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This is what I'm here for! I had never heard or heard of these guys or this album, and its a great album. Its very "of its time" but its got a lot of future-looking sound in it as well. 5/5
Classic 70s rock
Kicks ass.
Kicks ass. Cant believe I’ve never heard this album.
There are bands today still trying to recreate the sound and intensity of this record. You can hear the DAN of so many hard rock and metal genres forming in the incredibly brief run time of this album. Loved it. Gnarly.
Captures rock of its era
Even the causal metal fan is familiar with this band and the cover of Summer Time Blues, though Parchment Farm is the true gem. Also one of the few proto metal bands that was not from England. The good is of course the music, big loud fuzzy guitars, this is the birth of Doom/Stoner metal for sure. My biggest problem is some of the vocals especially on Doctor Please. It's a 4 star album but I'm given 5 given how influential it is on music that I love so much.
I have heard of Blue Cheer before. I had always read they were "proto" heavy metal. And yeah, that's exactly what this is, similar to Deep Purple. And I love it. It's raw and low production, but that's cool with me. There's quite a bit of jammin' too. I love it.
Zalig hoe je hoort op welke manier deze muziek invloed heeft gehad op latere genres! Weer iets onbekend die me verraste
What a great record! Never heard it but it’s amazing!
Pioneers.
Epic album. Amazing sound by a super talented band
This rules
excellent hidden gem, hadn't heard about them before, but enjoyed the proto-heavy metal sound.
Whoa. Hard to find to listen to but it was worth the hunt - oh the fuzz and the fuzz - the drums pounding throughout and the voices tearing through this 30 min powerhouse of an album. I’m sold on blue cheer - kind of in the world of a more bluesy stooges and a rougher hendrix experience.
Loved it! An early forerunner of lots of stuff I like, and one of the first power trios. Every song was great, but their version of summertime blues was greatest for me. Really intrigued to hear more of their stuff.
It is uncanny how much the White Stripes sound like these guys. Never heard of them before but this album is fire.
Loved the album as a whole. Exactly what it needed to be. Second half of the last track was a little much for me but still giving it a 5.
Nice heavy metal or hard rock
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Wow, dit vind ik tof. Blues is niet mijn ding maar als j het zo speelt!! ook live gezien op Roadburn, fantastisch toen
I only knew the first song on the album but would not have known prior who did it. I enjoyed listening to the whole album.
Excited going into listening to album that is proclaimed to be the one that beat Black Sabbath to the punch of being the "First Heavy Metal Album". I'm sure they were a very heavy band, especially live, but Jimi might have something to say about their sound and MC5 did it a bit better. Black Sabbath maintains their rightful place upon the throne of starting heavy metal (and for good reason). 4 stars... because I can.
I really enjoyed this. Like playing in mud.
minus 1 star for the wife shooting part
Sloppy, dirty garage rock, and I’m here for it.
The most interesting stuff on this album is the harsh feedback and production value. Obvious comparisons to Hendrix, but that is doing them both a disservice I think. I would 100% learn a couple of these tunes to jam with friends. 3.5/5
It's badly produced and rough, but it's definitely cool
A lot of reviews saying they sound like so and so but then trashing the music. Guys, I hate to break it to you, but these guys did it first. It may not be pretty and polished, but I like it raw and original.
3/4
Might be a bit Out of Focus with this review, but read it the Second Time Around and see if it’s better.
Proto metal, proto grunge or proto whatever, these guys did sound like something good and fresh for its time.
4 stars but I am pretty sure in a year I will have listened to it a dozen times and wish I gave it 5 stars
Rough sounding psych rock: I liked it
I like these gritty early psychedelics. Has Animals or Iron Butterfly vibes.
Some of the songs here delve into that long, repetitive feeling I've started to be less tolerant of. That said, I really like them for the most part. The guitar and drum work is very well done imo.
I listened to this album on my drive to work; I got there early so I could leave in time for an underscores concert. I was immediately intrigued by what this album had in store for me; the cover art and general time period suggested an early rock album, but the name "Vincebus Eruptum" reminded me of the Latin naming conventions typical of many metal albums. In keeping with this observation, the music itself sounded way heavier than I would expect from a rock album of the era, marrying the lyricism of those early rock songs with a heaviness and distortion adjacent to metal. I quickly realized that this album must have been right at the crossroads between these two genres, the nexus point where heavy metal sprang forth from classic rock; a little bit of research revealed that my assumption had been correct, as Vincebus Eruptum is often considered one of the first heavy metal albums (it was released in 1968, the same release year as the first heavy metal song, The Beatles' Helter Skelter). Throughout this project, I have grown accustomed to stumbling across these early albums from established genres and finding them a little underwhelming, but this album was right up my alley. I imagine that I would find this album a little tamer if I was deeper into the metal scene, but this level of heavy shredding and booming drums with prominent blues and rock influences still shining through is exactly the mix of these elements which I find most enjoyable personally. I could understand this album getting on people's nerves with its long and winding riffs, but for some reason, I find myself particularly invested in these droning passages. Even the covers feel particularly transformative in a way I appreciate, as this new soundscape they find themselves in lends them a new sense of musical identity. This album was an absolute dark horse to me, but I found it wonderfully enjoyable. Highlights: Summertime Blues, Rock Me Baby, Out Of Focus, Parchment Farm, Second Time Around
Rock blues avec des airs de led zeppelin, j'aime bien !
very refreshing, nice sound
Really cool proto-Heavy Metal album. I really enjoyed this, especially the clear connection to Heavy Metal's roots in Blues and Psychedelic Rock.
More-so than the comparisons to The Who, a good portion of this record sounds to me like The Doors, but louder and without Jim Morrison’s overbearing ego. And ya know what? That’s pretty alright with me! 25 years ago, my teenage “classic rock phase” was dominated by Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath, which puts this album firmly in my heavy-blues wheelhouse. I have no doubt I would have loved this record back then and, when you factor in Blue Cheer’s comparatively underground status, I'm sure I would have been Jim Morrison levels of insufferable in my Blue Cheer fandom. I better start making up for lost time!
Wonderfully reflective of the era. Jimi Hendrix tones.
Not sure what it is about this early garage rock stuff that is so easy to get into.
i kind of don't hate it Would I listen again: perhaps Deserves to be on this list: yeah okay. 3.8
A really cool heavy bluesy record, way ahead of its time.
