The Psychedelic Masterpiece You May Have Never Heard | The Outsiders - CQ
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- The history of rock and roll is filled with albums that didn’t do well when they originally released but later became cult classics. Bands like the Velvet Underground or the Stooges are good examples of that. And many 60s garage bands that were featured on compilations such as "Nuggets", "Pebbles" or "Back from the Grave", are also good examples of that phenomenon. But there are still many albums from the 60s that have never gotten the recognition they deserve. "CQ" by The Outsiders, a psychedelic masterpiece from 1968, is one of those records. The album has been reissued a few times over the years and the album has become a cult classic among many enthusiasts of psychedelia from the 60s. But this album still remains fairly known to many music lovers around the world. In this video, were going to take a look at the history of The Outsiders, and the history of this psychedelic gem called "CQ".
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Thanks for sharing ! At 73 years old...there's always more to learn about the music we love ! 🙏😊
My dad was friends with Wally at the time. He was a wild guy who lost it later in life to dope and booze. Occasionally he would visit us and i found him pretty dense and daunting. But the Outsiders were one of the best bands to come from my home country
You've got to be kidding me. I decided to finally listen to the CQ album last night for the first time and then a video is released about it today. What are the odds, lol.
Crazy!
Synchronicity.
Or your refrigerator 's spying on you
Wow! yeah, I love freaky serendipity stories. There so startling when they happen.
These guys were all over the place - punk, freakbeat, garage, psychedelia and more... And they did it all so damn well, such musical talent! I'm going to seek more of their music out right now and I feel I can't do better! Thank you again, Yesterday's Papers, you're the Guv'ner!
music for bolshevik soundtrack of tyranny
I explained in my comment that for the sake of their completists, they had two double CDs in Holland on the Pseudonym label, Think About Today - Their Complete Works, which contained their complete previously released tracks in Holland, and Everything On Earth, containing their entire previously unreleased tracks from 1966-1968, plus outtakes from their CQ album, their complete live concert, some of which occupied side one of their first album, but those tracks appearing here without overdubbed additional live audience noise. You may be able to get them on imports, or as downloads. I only found the latter on TH-cam, better than nothing.
th-cam.com/video/DoYs3ony4JI/w-d-xo.html
Cheers Darda!
Pebbles, Nuggets, Highs in the Mid Sixties and Teenage Shutdowns just to name a few compilations have introduced me to so many great bands over the years!
@@ModTrash Same here!
More Rock history preserved. Excellent! !
Wally Tax died in Amsterdam 57 years old. After writing songs in the seventies and early eighties ( writer/producer ) for some other artists it became silent. His friends in music had to collect money to give him a normal funeral and a gravestone.
R.I.P. Wladimir Tax february 14th 1948 - april 10th 2005
And Ronnie Splinter.
@@paulgoldstein2569 geboren 27 augustus 1948 overleden 20 mei 2013.
They never recorded covers. That is very impressive considering even the Beatles released many. Nice job, as usual, YP.
Cheers!
Great to see a video about a band from my home country! The Hague was a hotbed for the Dutch rock scene in the 60s and I grew up with a lot of music from that era through my dad who was a teen at the time. Lots of great bands from the time, I can recommend Q65 and Groep 1850 to anyone who’s into the outsiders as well.
Cheers!
A lot of countries such as Holland, Sweden and Australia had their own Rock scene during the mid sixties consisting of bands who were big in their respective countries, but never tried to crack it overseas.
Don't forget Supersister! One of the greatest psych/prog bands ever
Supersister was a few years later from the mid / late Nederbeat freakbeat sound as their 1st LP
Wasn’t released until 1970 although still an amazing group!
