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Shindig! Vol2 No.
5 • July-Aug 2008 • On sale now

THE WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND's story should really be made into a film. Its central theme is akin to a fairytale in reverse – well almost. Bob Markley (the older, wiser huckster who wanted to be in a rock'n'roll group to impress the young girls so badly that he bought himself into one) was most certainly a little like the wicked queen in Snow White. For him rock'n'roll was the elixir of youth, and he would get it at all costs.


The one-minute-folkpop-the-next-shit-your-pants-unnerving quality-of-the music stood out from the standard garage and psych fare of the time. This was a band with a mystique to equal The 13th Floor Elevators.


Johnny Black’s highly detailed San Francisco ’65-67 timeline closes with “The Death Of The Hippie” event, a superb interview with Mad River and Patrick The Lama’s accompanying pieces on the Human Be-In and an Esoteric Trips San Francisco rare LP guide. Many thanks to Johnny for getting this rolling – we have received so many letters praising our excellent SF coverage.


Psych, Garage, Beat, Powerpop, Soul, Folk... for people who want more

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