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"Mike Bloomfield came up to me at the Avalon Ballroom and says, ‘You can’t do that’. I said, ‘C’mon, Mike, you can do it, too. All you gotta do is turn this knob up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue Cheers standing in a street circa 1970. They were the bellowing Gods Of Fuck. There were no big ugly noises in rock’n’roll ...
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Blue Cheer’s Randy Holden giving first digital reissue to rare, sought-after solo debut

Here's more background on the classic album, via press release: "Godzilla just walked into the room. People just stood there with their eyes and mouths wide open." To hear Randy Holden describe the ...
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From the Past

The Clinton years weren’t especially kind to psychedelic hard rock or proto-metal, but when I think of Blue Cheer, I think of 1994. It was the year a fellow college student forced me to listen to the ...
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BLUE CHEER Guitarist Randy Holden Streams Early Doom Metal Track "Blue My Mind" From 1970

Blue Cheer might be considered one of the fathers of heavy metal, but guitarist Randy Holden is one of the world's unsung fathers of doom. Holden's 1970 album Population II is considered one of the ...
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Dickie Peterson of Blue Cheer Dies at 61

Dickie Peterson, bassist/vocalist and founding member of legendary 60s proto-metal group Blue Cheer passed away early this morning in Germany. He was 61 years old. Peterson had reportedly been ...
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Blue Cheer's Dickie Peterson Rip Bassist/Vocalist Dead at 63

Dickie Peterson, the bassist/vocalist and founding member of Blue Cheer, passed away Monday morning (October 12) at 5 a.m. in Germany. He was 63 years old. Peterson had reportedly been battling ...