Honestly there’s tons of amazing Nederbeat / Nederpop / Netherlands garage punk / freakbeat / psychedelic rock / progressive rock groups from 1960’s to about mid 1970’s
I could do a rundown of all the groups but this message would be ridiculously long…
But in my opinion the greatest Netherlands groups from that time -
Groep 1850 (aka Group 1850)
&
The Outsiders
Some of European hot spots besides Netherlands 🇳🇱 for amazing beat, garage punk, freakbeat, mod, psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, psychedelic folk, baroque pop, sunshine pop, acid rock, heavy psych, proto-prog, progressive rock, space rock, etc etc -
Germany 🇩🇪 - Krautrock, Kosmische, Progressive Electronic, Berlin School
Sweden 🇸🇪- Svensk beat, Swedish “progg” scene
Denmark 🇩🇰- Danish beat, Danish heavy psych & prog
France 🇫🇷- French chanson, French yéyé, French pop, French rock n roll, French beat, French progressive rock, Zeuhl, avant-prog
Italy 🇮🇹 - Italian beat, Italian progressive rock “Rock Progressivo Italiano”
There’s a ton of great stuff from Norway, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, former Yugoslavia countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Vojvodina (Serbian autonomous province), Macedonia now known as North Macedonia), Greece, former USSR countries, etc
Even countries such as Albania, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria had some psych / prog groups - not so much in Albania & Moldova - but the latter countries had some great groups such as Transsylvania Phoenix, Sfinx, and Progressiv TM (band moniker inspired from Hungarian progressive rock group Locomotiv GT) from Romania & Shturcite & FSB from Bulgaria
Luxembourg & even the European microstates had a tiny bit of psychedelic action…
The AMAZING
1960’s European psychedelic scene truly comprised the entire continent!!
Indeed ,Q65 , Groep 1850 are my Dutch favourites. Groep 1850 probably the only slightly successful Dutch 'psychedelic' band.
Thanks for "unearthing" another gem I missed 'cause I was a kid living in Mississippi at the time. Thanks for ALL the gems you keep "unearthing!"
this channel is a goldmine!
Thanks!
Brilliant. The Dutch Outsiders are one of my favorite groups. The Cynics and the Lyres have both covered them.
@martinsplichal1581 Well they are not mine. Golden Earring and Earth & Fire are way better than the Outsiders who are nothing but a Pretty Things ripoff.
@@johnpolitis7929 If only anyone asked you.
This is why you YP is the best channel on TH-cam - I love that you give so many artists their due recognition, you're doing phenomenal work and thanks a million for putting this one out. Fantastic band!!!
Thank you very much!
WOW! Thank you for turning me on to this band!, they sound great!, can’t wait to dive in. Even the album cover for CQ looks like a post punk album from the early 80s.
I think you'll love it, brilliant album.
You won't regret it Calvin! Cheers Edwin
@@YesterdaysPapers Miracle Mirror and On The Double by Golden Earring are brilliant albums, not the Outsiders.
@@johnpolitis7929I like those two records a lot, too.
@@YesterdaysPapers And the debut album by Earth & Fire in addition to the other two I like as well.
Barry Hay discovered Jerney Kaagman for the band and even coproduced or cowrote one song for their debut album. Don't hear about this too often about Barry Hay or Golden Earring.
Yes! I love this album sooo much and I think it’s such a shame that so little people know of it… I remember putting on “Misfit” in the car with my dad and saying ‘this song is from 1968, dad’ and he was mind blown. A lot of the songs sound 15 years ahead of its time! Even the cover is so amazing. It’s like a post punk album at least 10 years before post punk became a thing. Thank you Yesterday’s Papers.
Cheers! Definitely ahead of its time.
What an amazing album and had never even heard about it, thanks for bringing it to our attention! Shades of Scream thy last scream era Floyd indeed...
Cheers!
Thanks for another history lesson about a group I have never heard of before… It’s very exciting to discover a treasure trove of new music, but also sad that such a talented group were not supported by the record label, and most do not know who they are.
Thank you for this. I've loved the song "Touch" since first exposed to it a quarter century ago on the "Nuggets II" compilation. I'm going to look for "C.Q." and learn about the Nederbeat sound of mid- to late-'60s Amsterdam. So sorry to read about Wally Tax's tragically shortened life; apparently he never recovered from the death of his longtime romantic partner. He was the son of Nazi concentration camp survivors. Be sure I'll use my ignorance not as a source of complacency but as a spur. Again, thanks to YP for another illuminating and fascinating vid.
the Nuggets compilations are amazing
The Hague was the real hotbed for Dutch rock music at the time, definitely look there!
