Space Out! It's Psychedelic Rock Week!

dankrsta · 12-15-2010, 05:53 PM

Some great bands mentioned especially Soft Machine and Red Krayola, Gong also, although I've only heard Angel's Egg so far and it's great. So next stop Flying Teapot. They're part of a trilogy, right?

I've recently reviewed The Mandrake Memorial - Puzzle for the Weekly Music Trading Post (thanks again NumberNineDream for this gem) and it's an excellent psychedelic album with progressive and neoclassical leanings.

'Earthfriend Prelude' and 'Earthfriend' (1969)

Chrysalis - 'Lacewing' (Definition, 1967) - the one and only album by this New York band, but a perfect one

The Deviants - 'Garbage' (Ptooff!, 1967) Psychedelic rock, garage, proto-punk, what more do you need. Great song

How could have I forgotten The Fugs - 'CIA Man'

Badlittlekitten · 12-15-2010, 06:47 PM

Great thread. Ideal for a dishevelled mentalist . . . .

Mrd00d · 12-17-2010, 04:44 AM

Now I really know I like you folks and this magical place. I feel right at home.

Where to start?

Ozric Tentacles. OT. The Ozrics. Ed Wynne and company

Quote:

Formed in 1984, the band has released 28 albums as of 2009, and become a cottage industry selling over a million albums worldwide despite never having major label backing.

-Ozric Tentacles wiki
-Jurassic Shift is one album I like to pull out first, but honestly, I love 80% of their music to death. Almost a perfect band for me. Nice and instrumental, too. The instruments do the talking...
Here's a live video of Chewier (from the album "Spirals in Hyperspace")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86zEObmr4MU
I <3 this band.

Live Kick Muck (album, "Eternal Wheel")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTmGi...eature=related

I advise checking into these guys. If you like it, there's much more.

Stone Oak Cosmonaut is new from Europe and they are apparently tearing it up. Two years, two albums. Very good albums. Vocals are very hit and miss with me in general, but this singer's voice I don't mind for some reason.

Here's a few of my favorite tracks from their first album, "Out of Orbit", that really exemplify their style. They're a 3-piece from Netherlands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeO8cw4ufWY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owEqsIxOFeM

Hidria Spacefolk are amongst my top 5 in this genre without a doubt. They have a really unique sound in a pretty crowded instrumental genre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNVx5QbW9j4

Quantum Fantay - Great fun in the same style as the Ozrics, more or less. And well done, I might add. That's Quantum Fanta(s)y. They liked the typo better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uBs3SPTI2M

First Band from Outerspace is interesting

Oresund Space Collective are interesting. They're a collective, supergroup of psychedelic/space rockers from all over that come together to play more or less improvisational music once in a while for laughs. Throw it on CD and see y'all next time. Pretty cool.

Sula Bassana: Still relatively new in my life, but a staple already. Here's my most recent favorite, Slowner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYbucqIudMw

Korai Orom, Kingston Wall, Cosmosquad, SubArachnoid Space, Ici Maintenants, Mr. Quimby's Beard, Arzachel, Steve Hillage.

Don't go forgetting Hillage =D

*This is a rough list that hopefully I can add to and elaborate on before the week ends*

Gavin B. · 12-17-2010, 08:03 AM

I just posted this tongue in cheek neo psychedelic classic by the Pillbugs on YouTube. The song is called Do You Really Want to Go to the Center of the Sun? The lyrics are hilarious. I love the Pillbug's album artwork by Mark Roland. You can purchase one of his paintings at a fairly reasonable price at this website. Mark Roland Art

Raust · 12-17-2010, 11:23 AM

Jefferson Airplane - Wont You Try/Saturday Afternoon (1967)

Pink Floyd - Matilda Mother (1967)

The Pretty Things - Bracelets of Fingers (1968)

Grateful Dead - St. Stephen (1970)

Gavin B. · 12-17-2010, 04:00 PM

Raust's posting of the Airplane's Wont You Try/Saturday Afternoon reminded me of how much I loved that band as a kid. My father was a producer of a few outdoor, love-in type rock music shows in St. Louis in the late Sixties. He had a few contacts among the rising bands in Haight Ashbury and sponsored free shows at Forest Park featuring bands like Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company and my favorite band the Jefferson Airplane.

