At Clapton’s request, Cream reunited for a series of four shows, on 2, 3, 5, and 6 May 2005 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the venue of their final concerts in 1968. Although the three musicians chose not to speak publicly about the shows, Clapton would later state…
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Peterson and Leigh Stephens were together once again in Blue Cheer with drummer Prairie Prince at the Chet Helms Memorial Tribal Stomp in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on October 29, 2005, and their lively performance drew old rockers like Paul Kantner and others from backstage to observe. They did…
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Blue Cheer’s video for ” Summertime Blues ” made an appearance in 2005 documentary Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey , where Geddy Lee of Rush referred to the group as one of the first heavy metal bands.
Larry Rust parted ways with the band in 2005 and was replaced by German violinist, keyboardist, and composer Martin Gerschwitz, who had formerly worked with Lita Ford , Meat Loaf , Walter Trout , and most recently Eric Burdon and The Animals .
Mason published a memoir, Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd , in 2004.
On July 25, 2003, Erik Brann died of heart failure at the age of 52.
Derek Hilland returned to play keyboards for the group’s 2003 dates when Larry Rust was not available.
Guitarist/vocalist Charlie Marinkovich joined the band in 2002. Originally from Seattle, Marinkovich had played with Randy Hansen and others.
Since then, the group has released two compilations on Latino Buggerveil: 2002’s Humpty Dumpty LSD is a compilation of studio outtakes, while 2003’s Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP , combines their first two Alternative Tentacles EPs. In 2004, Haynes formed Gibby Haynes and His Problem, who released an eponymous album on Surfdog…
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In 2000, the band hired Nathan Calhoun as bassist. Having resolved their dispute with Capitol, Butthole Surfers re-recorded most of After the Astronaut’ s songs for Weird Revolution , on the Hollywood Records / Surfdog Records imprint. The album was released in August 2001, and reached number 130 on the…
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