@@EdwinJack64 Including Golden Earring and Earth & Fire.
@@EdwinJack64 Golden Earring and Earth & Fire.
Thanks!
I was lucky enough to have been introduced to The Outsiders records as a young teenager in the 1980s and I still love them today. They were very influential on an American garage rock band called the Lyres (Jeff Connolly, he was also in DMZ) from the 1980s. Their first album On Fyre is amazing and shows just how much they were influenced by them. I remember seeing a video on TH-cam years ago of Jeff Connolly visiting Wally Tax's grave and another with Wally Tax from Dutch TV where he talks about only ever wearing pink socks and how much he hated paying tax. He was an interesting man. I'm really glad to have seen this, they deserve more exposure although part of me has enjoyed having them as a secret few knew about.
I was just reading about Wally Tax and his life after his music career. Very sad story. Rest in Peace.
This is a great channel to discover music. And it only focuses on mostly English musicians. Imagine how much more is out there from all over the world? I wish we had an American version of this channel.
..or French
Very well-crafted docu about the Outsiders! Huge thanks for that Yesterday's Papers! Together with Q65, they were among the longest-haired groups in the still neatly raked Netherlands. Besides their great albums and singles, they were also very good live! Our neighbour attended an Outsiders concert in the East of the Netherlands as a teenage girl in the 60s. That was a real sensation! However, Wally Tax was as stoned as a monkey she told me 🙉. And not only Wally, the whole band seemed to be a big consumer of a native crop called Nederweed. That certainly contributed to the psychedelic qualities of their album CQ 😅! Unfortunately, only drummer Leendert "Buzz" Busch and Appie Rammers (bass) are still alive from the Outsiders. Oh yes, another little thing, Mr Rammers is not called Apple 🍎but Appie 😂. Very good job! Greetings! EJ
The Outsiders were live better than Q65. I liked the Livin' Blues well live as well, though the band was a mess, because of internal problems (and drugs and alcohol, I suppose). A nice band was The Bintangs. I didn't like BZN, though the group members were really nice. In the beginning it was a pop-band without a lady-singer.
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Yes, you could be right about that, I dare not say. But their live recordings from Breda are blistering! Ah yes, good bands Livin' Blues and the Bintangs. Livin' Blues' 1970/71 song "Wang Dang Doodle" sounds like some kind of NederBeat Steppenwolf! Good that you also touch on BZN. Not exactly my taste but Volendam was also a hotspot of Nederbeat. I'd rather go for the Cats (sort of a guilty pleasure band of mine 😂). Thanks for your comment, could you be from the Netherlands?
Cheers Edwin!
@@YesterdaysPapers
Really special that you made an episode of the Outsiders! There were new fascinating details in it for me too! Good luck preparing your next video! EJ
Greetings, Edwin
What about that Nederweed?
Wally Tax stoned? No way! 🤣
The Tax man of Amsterdam
was a great frontman/singer songwriter.
A sad ending to his life
RIP WT
The Outsiders were outsiders in the US. Too bad for American rock-n-rollers.
Cheers, Nederweeder Rhine Tripper
My parents thought Wally was the Antichrist incarnate, so obviously I loved The Outsiders to pieces. Great vid YP on one of our great groups of old.
The "Antichrist" lol.....Wally had something of Jesus about him .I remember The Pretty Things' 1965 Blokker performance on Dutch television... that sure was the "second coming"........
I enjoyed the pop Dutch invasion groups like the Tee Set George Baker Selection Shocking Blue Golden Earring and Mouth and McNeil and Hocus Pocus but I had never heard of the Outsiders until this video as they were a excellent versatile group so thanks Yesterday's Papers for posting this as this was a Dutch treat.
"Hocus Pocus" is an instrumental track by the band Focus.
@@henklass you are right about that thanks for correcting me and as I remember that song I loved the yodeling.
Totally agree with all of this. Another excellent video. It was always easier to find their more R&B type stuff than CQ in the 60s reissue section of the shops back in the 80s. Wouldn't be surprised if it was still that way. You do excellent work. ROCK ON!
