10 Albums That Will Make You Love Garage Rock Music

2. Vincebus Eruptum - Blue Cheer

After the psychedelic period started to take over the rock scene, most of the music that populated the charts got a lot more happy. Almost like a visceral reaction to the Vietnam War, these were songs that seemed to act as a resistance to the horrors of the day, imagining an ideal society where we could all live in peace and harmony. That's not going to be for everyone though, and some of Blue Cheer's best moments always came from the darker side of the rock scene.

Always drawn to the thunderous quality of rock and roll, these punks from California hit upon something a lot more abrasive on Vincebus Eruptum, sounding like what rock and roll would sound like in the Neaderthal age. As much as some of these songs may have been basic like Eddie Cochran's immortal Summertime Blues, it's the way that Blue Cheer interpret them that makes it work, blasting you eardrums and piling on as much fuzz as they can.

Guitarist Leigh Stephens had always said that he wanted to channel the same kind of energy that came with a nuclear explosion, and when you reach some of the heights of a song like Parchment Farm, he very nearly gets there with just how much feedback he can squeeze out of his guitar. In some ways, this could be ground zero for the first metal album, but they were looking to capture a certain fury that can only be replicated out of a garage.