U.S. Psych Video Playlist!

11:25 AM GMT 03/03/2009

IN THIS MONTH'S issue of MOJO magazine, we celebrate the smeared paisley circus of America's '60s underground with a mind-blowing A-Z of U.S. Psych (featured in this month's issue of the magazine). With that in mind, we thought it only appropriate to bring those tales of acid-drenched explorations and three-minute lysergic gems to life with a video rundown of the bands in action. So roll up for MOJO's journey back to a time when guys and gals with guitars blasted R&B into the cosmos...

1. The Chocolate Watch Band - Don't Need Your Lovin'

Feisty, fearsome and full-on, these L.A. garage-punks were led by the Jagger-esque David Aguilar. Here they are in the psych-exploitation movie, Riot On Sunset Strip.

2. Quicksilver Messenger Service - All I Ever Wanted To Do

These San Francisco natives plundered the city's ballrooms and found success with 1969's live jam bonanza Happy Trails.

3. The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)

The first song on Lenny Kaye's seminal Nuggets compilation is a smorgasbord of vibrating fuzztone guitars and sneering vocals.

4. Country Joe & The Fish - Section 43

Instrumental cartwheel into the acid experience courtesy of Country Joe MacDonald and his West Coast cohorts.

5. Kak - Everything Changing

Kak's one studio album is a lost psychedelic gem filling the gap between prog-exploration and concise, country-rock.

6. Blues Magoos - Pipedream

"Hold on to your chairs, do not adjust your sets...you're about to take a trip". Enter Greenwich Village adventurers Blues Magoos.

7. Moby Grape - Omaha

Their self-titled debut is a bona-fide classic of the period; their creative force, the wild Skip Spence, one of acid-rock's most influential figures.

8. The Zakary Thaks - Little Red Book

Their average age was only 15 when Mercury first stumbled upon these punk-oid Texan upstarts.

9. The Music Machine - Talk Talk

This dark, brooding track took the L.A. garage mop-tops into the top 20 in 1966.

10. The 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me

The true psychedelic warriors were led by the enigmatic Roky Erickson - a man who could knock down a building with his screeching blues holler.

Read MOJO's A-Z of U.S. Psych in the current issue of the magazine - on sale now!

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 11:25 AM GMT 03/03/2009

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Never saw the Grape before! I have all their records and would love to know if any of the band are still playing

Posted by Steve Samuels at 5:52 AM GMT 09/03/2009 Report Abuse

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why not put the actually put LOVE on here instead of a shoddy cover version by the Zakary Thaks?!!

Posted by NURKIN at 4:20 PM GMT 25/03/2009 Report Abuse

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