It's a blessing that the internet didn't exist in the mid-sixties. For all the convenience of web searches, mp3s and fast downloads (of which, yes, I'm very dependent), the small pockets of individual weirdness and wildness are all but gone. Even the least web savvy bands can now compare and research any song, band, lick, era or genre at the drop of a hat. The accidents are disappearing. Do you think the Shaggs could have existed in an internet wired household? God forbid the thought of Hasil Adkins having access. You could go down the list, Monks, Sonics, Screaming Jay Hawkins... Every great performer with one toe or more in the deep end would be different if they had been exposed to a web hosted music clusterfuck.
Los Saicos were a Peruvian rock n' roll band, who listened primarily to British Invasion stuff, without exposure to regional US releases, or anything slightly off. They had a polished template, and they scratched the fuck out of it. They existed for roughly two years from 1964-1966, and put out six singles and zero LPs. Twelve songs, that's it. And then they hung it up. They didn't burn out, or play in any offshoot bands. They simply walked away.
Los Saicos were a Peruvian rock n' roll band, who listened primarily to British Invasion stuff, without exposure to regional US releases, or anything slightly off. They had a polished template, and they scratched the fuck out of it. They existed for roughly two years from 1964-1966, and put out six singles and zero LPs. Twelve songs, that's it. And then they hung it up. They didn't burn out, or play in any offshoot bands. They simply walked away.
In digging for sides of theirs, I ran into comparisons to the Sonics, the Wailers and the Trashmen, all hot shit around here. Though I'm not sure I'm in 100% agreement with said comparisons, they surely have something I dig.
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Listen:Los Saicos - El Entierro De Los Gatos mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
Los Saicos - Camisa de Fuerza mp3 at Raven Sings the Blues
Los Saicos - Fugitivo de Alcatraz mp3 at Berceuse Electrique
Los Saicos - Salvaje mp3 at Tape Wrecks
Los Saico's - Cemetenterio mp3 (via Box.net) at Pop Goes the Radio Download button at top right at Box.net
Los Saicos - Demolicion (streaming) at Feast of Beast
Full LP:
Los Saicos - Compilation rip (via Rapidshare) at Dr. Schluss' Garage of Psychedelic Obscurities
Video:
Saicomania trailer at YouTube
Los Saicos - El Entierro De Los Gatos (live, Spain, 2010) at YouTube
Don Letts gets schooled at YouTube
Saicomania channel at YouTube
Visit:
Los Saicos at Wikipedia
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