Huge in their mother land of Australia, but virtually unknown elsewhere, the Master’s Apprentices simply lacked the promotion muscle to obtain the universal visibility they so richly deserved. Founded in 1965, the band began life playing bluesy beat music in the vein of the Rolling Stones, the Animals and theRead More

Named after those funny Dr. Seuss characters we all know and love, the Sneetches were greatly adored by the indie crowd back in the day. Coming together in 1985, the San Francisco, California-based band remained intact for about ten years, and during that period they cut half a dozen albumsRead More

Chicago, Illinois was home to Quill Records, an independent label run by Peter Wright that released a string of singles between the years 1965 and 1967. You May Also Like: Chicago’s two musical eras were bridged by the sweet, complex ‘Just You ‘N Me’ I Want, Need, Love You: Garage-BeatRead More

Sporting one of the most hilarious names imaginable, the Jelly Bean Bandits were (and in fact, still are, as they reunited several years ago) actually a lot cooler than their silly handle suggests. Tight and attentive, yet raunchy enough to win the approval of “Pebbles” and “Nuggets” groupies, the NewRead More

Bearing no connection to the equally great British band of the same name, these guys operated out of Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1966, Kaleidoscope was so far ahead of the curve that they made movers and shakers such the Beatles, the Yardbirds, the Doors and the Byrds seem ratherRead More

Chris Earl is actually the face behind this curiously christened vehicle, and for the past 20-odd years he has been depositing one amazing recording after another. Strictly homespun affairs, these projects firmly express the Squires of the Subterrain‘s obsession with vintage music, which ropes in everything from surf rock toRead More

Best remembered as the band that featured guitarist Billy Gibbons, who eventually reaped universal fame with ZZ Top, the Moving Sidewalks were actually a very popular local act hailing from Houston, Texas. You May Also Like: Noel Redding’s Fat Mattress – Fat Mattress (1969): Forgotten Series Supersonic Blues Machine –Read More

You would be forgiven for thinking the Lemon Clocks are a long lost band from days gone by. A wiggy name, combined with the trippy graphics garbing “Now Is The Time” does little to conceal what’s happening here. But the truth is, the Lemon Clocks just recently formed. Coming togetherRead More

The late 1960s belonged to Jeffrey Katz and Jerry Kasenetz, who twiddled the knobs on gobs of singles and albums referred to as bubblegum music. Deceptively simple and often carved of lyrics parroting nursery rhythms, bubblegum music was a hot commodity, with bands like the Music Explosion, the 1910 FruitgumRead More

Ah, here’s another great band that got away! Formed in 1978 in Seattle, Washington, the Heats certainly had everything working in their favor. You May Also Like: Screaming Trees – Last Words: The Final Recordings (2011): Forgotten Series Blackberry Smoke, “Waiting on the Thunder” from Like an Arrow (2016): OneRead More