neardeathexperience

Please put forth the name of a band that not many here are familiar with and if possible write a couple of sentences about them and perhaps a "You Tube " video would be nice.

neardeathexperience

Painted Ship direct from the local Vancouver circuit 1965 with a familiar style to the Rolling Stones and Paul Revere And The Raiders they sounded pretty awesome in a small bar setting......

neardeathexperience

Come on people name some unique and interesting bands some of us here might not have heard of...........................

The Batlord

Anybody ever hear of this chick? Truly some underground shiznit.

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neardeathexperience

I'll give her a deep listen and get back to you!

Necromancer

OK, I'll play. I dont think very many people know about this particular band named "Circus Maximis". You might have to listen to it a couple of times before it starts to grow on you. The "cheap" recording and all.


Circus Maximus - "Wind" (1967) - YouTube

neardeathexperience

I have not heard of this band interesting and thanks for joining the party.

Gavin B.

The noted country singer and songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker was the founder of Circus Maximus before he "went country" in the early Seventies. Another country singer Kenny Rodgers began his career in the psychedelic band First Edition. Rodgers is the singer on the psychedelic classic Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In), which is about a bad acid trip.



One of my favorite psychedelic bands was the Chicago area band Aorta, . Aorta was an obscure band with a two year lifespan (1969-1970) and it's members were later linked to better known Chicago area bands like Rotary Connection, Illinois Speed Press, and New Colony Six. Peter Cetera who later became the vocalist on the first Chicago Transit Authority album, also did a short stint in Aorta. I was acquainted with Jim Dolinger, Aorta's lead guitarist who was one of the better psychedelic guitarists in the Midwest in the late Sixties. Aorta's music has stood the test of time a lot better than many of the bigger name psychedelic bands of that era.

The two YouTube selections are from Aorta's self titled 1969 debut album. By today's standards, their music sounds like prog rock, but there was no such musical category as prog rock back then. You either played psychedelic music for hippie underground FM radio stations, or you played Top Forty AM radio pop music for squares.

Strange by Aorta



What's In My Mind's Eye by Aorta

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neardeathexperience

This entire site seems to be full of people who are interested in what others say, but rarely start their own posts, or comment for that matter........

Big Ears

Wigwam are based in Finland and led by British expatriot Jim Pembroke. Being based in Finland, they avoided both British and American influences and were very original. The term 'underrated' is often used to describe progressive rock bands, but Wigwam really are underrated.

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