The Stooges: The Stooges (Elektra)
Lenny Kaye, Fusion, 19 September 1969
I WAS ONCE thinking of doing a piece on Blue Cheer where I wanted to show, through all sorts of diagrams and convoluted logic, that given the context of their chosen field, i.e. 400 decibel tasteless rock, they were actually Unrecognized Masters of Form.
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