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Blue Cheer

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Blue Cheer

Blue Cheer is a heavy metal band from United States, active 1966 to 2009. 13 releases and 11 musicians in the catalog.
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Facts

Genre
Heavy Metal
Origin
San Francisco, United States
Formed
1966
Disbanded
2009
Releases
13

Biography

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. 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. They have also been noted as influential in the development of genres as disparate as stoner rock, experimental rock, and grunge.

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Genres

Current line-up

MusicianInstrumentsYears
Joe Hasselvander
Peter Wagneroriginal

Former members

MusicianInstrumentsYears
Bruce StephensGuitar1969 to 1969
Dickie PetersonLead vocals, Electric bass guitar1967 to 2009
Ethan James
Gary Lee Yoder1969 to 1972
Leigh StephensElectric guitar1967 to 1968
Norman MayellDrums (drum set), Guitar1969 to 1972
Paul WhaleyDrums (drum set)1967 to 2009
Randy HoldenGuitar1968 to 1969
V. Vale1967 to 1967

Albums

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