It has been said that Blue Cheer's sonic blast could "turn the air into cottage cheese." The classic power trio's debut LP, Vincebus Eruptum, arrived on Jan. 16, 1968, as proof. In a blur of Roger ...

“Here they come: the Blue Cheer! Run for your life!” That's how comedian Steve Allen introduced the power trio – bassist/vocalist Dickey Peterson, guitarist Leigh Stephens and drummer Paul Whaley – on ...

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Along with Black Sabbath, Bay Area power trio Blue Cheer pioneered heavy metal. If you suffer from tinnitus or whiplash from excessive head-banging, you can ultimately lay the blame at these longhairs ...

The founding late-Sixties lineup of the San Francisco power trio Blue Cheer — singer-bass guitarist Dickie Peterson, drummer Paul Whaley and guitarist Leigh Stephens — was so loud that the band ...

Dickie Peterson, frontman for the hugely influential San Francisco power trio Blue Cheer, died at home in Germany this morning, as Blabbermouth reports and Blue Cheer's publicist confirms. No cause of ...

Alongside Black Sabbath, Cream and The Groundhogs, Californian power trio Blue Cheer are justly revered for their part in inventing the genre currently known as stoner rock. The influence of their ...