The Seeds
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The Seeds were a very popular and primitive mid 60's psychedelic garage
rock band from Los Angeles, California. They were first formed in 1965.
The original line-up was: Sky Saxon (vocals), Jan Savage (lead guitar),
Rick Andridge (drums), and Daryl Hooper (guitars/keyboards). The group
offered a really raw and ragged hard-driving sound that was inspired in
equal parts by the blues and the Rolling Stones. Their 1965 debut
single "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" was a modest regional hit in
California. The Seeds scored their biggest breakthrough smash with the
fabulously ferocious "Pushin' Too Hard," which peaked at #36 on the
Billboard pop charts. The follow-up songs "Mr. Farmer" and "A Thousand
Shadows" were only moderately successful. The Seeds appear as
themselves and perform the song "Two Fingers Pointing To You" in the
groovy hippie exploitation classic "Psych-Out." In addition, the band
also made a guest appearance on the sitcom "The Mothers-In-Law." Their
songs have been featured on the soundtracks to such films as "Riding
the Bullet," "Almost Famous," "Cop Land," "Air America," "Bodies, Rest
& Motion," "976 Evil II," and "A Girl to Kill For." After recording
five albums the group disbanded in the early 70's. In 1989 they got
back together to headline a "Summer of Love" tour that included fellow
60's rock acts Arthur Lee and Love, the Music Machine, the Strawberry
Alarm Clock, and Big Brother and the Holding Company. The Seeds
subsequently broke up again. Starting in 2003 the Seeds reformed and
continued to perform in both Europe and America, although only Saxon
remained from the original line-up. Sky Saxon died at age 71 on June
25, 2009 in Austin, Texas.