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Underground Fire
Rock · 1969 · 11 tracks · 34m

Underground Fire

Heavy fuzz-tone guitars and driving rhythms mark this 1969 pivot toward psychedelic blues rock. A gritty, instrumental take on the late sixties counterculture sound.

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It's like The Ventures went to a biker bar and came out with a fuzz pedal and a grudge.

A gritty, high-octane blend of surf precision and late-sixties psychedelic fuzz.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 34m
01
Underground Fire
2:10
02
Embers in E Minor
3:13
03
Sea of Grass
2:14
04
Higher Than Thou
2:36
05
Up, Up and Down
2:11
06
Country Funk and the Canned Heat
2:17
07
Born to Be Wild
3:25
08
Sunshine of Your Love
3:55
09
The Weight
2:43
11
Down on Me
2:01
12
Fire
2:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The aggressive fuzz-tone lead on the title track that signals a departure from their cleaner surf roots.
The heavy, lumbering bass line on 'Born to Be Wild' that gives the instrumental cover a menacing weight.
The swirling, psychedelic organ textures that bleed through the guitar layers on 'Embers in E Minor'.
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