COUNT FIVE - Psychotic Reaction LP blues Brown Acid: The Second Trip

Brown Acid: The Second Trip opens with the squealing guitar harmonies and Sabbath plod of Ash‘s “Midnight Wish

The Sum Is Greater Than Its Parts perfectly captures working class rock ’n’ roll discontent with Margaret Thatcher and the 1980s UK

MC5-ish guitar licks so fuzzed-out that the strings practically play themselves

potential of seeing ourselves as we truly are

COUNT FIVE - Psychotic Reaction LP blues Brown Acid: The Second TripFanclub repro. Unfairly maligned as one hit wonders, the Count Five actually managed to put together a pretty impressive full length. It covers pretty much all the bases of what was hip in '66, starting with the fuzz classic title cut, but there's also dollops of British Beat, nascent psychedelia, gritty blues and pop soul. Up there with MC5 and the Sonics they are one of those Garage Rock bands that provide a good foundation to ones collection.