Blue Cheer

Blue Cheer
From left to right: Dickie Peterson, Randy Holden, and Paul Whaley in 1968
From left to right: Dickie Peterson, Randy Holden, and Paul Whaley in 1968
Background information
OriginSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres
Years active1966–2009
LabelsPhilips
Past membersSee members section

Blue Cheer was an American rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues rock or acid rock style.[8] They are also credited as being some of the earliest pioneers of heavy metal, with their cover of "Summertime Blues" sometimes cited as the first in the genre.[9] They have also been noted as influential in the development of genres as disparate as punk rock,[10] stoner rock,[11][12] doom metal,[12] experimental rock,[13] and grunge.[14]

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  13. ^ Dimery 2006 pg 140, "paving the way for everything from the Stooges to Zeppelin, from heavy metal to experimental rock."
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