Welcome to our myspace page for UNSUNG, Head Heritage's repository for lost and unchampioned rock'n'roll at www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung. Since launching in 2000ce, UNSUNG contributors have notched up over a thousand reviews covering a wide range of rock'n'roll, and UNSUNG has been instrumental in kickstarting interest in groups such as Sir Lord Baltimore, Les Rallizes Denudes, Blue Cheer, Flower Travellin' Band, The Groundhogs and other bands who were barely on the musical map when we started but who are now regularly name-dropped the world over.
Every month Julian Cope selects a record to review for ALBUM OF THE MONTH (though often as not these end up being extensive biographies of the artists and the scenes in which they operate), and offers visitors a chance to hear the the whole thing, too. Meanwhile, The Seth Man - FUZ magazine publisher & ARTHUR magazine contributor - curates his mighty THE BOOK OF SETH. Seth began as a regular UNSUNG contributor, but through sheer will and force his writer's personality gave us no other choice but to shine a light on his remarkable take on THE ROCK. Hopefully, the power of Seth will allow others out there to emerge into the Cyber Sunlight and drizzle some of their perceptive viewpoints over our busy lives.
UNSUNG is a remarkable community effort that welcomes and benefits from contributions from participants who write with responsibility and awareness.
Here on myspace, we'll be featuring Julian Cope's current ALBUM OF THE MONTH on the 1st day of each month.
Recorded: live on March 16, 2003 at the Beta Lounge in San Francisco
In 1967, San Francisco’s Fifty Foot Hose were certainly one of the
innovators of a sound that took Psychedelia to new heights and was
captured on the band’s one record, Cauldron. They are a totally
unique hybrid—on one hand pulsating bay area acid rock, on the other,
fractured electronic freakery, becoming one whole cohesive being. The
sci-fi-ish video game-like artwork hinted at the sounds within, as did
the Limelight label’s pedigree for truly progressive sounds. Band
leader, Cork Marcheschi, used homemade electronic devices to create
crude and experimental soundscapes and instrumental compositions that
were sprinkled throughout the album.
Often starting shows with a swelling rumble that exploded into the
first song, they soon developed a rabid following on the SF scene,
though there was the occasional totally wrong gig, like when a
very-pregnant Nancy had to perform at a Catholic Girls’ school! Still,
the group wowed the crowds, performing with greats like Chuck Berry and
Fairport Convention.
Greetings My Space Friends. Letting you know I've posted a track from my new Photon Shift cd on my player, just in time for your next psychedelic party...
