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Blue Cheer

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Biography

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San Francisco-based Blue Cheer was what, in the late '60s, they used to call a "power trio": Dickie Peterson (b. 1948, Grand Forks, ND) (bass, vocals), Paul Whaley (drums), and Leigh Stephens (guitar). They played what later was called heavy metal, and when they debuted in January 1968 with the album Vincebus Eruptum and a Top 40 cover of Eddie Cochran's hit "Summertime Blues," they sounded louder and more extreme than anything that had come before them. As it turned out, they were a precursor of much that would come after. Unfortunately, Blue Cheer itself didn't get much chance to profit from its prescience. Shortly after its breakthrough, the group was wracked by personnel changes. Leigh Stephens was replaced by Randy Holden after the release of the second album, Outsideinside (August 1968). Holden left during the recording of the third album, and Bruce Stephens (b. 1946) (vocals, guitar), and Ralph Burns Kellogg (keyboards) joined to finish New! Improved! Blue Cheer (March 1969). Then Whaley quit and was replaced by Norman Mayell (b. 1942, Chicago), leaving Peterson as the only original member. Bruce Stephens quit during the recording of the fourth album, Blue Cheer (December, 1969), and Gary L. Yoder joined to complete it. Peterson, Kellogg, Mayell, and Yoder then made The Original Human Being (September 1970), and Oh! Pleasant Hope (April, 1971) before Blue Cheer broke up. Dickie Peterson reorganized a new version of the group in 1979, and in 1985, Peterson, Whaley, and guitarist Tony Ranier released a new Blue Cheer album, The Beast Is Back...

Title: Tramp

Artist: Blue Cheer

Genre: Rock

Title: Beginnings

Artist: Blue Cheer

Genre: Rock, Metal

Title: New Improved

Artist: Blue Cheer

Genre: Rock, Pop

Collections

Title: Summer Island Fun

Genre: Pop

Title: 60's Gold

Genre: Pop

Title: Ready, Set.. Beach!

Genre: Pop

Title: This Is Acid Rock

Genre: Rock

Title: Classic Beach Rock

Genre: Rock

Title: Music For Grown Ups

Genre: Rock

Title: Star Parade (1)

Genre: Pop

Title: Garage Rock Hits

Genre: Rock

Title: 60s Indie Garage

Genre: Rock

Title: Classic Rock Hits

Genre: Rock

Title: Song Shop, Vol. 5

Genre: Pop

Title: Classic Rock Hits

Genre: Rock

Title: Rock out, Vol. 1

Genre: Pop

Title: Classic Rock Gems

Genre: Rock

Title: Let your Body Rock

Genre: Rock

Title: Classic Rock Greats

Genre: Rock

Title: Hard N' Heavy

Genre: Rock

Title: The '60s Hits

Genre: Rock

Title: Rock In Movies

Genre: Rock

Title: Star Parade (2)

Genre: Pop

Title: Song Mix (10)

Genre: Pop

Featuring albums

Title: Rockworld (Remastered)

Artist: Supersongs

Genre: Rock

Title: Music Mix, Vol. 2

Artist: Music Store

Genre: Pop

Title: Blender of Love

Artist: Kent Earl Housman

Genre: Rock

Title: The '60s Hits

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Rock

Title: Ready, Set.. 60's

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Pop

Title: '60s Gold (CD2)

Artist: The '60s

Genre: Rock, Pop, Pop Rock

Title: '60s Garage Rock

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Rock

Title: Psicodelya

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Pop

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