Not to be confused with Earth, Wind and Fire. Excellent Nuggets style garage rock with a very psychedelic edge - Paint it Black is an obvious touchstone. The Kings manage to sound more like the Stones than the Rolling Stones have since the early eighties. The Chesterfield Kings - The Mindbending Sounds of ( 2003 ) Truly unusual and very experimental - I would imagine that Broadcast and Stereolab are fans. Female vocals with a mixture of psychedelic rock and early electronic music. This must have been pretty out there when first released in 1967 - it still freaks me out now. Their sole album is an intriguing mixture of garage and psychedelic folk rock, as likely to evoke Love as it is Dead Moon. Originally known as the Weeds, but convinced to change their name by a conservative record label, the Lollipop Shoppe were Dead Moon's Fred Cole's early band. The Lollipop Shoppe - Just Colour ( 1968 ) Highlights: Tomorrow Drop Dead ( ala Tomorrow Never Knows ) and Doors tribute Ride The Snake. Graham Gouldman and Andrew Gold collaborated to create this wonderful homage to all of their favorite albums from the sixties. The Fraternal Order Of The All - Greetings From Planet Love ( 1998 )
