Blue Cheer - Live At Rockpalast - Summertime Blues (Live Video)

[@RobretBertram]

Blue Cheer : The Original Heavy Metal Psych Rock Band of 1968!

[@johnharris6676]

When people talk about heavy rock they definitely should be talking about these cats! Heavy rock at it finest! Definitely underrated band..

[@taurusthefool]

I can't even believe the amount of people who never heard of these guys. Not to mention the people who have never heard Rumble by Link Wray. Practically the beginning of distorted rock and the beginning of the psychedelic/prog rock phase

[@johnharris6676]

taurusthefool Today’s kids will never know what Rock was. Not only from Blue Cheer Little Richard, Jerry Lewis ect!

[@Lulbratjade]

@@johnharris6676 as someone who is 18 and in love with early hard rock i promise ill keep these guys and their music alive even when yall die

[@markshimada3672]

Yeaa

[@markshimada3672]

Lovr

[@geneahart5607]

Dicky Peterson: one of my hero's in my youth.

[@mavjimbo]

He was a baller

[@RandyR]

They still had it after all those years ✌

[@TheFernandosr]

YEAH, BLUE CHEER, I WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN ''SUMMERTIMES WAS A HIT '''!!

[@rickywilliver6995]

14 days after Paul Whaley s birthday my brother passed away I guess there ain't no cure for the 2019 Summer Times Blues RIP PAUL

[@larryleitch3803]

Ricky, I am sorry about your brother. The rest of these comments are plastic 😂. Bless you man.

[@shaunmcdonough9016]

Dickie was probably pretty sick with the cancer that killed him the next year when this show occurred. But he was still rockin' right up until the end. RIP (and RIP Paul too who just passed away this year).

[@kenderen3736]

Keep on going strong. The guys that helped to pave the way for Metal. I still listen to this great stuff.

[@kesslermontijo6304]

Here it is 2023 and my ears are still ringing! They put the "sic" in music!!!!!! All in good fun. Am I still alive?

[@rob8872]

Yeah - I saw them in 1969 and my ears are still ringing!

[@mitchelbart1306]

Saw them in concert 1968 in Phoenix with Iron Butterfly and Sweet-water and three other groups. They were awsome.

[@brotherthor8699]

Hooray! No lip syncing! Thank you Blue Cheer!

[@MrOpodeldok]

Cos it was live in German TV

[@Buzzramjet]

Wherever you are Dickie/….keep blowing out their eardrums...rock on.

[@msaintpc]

The originators of head banging metal. I booked them at the Whiskey in both February and March of 1969 along with The Seeds. They were never underrated, they were the kings from 1966 to 1969.

[@charleslaporte6212]

I have had every Blue Cheer album that I could find , and CDs too. Want to read what they were about , find and buy the album Louder Than God and read the notes on the back of the cover . One band I wish I had seen live . RIP Dickie

[@Brother_MarkG]

saw them back in 1968 in a tiny bar and they blew out the windows in less than 10 minutes.. they were so loud that one had to be outside to take it all in

[@precisionbrown6829]

Saw them in the late 60’s and played with the drummer at a few studio sessions in the late 90’s

[@alfredoduran8813]

Incredible,they don't ask nothing to any other band.just awesome.5

[@arcangeld.o.7224]

Now it's a lots different with all the technology that exists today but the magic of this rock and roll band 45 years ago it's incredible cheers brothers.

[@unclekennymusic]

Epic!!! The song that wouldn't end!!!

[@keithhinchcliffe4377]

Loudest concert I ever attended; way back in '70. my ears were ringing for 12 hours after. How these guys aren't deaf, I don't know.

[@johnskar2601]

I saw them in the 70s also and I have to say, they are one of the all time best 3man band I've seen.

[@amorodioamor4388]

My friend saw them at Fillmore West in early days and he said it was the loudest band he ever heard. He said he couldn't hear for days

[@jensandersen7011]

WHAT???@@amorodioamor4388

[@amorodioamor4388]

I worked with a guy who was a regular at Fillmore west. He saw everyone in his lifetime. He said the 2 greatest bands he ever saw was Zeppelin and Blue Cheer at Fillmore West.

[@JohnnyNation]

The younger cats here also did a great job helping to keep Blue Cheer's music going till the bitter end !!!###

[@daveshredmonster2171]

Blue Cheer were the Nirvana of the hippie era, if there ever was one.

[@marvinlovell2956]

For a Few years loudest band in the world!

