NEVER GETS OLD FOR A 70 YRS OLD LIKE ME !!! AWESOME DRUMMER ! EVEN FOR TODAYS ERA !!!

Imagine having a rock band in the 60s and 50 years later, thousands of young people finding your music thats wicked

I'm 71 now and still have the 45 of this song ! !

Saw them at Winterland in S.F. in 1968. They were so loud that dust was coming down from the rafters. Admission then was one dollar to see three bands. Folks were upset when they raised it $1.25. I'm old now but, the memories of those days make me a wealthy soul.

These dudes paved the way for all of Hard Rock/Heavy Metal!

The drummer is outstanding. Best version of Summer time Blues.

Hairs and Music are outstanding. We have lost it all.

I saw this clip of Blue Cheer as a kid in the early 80’s and it has stayed with me all these years. What an incredible performance. These guys were way ahead of their time.

Arguably the first heavy metal song. Heavy in 1968 and still heavy in 2023!

This band and this song just popped in my mind so I just had to play the video ! Still top shelf after 55 years !

They held the record at one point for loudest concert. Hard to believe 3 guys can make that much noise. Blue Cheer rocks/rocked... 👍🎶

For years ive said that this song is the advent of heavy metal. Im 68 now, and listen to it in my car, speakers blasting, getting dirty looks from the old people in the car next ti me. I think to myself, "Just what the hell did YOU listen to when you were young? Monto-fucking-vani? Get a grip!"

Cousin It on drums.....damn I miss those days. R.I.P. Dickie Peterson.

1968, I was 15 years old, and I fell in love with the band. Every time I listened to this song, I was reminded of my innocent days.

I’m going to be 70 years old and my ears are still hissing 50 years later from listening to groups like this through my headphones I do it again in a heartbeat

This is the definition of Marty's McFly quote: "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.” And the kids of the kids.

Really underrated and sometimes forgotten about band... All around great musicians and pioneers of metal!

I saw them in Sacramento 10 years ago. What a show they played like it was there last day on earth. Outstanding

This is more than Heavy Blues and Hard Rock, this is Metal as Fuck.

Always said music knows no limits. A 50s RnR tune turned into hard rock with quality. Both, Eddie Cochran & Buddy Holly were sheer innovators back in the 50s. Brilliant cover ❤🎼🎸❤️🤗👍

Animal on the drums ladies and gentlemen!

So Iconic, and one of the greatest pieces of Rock'n'Roll music in history!!! Still blows my mind after all these years!!! So very cool!!!

I saw these guys on the Steve Allen show afterschool. He was shaking his head as he said "These Guys are loud!"

I just have to hear this again every now and then. I still have the album. This was SOOO over the top when it came out! 😎👍

I am sure glad that somebody has finally given credit to blue cheer in 1967 I was 15 years old I seen them at Golden Gate Park playing for free when they played everybody was amazed at the talent and the special Sound of Music they were offering to everybody they inspired me as musician through the years there has been nobody like blue cheer ever since great band great music

Went to see them in 1967? at the Fillmore?--they had a wall of amps and I danced next to the wall for the whole concert. Bought their album and listened to it over and over with headphones--amazing my hearing is quite good at 82!

Saw all the bands back in the '60s/'70s. The first heavy bands I saw were Hendrix, The Who and Cream when I was in London in 1966. When I moved to San Francisco in early '67, I saw Blue Cheer. They were the loudest, wildest rock band period. Their energy was off the charts and their hair was longer than any band expect maybe Quicksilver Messenger Service. BC were the prototype of Heavy Metal. Blue Cheer albums were great, but they sounded like psychedelic hard Rock. Blue Cheer live sounded different ... darker and wicked like Black Sabbath 2 or 3 years before Sabbath. I attended many Sabbath concerts later but for me, Blue Cheer was the first true heavy metal band I heard live. Check out the "Population II" album by one of Blue Cheer's guitarists, Randy Holden recorded in '69 which sounds similar to Sabbath. Concert goers were often literally in shock afterwards ... stood still with mouths agape as if to say, "what the hell just happened?" Louder than God.

I was a teenager back then and it was a great time to be alive Blue Cheer on the radio along with Vanilla Fudge, Cream, Hendrix, Who. Stones and Beatles of course. Doing my algebra homework while tapping out time with my pencil on my book. Always had my radio cranked up.

seen them in 1968 my ears are still ringing

Summertime Blues is still felt this 2024!