Thanks, rock on!
As a veteran musician of that era, and a BIG fan of psychedelic music, here's my slant:
What you're trying to peg as psychedelic is:
which, even then, was more the roots of punk. You want to hear real psychedelic? Quicksilver, Grateful Dead circa '67-'71, early Mothers
Wrong
But then ,everyone has their own idea about "psychedelic" , personally I find CQ has more in common with a somewhat depressing Joy Division. Tax was just as tortured a soul as Ian Curtis ; he himself would probably be the last to consider this "psychedelic" ,although he wouldn't mind if it earned him a bit of posthumous recognition.
Soft Machine, early Floyd, Pretty Things ,Hendrix, Twink, Byrds, Love,Spirit is more my kind of "Psychedelia".
Waly Tax and the Outsiders were THE band to listen to on Radio Veronika and North Sea
Great music !
Quality presentation, my friend. Thanks for the inspiration!
Cheers!
Thank you, YP. Another fine piece. The whole Nederbiet sound is so vast and wonderful. I remember talking to Bob Stanley about the CQ/seek you - record. I read that the first time Nirvana played in Amsterdam, Kirk went on the hunt to find Wally Tax. Nirvana's first single / cover version - was by The Outsiders label mates Shocking Blue.
Cheers! I love Shocking Blue, great band. Their first two albums are essential.
@@YesterdaysPapers Thank you again for all your great work. Essential.
0:38 I really dig the graphic implementation of the term “outsiders” on this album cover - it is a brilliant example of good visual communication
I thought the Seeds had the longest hair of any band in 1965-66 until I saw these cats!
Yep!
Pretty Things were the first to have longer hair back in 64
Groovy. Have a great weekend, Yesterday's Papers.
There's a fantastic live version of "Touch" by Boston garage rockers Lyres with Wally Tax on vocals (recorded for VPRO Netherlands) on their 1988 album A Promise is a Promise. Same track is on a Lyres compilation called Some Lyres.
The Outsiders were fantastic. This is the first I'm hearing them. Every song is a winner. They have a wide variety of styles especially considering how briefly the existed.
This was awesome! I'd never heard of the Outsiders and I'm blown away on how ahead of their time and experimental they were. YP, you've exceeded my expectations yet again!
Cheers!
Since watching this video (twice) I’ve purchased the 2001 vinyl reissue. I think it’s my second favorite psych LP I own now - it blew past dozens of records to claim that spot. I heard the album a while ago (with bonus tracks that messed with the flow of the original album) but hearing it in its proper form is magical. Like I said in my previous comment - masterpiece is an accurate description.
Glad you dug the album. Cheers!
Wally Tax had one of the best voices in Rock. Great job as ever on classic group!
Fkn great band! And a well put together video. Thanks!
Thank you, YP, putting a light on these ‘way before their time’ bands. Your series on the LA Garage bands was exciting to me because of my close proximity to it growing up. Now, you are returning to the European continent, introducing me to a whole new world of music. I only knew of the Outsiders and their song Touch from the Nuggets compilation. Didn’t know a thing about them. I’m going to spend my Saturday going down the Outsiders rabbit hole.
Thanks! Their stuff is definitely worth checking out.
Such dense symphonically complex music. Great find, YP.
Cheers!
Sounds fantastic! Listening to the clips of CQ, I was reminded of Buffalo Springfield Again. Not so much in the sound as in the variety of moods, styles and tempos, signs of great writers and musicians. Thanks, as always, for the info and great entertainment.
Thanks!
Loved the outsiders...best British sound to hit the wave.
I’ve never heard of this record before, and it’s definitely one I’ll seek out! The song on Nuggets II is probably the only song of theirs I’ve listened to.
By the way, even Sweden had a 60’s garage band called The Outsiders, recently heard a good song by them here on TH-cam. So being the Outsiders seems to be a seal of quality!
Class is in session!
Thank you for introducing this band to me. I've never heard of them and I'm gonna listen to the album right now.