An album I've always respected and it's lineage from Blues, psychedelia proto metal. It's a bit too on the nose of English Blues to really be the birth of metal but it's definitely a great transition point. (8.33) ★★★★
Прикольненько. Мне понравилось.
I wasn’t familiar with Blue Cheer, but the name is quite fitting, since they play very loud blues. The first thing that strikes me on “Vincebus Eruptum” is the massive guitar sound—they must have cranked the fuzz pedal all the way up. We’d handle that differently today, but back in 1968, proper distortion wasn’t really available yet. The second thing that jumps out at me is the guitarist’s wide vibrato and the singer’s belting crunch—so they clearly didn’t shy away from physical effort to get the sound as fat as possible. I almost wrote “heavy” there, but that would lead down the proto-metal path, and honestly, I don’t really see that—the six songs are simply too unmistakably blues in structure for that. I like blues and I like loud music—for my taste, “Vincebus Eruptum” is a pretty good album.
strong 3.5 As músicas acabam sendo um pouco parecidas demais, tanto em sua estrutura quanto na performance, mas ainda é uma boa coletânea, com 'Summertime Blues' sendo um claro destaque.
Heavy metal before there was heavy metal. Blue Cheer certainly came in loud, edgy and gritty.
(87/100)
Suenan bien
Hell yeah. Another band I haven’t heard of before. Can’t go wrong with bluesy electric guitar.
Rocks
I'll have to revisit this as it was interesting.
Will grab your attention .
This is so interesting because I can literally recognise some Metallica kill ‘em all sounds and just 80s metal in general wich is so cool cz this band literally walked so that heavy metal could run. Also I love the covert art!!! But I don’t see myself reaching for this ?!
Really great crunchy guitars.
lekker!
heerlijk crunchy, en ik geniet altijd van albums waar je goed kan horen wat het genre later kan worden. eigenlijk een schande dat ik dit niet zwaar stoned heb geluisterd
Hell yeah, fuzzy guitar rock. Give me 1001 of these albums. Fuck Radiohead.
Absolute classic. The guitars take me to another universe.
Great sound, a major influence on many of my favorite bands. A bit lacking in substantial songs, though.
Sick.
Really won me over by the end
Perfectly fine blues rock. Idk if it merits being on the list, but it was good.
Nice. Hard-edged Acid Rock. The birth of Heavy Metal. What's not to like.
Before there was Black Sabbath ... there was Blue Cheer!
Early blues / hard rock.
While Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple were beginning to push blues and hard rock to heavier levels in the UK, the US was still very much entwined in the Flower Power, anti-Vietnam War counterculture movement and looking to spread peace and love rather than blow out people's eardrums. Mind you, there were still plenty of American acts not afraid to amp up the heaviness of their instruments. Jimi Hendrix, The Stooges and MC5 come to mind, and so does San Francisco's Blue Cheer. 'Vincebus Eruptum' certainly rocks as hard as early Sabbath and Zeppelin, featuring six furious tracks rooted in blues, but with the instruments pushed to their absolute limits. Many refer to this record as the first heavy metal album, and given the heavily overdriven guitar sound and powerful drumming, it's a pretty fair statement. 'Doctor Please' and 'Parchment Farm' certainly classify as heavy metal in my book, and would also be considered influential on the stoner rock and grunge genres. Not to mention the impressive vocal chops of Dickie Peterson, who sounds like a male Janis Joplin. The cover of Eddie Cochran's 'Summertime Blues' helped propel this album towards chart success, hitting the Billboard Top 20 in 1968, and it was the first signs that American listening audiences were getting ready to move beyond the hippie movement and embrace darker and heavier music. Given that 'Blue Cheer' were only a three piece, 'Vincebus Eruptum' is an incredibly tight debut that would have a profound impact on the development of heavy metal. They may not be quite as iconic as Sabbath, Zeppelin or Deep Purple, but perhaps they deserve to be. Best songs: Summertime Blues, Doctor Please, Parchment Farm
Ahhhh the old Psychedelic Era!
heavy blues - a forerunner of metal perhaps - rifftastic
Interesting
I’ve seen plenty of people call this the first true metal album. I’m not sure I’d go that far, but it’s definitely a progenitor of acid rock and you can hear how it paved the way for stoner and sludge metal. The fuzz, the volume, the heaviness, it’s all there. It’s raw and blown out in the best way. Nothing subtle about it. You can tell this thing must have rattled speakers in 1968. I immediately recognized their version of Summertime Blues, which still hits hard. For its time, this had to sound insane. Favorite song: Summertime Blues
типовий альбом 60х ін е бест вей посібл
Quite nice tunes, thx
Rockin
60s psychedelic rock. Sounds like something I’d love had I found it 15 years ago when I was a teenager.
Although it is a very fun hard rock album but Outsideinside is the album I prefer from their discography. I sense that is because Vincebus Eruptum is Blue Cheer's debut album. It feels more like a document of a band discovering its power than fully controlling it. I admit it, the energy is there, but it’s diffuse: long jams, loose structures, and a kind of psychedelic drag that can blunt momentum. Tracks like “Summertime Blues” hit hard, but much of the album leans on repetition and volume rather than sustained intensity. Outsideinside, on the other hand, sounds more deliberate and aggressive. My rating: 4/5
This was one of the first albums I ever bought with my own money, after hearing the CD playing in my local record store. As a young teen obsessed with Led Zeppelin and The White Stripes, it resonated with me on a primordial level. I was young, still developing my musical identity, before I had ever tried alcohol or drugs (Spotify included) and it felt magical to “discover” an artist on my own, without hearing about them from a friend or family member…well, I suppose some credit goes to the record clerk. Today I’m different person, nearly tripled in age, but this album still gets me excited, in all its distorted, head-banging, hard-panned stereo mix glory.
4.5. Grunge owes a big debt
Heavy blues and guitar driven songs...reminds me of stadium psych-rock
I quite enjoyed this. The sound quality was dirt, but this was really good early hard rock.
Though I'd argue it's debatable as to whether or not this was the first heavy metal album, or if it even falls in that category, it's still a good album. Certainly heavier than most of what was happening in 1968 for sure. But I mean it's not really any heavier than Electric Ladyland which came out the same year. Or the first Zeppelin record which came out shortly after. Anyway, I've always loved this version of Summertime Blues. Doctor Please is great as well. As is Parchment Farm. An early hard rocker, one that inspired countless bands that came in the following years. I'm glad to see this one on the list, it's one I need to get on vinyl for sure. 4/5
This was a cool take on some classic songs. I wouldn't classify this as proto-metal but much more heavy Blues rock.
