Formed in North Portland, Oregon during the summer of 1966. Brigade won the KLSN Radio Portland Teen Fair Battle Of The Bands on 9th June 1968 and received a 1954 custom purple Cadillac Hearse as a prize! By now they were a top local attraction and the same year they signed to the American Record Company and recorded a demo which received a lot of local airplay. They went on to record an album for the B&V (Band 'n' Vocal) label in 1970, but split up before it was released. Consequently it received little airplay and flopped.
Reissue of this obscure LP release from 1970, originally from the Pacific Northwest. "This is one of our alltime favorite album when it comes to Underground & Psychedelic music. One of ten we would take on an island. Full of dynamic and strong fuzz guitar solos, driving drums and amazing vocals, which deserves this offical reissue.(green-brain-krautrock.de)
The band has a powerful sound that comes across as very powerful and for example in ''Desert Song'' as well as in ''Bad Town'' the band anticipates the progressive seventies with their possibilities. Every song on the album testifies to the band's absolute independence and in my opinion the band was a decade ahead of its time. As strong as the album presents itself continuously, the band closes the album with ''Everybody is Laughing''. (Frank)
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ReplyDeleteHello, Edward (guitar and band leader) here. The Brigade had 123 gigs throughout the Pacific Northwest between Sep'66 and May'70. I can answer any questions, have pics, albums, etc....
ReplyDeletelisted as link fixed but I still get an error on this one. Thanks for all you do
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