Flamin Groovies
USA
Formed: 1965
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Power Pop, New Wave, Punk/New Wave, Proto-Punk, Hard Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
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One of America's greatest, most influential, and legendary cult bands, the Flamin' Groovies came out of the San Francisco area in 1965 playing greasy, bluesy, rock & roll dashed with a liberal sprinkling of British Invasion panache, in an era soon to be dominated by hippie culture and hyperextended raga-rock freakouts. Caught in a double bind of playing the wrong kind of music at the wrong time (as well as not looking the part), the Groovies were almost completely forgotten as the Fillmore/Avalon Ballroom scenes, dominated by the Dead, the Jeff...
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