Holden was ahead of his time. Blue Cheer might be considered one of the fathers of heavy metal, but guitarist Randy Holden is one of the world's unsung fathers of doom. Holden's 1970 album Population ...
Before there was Black Sabbath, there was Blue Cheer, a San Francisco band that helped pave the way for metal with its heavy psychedelic blues-rock sound. Sadly, the band’s classic and longtime ...
Paul Whaley, drummer for Bay Area power trio Blue Cheer, died on Monday, January 28 at age 72 at his home in Regensburg, Germany. The San Francisco Chronicle reports, via the band’s co-founder and ...