It's blue cheer. The band that cares about our ears.

I love the way the drummer & guitarist hair fall in their face this is so adorable ❤🥰

I was in the Republic of the Philippines in 1968 and the Tet Offensive had just erupted in Vietnam. The Air Evac planes were pouring in to Clark AFB almost non-stop and it was a mixture of panic, chaos and excitement. Summertime Blues it was and AFRTS was playing it loud. What a Time!!!!

1:50- great drum fill! The change at the end ROCKS!

I’m still beyond amazed stuff like this existed in the 60s

Best and the most catchy drumming I've ever heard in a song

Saw them do this at the Fillmore in ‘68.

Ground zero of hard rock and heavy metal.

Dickie is one of my all time fav bass players. He is the epitome of coolness. Even the band name "BLUE CHEER" is Legendary. Today's music can't get near this..... !

When this came out in the 60s, I was pretty much an unmotivated longhair spending more time at the beach in SoCal than I did looking for a job. I had a cheesy record player, but my dad had a high end system with massive speakers that he rarely utilized. I used to drop by their house now and then during the day while they were at work. One of my favorite activities was to get wrecked, crank up Blue Cheer and rock out.

This must have freaked people out, in 1968. It's heavy even by today's standards.

Brilliant ! Absolutely brilliant!!1 Best version EVER of this song ! These guys nailed it - shut !

Can you imagine being a teenager in 1968, and listening to this? It would be seriously mind blowing. The beginning of a whole new era for rock.

As much as I love Black Sabbath and say loud and proud that they are the definitive Heavy Metal band, I've got to say that it was THESE guys who invented Heavy Metal.

Blew my mind when I first heard this band. Really good live musicians with killer tone and energy. Love it.

Eddie Cochran, lost at age 21, kept alive with classic covers by these guys, Zeppelin, The Who, and others.

Super Hard Blues Legends!! GREAT!! Thank You!!

I saw these guys at Awalt High School in 1968, the senior class hired them for senior day concert. I remember the guitar players guitar giving out part way through the concert. He went to the mike and jokingly asked if anybody had a spare Gibson SG standard. One of my classmates hollered out "I do !" and proceeded to run all the way home, a few blocks away, brought back his guitar and they finished the concert. If I remember right, the PA went out next but nobody cared !

Their music wasn’t just ahead of the time, their hair was too! By 1968 not many musicians/hippies had hair that long, due to the fact that it takes awhile to grow that long. They must’ve started growing it in 1965 or so before the psych scene really hit.

I was 12 in '69 and my folks moved from one side of my small town to the other. For 2 months, my sister and I rode to school in a cab. The driver always had the radio on and this tune, Born to be Wild, Leader of the Pack, Crimson & Clover; played every morning.

Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, Black Sabbath, and MC5 are the epitome of Heavy Metal

When we FIRST got cable in the early 80's this was one of the first videos I saw on MTV that was labeled under "classic video". Always stuck with me

I was a teen when this came out was so awesome 70 years now and still head bang to it

Arguably the very first metal record!

One of the best metal songs of all time.

3 man band , no double kick pedal with dirty distortion ... old school hard rock/ metal is kick arse 🤘

Guy on drums is a machine!

A classic that helped to pave the way for Metal. I still listen to this great stuff.

Saw this on mtv closet classics way back , love these guys , vincibus eruptus! Paul Whaley on drums is quite a sight

One of the most important bands in rock n roll history

Nobody can say they lived in 68 unless they knew this song😂😂😂❤️

Hit me like a ton o bricks...14 years old, mouthful of TV dinner, Steve Allen show..BAM

This is like the best blues, punk, funk and metal all in one. Love it

What a terrific drummer! I knew these guys were known for blowing the roaches out of the dimly lit clubs back in the 60's but had no clue they were this good. Totally underrated band.

If you have to risk hearing damage this is the song for it.

My group played a club in Manchester, CT. We had just got off a few days earlier opening for Vanilla Fudge. We received a great review from the Hartford Advocate and the Courant. David’s of Manchester ran a full page Ad with photos from the concert and our press photo. Our roadies had our equipment set up in the afternoon. When we arrived at David’s they were not letting people in because it was over capacity and there was a line out the door. We almost did not get in to play. George our lead singer had to beg the fire marshal to get someone to let us in. We were told that we put on the best show that club ever saw. That night when we finished we were approached by a Paul Whaley. “ Hello, My name is Paul. We really think your boys are great. We enjoyed your music and show.” Paul, later we found out was with Blue Cheer. The whole band was there.