I was in first grade when the Airplane played at the Forest Park pavilion in 1968. If you caught them at a good gig, The Jefferson Airplane played with a feral fury and passion that I've never seen in any other band. The Airplane was a force of nature and their live shows often tinkered with the gears of reality in ways that were both liberating and frightening.

Altamont is an extreme example of what happened when the vibes went wrong and the Airplane lost control of the musical excursion. The Airplane's performances were often erratic because the quality of their playing was intimately connected to the mood of the audience. On those good nights you felt like the Jefferson Airplane could levitate the entire audience and tear a big hole in the fabric of the cosmos, if they chose to do so.

I was totally fascinated with Airplane bass player Jack Casady who always wore dark glasses and a headband which was my idea of a cool fashion statement. For most of that 1968 show, I stood in front of Casady's giant Marshall amps and his bass sounded like some sort of giant earthquake machine to me. I was lucky I didn't go deaf by 8th grade because I attended about a dozen Airplane shows over the next three or four years with my father and we always positioned ourselves in front of Casady's amplifiers. Some kids wanted to grow up and be a cop, a fireman or a superhero but I wanted to grow up and wear a headband with dark glasses and play a bass like a lead guitar player, just like Mr. Cool... Jack Casady.

Jack Casady- Mr. Cool

A few years later, in the 80s, I saw Casady perform with Hot Tuna. I didn't recognize him without his headband and shades and he was playing a hollow body bass like a big sissy boy. It broke my heart to see Mr. Cool's fall from his once mighty psychedelic grace.

The embedded 1968 performance of Crown of Creation on the Smothers Brothers Hour is a good example of Casady's thunderous bass playing and just how perfectly the band sang and played as a unit. The message of the song is quite revolutionary and scared the hell of most straight laced parents. Gracie & Paul got themselves placed on the Nixon's White House enemy list for their radical views.

Note the close proximity of each band member to the others in the performance. Every time I saw the Airplane perform live shows, they always huddled together in an unorthodox closed formation at center stage, as if their intimate proximity to each other, right in the middle of the stage was enhancing their musical communication with each other.

Mrd00d · 12-19-2010, 04:32 AM

I edited some links into my other post a few up as well.

Ici Maintenants - Tough Jam
YouTube - Ici Maintenants - Tough Jam

Mr. Quimby's Beard - Mystery Part 1
YouTube - Mr. Quimby's Beard - Mystery Part 1

I also recommend:

Cosmic Hoffman's "Beyond the Galaxy" album

I'll have to come back later when my mind is more clear to finish this post up. Pardon.

12-15-2010, 05:53 PM	#21 (permalink)
dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	Some great bands mentioned especially Soft Machine and Red Krayola, Gong also, although I've only heard Angel's Egg so far and it's great. So next stop Flying Teapot. They're part of a trilogy, right? I've recently reviewed The Mandrake Memorial - Puzzle for the Weekly Music Trading Post (thanks again NumberNineDream for this gem) and it's an excellent psychedelic album with progressive and neoclassical leanings. 'Earthfriend Prelude' and 'Earthfriend' (1969) Chrysalis - 'Lacewing' (Definition, 1967) - the one and only album by this New York band, but a perfect one The Deviants - 'Garbage' (Ptooff!, 1967) Psychedelic rock, garage, proto-punk, what more do you need. Great song How could have I forgotten The Fugs - 'CIA Man' __________________ Last.fm

12-15-2010, 06:47 PM	#22 (permalink)
Badlittlekitten And then there was music Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Near Wild Heaven Posts: 287	Great thread. Ideal for a dishevelled mentalist . . . . __________________ 'Said do you feel it? Do you feel it when you TOUCH ME?. THERE'S A FIRE! THERE'S A FIRE!' The Stooges. Dirt. https://soundcloud.com/bad-little-kittens My Top 100 LPs My Top 52 Indie Tracks Of The 21st Century (incomplete)

12-17-2010, 08:03 AM	#24 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	I just posted this tongue in cheek neo psychedelic classic by the Pillbugs on YouTube. The song is called Do You Really Want to Go to the Center of the Sun? The lyrics are hilarious. I love the Pillbug's album artwork by Mark Roland. You can purchase one of his paintings at a fairly reasonable price at this website. Mark Roland Art __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt Last edited by Gavin B.; 12-17-2010 at 08:09 AM.