This is probably the most convincing proto-metal I've ever heard. It's basically 30 minutes of fucking around with a fuzz pedal turned up to 11. The songs are all plodding, psychedelic blues dirges. And it sounds like it was recorded off of a dying speak & spell. In short, this rocks, *hard*. Sure, anyone can crank studio equipment to its limit and jam out, but it takes some real brave souls to record it for a commercial release in 1968. This sounds heavy and noisy *today*. The downsides here are frankly few in my opinion. 3 of these songs are covers: they transform them, but it has to be mentioned. Aside from that, I guess you could complain about the lack of sophistication, but what would be the point. Blue Cheer aren't trying to write sophisticated songs: they're trying to melt a wall of amplifiers and make your ears bleed. So I say, mission accomplished.
12/24/2025. I dig it. 7/10
This album is often cited as being foundational to the heavy metal sound, but with its overdriven guitars and clattering drums, I hear the roots of fuzz rock and doom. Either way, I am amenable to these charms.
I’m really surprised never to have heard of Blue Cheer. It seems like they were very much part of the the mid-late 60s West Coast ‘scene’ and it also appears they were considered to be, to some degree, innovators. Although heavier than I really enjoy, they sound pretty good even now, and their cover of Summertime Blues is great. The song Out of Focus also stands out. So it feels odd that they aren’t at least on the radar when bands like the Doors, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Stooges etc are so much part of the rock canon. I’m glad to have learned something.
Solid
Very solid blues rock album, can hear some ACDC and Led Zep in this. Very cool
High 3, solid classic psychedelic rock
In. 30 minutes of banging blues rock. Out. Respect.
This album was the pioneer for Black Sabbath. Given It's the first heavy metal album ever, it needs to be taken with a grain of salt, but that salt packed a punch. I just wish I could actually hear the lyrics. Favorite Track: "Summertime Blues".
This is the real deal here: raw, unpolished hard rock from a band that plays blues and heavy metal with equal ferocity. This is loud music with a capital L. I love the chaos and the noise of it. I’ll definitely have to check out more from Blue Cheer. And extra impressive that they were pioneers of heavy metal. Seems like they basically helped invent a new sound by being as loud and heavy as they could be.
Really good and didn't know. 4 *
Boosting the rating because this is an influential album. My initial impression was that this sounds a lot like early heavy rock and blues rock...because they did it first.
love the guitars
the highlight here for me is the leadoff track 'summertime blues' which is a great heavy psych-blues track from the era. the rest of the album is fine enough, nothing super mindblowing. what makes this album special is that you can definitely see it as a bridge from the psych-blues of cream to the early heavy metal of black sabbath. it's got that psych tinge and it's not super heavy, but it is definitely fuzzed out and all in all decently fun to listen to.
Solid.
I was surprised how many songs I knew! This was a cool album and glad it got recommended, especially learning how it was one of the first metal albums. In San Francisco of all places. Albums like this are why I like this site.
Driving, forceful, pushy. Feels like they could have used this album to replace every song in Baby Driver and it would only detract a little bit. Rock Me Baby > Doctor Please > Out of Focus. Fun 32 min listen
Dope
Would be awesome live!
A good rock album from the 60s. Reminds one of Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep.
love the overall coherence between the album title and the song feel
Liked this album sounded like it was heavily influenced by blues music will need to investigate further. Listen to more of this artist
I like badly recorded noise
This is an interesting artifact of the history of hard rock and heavy metal music. While not as sublime as Zeppelin or Black Sabbath’s initial releases, it’s a solid, heavy record that probably sounded groundbreaking at the time for those that discovered the band on its release. None of the tracks particularly stand out to me, but it’s a cohesive listen throughout and it’s an album that I’d love to have in my record collection.
I really enjoyed this album and think that with more listens it may grow on me more.
Pretty good. Reminds me a lot of Deep Purple. 4/5
Never heard of this band till I listened to this album. The sound took me to a Deep Purple cover band playing their best version of Jimi Hendrix with a male version of Janis Joplin on vocals. Hardly enough tunes to constitute an album, but I would listen again.
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Rock and roll the way it should. Raw and high energy
Great stuff
That was a total surprise. Have never heard of them but loved it. I had no idea that they were one of the creators of such a large genre. Rating: 4.4
There is absolutely one thing that i cannot deny about Vincebus Eruptum and that is that it is one of the most important albums on this list. It used a very blues rock style of sound which doesn't sound like much at first glance but if you actually start listening to the album, it is very easy to hear that this type of sound influenced a genre that we all know as heavy metal. Even with it's sheer influence aside, i really enjoyed this album. It does sound rough sure, but i think that the sheer roughness really adds to the charm of this album. It also had plenty of great musicianship throughout. It may sound rough but this is a really important album that's really good to boot. Best Song: Parchment Farm Worst Song: Second Time Around
Bonus points for being groundbreaking, and I like the rawness, but after the two covers and the great Doctor Please it's pretty much a jam session.
C'est bruyant, mais c'est bien. Mais c'est bruyant.
Psychedelic blues rock album, almost protopunk-ish mixing (Stooges like) Crazy extended solos, not dissimilar to Big brother and Janis Joplin. Fuzzy guitar and almost maniac vocals Second half a bit more repetitive, still feels quite ahead of its time
Bluesy charm
This sounded so nice after records we have been listening during last day!
This was nice and groovy.
I've a 1999 repress of this album on vinyl. Gorgeous piece of music history that one. These guys made heavy metal before it was a thing. I mean, I've gone on about Black Sabbath in the past, but they definitely were not the first or the only to go heavy. Cactus, Iron Butterfly and Coven et. al. did some crushing music way back when too! It's heavy handed blues rock with freak out guitar solos, but the root of future to come is there.
60’s rock
Fantastic psych rock album that was clearly ahead of its time
Thanks. It's been a number of years since I've listened to this wild, unhinged slab of proto-metal/proto-grunge/proto-stoner rock.
Interesting. This band is like Hendrix meets Black Sabbath, but this album predates Sabbath's debut by a couple of years. Solid album of proto-metal.
Really cool to draw the lines between blues, rock, and heavy metal. Not sure if it's an album that I'll come back to personally, but I'm really happy to have heard it.