At one time, considered the loudest rock band, EVER!

This has to be the greatest drum piece in all of history. God bless you Paul Whaley. Thank you and may your soul be joyous for all eternity ❤️

Originally done by Eddie Cochran in the 1950's Ray Edward Cochran (/ˈkɒkrən/; October 3, 1938 - April 17, 1960) was an American rock and roll musician. Cochran's songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody", and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s.] He experimented with multitrack recording, distortion techniques, and overdubbing even on his earliest singles. He played the guitar, piano, bass, and drums. His image as a sharply dressed and attractive young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 1950s rocker, and in death he achieved iconic status. - more at Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cochran The original version kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9RnrZpznZ20pZc.html

Showing my age... In the early days of cable, HBO had a weekly 30-minute block of music videos called Video Jukebox, and I watched it religiously. They aired current music but also older "videos", and this was one of them. It was the first time I'd heard of the song or the group, and even then I thought it was definitely unique. I still love it!

My older brother belonged to a record club back then. He didn't make a specific request, so they sent him Vincebus Eruptum. He was into soul/Motown, so he gave it to me. I loved it.

Back in 1983 a co-worker took me backstage at a Blue Cheer/Beach Boys concert in Marysville Ca. and met his uncle, Dickie Peterson. Beach Boys were easy to talk to as well. 😎

The drummer: the first heavy in History

This is unbelievably great WOW.

I still have this album! Wife will probably put it out in a box for yard sale when I pass.... not long now.

This song was a big hit on the AM radio in early 1968. Big on the pop charts, went to number 1

These guys were on the cutting edge of rock. Big, bold, blue sound!

Yes! 😀 This is the version I love! 🎼🖤

Paul Gene Whaley is FIRE on the Drums!!! Thank You for this!!!

Most drummers in this era were as stiff as boards. I love this guy. He had flash.

Wow very cool after all these decades it’s cool to see what they actually looked like back in the day. I was very into acid rock and played a lot of air guitar to these guys and many other bands. Wish I had a time machine.☮️😎❤️

Awesome ! I was born in ‘68. Born to this !

This will be a classic through the ages(from a power trio musician and forever fan of the Blue Cheer)

That drumming is the true creation of heavy metal right there. It's absolutely impossible (unless you're dead inside) to not head bang to this syncopathic, tribal sound. No doubt cousin It is the true originator of heavy metal.

One hears this cover and one will always remember it. Dig this boy!

The loudest concert that I've ever heard at the Fillmore in SF

Amazing 1968 drum fill!!!!!

Just found these guys out from a shuffle on Apple Music after Janis Joplin and big brother company cheap thrills finished.. man these guys are really good.

The ear-splitting, 👂brain-bruising 🧠sound of heavy metal being born. Gotta love it.

Geddy Lee says this is the first Heavy Metal song ever. Therefore, it’s the first Heavy Metal song ever.

I saw these guys a million years ago. They opened for Jeff Beck with Rod Steward and the Doors at the shrine auditorium in Los Angeles. They were the loudest band that I’ve ever heard.

I got to see these guy's right after their first album ('68 or "69) was released in Concord, Ca. at a place called "The Concord Coliseum" which is now a Petco. Bass and guitars were through 4 full Marshall stacks, each. Sat right in front of the stage and took pictures. They were the loudest thing I ever heard! My ears are still ringing. In my mind they were both the first Punk and Heavy Metal bands. Awesome night for a 16 year old kid. R. Bruce Hansel

woooow that drum survived to the end of the song.. infinite love to Blue Cheer!

He was the first of the GREAT drummers. His playing was like an assault - we’d never heard anything like it!

Reminds me of the underground station out of New Orleans. Man, I can take a 1 hour bath in this.

l had the vinyl album. more than 50 friggin yrs ago. and there is STILL no cure for the summertime blues!!

An amazing band doing amazing music at an amazing time. This band was responsible for the hearing loss I have now. It was worth it!

Love it! Proto-metal with a touch of the MC5 - what's not to love?

When it came out, first time I'd heard whatever kind of hard rock this is. The distortion I guess. I loved it. Totally unheard before.

One of if not the loudest rock band ever to play live!