HeraldNet

Blue Cheer’s lead singer Dickie Peterson, 63, dies

Dickie Peterson, the bassist and lead singer for Blue Cheer, the San Francisco power trio best known for its high-volume 1968 hit rendition of the rock ‘n’ roll classic “Summertime Blues,” has died.
Grand Forks Herald

YOUTUBE: Blue Cheer's "Just A Little Bit," from 1968 album "What Doesn't Kill You"

Dickie Peterson and Blue Cheer perform "Just A Little Bit" from the 1968 album, "What Doesn't Kill You."... [email protected] October 22, 2009 at 5:00 PM Share ...
Yahoo

"Mike Bloomfield came up to me at the Avalon Ballroom and says, ‘You can’t do that’. I said, ‘C’mon, Mike, you can do it, too. All you gotta do is turn this knob up ...

They were the bellowing Gods Of Fuck. There were no big ugly noises in rock’n’roll before Blue Cheer. They created sonic brutality, coiling their teenage angst into an angry fist of sludge and ...
brooklynvegan

Paul Whaley, drummer for Blue Cheer, has died

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 ...