Top Songs
- To the Grave - Single · 2013
- Fieldtrip - EP · 2012
- Fieldtrip - EP · 2012
- Fieldtrip - EP · 2012
- Fieldtrip - EP · 2012
- Fieldtrip - EP · 2012
- Ah Feel Like Ahcid! - 30 American Psychedelic Artefacts From the EMI Vaults · 2007
Singles & EPs
About Mad River
One of the oddest San Francisco Bay Area bands of the late '60s, Berkeley-based Mad River cut two albums that are highly regarded by psychedelic collectors. After releasing a rare EP on a tiny local label in 1967, the band signed with Capitol and released their self-titled debut the following year. Perhaps the most ominous San Francisco band of the time, the group often sounded like an extremely dark version of Quicksilver Messenger Service with a bit of Country Joe & the Fish's minor-key melodies thrown in. Their material veered between drawn-out angst jams and frenetic numbers, spotlighting David Robinson's shimmering, blistering guitar leads and leader/songwriter Lawrence Hammond's mournful, quavering vocals. Unpredictably, their second and last LP (1969's Paradise Bar & Grill) found the band drifting into laid-back country-rock with less memorable results. ~ Richie Unterberger
- ORIGIN
- Berkeley, CA, United States
- FORMED
- abril de 1966
- GENRE
- Rock