---
title: "Blue Cheer"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/blue-cheer"
genre: "Heavy Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1966
disbanded: 2009
---

# Blue Cheer

**Blue Cheer** is a heavy metal band, from United States, active 1966 to 2009.

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.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cheer

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Blue Cheer |
| Genre | Heavy Metal |
| Parent genre | Heavy Metal |
| Origin | San Francisco, United States |
| Formed | 1966 |
| Disbanded | 2009 |
| Releases in catalog | 13 |

## Genres

[Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Joe Hasselvander](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joe-hasselvander) |  |  | Current |
| [Peter Wagner](https://themetalnet.com/musician/peter-wagner) |  |  | Current |
| [Bruce Stephens](https://themetalnet.com/musician/bruce-stephens) | Guitar | 1969 to 1969 | Former |
| [Dickie Peterson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dickie-peterson) | Lead vocals, Electric bass guitar | 1967 to 2009 | Former |
| [Ethan James](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ethan-james) |  |  | Former |
| [Gary Lee Yoder](https://themetalnet.com/musician/gary-lee-yoder) |  | 1969 to 1972 | Former |
| [Leigh Stephens](https://themetalnet.com/musician/leigh-stephens) | Electric guitar | 1967 to 1968 | Former |
| [Norman Mayell](https://themetalnet.com/musician/norman-mayell) | Drums (drum set), Guitar | 1969 to 1972 | Former |
| [Paul Whaley](https://themetalnet.com/musician/paul-whaley) | Drums (drum set) | 1967 to 2009 | Former |
| [Randy Holden](https://themetalnet.com/musician/randy-holden) | Guitar | 1968 to 1969 | Former |
| [V. Vale](https://themetalnet.com/musician/v-vale) |  | 1967 to 1967 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1968 | [Outsideinside](https://themetalnet.com/album/753ba620-4fb2-3ecd-931f-b86bb0c14c8d) | Album |
| 1968 | [Vincebus Eruptum](https://themetalnet.com/album/97fd4dc6-6a19-3ae1-b063-6fcdcc061e6b) | Album |
| 1969 | [Blue Cheer](https://themetalnet.com/album/82ec94af-28c3-3f1e-a2bd-2f86bfc8e13f) | Album |
| 1969 | [New! Improved!](https://themetalnet.com/album/90702c3f-1825-41e2-9439-909a1a5ea38c) | Album |
| 1970 | [BC #5 The Original Human Being](https://themetalnet.com/album/b2de58c3-0cce-308c-bb76-3880fe9942d2) | Album |
| 1971 | [Oh! Pleasant Hope](https://themetalnet.com/album/ae4bfc7c-a6b9-38ce-8c97-1bd5bc18c45d) | Album |
| 1985 | [The Beast Is Back](https://themetalnet.com/album/6580a107-a1fa-3585-b424-37ff50a97301) | Album |
| 1990 | [Highlights and Lowlives](https://themetalnet.com/album/764615a1-a99d-4a27-8eec-d1fce52f0777) | Album |
| 1991 | [Dining With the Sharks](https://themetalnet.com/album/e9f64708-facf-3ff6-a874-9ca6fd8c460d) | Album |
| 1996 | [Live & Unreleased '68/'74](https://themetalnet.com/album/a56c90c3-2554-4dc1-9c00-845017ef232e) | Album |
| 2007 | [What Doesn't Kill You...](https://themetalnet.com/album/cb438078-e147-3ffb-868b-0b3ad811bfb0) | Album |
| 2012 | [7](https://themetalnet.com/album/04e92b5b-a1d0-4b03-9110-92547b50f373) | Album |
| 2025 | [Junk](https://themetalnet.com/album/c9ba90e5-9560-4d9f-bfa0-2e9fe10e5891) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Led Zeppelin](https://themetalnet.com/band/led-zeppelin) (listened together)
- [Deep Purple](https://themetalnet.com/band/deep-purple) (listened together)
- [Motörhead](https://themetalnet.com/band/motorhead) (listened together)
- [Blue Öyster Cult](https://themetalnet.com/band/blue-oyster-cult) (listened together)
- [Guns N’ Roses](https://themetalnet.com/band/guns-n-roses) (listened together)
- [Nirvana](https://themetalnet.com/band/nirvana) (listened together)
- [Van Halen](https://themetalnet.com/band/van-halen) (listened together)
- [Rush](https://themetalnet.com/band/rush) (listened together)
- [Judas Priest](https://themetalnet.com/band/judas-priest) (listened together)
- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together)
- [KISS](https://themetalnet.com/band/kiss) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/118085
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4PI5IHRvANLL76O5gRmGKL
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/15038

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/blue-cheer](https://themetalnet.com/band/blue-cheer). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt