Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues

ironclad2 Says:

Dec 30, 2008 - yes this is the first heavy metal band

NFNitro Says:

Dec 30, 2008 - What amps?

DoomMetalSludge Says:

Dec 30, 2008 - Could be Orange or Green.

DoomMetalSludge Says:

Dec 30, 2008 - Cream is good but Blue Cheer kicks the crap out of them!

siralbarrett Says:

Dec 30, 2008 - The heaviest of their times along MC5 RnR will never die...

NFNitro Says:

Jan 1, 2009 - Cheers! Btw, do they still make green? Or what is the actual key to their heavy sound? Linked trebleboosters with mods?

DoomMetalSludge Says:

Jan 2, 2009 - Im not entirely sure, I just took a educated guess on that one sorry.

Guedingen Says:

Jan 2, 2009 - Nirvana anyone?

Lildrummerboy50 Says:

Jan 2, 2009 - they were before black sabbath they invented heavy metal lol and there named after lsd :)

spicy64 Says:

Jan 3, 2009 - If you ask me, both Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath had a hand in the creation of Heavy Metal. Blue Cheer came up with the heavy sound, the distortion in the guitars and boom in their drums. With Black Sabbath, it was the formation of Heavy Metal's image as the dark, sinister look we all know and love. So in actuality, credit of Heavy Metal's birth goes to both bands. No question about it.

marcfedak Says:

Jan 4, 2009 - this song sure rocks! The Who's Live at Leeds version is also great, but I like this one slightly more because of its demented, disorienting groove.

Comus89 Says:

Jan 4, 2009 - Also Sir Lord Baltimore, they were the first band in print at least to be described as 'heavy metal'. Similar to this, but not quite as good.

JacoThe2nd Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - Old school Marshalls with an Arbiter Fuzz Face.

JacoThe2nd Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - They still make Green amps, but there's a damn long wait. Search google for green amps and click the first link.

NFNitro Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - Cheers man, hope to one day get a rig like that ^^ A lot of the incredible sound is probably in his fingers too though! Thanks a lot =)

mfh2kdw210 Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - This style, in a hard rock setting, one could say it is the type of sound produced IN BETWEEN the phase of "Psychedelic/Acid" rock, and a style that would later come to be called "Heavy Metal" originated by Black Sabbath.

mfh2kdw210 Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - A transition, so to speak.

trabazoss Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - Blue Cheer's cover>>>>>>>>>>>>>Who's cover ¡Viva Blue Cheer!

cheyanqui Says:

Jan 6, 2009 - Agreed.. The rhythm section shares alot of similar sound with Sabbath. You can almost hear the intro to "Children of the Grave" here.

emptyheadbrokenbones Says:

Jan 7, 2009 - blue cheer------->stoner rock

1dudeman2 Says:

Jan 8, 2009 - anybody know their line-up here?

Moose4Choice Says:

Jan 8, 2009 - Yeah, Dickie Peterson, vocals, bass Leigh Stevens, guitar extroardinaire Paul Whaley, great drums This was 1968. They are generally considered the first Heavy Metal group of note. And they were the loudest U.S. group playing live. The Who was considered to be the loudest rock bad. Hard to say because these groups were measured with sound level meters set at different weightings and set at various distances from the loud speakers.

warehambr Says:

Jan 9, 2009 - This is Randy Holden on guitar, not Leigh Stevens, and the band was faking it at the Beat Club, as was common practice. I read about the Cream doing the same thing there. There was a video of Summertime Blues with Leigh Stevens that was just taken down, but he played the guitar quite differently from Randy Holden.

Moose4Choice Says:

Jan 9, 2009 - Since this is the version from "Vincebus Eruptum", I assumed that was Leigh Stevens playing guitar.

warehambr Says:

Jan 9, 2009 - It is and I thought the same thing. I chatted by email with some knowledgable people and this is definitely Randy Holden. I thought it pretty amazing that they could fake a concert but apparently that's the way Beat Club operated. There was a great vid of Blue Cheer from American Bandstand, but it just got pulled. It showed Leigh playing in the true fashion, but even that may have been faked for TV. I didn't think that Randy could play completely differently and sound the same as Leigh.