[@giuliobentz6349]

Wow....pioneers❤

[@pennyking3823]

They were heavy metal before heavy metal!

[@garyhaley1644]

Heavy is an understatement!That version of that song punches ya right in the guts.

[@WhiteNacho]

Said to be one of the loudest acts back in the day.

[@jarrodschroeder]

Wish I could have seen them play live I've always really loved this song scince I was like 3 years old I'm 51 now n still love this song ! Blue Cheer !!!!

[@martinlisa533]

Hard rock 🖤 🤘

[@jaggedstudios3315]

The best version of this song. The Who did it justice, but these guys gave it the girth !!!! Raw !!!

[@carrollcaldwell4570]

Eddie Cochran did it best!

[@mikebinns9209]

The HEAVY ROCK Gods

[@delo1960]

the drums are tuned wide open...awesome

[@rockerjim8045]

music your neighbours are definitely going to hear ❤

[@margarethushion6696]

Insane !..Legend

[@anthonyrichard8001]

god i use to play this on drums....love it ...

[@glennarnold]

Well done gents! This -- THIS -- is how Hard Rock sounds done right. HARD Rock rocks HARD! That's it. The end.

[@michaelapers1562]

Rockpalast! Always great.

[@raymondchollet3199]

The first meyal band. I gorget thr year im 72, but they were summer fave band. I pick one or two been doing this for years.

[@precisionbrown6829]

Best cover ever 👍

[@brbrmg]

Very beautiful.

[@wrdswpns1139]

first heavy metel tune ladies and gentlemen

[@唐吉訶德-s3c]

Still awesome rock that the music today

[@taurusthefool]

Not sure why this was their most popular song. Especially being a cover. Their song Peace of Mind is easily the greatest song in their rep.

[@majugejohn3716]

Check out "sun cycle" or "just a little bit" if you havent already, those are good ones.

[@joseprado3732]

One of the pioneer of heavy rock

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

VERY GOOD HEAVY STIL GOOD 1968..........................

[@sweetfaith2011]

I've heard this song before, but never heard of this band before, can you believe it?

[@madeinengland4910]

Look for the live version of blue cheer on beat club ..they rocked it ..they are knackered here still good but check em out in 1968

[@Taztiger7272]

The jury is still out but I say 1st true Heavy Metal band The Yardbirds, Cream, Hendrix and Iron Butterfly are up there with Fijjid Pink, MC5 and Iron Butterfly...

[@dynjarren8355]

Steppenwolf. Born to be Wild. I like smoke and lightning. Heavy Metal Thunder! Racing with the Wind and the feeling that I’m under! That was the first mention of the words Heavy Metal in a Rock song. And it was 1968.

[@joki5346]

We should not forget The Gun, Love Sculpture and Grand Funk Railroad.

[@TheStudioRoblox]

I would Steppinwolf is there too.

[@chrishershey5033]

What a great time to have grown up in … I blame the internet for the death of music heroes

[@danholm4952]

First 'heavy metal' band!

[@jeffblacky]

Did a show with them once . Cool guys

[@luizsergiodesouzagoesgoes5990]

The heavy metal's father!

[@publigar6402]

una joya. el solo de bateria es unico

[@eduardomatteliano7846]

Love them all forever!! What can you say about a band named themselves after the buzz they used while being so loud they had to record in airplane hangars!?!! Immortals Rock on in Nirvana Forever!!!

[@sirphineasluciusambercromb9114]

Next best thing to a living Hendrix or a Cream reunion

[@TheStudioRoblox]

Steppinwolf as well.

[@carymisenar862]

Man I woulda loved to be in the house for this one

[@shirleyjennings5787]

Still sounds great!

[@chrismorgan7494]

The Fuzz Face LIVES!!

[@xyzzy117]

Boss tone!

[@chrismorgan7494]

@@xyzzy117 Jordan Bosstone? Sweet!!

[@guillermoortega4119]

AWESOME

[@jaapvander3787]

old rockers kick the ass

[@zenonzaniewski3212]

jak to miło posłuchać ''dziadków '' przez '' dziadka ''

[@mirokrivak8852]

Fantastic --You are still live !!! ??? Thanks ! your fan from east block Czechoslovakia

[@kevinlane7555]

OLD SCHOOL....no in-ear monitors for these guys....turn everything up to 11 and let 'er rip.....

[@berniemoss9861]

WOW!!!!!

