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9. The Charlatans, by most measures, were the first psychedelic band...

Fri Nov 27, 2020, 08:57 PM

Nov 2020

but what constitutes an underground band?

Factoid: The Charlatans were the first band to perform on LSD, whacked out on Owsley Stanley's product, in Virginia City.

They were Beta testing the San Francisco sound in Virginia City, while Stanley was Beta testing his Acid Test thingy.

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Ask a question about a band & see if anyone can answer it without using Google..Part 4 [View all] red dog 1 Nov 2020 OP

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