This shit is good. Real good. I had never heard of this band until they came up on this list. See? It's a good list every now and then... when the author can tear himself away from the god awful Britpop of the 90's. 3.6/5 stars = 4.
No tenía la menor idea de la existencia de los Blue Cheer y el disco me pareció genial. De hecho lo escuché justo después del Aftermath de los Stones y resultó ser un following perfecto. Bluesero, psicodélico, progresivo y con unos solos extensísimos que vuelven loco a cualquiera. Discazo.
Favorites: Summertime Blues, Doctor Please, Second Time Around Holy moly, this is some really great, heavy psych rock. I had no expectations walking into this one, and it was a truly special experience. Two thumbs up!
Blue Cheer - nie gehört! Aber dafür habe ich mich auf dieser Seite angemeldet! Die ersten Lieder sind ganz gut, dann lässts etwas nach. Ein wenig Blues, ein wenig Rock.
Not quite the true birth of heavy metal like some have said, but a very important early influence. Just nasty, loud blues rock.
Archival evidence of a churning metal machine
Short but powerful, unapologetical, psychedelic, blues rock
This was a pleasant surprise - really good.
Coolt! Jävligt fet klassisk första låt. Lyssnade med hörlurar på en uteservering på min födelsedagslunch. Fett som tusan
Me thinking that Alan Jackson wrote Summertime Blues....meanwhile Blue Cheer in 1968.... I liked the album! Classified as 'heavy metal' but they are early enough that it gives more bluesy/jam band vibes which I prefer.
Good fun. Not as a good as The Doors, but like a more raucous version of them.
I see why this album is important in context, but it is not SUPER interesting now.
In the context of when it was released this is pretty cool. Pretty heavy. Enjoyed especially the first few songs.
Good raw rock. Solid listen.
It was not bad, nice for a sunny day
I really hate this style of album art. I hate it on Jimi's albums. I hate it on Cream's albums. It's just so cliche from that era of Psychedelic Rock. I like this album, it's dope. I hadn't heard of Blue Cheer prior and went into this one not expecting much. I was pleasantly surprised. Yea, it's very typical of the era and style. But there's always something about this genre from the late 60s that just has a swagger to it. Every time I get an album like this, I run home after work, blast it, and jam to it on the bass. Idk if it's the bluesiness of them, Idk if it's just the rhythmic fuzzy guitars. It just tickles my ears.
listened to again pretty good
Never heard of these guys but way more rocking than I expected. High 3s
Never heard of this before. I liked it
3.5/5
One of the many albums on this list that was completely new to me AND helped round out my understanding of more current bands I am already into.
4/5
Raw, Creamy, Sabbathy and rocking! A good album, glad to have found it.
Just a great 60s psychedelic rock record with fantastic guitar riffs. Did feel a little one note at times, but I still really enjoyed this.
Sick
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum This is the equivalent of Led Zeppelin if they started making metal music in the 70's instead of rock. The fact that Blue Cheer were the ones who pioneered into what heavy metal would eventually become is quite awesome. Has some quite great riffs here and there, really surprises you every time they play the guitar, it catches you off-guard, while they just goofing around making some good music. Overall, this is really good! 1.- Summertime Blues = 10/10 2.- Rock Me Baby = 8/10 3.- Doctor Please = 9/10 4.- Out Of Focus = 7/10 5.- Parchment Farm = 8/10 6.- Second Time Around = 8/10 FINAL SCORE: 8.3/10
For all intents and purposes, this is where “heavy” music starts. Before Helter Skelter and before Black Sabbath, there came Blue Cheer. 3.8/5
Summertime Blues
Good, reminded me of jimi Hendrix
I have never heard of this ban before. They are quite good, very proto metal.
Very fun and I'm so happy to have heard it! :)
Nice and heavy. Not like Sabbath but equally good. I like the riffs and the jam character of most of the songs.
Raw and wriggling rock.
Good shit
Blue Cheer's debut album, *Vincebus Eruptum*, released in 1968, is a landmark of raw, high-volume rock and roll that is often cited as a precursor to heavy metal, grunge, and stoner rock [1]. The album's impact stems from its unique sound, a blend of blues-based rock with intense amplification and distortion, creating a sonic experience that was both groundbreaking and controversial [2, 7]. **Music and Production** *Vincebus Eruptum* is characterized by its heavy, distorted sound, achieved through the use of fuzzboxes and cranked-up Marshall amps [1]. The production, by Abe "Voco" Kesh, aimed to capture the band's live sound, resulting in a raw and abrasive quality [2]. The album's sound is often described as an "orgy of heaviosity" [2], with a focus on energy and power over subtlety or finesse [7]. The band's approach was to play at near maximum volume, and the recording aimed to capture that [2]. The result was a sound that was both groundbreaking and, to some, overwhelming. The album consists of six tracks, split evenly between cover songs and originals [2]. The tracks include: * "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran cover) * "Rock Me Baby" (B.B. King cover) * "Doctor Please" (original) * "Parchment Farm" (Mose Allison cover, often misspelled "Parchman Farm") * "Out of Focus" (original) * "Second Time Around" (original) The album's most famous track, "Summertime Blues," is a cover of Eddie Cochran's classic, but transformed into a heavy, distorted rocker [1, 6]. The band replaces the call and response of the original with a wall of noise, giving the song a more nightmarish quality that reflected the divisive times [5]. Other covers, like "Rock Me Baby" and "Parchment Farm," are similarly given the Blue Cheer treatment, transforming them into heavy, driving rock songs [1, 3]. The original tracks, such as "Doctor Please," "Out of Focus," and "Second Time Around," showcase the band's heavy sound, with distorted guitar riffs, powerful drumming, and raw vocals [1, 3, 4]. "Doctor Please" is a nearly eight-minute "mind-bending mess of rickety racket" [3], and "Second Time Around" is known for its chaotic energy, including a manic drum solo [3, 4]. **Lyrics and Themes** The lyrical content of *Vincebus Eruptum* is not always the focus, as the band's emphasis was on creating a powerful sonic experience [2]. However, some themes are apparent. "Summertime Blues" deals with teenage angst and frustration, while "Doctor Please" is rumored to be about the singer's first experience with LSD [1]. Other songs touch on themes of defiance and rebellion. **Influence** *Vincebus Eruptum* had a significant impact on the development of heavy rock music [1, 6]. Blue Cheer is often cited as one of the first heavy metal bands, paving the way for groups like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath [1]. The album's influence can also be heard in the grunge and stoner rock movements [1]. Bands such as Rush and many Seattle bands have cited *Vincebus Eruptum* as a major influence [1, 7]. The album's raw, loud, and distorted sound, combined with its blues-based approach, was a departure from the more polished rock music of the time [2, 