I hear a definate early Bowie tone to a lot of those vocals and that's not a criticism
Yep, I can hear that too.
Thank you for featuring one of my all time favorite albums. Now you just need to make a video about the Rodys “Earnest Vocation”.
Yes, the Ro-d-ys is a very good recommendation! They have produced enough interesting material for an episode. Add to that the material from Zen and voila!
The Netherlands had some truly unique and original bands, Ro-d-ys were definitely one!
Great doc as always YT. Well done for picking the more 'obscure' and shining a light on their music. Amazing group. I'm fortunate to own an original copy of CQ. Cheers Nigel
Thanks Nigel! I'd love to own an original copy of it. I have a vinyl reissue of it.
Two important scenes back then in The Netherlands: Amsterdam and The Hague. Later a big shift to Volendam. (Generalizing.)
Geweldig 👍
Good call. I think I remember reading about them in Ugly Things magazine years ago. How about something on The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band who recently turned up on the soundtrack for the excellent drama series Under the Bridge. Don't think I've ever heard them on a soundtrack before!
One of my faves!
Apologies for the unintentionally lengthy hiatus YP (long story) but I see you haven’t lost your touch! These guys are fabulous! I was a huge Golden Earring fan for decades (still have a few original GE vinyls) and also enjoyed some Krautrock groups (particularly Amon Düül II and Faust), yet I’ve never heard of this band. Thanks as always for enlightening us to these musical gems, it’s good to be back.
Cheers Linda, good to see you back.
Love this album, an amazing journey to I don't know.
Houston 1969, Love Street Light Circus. Take me back . . .
Bloody Hell -- they're brilliant! Am now a fan. :0)
I love the way many albums that seemed to be failures and had no audience have been rediscovered gradually and found fans. These albums were usually worked on very hard and seriously and I hope some band members were around to enjoy a feeling of finally being appreciated.
Some great Dutch bands from this time. Q65, The Zips, Group 1850 amongst others. They really did that Neder / freakbeat sound the best.
Cool to see so many people in the comment section who just now heard the Outsiders for the first time. One of my favorite Dutch 60s bands😊.
Saturday And A Drop From YP ? Outstanding Thanks YP CHEERS!
Cheers Jerry!
You have one amazing channel 1st time viewer and you are right on in y’our analysis
Thanks for profiling these gents. I've always adored them.
This is great that you posted this video. Yes, this album deserves to be right up there with the utmost recognition and I've tried to myself get the word out since I found about them in '93 when i got their CD, same day as getting High Tide Sea Shanties. it was a nice 2 album snag that day. - right on.
Thank you very much for creating this excellent mini-documentary about The Outsiders from Amsterdam. 🙂 I bought an original (and nearly mint) copy of C.Q. in the early 90s at a flea market here in Amsterdam for 15 guilders (= approx. 8 dollars), and it appears that my LP is now worth quite a bit more these days. ;-) In 1994 an excellent 2-CD set with 36 tracks was released on the Pseudonym label called "C.Q. Sessions" , and if you like this album it's definitely worth checking out this CD-set. I by the way saw Wally Tax quite a few times in the mid- and late 1990s in the eastern part of Amsterdam (he was living in a small apartment there), and unfortunately he wasn't doing too well health-wise and financially during the last part of his life (he passed away in 2005), and it was rather sad to see what had become of this very talented former Dutch teen idol from the 60s... Here's a nice documentary about Wally Tax & The Outsiders from 1998 (unfortunately only in Dutch): th-cam.com/video/7dKYX52zuFw/w-d-xo.html
They sound like David Bowie meets the Psychedelic Furs meets Thee Oh Sees meets The Velvet Underground. Masterpiece is an accurate description.
Fantastic album. I'm not the only one who agrees. You can see someone bobbing their HEAD to the music at 13:15. ✌😊
Hahaha!
How on earth have I never heard of this band! Thank you for putting this out there, I will definitely be on the hunt for the full album.
Thanks for shedding light on this band.
I will definitely go listen to them
Cool, I think you'll love their music.
Wow this is so much better than everything Dutch musicmedia put out so far about The Outsiders. All original members are gone now except for Leendert Busch and Appie Rammers.
