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Blue Cheer

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Active

1960s - 2010s

Formed

1967 in San Francisco, CA

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

Acid Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Psychedelic/Garage Blues-Rock

Group Members

Dickie Peterson Paul Whaley Gary Yoder Norman Mayell Ralph Burns Kellogg Andrew "Duck" MacDonald Eric Albronda Ethan James Ruben DeFuentes Terry Rae Bruce Stephens Leigh Stephens Randy Holden Tony Rainier
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Blue Cheer

Biography by William Ruhlmann

One of the earliest power trios, and proto-metal pioneers for their uncompromisingly loud vision of acid rock.
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