6]. Blue Cheer's music was "forward-thinking musical destruction," and its impact was felt by those who heard it at the time [4]. **Pros and Cons** **Pros:** * **Groundbreaking sound:** *Vincebus Eruptum* introduced a new level of heaviness and distortion to rock music [2, 7]. * **High-energy performance:** The album captures the band's raw energy and power [2]. * **Unique interpretations:** The band's covers of blues and rock songs are transformed into something new and exciting [1, 6]. * **Historical significance:** The album is a significant milestone in the development of heavy metal and other genres [1, 6]. * **Raw and honest production**: The album was produced in a way that captures the band's live sound, giving it a raw and honest feeling [2]. * **Forward Thinking**: The album was described as "forward-thinking musical destruction", which made it stand out and is a reason it is still regarded as a classic today [4]. **Cons:** * **Lack of subtlety:** The album's focus on power and volume can be overwhelming at times, and it lacks subtlety [7]. * **Repetitive at times**: Some may find the album repetitive in its approach [4]. * **Vocals**: Dickie Peterson's vocals are not always the most technically skilled, which may be a turn off for some listeners [3]. * **Polarizing**: The album's extreme sound can be polarizing, with some listeners finding it abrasive or even off-putting [7]. **Conclusion** *Vincebus Eruptum* is a landmark album that is as important as it is flawed. It is a raw, powerful, and groundbreaking record that influenced many genres of rock music [1]. Its lack of subtlety is both a pro and a con, making the album a unique listening experience [7]. While it may not be for everyone, it is a must-hear for those interested in the history of heavy rock music and its many subgenres. The album's influence is undeniable, and it remains a powerful example of the raw, untamed energy of rock and roll [1, 6].
extremely stupid hole in my knowledge, and the closest thing ive personally heard to a whole record of helter skelter. dont wanna overstate that tho, the similarities are kind of superficial lol and this is actually much more earnestly like a proto-metal venture i think? the slower bluesier passages could deffo find some space on a sabbath record, and theres even some faster flashier stuff that's less typical of a standard 60s guitar master and more recognizably heavy metal. the Soul of metal as an aesthetic exploration clearly beyond rock music prob still originates in full flight on the sabbath debut , but theres a lot more purely musical stuff being prodded at and exposed to the sun here than i expected! definitely a fun record
What is it about the song "Summertime Blues" that's had it covered by everyone from these guys, to The Who, to Alan Jackson, to Joan Jett, to Brian Setzer? This record is what you get when you're not burdened by perfection and instead just make pure unadulterated rock and roll. It's not a pretty album, but it punches you in the gut with primal vocals, howling guitars, bombastic drums and massive bass.
I enjoyed this! It's quite heavy and loud for the time it was released - it certainly doesn't strike me as a 60s record. The mixing is strange - Summertime Blues is a strong start, but why were the vocals so much louder than the instruments? I'm also not a fan of the wide stereo seperation in some cases; I ended up changing my settings so it'd only play in mono. I'm wondering if Spotify has taken tracks from multiple sources, or certain tracks have been remastered. Out Of Focus sounds a lot better than many of the others, for example. Additionally, while this was generally a great album, some of the tracks did end up "dragging on" a little bit, and not everything fully stood out. Some songs here just faded into the background noise a bit, but maybe it's my fault for listening to these while at work. This was a very good album that did impressive things for 1968. I think I'll come back to this one, but I think I'd try and seek it out in mono. Or maybe the stereo version would sound better on bigger home speakers. Favourite: Second Time Around
Day327 -the first two cover songs were good but i really got into it after “out of focus”. the drumming on this album is excellent. i’ve never heard of them but this seems like a pretty influential album
Loved it. It's the precursor to a large majority of music I like, though, so that makes sense.
Deep sounding hard rock
psychedelic rock, acid rock. Año 67.
Garage rock roots! the best!
4/5
Pretty solid album all the way through, great instrumentals and vocals, some really good riffs and drum fills mixed in
I've never heard of Blue Cheer or Vincebus Eruptum before, but apparently their cover of 'Summertime Blues' is one of the earliest heavy metal songs. Honestly, this is one of the only "first" metal songs that I can get behind - both 'You Really Got Me' and 'I Can See For Miles' have metal elements, sure, but I was pretty flabbergasted that 'Summertime Blues' is a metal bues song through and through. In 1968! On the rest of the album, Blue Cheer deliver heavy, psychedelic blues driven in large part by the ferocity of Paul Whaley behind the drums.
The earliest examples of metal is sometimes attributed to everyone from The Who to The Beatles and The Kinks. And while those bands definitely was an early influence on the genre, Blue Cheer just went straight ahead and played heavy metal - no influence needed.
Classique du rock des 60 ! Je connaissais déjà Summertime blues car c'est clairement un tube. J'aime bien les autres chansons, mais on sent que c'est un peu toujours la même chose... Les riffs et même les mélodies à la voix sont très similaires à leur hit. Mais globalement très cool !
Who invented Heavy Metal? Consensus would say Black Sabbath but detractors simply point to Blue Cheer's version of Summertime Blues. Earlier yet the sdame heavy riffs. But not quite, I'm firmly in the Sabbath camp. However, the originality of the 'sound' created by Blue Cheer here is absolute;ly worthy of acknolwedgment. No screaming banshees or Satanic lyrics but that guitar soundf is...heavy. In fact, I think you could make a great case that Blue Cheer invented a sub-genre called Stoner Metal. This is a s heavy as the blues will ever get and its brilliant.
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Really good fuzzy, bluesy, psych-rock on display here. Very strong open with Summertime Blues, best track on the album but the remaining tracks are also solid. Made in ‘68 I gotta imagine this had a huge influence on the fuzz rock scene. 4 stars
This album is kinda fascinating for a few reasons. It sounds distinctly ‘60s (vocally and stylistically), yet it was entirely boundary pushing for the metal genre. It oozes personality through its oddball takes on various songs that already existed, especially the boisterous opener, “Summertime Blues,” which is handily my favorite version of the track. Every song on here makes choices you just wouldn’t expect, which very much makes it preemptive of what was to come for metal in the ‘70s. While it was in a primitive state at the time, feeling like a bridge between ‘60s rock and ‘70s metal, it finds itself as an interesting piece of musical history, on top of the fact that it’s incredibly enjoyable as well.
