Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!unc!wfi From: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Group Names Message-ID: <152@unc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-May-85 12:54:09 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.152 Posted: Sun May 5 12:54:09 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 7-May-85 21:05:39 EDT References: <522@daemen.UUCP> <140@bocar.UUCP> <> Reply-To: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly) Distribution: net.music Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 31 Summary: > Probably could be said to be "Proto-Heavy Metal", as they were > around at least a year or so prior to Steppenwolf or Deep Purple. > Their first (only?) album was probably called "Blue Cheer"; anyone > else who is willing to admit their age is welcome to correct me. Blue Cheer put out at least two albums; the first, "Vincebus Eruptum," as I recall, has the silvery-blue cover with the photos of the mop-tops on the front. That was the album with the cover of "Summertime Blues." Their second album had one of the UGLIEST album covers I've ever seen; it was a fold-out cover with the lyrics on the inside, and a horrible painting showing Hobbit-like mushroom houses, spoons (presumably for drugs), and the loveable lads scattered throughout the landscape. Ugh. I can't remember any of the songs on it, but it was definitely LOUD. Anyone who remembers the album's title can have my mustard-yellow Nehru jacket. :-) I seem to recall Blue Cheer being described as a "Heavy Metal" band back in the late '60s; certainly the term has been around since then. William Burroughs talks about the Heavy Metal Kids, I think in "Nova Express;" I believe this may be the origin of the term, and that there may have been a group in the '60s called the Heavy Metal Kids. Anyone know for sure, or is my memory playing tricks on me? Certainly Burroughs has provided names for other rock bands; Soft Machine and Steely Dan are examples. ------------------------------ "Every town must have a place -- (Blue) Cheers, Bill Ingogly Where phony hippies meet; Psychedelic dungeons Cropping up on every street. Go to San Francisco!" - The Mothers