@mkruup They are nothing but Pretty Things ripoffs.
@@johnpolitis7929 That's pretty harsh.
@@mackb909 That correct because they are a Dutch imitation of Pretty Things with similar sound and appearance.
@@johnpolitis7929 Everyone copied someone else, Pretty Things weren't original.
@@sg-yq8pm Yes they were with the first rock opera S.F. Sorrow that Tommy by The Who ripped off. So The Outsiders and The Who ripped off The Pretty Things.
Very good doc it’s worth a look!
This is amazing. What a sound predating punk and goth. Lots to listen to and take in. Thanks!
Sounds wonderful. I’ll investigate further. I had purchased a cd in Oslo in 1997 of a Norwegian band known as the 1,2,6. The songs have a very similar sound to the Dutch sound. Some really fantastic stuff from that era out of Europe. Now, it’s like finding gold compared to the terrible nonsense that is popular today.
In the 60s Amsterdam was Europe's San Francisco and the Netherlands harboured a lot of interesting bands. Focus, Brainbox, Ekseption, Livin Blues, just to name a few!
@8:54...thru 9:14...WOW...Now THAT is something else...Another outstanding piece of work; the videos, the edits, the commentary. Thanks YP~!
A lot of great music like this never saw the light of day in North America. Group1850 was another Dutch band that released a couple of cool albums, especially Paradise Now in 1969.
Another great revelation from the Psychedelic Psepulchre.
Thank you !
Cheers!
Fascinating. Just my kind of thing, this music. Thank you. Grateful
I have the cd reissue of this on RPM. It's a legendary record that I have never seen at a store. Raw !
I don't know if there is any Oscar for posting clips on yt but you'd deserve it each and every time. (And a Palme d'Or too!).
Amazing. Professionals are not as professional as you are, YP. 👍
Thank you!
Your Choice of Words , May have never heard of is proper English & I like it ! Well Done .
Tuve ese LP,una reedición,hace muchos años,era muy muybueno,con un cantante extraordinario.Una joya,como usted dice,pero yo añadiría toda su discografía
I need to be checking these out big time.. From what I see here they were in a league of their own.. Much like the Ramones were many years later... I'm shocked that at the age of 68 and being a rock / prog rock fan for over 50 years I've not been aware of this band.. But that can soon be put right
I'm a fan of Ayreon and the inner booklets of his CDs often listed reissues on the Red Bullet label, and I'd see the names The Outsiders and Q65 mentioned often. Thanks for showing me the Outsiders' history.
This is great thanks. I especially love their song Touch, a cover version of it by a great band called The Bristols introduced me to the outsiders.
Would you ever consider doing a retrospective on The 13th Floor Elevators?
Saw Roky Erickson at the now sadly-closed Double Door in Chicago in 2008. He and his band sounded great (unfortunately he passed away in 2019). My only question would be that the 13FEs' story is pretty well known; they're not exactly obscure or forgotten.
@@mackb909 A lot of people come to this channel with a love for 60's music and don't necessarily know lesser known bands from that era unlike you and I. And considering there's not much on TH-cam about the elevators, I just thought a short retrospective might be interesting to some.
Maybe in the future, I love 13th Floor Elevators.
Brilliant episode - probably my favourite yet.
Thank You, from Sweden.
Cheers, glad you enjoyed it!
What a great underrated band, very tasty document, thank you!
First heard this a little over 15 years ago and it quickly became a favorite!
Wally Tax was a gypsy man that was doing excellent stuff. No doubt. A killer band from the Netherlands! Love that sounds...all worth to listen!🧔🏼👍😉
You're right. I'd not been aware of this band. Interesting stuff!!! 🎸🎹🎼
A truly masterpiece, my favourite Misfit!! Cheers from Spain.
When it comes to Dutch rock ‘n’ roll, I only know of the shocking blue, golden earring, and the George Baker selection
I have heard that more often from people living in the US. The bands you mentioned did indeed have hits in the late 60s. However, there was another band that had a #3 listing in the US. That was Tee Set with "Ma Belle Amie" from 1969. You might know that song too. It became a hit under the influence of US producer Jerry Ross.
