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Blue Cheer
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Blue Cheer

Blue Cheer is a psychedelic rock artist from United States formed in 1966. 32 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Psychedelic Rock · United States · Best psychedelic rock albums

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32
Releases
1968–2025
Active years
1966
Formed

Discography

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Vincebus Eruptum cover3.5

Most popular

Vincebus Eruptum

1968 · 6 tracks

Singles & EPs

6

Live & compilations

9

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About

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 style, and is also credited as being pioneers of heavy metal (their cover of "Summertime Blues" is sometimes cited as the first in the genre), punk rock, stoner rock, doom metal, experimental rock, and grunge. According to Tim Hills in his book, The Many Lives of the Crystal Ballroom, "Blue Cheer was the epitome of San Francisco psychedelia." Jim Morrison of The Doors called the group "The single most powerful band I've ever seen" and Eric Clapton defined them as "probably the originators of heavy metal". "Blue Cheer" was the name of a variety of LSD made by chemist and Grateful Dead patron Owsley Stanley and the band was probably named for that (although the name existed earlier, as the name of a laundry detergent for which the LSD variety itself was named).

Blue Cheer in brief

How many Blue Cheer releases are on Riffiter?
32 releases are catalogued, spanning 1968 to 2025.
When was Blue Cheer formed?
Blue Cheer formed in 1966, in United States.
What genre is Blue Cheer?
Blue Cheer is catalogued under Psychedelic Rock.
What is the most recent Blue Cheer release on Riffiter?
Piece of My Heart (Cover), released in 2025.

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