The Duquesne Duke Thursday, September 30, 1982 13 Psychedelic rock gaining following and attention By CHRIS FLETCHER The punks based their songs on the 13th Floor hlevators and many the first concept rock albums, the to Bubble Gum music and disbanding Arts/ Entertainment Editor the I950's blues and rock'n'roll stan- others turned the attention of rock religiously oriented Mass in F Minor. The Standells were one ol the best Though it has come to have other dards which were the craze of the fans to this ideal mode and proved to The band also had a song included known punk psych outfits rhis I at meanings, the term Punk Rock as time. Though less sophisticated than be an inspiration to the "70's punk on the "Easy Rider"soundtrack before Angeles-based band had a smash coined by Lenny Kaye (the former the other artists of the time, the bands from the Ramones to the Sex sinking into rock limbo. hit, "Dirty Water" and even had the guitarist of the Patti Smith Group) punks formed a style of music that Pistols. Although their influence was The Shadows of Knight were a honor of having a song banned in compiling the 1972 album Nuggets: was rawer, more spontaneous and superficial at best because of the classic garage punkers from Chicago. ("Try It"). The group appeared in Original Art yfacts From the First geared to the high school society of relative scarcity of these American The Shadows gained national attention the movie "Riot On Sunset Strip" Psychedelic Era originally referred the time. discs, the punks did manage to be a via their remake of Them's "Gloria" and were guest-stars on "The Mun- to a style that emerged in America in For many years, critics turned up direct influence in terms of attitude in the spring of '66. The band payed sters" where they performed"! Want the mid-1960s. This was a time when their noses to ths somewhat naive and style. its dues on Chicago's South Side in to Hold Your Hand" and "Do the practically every American youth time in rock's evolution. Then, thanks Recently, the effect and importance the various teen clubs, playing blues- Ringo." Led by original Mousketecr with three friends and an electric to Nuggets and the Pebbles series of the punk/ psychedelic era was put based material. TheShadows of Knight Dick Dodd. the Standells also had outlet headed into their garages and and the tireless efforts of a small in perspective by programs such as (what a great monicker) had follow- the distincion of being the first rock learned to bang out Van Morrison's number of fan magazines, a growing WDVE's "Electric Lunch" and the up hits with "Oh Yeah" and the group to headline at the San Francisco "Gloria" note for note. cult for this Punk Rock blossomed great number of previously unavail- album Back Door Men before turning Hilton. This wave of teenage bands were in the mid-70s. This turned out to be able discs that have been reissued by inspired by the sounds of British a backlash against the values and the various record companies. Albums Invasion bands like the Stones, Who, artistry of the superstar rock idols by groups such as the Blues Magoos, Kinks, Yardbirds, Easybeats, Pretty and a return to a basic honesty and Count Five and the 13th Floor Eleva- Things, Beatles, etc. The punks, how- simplicity that so often had been tors have been reissued to fill the ever, formed their own unique sound missing in the music of the time. public demand for punk/psych which led to the dawn of rock's The forgotten music of Mouse & rockers. chedelic age. the Traps, the Chocolate Watchband, The following is a list and descrip- tion of some of the fundamental punk/psych rockers. The list is by no means complete, as volumes could be filled on the subject.
The Electric Prunes (by the way. some of the names of these groups were pretty outlandish) stormed out of Seattle in 1967 to hit the national top twenty with "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)." The Prunes consisted of Jim Lowe (lead vocals, autoharp. rhythm guitar). Ken Wil- liamsllead guitar). Mark Tulin(bass guitar and keyboards). Preston Ritter (drums and percussion) and Weasel (rhythm guitar and some vocals). The band also had a minor hit in "Get Me to the World on Time" before they went commercial, (literally) doing ads for the Vox wha-wha THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT were one of the '60s leading psychedeli, punk pedal. The Prunes turned out one of THE ELECTRIC I'M V/V.S were critically acclmmed in the l