psychedelic university

WORKING AT BAM CARUSO WAS LIKE ATTENDING PSYCHEDELIC UNIVERSITY.

"Apocalyptic bad trip blues of the finest hue, ‘Magic Potion’ sounds like one of the earliest (and best) stoner metal singles, up there with Blue Cheer. A Sabbath-heavy riff opens proceedings as singer Mike Brancaccio bangs on about the mind-opening properties of his magic potion. “All of a sudden there’s a different world appearing before my eyes… if you don’t want to try this potion, leave it all for me,” he says, greedily. I would have quite liked to have seen them at Happening 44 on Gerrard St in 1968."

FACT 20 BEST: UK PSYCH RECORDS EVER MADE by Richard Norris / The Time & Space Machine