cheer and performance on their third album, New! Improved! (1969). His solo...
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