12-17-2010, 04:00 PM	#26 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	Raust's posting of the Airplane's Wont You Try/Saturday Afternoon reminded me of how much I loved that band as a kid. My father was a producer of a few outdoor, love-in type rock music shows in St. Louis in the late Sixties. He had a few contacts among the rising bands in Haight Ashbury and sponsored free shows at Forest Park featuring bands like Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company and my favorite band the Jefferson Airplane. I was in first grade when the Airplane played at the Forest Park pavilion in 1968. If you caught them at a good gig, The Jefferson Airplane played with a feral fury and passion that I've never seen in any other band. The Airplane was a force of nature and their live shows often tinkered with the gears of reality in ways that were both liberating and frightening. Altamont is an extreme example of what happened when the vibes went wrong and the Airplane lost control of the musical excursion. The Airplane's performances were often erratic because the quality of their playing was intimately connected to the mood of the audience. On those good nights you felt like the Jefferson Airplane could levitate the entire audience and tear a big hole in the fabric of the cosmos, if they chose to do so. I was totally fascinated with Airplane bass player Jack Casady who always wore dark glasses and a headband which was my idea of a cool fashion statement. For most of that 1968 show, I stood in front of Casady's giant Marshall amps and his bass sounded like some sort of giant earthquake machine to me. I was lucky I didn't go deaf by 8th grade because I attended about a dozen Airplane shows over the next three or four years with my father and we always positioned ourselves in front of Casady's amplifiers. Some kids wanted to grow up and be a cop, a fireman or a superhero but I wanted to grow up and wear a headband with dark glasses and play a bass like a lead guitar player, just like Mr. Cool... Jack Casady. Jack Casady- Mr. Cool A few years later, in the 80s, I saw Casady perform with Hot Tuna. I didn't recognize him without his headband and shades and he was playing a hollow body bass like a big sissy boy. It broke my heart to see Mr. Cool's fall from his once mighty psychedelic grace. The embedded 1968 performance of Crown of Creation on the Smothers Brothers Hour is a good example of Casady's thunderous bass playing and just how perfectly the band sang and played as a unit. The message of the song is quite revolutionary and scared the hell of most straight laced parents. Gracie & Paul got themselves placed on the Nixon's White House enemy list for their radical views. Note the close proximity of each band member to the others in the performance. Every time I saw the Airplane perform live shows, they always huddled together in an unorthodox closed formation at center stage, as if their intimate proximity to each other, right in the middle of the stage was enhancing their musical communication with each other. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt

12-19-2010, 04:32 AM	#27 (permalink)
Mrd00d Stoned and Jammin' Out Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Northern California; Eugene, OR; mobile Posts: 1,602	I edited some links into my other post a few up as well. Ici Maintenants - Tough Jam YouTube - Ici Maintenants - Tough Jam Mr. Quimby's Beard - Mystery Part 1 YouTube - Mr. Quimby's Beard - Mystery Part 1 I also recommend: Cosmic Hoffman's "Beyond the Galaxy" album I'll have to come back later when my mind is more clear to finish this post up. Pardon. __________________ Mrd00d's Last.fm

12-17-2010, 11:23 AM	#25 (permalink)
Raust Music Addict Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,411	Jefferson Airplane - Wont You Try/Saturday Afternoon (1967) Pink Floyd - Matilda Mother (1967) The Pretty Things - Bracelets of Fingers (1968) Grateful Dead - St. Stephen (1970)