Proper dirty 60s bluesey pub rock. Sounds like it was recorded in a pub, but that kinda works
3.5
Proto metal blues with a bit more soul
Very late sixties rock. Taking tones from Hendrix and moving it to harder rock. Not bad!
psychedelic rock, acid rock. Año 67.
psychedelic rock, acid rock. Año 67.
Aldrig hørt om det før, og det er lidt en skam! For vild guitarlyd for en 60er plade
CAUTION: the second you press play to this album, you cause an earthquake. “Vincebus eruptum” is a dense, heavy album with really enjoyable songs and mysterious vibes. While listening, I couldn’t believe that this was released in 1968. The guitar tone tempestuous - something that you can hear on Queens of the Stone Age 40+ years later. Before Sabbath and Zeppelin, there was Blue Cheer. Let it sink.
Loud and a bit psychedelic blues / hard-rock
Great hard rock sound throughout
Great rendition of summertime blues! Awesome guitars. Lots of electronic gimmickry going on. BTW seeing the picture of these pathetic looking old dudes on Spotify while listening to the album took some of the magic away 😂.
A great pre-metal album that was really ahead of its time.
ik kan me voorstellen dat dit 55 jaar geleden heel wat straffer klonk... maar ook nu staat het overeind... solide plaatje
Proto-metal is an underrated genre. With albums like Vincebus Eruptum, you can hear the melodic precision that was so favoured by critics in the late 60s, along with the pent-up energy that would soon explode into popularity. We have some great (but very simple) riffs in tracks such Rock Me Baby, accompanied by Robert Plant-esque blues wailing and in-sync drum/bass. Not terribly much letting loose and going all-out metal jam – but then, I doubt the album would have sold as well if they had taken that approach. Plenty of precursor elements of metal (and hard rock) are still present here, and considering it was 1968, this must've been pretty darn wicked to spin in front of your horrified parents. Interesting texture. A distinctly 60s mix, with vocals and drums panned to the right and lead guitar primarily on the left. Additionally, there isn't actually much going on at once. It's very easy to hear the complexities in all instruments, unlike music like Steely Dan where there's so much complex interweaving sound that it can't be mentally separated (though it still sounds great). Reminds me of the Doors. The texture often picks up during the allocated "jam" portions of the songs – for example, in the middle third of Doctor Please – even though no vocals are present. Good music, though dated and limited by the technologies and societal preferences of the time. 4/5 Key tracks: Summertime Blues, Out Of Focus, Second Time Around
I have to give this 4 stars, just because it is essentially the grandfather of "Stoner Rock," and while it is mostly feels dated, it still has an energy and a legacy. I do revisit this album every few years, in the same I do some other classic rock.
Heavy, trippy, and fun to listen. Also the rare 60s proto-metal album that actually does sound like metal. Best song: Summertime Blues
8 / 10 Hard-Rock bastante sucio. Sorprendente para ser de los años 60. Lastima que hay canciones que parece que están mal grabadas.
Never heard this record, but it's pretty compelling, definitely a different beast than either the pop music popular at the time, or the overtly psychedelic counter culture tunes.
I liked it straight away, bluesy rock
I really enjoyed this. Just a great 40 minute vibe. I’ll come back to it.
Well, that turned out to be interesting! I didn't know anything about it (neither the group nor the songs) but I liked it because it's blues... and good blues at that! A 4, no doubt ;-)
4.0
Enjoyably silly early heavy metal album, bluesy psychedelic & sludgy - only 6 tracks, too short in my opinion. While the recording & sound quality is poor, this just adds to the experimental feel of the record. Heavy guitars & drums certainly added to the emerging new sound of late 60s heavy metal at the time. This album is definitely added to my playlist
Enjoyed this a clear influence for heavy metal music. Rating this higher due to how early it came out obviously has its flaws, but impressive for the 60’s
Nice album, reminds me of Led Zeppelin
If you ever wondered what The White Stripes or Jack White would sound like if they made music in the '60's, well here you go
Pretty solid for proto-metal, was a fun listen.
One of the better albums of this era that I’ve gotten, both due to its influence and its length. It’s a precursor to metal, and it’s pretty fun. Most importantly, though, it’s just not boring. I would hate this if it were a double album, but 30 minutes is just fine.
Parchment Farm!
This is my jam
While they may not be as good as bands like Zeppelin or Cream, Blue Cheer were pioneers of the hard rock/metal movement. They had such a big sound for a trio. I like how they stay strong to their blues roots on this album. And that cover is just so cool.
psychedelic rock, acid rock. Año 67.
Pretty sweet. Kind of the ideal power trio sound and way more fun to listen to then, say, Cream.
NEVER Heard of this band at all. Right off the bat, super stoked to listen to this. Very awesome. I have definitely heard this opening track. Summertime Blues. Did not know it was by Blue Cheer. Very cool, rocking psychedelic album.
J'ai bien aimé ! Il y avait de l'énergie :) Pas de titres en particulier que j'ai noté.
Wall-of-sound, muddy (positive), heavy bluesy psych rock. Enjoyed this one, wouldn't really say they were pushing the envelope then, but they were really good at what they were doing. Was fond of the song structures, too. Solid all around.
Little rough sounding but good heavy blues sound.
Brilliant proto-metal. Hard to understand how this is the progenitor when so much sounds exactly like it. But I feel like that context is pretty fundamental to enjoying this album. However, even stripped of its historical significance, there are some great tunes on this albuM!
If youdve told me this was the Guess Who, I probably wouldn’t have questioned that. Definitely some crunchy licks.
It’s wild to me that anyone considered this heavy metal at any point. That means such a different thing now, and this is very much in the mainstream blues/rock sound now. Good album though, very fun
Sounds like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin had a baby.
Für die Zeit - krass!
Love it
Sonidos psicodélicos muy al estilo de hendeix con un toque de the who, no soy experto pero no tengo dudas 🫠😂
Great record! Fuzzed out guitar tone and riffs. They may have invented heavy metal but they’re better than most of it 😎🤘 rock on
De va nice! De hade energi
This album digs in after Summertime Blues and it feels like they are reaching something like Led Zep but it’s a bit more freewheeling. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.
