Track Listing

1. Summertime Blues
2. Rock Me Baby
3. Doctor Please
4. Out Of Focus
5. Parchment Farm
6. Second Time Around

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29301 in Music
• Released on: 1994-07-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

CD Description
The thing to remember about Blue Cheer is that when VINCEBUS ERUPTUM came out in 1968, it seemed the height of effrontery until the Stooges showed up and took things even further.Who did these three guys think they were, harshing everyone's mellow with the loudest, noisiest, heaviest guitar thud anybody had ever heard until then, and turning classics like Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" and Mose Allison's "Parchment Farm" into sludgy, distorted riff-fests? So not only were they arguably the first heavy metal band, but you could also make a case for them being among the first punk rockers.

Customer Reviews

Ain't no cure!
Remember the moment in Kubrick's 2001 when the ape's thrown bone turns into an orbiting nuke? This album represents a similar moment, but the bone turns into a Heavy Metal flying V.

SEE . . neanderthal garage rockers discover that their amps go ALL THE WAY UP TO ELEVEN!

WITNESS . . the towering monolith of Marshall stacks!

HEAR . . acid rock played by people who sound like they're actually under the influence!

Chaotic approach makes it less immediate than early Sabbath or the Stooges, but those would be the nearest reference points. The production is quite amazing, with guitar and bass sounds like you've never heard before. A significant influence on a new generation of two-fisted garage maulers like Bangtwister...

Essential!
I got this album a few weeks ago and must admit it's a grower, I cannot believe how heavy it is for it's age, full of feedback and bile it's no wonder these chaps influenced the almighty Pentagram later towards the early seventies. The only downer is that it's only got six tracks which is far too short, however it is well worth shelling out for as it puts a lot of modern metal and rock to shame, fans of Black Sabbath and Pentagram should give this a try!

Jus' Makes Ya Wanna Go Out and Beat up Some Hippies..
As a downtrodden culureless teenager of the 00ies I'd have to say that this reallly f**king rocks-big time! I'd heard about this lot like blowing up their recording studio and being run by the hells angels but what I got when I actually heard this album it was incredible!!!! It actually sounds like they're like playing live in the next room!Puts all that modern "Oh! Look at us we're a rough tough garage band sh*t" to shame. Hell, it even puts early Grand Funk Railroad and Cream to shame!~ My only complaint is that its not quite long enough. If it was, say, another ten minutes long it'd be so f**king awesome. I just get a little bit disapointed when it finishes, that's al....sigh.

Summertime Blues-- This has to be tongue in cheek,. Its rough but its not nearly as rough as the rest of the album. Sorry to all you serious fans but it makes me laugh. It just sounds a bit cute thats all. Still pretty cool though.

Rock Me Baby-- The blues is meant to be slow and sorta like sleepy yeah? This is So cool cos its slow and lazy but also incredibly erratic at the same time. Ever so cool!

Doctor Please-- Another Bluesey track. The vocallist works his way up to a screaming crescendo--its magic. Under the influence, my ar*e, these lot seem to have a tiny ammount of blood in their LSD system~more like it!

Out of focus-- I lurve the riff on this. I think it was featured in a movie or something; this track that is. It seems just the right length. Probably my favourite on the album

Parchment Farm-- Now this is hot. Psychotic... thats what it is. These guys must have been so good live!

Next Time Round-- Probably the 2nd best track I reckon, but this sort of album you can just put it on and let it go! Anyways, my favourite bit is that you cant tell when its gonna end---it quietens down speeds up and then FINALLY finishes halfway through a riff! If there's something to cheer me up its this album!

None of my friends like it though.....sigh.