This page is started and run by Jeremy....NOT THE FLAMIN GROOVIES, so don't send direct messages to them here! Try some other medium to reach the ex-members of the band.This is STRICTLY a fansite. In no way is this site, the statements made or expressed here in ANY way connected with the Flamin Groovies, their management, record labels, or any one else of important note. The purpose here is the appreciation of the MUSIC, MAN!!! I will add more pics, info, and whatnot as time allows and any interest may demand.
Their story, in a neat little shell of a package.......
"One of America's greatest, most influential, and legendary cult bands, the Flamin' Groovies came out of the San Francisco area in 1965 playing greasy, bluesy, rock & roll dashed with a liberal sprinkling of British Invasion panache, in an era soon to be dominated by hippie culture and hyperextended raga-rock freakouts. Caught in a double bind of playing the wrong kind of music at the wrong time (as well as not looking the part), the Groovies were almost completely forgotten as the Fillmore/Avalon Ballroom scenes, dominated by the Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, et al., rendered them anachronistic. The plain truth, however, was that despite not being in tune with the zeitgeist, the Groovies made great music, and managed to sustain a career that lasted for over two decades.
What made the Groovies such a formidable band was the double dynamite supplied by guitarist Cyril Jordan and singer/wildman Roy A. Loney. Together they formed an uneasy partnership that guided the band through its most fertile period, from 1968-1971. In 1968, for next to nothing, the band recorded a seven-song EP entitled "Sneakers". This little bit of DIY ingenuity resulted in a contract with Epic and the huge sum of 80,000 dollars (1968 dollars, mind you) to be spent on their debut recording, "Supersnazz". It was a great album that didn't sell, but did get them dropped from Epic. Quickly signing with Kama Sutra, the Groovies closed the '60s and started the '70s with two terrific records ("FLAMINGO" and "TEENAGE HEAD"), but public apathy and the increasingly tempestuous relationship between Jordan and Loney led to the latter's departure for a solo career in 1971."
- (Brought to you on kind loan from www.allmusic.com.)
For the purpose of this little fansite, I am ending the story with Roy Loney leaving the Groovies in '71. That is because that is my favorite period of the band. They solidered on however, led by guitarist Cyril Jordan, and became a sort of Byrds/Beatles inspired British Invasion-sounding mod band in the latter half of the seventies, to respectable success, especially in Europe.
Thanks for looking, and GAWD SAVE THE GROOVIES!!!
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