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Unflinchingly self-assured garage rock band from San Francisco that ran the gamut from dirty rock & roll to pristine power pop.One
of America's greatest, most influential, and legendary cult bands, Flamin' Groovies came out of the San Francisco area in 1965
playing greasy, bluesy, rock & roll dashed with a liberal sprinkling of British Invasion panache, in an era soon to be dominated by
hippie culture and hyperextended raga-rock freakouts. Caught in a double bind of playing the wrong kind of music at the wrong
time (as well as not looking the part), the Groovies were almost completely ...read more
Unflinchingly self-assured garage rock band from San Francisco that ran the gamut from dirty rock & roll to pristine power pop.One
of America's greatest, most influential, and legendary cult bands, Flamin' Groovies came out of the San Francisco area in 1965
playing greasy, bluesy, rock & roll dashed with a liberal sprinkling of British Invasion panache, in an era soon to be dominated by
hippie culture and hyperextended raga-rock freakouts. Caught in a double bind of playing the wrong kind of music at the wrong
time (as well as not looking the part), the Groovies were almost completely forgotten as the Fillmore/Avalon Ballroom scenes,
dominated by the Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, et al., rendered them anachronistic. The plain truth, however, was that despite not
being in tune with the zeitgeist, the Groovies made great music, and managed to sustain a career that lasted for over two decades.
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