I never heard of these guys before, but what they were doing in 1968 sounds extremely similar to what Black Sabbath (a band I really love) were doing at the same time: heavily distorted, 'sludgy', psychedelic blues rock - the kind of music that was the starting point for heavy metal. Now I'm trying to put my finger on why I like this album so much less than Black Sabbath's debut. Honestly, I don't really know. Maybe the recording quality is not good enough, maybe the guitar hooks aren't catchy enough, maybe the vocals don't stand out from any other rock music of the time. Whatever it is, Blue Cheer just weren't what Black Sabbath was. I guess that's why I'd never heard of them before. 3.5 rounded up.
Never knew this existed. I can listen to this one again.
In 1968 this must have scared people half to death. This is such a heavy record, the distorted fuzz tone of the guitar and banshee like vocal make it a chaotic 32 minutes of rock madness. I can see why this is in the list. Is it the first true hard rock/heavy metal record. The Sabs might be credited with the innovators of metal but Iommi must have heard Blue Cheer at some point.
This was a lot more noisy fun than I was expecting In a Venn diagram sweet spot of blues, metal, and psychedelic rock
Idk what this music makes me want to do but it's something. Maybe shrooms. Maybe blow. Maybe just kick someone's ass. Idk but I dig it
This album is partly why I was looking forward to this 1,001 albums generator, to find new music. Blue Cheer is awesome. Downloaded the album, love it.
one of the pioneers of heavy metal. this album have a rough and heavy sound for 1968. love the psychadelic stuff
SO - Summertime Blues, Rock Me Baby
I really enjoyed this album and I’m surprised that they never got popular. Though I suppose they were outshined by some of their contemporaries in the psychedelic rock. I’ll be checking out their other works for sure.
I liked it 3.5 stars
Proto-metal, yeah, fun! I'm more familiar with the UK proto-metal side of things, so it's nice to be introduced to some US stuff. It's scuzzy and messy and it's got the attitude right, for sure. Fave track - "Summertime Blues" - I know it's a cover but it slaps more than anything else on the album...
Better album than I thought it would be. The guitaring is strong and it has a great best throughout. It's been added to my usual play list.
It may be very dated, but I think you get a pass when you are part of the reason a sound can be placed into time so easily.
An excellent example of something that needs to be on the list. I liked it, but more than anything, its historical position is more important.
I like this one, not to long and at the beginning really fun, but I don’t like all the songs.. 3,8
This was a nice surprise, little 60s psychedelic blues.
This was actually pretty good. Early heavy metal blues? I didn't know it was a thing. Not all of it was great, but it most definitely exceeded my expectations. I absolutely love the global's top comment that this sounds like Jack White.
7.5/10 Hard/psychedelic rock. Court.
Listened Before? No Late 60's psychedelic hard rock. This is a really interesting album from a recording and production standpoint. It has the feel of a loose improve session where the recording was heavily resource constrained. All of the tracks have super condensed instrumentals that form a distorted wall of sound, with the vocals layered way out in front. In combination with the rough recording quality, the instrumentals often feel improvised and muddy. Makes for what appears to be an authentic look into what a live show from Blue Cheer might look like. Interesting mix on Summertime Blues (I've only ever heard The Who's version) that pulls the vocals painfully forward of the instrumental which is condensed into the form factor of a soup can and near completely drowned out. I do enjoy the roughness of the cut they decided to run with; gives it a more authentic bluesy feel. Breakdown sounds a hell of a lot like Foxy Lady. Rock Me Baby is a slow blues trudge built for head nodding. Solid non-nonsese jam. I only wish that these guys had a proper recording studio to get a little focus on the instrumentals. Parchment Farm is interesting in the way that the rug kind of pulls out half way through for a jammy interlude. Then revitalizes in a completely different key once the vocals join back in. I enjoyed this and can see where it may have had significant influence on heavy metal in decades to come. Pretty cool listen: 4 / 5 for me. Added to Library? Yes
This was a lot of fun, reminded me of some of the heavy neo-psych stuff that was coming out in the mid/late 00s. Liked this quite a bit more than most of my recent albums, so it's a 4 for now. We'll see if it stays there long term, but hey.
a bridge between blues/psychedelic rock and the harder heavy metal that came after, this album was a fun listen, but I didn't really a whole lot of contrast between the songs.
Very 70's psychedelic rock (reminds me of the Doors); okay, but not my jam
4.5
I rather enjoyed this.
The sounds of the 60's from Surf Rock to Hendrix to the Blues are pervasive throughout the album, but it's all quite different. If the first true Heavy Metal album is Black Sabbath, this definitely helped clear the way. The sound quality is a little rough and could definitely use a remaster. An interesting listen and clear path of evolution in music
In Sydney in 1968 there was only one radio show where you were likely to hear this album - Thompson Underground, hosted by John Thompson on 2UW, very late on Friday night & early Saturday morning. It’s where I first heard bootleg trax, Zappa, Paul Butterfield, & definitely where I first heard Blue Cheer. I was in love with Eddie Cochran’s Summertime Blues when I first heard his original single ten years earlier. What Blue Cheer did with it on this album became a template for the way metal bands would interpret rock’n’roll classics or, indeed any music - I think it reached a crazy nadir/peak when Nazareth decided to do Joni Mitchell’s This Flight Tonight. They give B.B.King’s Rock Me Baby more of a blues treatment & the late, great Mose Allison’s Parchment Farm cops a bit of both approaches. I remember hearing this album back in the day very fondly. And it still sounds good to me. Even the drum solo.
As pitchfork says, Blue Cheer are "musicians who... live not to perfect their technique, but to simply rock". Well, that sounds GREAT to me. The playing is rough as guts and pretty over the top, especially the lead playing. Lots of bends and trills, feedback, barely in tune. The slow, heavy, vaguely blues based playing is a prototype for metal in general and stoner rock in particular. This is the shit. This sounds like they set up in a room, chucked a few mics in randomly and just started jamming it out. It's loud, noisy and obnoxious. And that's what I like!
Awesome psychedelic album in the vein of Cream, Jefferson Airplane, and Iron Butterfly. Even more badass that they're only a trio. 68 was really when acid rock hit its peak and this album is a part of that and a big influence on a lot of music to come, from metal to prog to fusion. Would probably give this 4.5 stars if I could. Also super refreshing listen after a bunch of the recent garbage.
That was chaos, but I really liked it. At times it sounded like each member of the band was playing a completely different song from each other. Very early heavy rock which I really enjoyed
Hard rock
Great rawk, 4 stars.
