Genres: Garage Rock Active: 60's, 90's Formed: 1966
The Cyrkle, The Merry-Go-Round, The American Breed, The Knickerbockers, The Human Beinz, The Choir, Cynics, The La De Das, Zakary Thaks, The Daybreakers, The Dearly Beloved, The Gonn, Los Mockers, The Loved Ones, The Pleazers, The Chartbusters, Larry & the Blue Notes, The Syndicate of Sound, The Fantastic Deejays |  |
In the mid-'60s, this group from Salinas, CA, (near San Jose) played a pleasant blend of British Invasion-inspired pop/rock and a touch of garage. With prominent keyboards, three-part harmonies, and original material with minor-keyed shifts, they sounded something like a mix between the Zombies and the Turtles. Very popular within their (pretty limited) stomping grounds, they made no impact whatsoever on a national level, issuing four singles on small labels (most of them with producer Ed Cobb, who also handled the Standells and the Chocolate Watch Band). Certainly they were a promising outfit, capable of offering strong original material (most of which, oddly, was penned by a friend who wasn't in the band, Larry Hosford).
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Release: April 14, 1998
Label: Beat Rocket
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Release: 1998
Label: E-Types
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