Results for Electric FlagElectric Flag had the shortest career of any significant jazz-rock group: just eighteen months. They intended to combine blues, rock, soul, jazz, and country; as the first group to use two horn players in a rock context, they ended up sparking the rock-with-brass trend. Formed in 1967, the band established itself at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and followed with a first album that made the Top Forty. But ego conflicts among the members soon undermined them. Although it lasted less than two years, Electric Flag was very influential because of the musicians' technical virtuosity.“more
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by William I. Lengeman III•April 3, 2009•
"One might be decapitated more cleanly with a scalpel than an axe, but will be just as headless when it’s all said and done."
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by Steve Matteo•November 12, 2008•
"relies less on the sparse, layered guitar pop of its previous work... Fran Healy’s vocals have a newfound power"
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by j. poet•September 3, 2008•
In June of 1967, two highly regarded psychedelic albums hit the streets and achieved legendary status: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles and One Nation Underground by Pearls Before Swine, a band that was virtually unknown. The cover art of One Nation Underground was a detail from the Hieronymus Bosch painting “Garden of Earthly Delights” done in sepia monochrome. The back cover
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by Denise Sullivan•September 3, 2008•
Before the shame of "Boogie Oogie Oogie", the boogie had seen some very good years—from the roaring ’20s and the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, up till the ’70s when consummate rocker Marc Bolan of T. Rex claimed he was Born to Boogie.
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by C!-Team•July 16, 2008•
Although summer releases are thin, it's the direct opposite for the touring schedule. Loads of bands on the run this summer, especially the holy-crap-best-show-ever Fleet Foxes experience you should be sad to miss.
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11/28/2008
This is a remarkable site! I was turned on to Wolfgang's Vault earlier in the week, and things haven't been the same...
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9/12/2008
Just catching up to posts from the last few months. I see where some were saying this forum is dead. I used to post a...
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3/4/2008
Since the Butterfield Band was part of the musical dna of the time ('65-'67 and into the '70's) the scene (Filmore et...
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1/14/2008
the Electric Flag shows are phenominal--I thank you guys at WV for the time and effort put into this site----yeah o.k....
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1/14/2008
[quote user="sexdrugsrocknroll"]the Electric Flag shows are phenominal--I thank you guys at WV for the time and effort...
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