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The Seeds

Los Angeles, CA

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Local Band Network Member Since: February 16, 2007            Last Update: March 31, 2007
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Music types: Top 40, Punk
Description:
During the mid 1960's, suburban garages across America rocked to the fuzz-drenched frenzy created by kids hoping to emulate THE SEEDS, one of the biggest and best bands to emerge from the phenomenon known as Garage Rock. The Seeds style was undeniably simple but nonetheless brilliantly original. Muddy Waters once called them, "America's own Rolling Stones".

The Seeds' debut album arrived in April 1966. Saxon's lyric's were infected by a wondrous charm, while the blend of British and blues influences served notice that The Seeds were developing a sound quite distinct from that of their "Louie Louie" based rivals. "Evil Hoodoo" is a piece of high octane freak-beat that was as much a genuine slice of punk as anything the late seventies punk explosion threw up. This sentiment of primal angst, as defined in the classic "Pushin' Too Hard", is the reason why Joey Ramone started singing in the first place, as the now deceased founder of punk titans, The Ramones, expressed in an interview.

Best known for their rock and roll standard "Pushin' Too Hard", the Seeds combined the raw appeal of garage rock with a fondness for psychedelia. They were the creation of charismatic vocalist Sky Saxon who, along with guitarist Jan Savage, recruited Daryl Hooper on keyboards and Rick Andridge on drums to unleash The Seeds onto the world. Their self titled debut LP had other great groovy stompers like "No Escape", "Nobody Spoil My Fun" and "Girl I want you".

A second more adventurous LP, A Web of Sound, appeared in October 1966. The album brimmed with rockin' mid-60's classics, including the fourteen-minute "Up in Her Room". Another smash on the American charts was the tightly grooving', pro-pot / working class anthem "Mr. Farmer." This song was included on the soundtrack of the recent movie "Almost Famous" by director Cameron Crowe, which won a Grammy for best soundtrack! At this point in their success the Seeds headlined over bands like the Doors, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Vanilla Fudge, Jefferson Airplane, The Kinks, Four Seasons, Diana Ross and The Supremes and others. They also split bill with Jimi Hendrix in New York City. One has to realize that the Seeds far surpassed the Garage rock label, what other garage band can boast selling out the Hollywood Bowl!

In later years, some called The Seeds "the original punk rock band". Although this was true as far as raw furor goes, their sophistication level was light years beyond this label, especially for the 60's.

Sky is the only original member left in The Seeds, but there is no need to shed too many tears. Mr. Saxon’s assembly of new Seeds’ musicians, backed up by the Woolly Bandits, can withstand the pressure of holding up to such a legendary name in the world of 1960s garage-punk-psychedelia.


Band Members:
Rick "Crusader" Collins, bass, Mark Bellgraph, guitar, Tommy Sanford, drums, Christa Larson, back up singer Christa Larson of Walt Disney Records’ fame who also sang with Michael Jackson and Little Richard

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Their News and Events
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Latest News:
Sky "Sunlight" Saxon will be singing on one track of the first volume of the Jan & Dean Tribute album. If you go to www.myspace.com/jandanddeantribute you can read more about it and read the last newspaper article interview given by Sky for the Ventura County Star last December. Sky also finished singing on 12 tracks of a "historial 60s garage cover tribute album" which will hopefully be released the summer of 2007 with some dynamite studio producers, Clem Burke, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer and drummer with Blondie, and Danny B. Harvey.

Their Music
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Their Contact Information
Alternate web site:  http://myspace.com/theseeds
Contact Name:  Suzanne Graeber
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