@@EdwinJack64 also that one hit wonder group from the 70s focus with hocus-pocus
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That's right, with Jan Akkerman coming out of Brainbox and Thijs van Leer, the yodeler 😅 Thanks for your reply!
For such a small country they had an incredible amount of great bands right from the very beginning with several truly originals in that 65-68 period...
That includes the Golden Earrings with an s 😉
But yeah, best of all The Outsiders!
Thanks for this excellent video on a legendary album. Just fyi, the bassist’s first name is not “Apple,” 🍎, but rather Appie (pronounced “app-ee”). 😊 THANKS SO MUCH for all of your videos. I love your channel! ❤
Another great video! Top tip: The Factory - Path Through The Forest 7" {1968} Just heard this today. Lovely stuff!
I think it would be awesome if , in the future, you could do mini docs on other European freak beat and psychedelic groups from the 60s!! I would love to see one on Os Mutantes from Brazil!
My goodness how many people did these guys influence I didn't really know about them either but listening to their music you can just hear it it's cleaner it's clearer their Engineers were masterful everything about it was just so far above everything else at the time
Fascinating learning about this group. Took a break from reading Judas Priest lead singer Rob Halford’s autobiography “Confess,” another artist about which I previously knew nothing.
Any surprises? A love of Gilbert and Sullivan? There’s always more to the story…
We had a band called the Outsiders then we heard of this British band called the Outsiders so we changed our name to the Originals. Then they changed there name to the New Originals so we changed our name to the Regulars. And then instead of calling ourselves the New Regulars we just changed it to the Themesmen. And the rest is history.
they are pretty great. one of the few bands in the 60s who didn't do cover songs.
The musical cross influences of diverse bands like The Velvet Underground, David Bowie, Fairport Convention, Byrds, Pretty Things, San Francisco Bands and others are evident here. Admittedly, my access to the great groups via youtube and other sources is much greater now than back-in-the-day then. But it's remarkable that The Misfits were not more well-known. I will definitely check out their music further. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for highlighting this interesting band!
Thanks for this. I always like to learn of new bands I've never heard of before, especially in the Psychedelic genre. I listened to "CQ" and I enjoyed it. You can hear the influences of Pink Floyd (C.Q.) and The Doors (Prison song). But I was struck by how much the vocals on some songs remind me of 68-71 era David Bowie. Not to compare. "CQ" stands on its own merits, deservedly so.
I heard the similarity to early Bowie too!
I just read in the comments here that Wally Tax passed away in 2005.
Are any of the other members of this band still alive and if they are, are any of them still involved in music? It's so sad that Wally got so involved with drugs and alcohol but not unsurprising as many rock bands lead that kind of life. I realize not all did but unfortunately many had a heavy life of drugs and alcohol, especially in the 60's and 70's.
Yes, drummer Leendert "Buzz" Busch and bass guitarist Appie Rammers are still alive and, as far as I know, still active in music. Everyone else died relatively young, guitarist Ronnie Splinter died in 2013 at the age of 64, guitarist Tom Krabbendam in 2012 at 63 and bass guitarist Frank Beek died in 1985 (I couldn't find much about that, he must have still been in his 30s or early 40s). Yeah, and what you write is sadly all too true. Despite the fascinating music they produced, many destroyed their talented lives with alcohol and drugs. A serious downside to their existence.
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Thank you Edwin for taking the time to reply to my questions. Yes, the guys who died were all relatively young. They certainly had success as young guys. They all had really long hair for that time too in the 1960's.
I was never really into their punk psychedelic rock music but did like their softer more mellow, almost like folk rock sound of some of their songs.
I was a big fan of the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield folk rock music.
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You're welcome! Thank you very much for your reply Suzanne. Yes, I also find their more mellow folk rock side very appealing! And the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield are favourites of mine too. In that respect, we have the same taste 👌. Wally also released some nice songs solo including "Miss Wonderfull" from 1974. The guitar work in that song always reminds me of George Harrison's. Cheers!