[@santycarva9467]

Un grupazo Blue Cheer

[@philiphoward1731]

OK this is really pretty good somebody needs to build sSunn Amplifiers again in the Sunn Colosseum PA

[@rebb6160]

The could have been the earliest onset of grunge

[@triglett0669]

Metal and Hard Rock not grunge

[@mikehemens9359]

cares?

[@jorgenegretealvarado4506]

,excelente versión de mis tiempo.

[@deneng0259]

Loud and Proud! MAGA

[@bradnopeson5486]

My God!!! If Black Sabbath, Metallica, and Nirvana were the grandchildren..... this song would be like grandpa pulling a coin out of their ears, and them being mystified... W

[@geraldroraback5432]

Blue Cheer came to David’s in Manchester, CT. To check us out. They were very complimentary. Loved my drum set.

[@uppercasedtheelowercases3123]

I heard The Guitar Strangled Banner in the ending! LOL

fucking MASTERS OF HEAVY ROCK GODS

[@Flaco-ip7cl]

A metal song from 1968 Years before black sabbath This guys invented metal

[@thesandman4438]

A while back my 25yr old daughter asked me who invented metal. I immediately cranked up Summertime Blues and told her this is a band called Blue Cheer. Her mouth dropped open and she said "but it's in black and white". I never felt so fucking old in my life. LOL

[@dukecraig2402]

@@thesandman4438 They had to film that in black and white, if they'd have done it in color people's brains would have exploded, it was just too much in 1968.

[@iangreenhalgh9280]

Not years before Sabbath, Sabbath already existed in 1968, their first album was released in 1969. Jimi Hendrix invented heavy metal - a journalist described his music as 'heavy metal falling from the sky'.

[@barrycalvillo2466]

Dont forget about iron butterly and steppenwolf they contributed , well iron butterfy did

[@lukehauser1182]

Let's get our terms right - this was called "hard rock" - which flourished briefly till cartoonish "heavy metal" displaced it

[@charleswilliams8368]

Hard to categorize uniquity.

[@TheStudioRoblox]

use to call it acid rock back them.

[@sirjanska9575]

Hard rock, heavy metal, acid, stoner... Titles change but at the end of the day it's all just rock 'n' roll

[@AerikVon]

Fuck yeah!!!

[@michaelwenzel1682]

Right on 8 track music

[@danielalessandri6425]

L E G E N D S.

[@rebb6160]

Could have been heavy metal at its earliest. Which really sprung up from Jimi Hendrix

[@michaelcate1953]

Yes and also the progenitors of stoner rock and doom metal, along with Sabbath

[@gmbrereton]

Bloody shit hot

[@allencolvin4320]

First American born metal band, only around the same time frame as Ozzy and Zeppelin

[@layinfreeman4693]

only blue cheer of the 60's Please

[@Flaco-ip7cl]

The first heavy metal band..1968 baby.. San Francisco

[@ratter531]

And their long hair back then.

[@chimalpopoca5797]

..los Papás de Black Sabbath y mucho otros..si Señor !

[@Nick-zd7nk]

They kicked as much a$$ as anyone.

[@paulosicne5803]

It would have been great if they played an Ozzfest with the original Black Sabbath on the same bill.

[@danholm4952]

weren't we just in our 20's? WTF HAPPENED?

[@alevine1951]

Drummer missing the energy of Paul Whaley.

[@kevadelic]

AMEN... when the vid started, I though "man, the drummer sure aint what he used to be."

[@HighOnFire1997]

This sounds so much heavier than their 68 version.

[@ronniechilds2002]

Is that the 3 original dudes?

[@shannonlucas2980]

2 out of 3. Guitarist is not.

[@glenercolino7132]

The first heavy metal band??

[@deadlockmun]

The only band Bill Graham pulled the plug on.

[@ChandlerTV100]

deadlockmun Oh really? Never knew that

[@BabettaBlue]

Барабаны вообще никуда:(((( послушайте раннюю версию

[@yuvgotubekidding]

Blue Cheer 2008 tour sponsored by Kleenex.

[@markymarco2570]

01:38 that's not chugging

[@jimbeekman4863]

Want another line? No thanks we are on next...

[@ZombifiedPreacher1]

Fuzz

[@guitarfox8316]

His voice is so messed up I feel bad for him

[@santinocorleone1204]

These guys are original, good stuff. But lets pump the brakes a little, you're forgetting about Dave Davies and the KINKS!. They were 4 years earlier

[@ursus9104]

Not the same as the rhythmic drums from the original 1968 recording.

[@gairngorms]

vocals are way to loud in the mix.

[@aegisraven1284]

No energy in this performance this is sad