Was great
That was a jam and I enjoyed the hell out of it. This is often cited as the first metal album and it's not wrong. It's proto-metal but all of the things that I love about metal are here. It's chunky and shreddy and fully off the leash and I really liked it. The only reason this doesn't get full marks is because the recording is an utter mess. It's just... so poorly produced. I suppose that can be forgiven to some extent since, at this point, nobody had ever recorded a metal album so nobody knew how. But it's still a real mess and I just can't quite give it 5 stars.
Love how raw this is
Damn I really like that whole album, listened 3 times, better each time!
Really interesting album. At first it was hard to hear the influence on heavy metal, but it definitely grew to be like that as the album went on. I enjoyed the mash up of 60s sound, blues, and hard rock. Favorite track: Doctor Please
The birth of heavy metal, and it was beautiful. A true power trio firing on all cylinders.
Loves it. Rock n roll
Bra
pretty good listen, no bad songs, nothing insane but a nice discovery
Sound was a bit limp in places, but energy wasn't. Love that this is proto metal.
Goede old-school rock
Got some Hendricks vibes from this, whatever happened to this kind of guitar playing?
Blue Cheer's restraint could be taken for the minimizing kind if it weren't for the final minutes of Vincebus Eruptum, the whetting of the appetite for more, and the perfect match to me in musical style and haircut.
Had some Deep Purple kinda vibes (I think, that's the first artist that comes to mind.)
Holy shit this is heavy
Top 3 Songs: 1 - Rock Me Baby (2) 2 - Second Time Around (6) 3 - Summertime Blues (1)
It's rare to hear an album that is so clearly the origin point for a genre of music, but this one seems pretty clear. I've never heard an earlier album that sounded like heavy metal, and later heavy metal albums don't have the 60s psychedelic sound wrapped into them the way this does. All of the elements of what would become heavy metal are here. Even the overly grandiose album title is present. As far as the music goes, they put out a hell of a lot of sound for a trio. The production could be a bit better, and some of the songs could be a little more interesting, but at the same time they were clearly experimenting with something here they deserve a lot of credit for the innovation in their sound 4/5
Aito tykitys
initially i was like “men yelling over weird guitars. 2” but then i found out they were one of the first to do it in this way?
Heavy fuzz sound and almost sounds like a mix between stoner rock and heavy metal. Very proto-metal as it doesn't have the characteristic Black Sabbath early heavy metal sound but it's close. I found the quality of the recording to be lacking but that could be because I couldn't find the whole album on a streaming service. Maybe if I find it on vinyl it sounds better.
Pretty wild that this came out in '68. I can hear a lot of sounds that wouldn't be prevalent for years afterwards. This is a really cool mix of psych rock, proto-metal and blues. Dig it!
4.1 - I hear danger in the wildly overamped guitar that constantly sounds like it could spill over at any moment into peals of terrible feedback. Leigh Stephens seems to push that guitar to its groaning/squealing edge. It's impossible to not hear the through-line between this record and Black Sabbath's debut. I also hear inspiration drawn from Hendrix and his guitar wizardry. Standout: "Doctor Please" (particularly the guitar breakdown in the last couple of minutes).
pretty good, i liked the vibe and it had a cool groove
Good listen.
Mannnn… so I’m alone in liking this one?? Oh well. I guess you guys won’t be joining my Blue Cheer fan club, which will be known as the Cheerleaders. You know you know want the semi-annual newsletter and free iron-on, dudes! Come on! Okay. Yes, this is a museum piece and yes this is proto-grunge and yes the last track is almost indefensibly indulgent. The whole thing just kind of sounds like crap. No argument. But it sounds like specific crap. And the crap I’m talking about specifically is Kyuss and the whole desert rock scene of the 90s. I like Kyuss and love a heck of a lot of Queens of the Stone Age tunes. I swear to God if you lopped off “Summertime Blues” and gave me a blank CD-R of this Blue Cheer album but told me it was an unreleased Kyuss demo I would 100% believe you. It sounds that close at times to me, especially with some of the lead guitar sounds. And in fact, I actually prefer the Blue Cheer vocals here to what John Garcia did on most Kyuss tracks. So, in some ways it’s superior. Genuinely liked it guys. Don’t know what else to say. Shawn Harwell Head Cheerleader
This was pretty cool.
7/10. Enjoyable, but not a standout
I enjoyed the guitar noodling. 7/10
Some of the heaviest, most unhinged rock you could hope to hear from its era. Blue Cheer were sort of at the vanguard of the turn towards a heavier, more primal rock sound for what must have been a matter of months before MC5 finally got their sound down on record to kick it up a notch. Hendrix and Cream presaged them of course, and Zeppelin also fits in there somewhere as well, but I'd argue what those bands were doing was a little more sophisticated. This sounds distinctly looser, and as such, is a ripping good time. The ultimate garage band.
Pretty impressed. I was excepting some Beatles knock-off, but it's basically like every song is Helter Skelter. I see the influence on metal and hard psych for sure.
Super fuzzy, psychedelic, blues rock. Yeah, this is my jam. This is what this project is about for me: discovering the bands and albums that had huge influence, even if they weren't that commercial successful themselves.
REally nice album. 4 stars
Cream-y. Hendrix-y. Under-appreciated
This is what I always imagined garage rock sounding like- a bunch of kids just learning to shred with the murkiest sound on earth. Forget that overpolished White Stripes and Strokes nonsense. It’s very primitive, and I assume it won’t be a lot of people’s thing, but I do like the protometal sound and I have fun with this. But I can’t really rate it higher than a C+, although I think that I’ll give it four stars to round out.
Very heavy for '66. Couple interesting covers, but fun guitar work. Heavy Jimi vibes.
Surprised I've never heard of Blue Cheer. Really cool short album. Heavy for its time. Wasn't on Spotify.
Blue Cheer doesn't get enough credit for how much they had to do with the start of metal. Gritty tones and raw recording from start to finish.
Very interested. Ground breaking.
Fierce, noisy, classic. The album starts out ridiculously strong with that exceptional cover of "Summertime Blues" and burns beautifully to the end. Rough-edged and a little jammier than I generally like, but this was a solid listen. Fave Songs: Summertime Blues, Doctor Please, Rock Me Baby, Second Time Around
Not available fully in my Spotify, unfortunately. Nothing too special, pretty much standard bluesy stuff except for being ultra dirty and garage. That's what I liked about it.
Solid heavy metal