...Where the Groupies Killed the Blues

by Lucifer's Friend

...Where the Groupies Killed the Blues cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1972
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 14:55
  • Community rating: 4.15/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: The Beatnuts, Chi-Ali, Baby Chris

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Abandoning the straightforward proto-doom of their debut, the German outfit took a sharp turn into highly complex, jazz-inflected progressive rock. Fronted by British vocalist John Lawton, the band incorporated frantic tempo changes, dissonant chord structures, and avant-garde tendencies that alienated some early fans while earning deep critical respect. The complex interplay between heavy guitars and swirling Hammond organs cemented its status as a uniquely challenging heavy prog artifact.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, avant-garde, hard, bombastic, complex

Tracklist

  1. Roadrunner (LP Version) (3:54)
  2. Roadrunner (Puberty Mix) (4:09)
  3. Roadrunner (Puberty Instrumental) (4:10)
  4. The Fabulous Chi (2:42)

Credits

  • Chi-Ali - primary artist
  • Lucifer's Friend - primary artist, arranged by [the group]
  • Peter Hecht - arranged by [strings & brass], piano, organ, electric piano, synthesizer [moog], mellotron, producer, written-by
  • Witt - design [album design]
  • Addy Rietenbach - drums, percussion, producer
  • Dieter Horns - electric bass [fenderbass], double bass [bass-fiddle], producer, written-by
  • Conny Plank - engineer, producer
  • Peter Hesslein - guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals, producer, written-by
  • Foth - photography by
  • Herbert Hildebrandt-Winhauer - producer
  • John Lawton - vocals, words by, written-by
  • John O'Brien-Docker - words by, written-by

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