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In the late 60s, a young band with a scorching style and a regional number-one song drifted into obscurity. Meanwhile the band's frontman, then-teenage Al Anderson, went on to a highly visible career that includes a decades-long stint with the hugely popular band NRBQ. Anderson moved on to become one of the most sought after songwriters in Nashville, and he's still going strong after 40 years of musical adventures. This is the tale of The Wildweeds, a band that by all accounts was always slightly out of step with prevailing musical fashions. In retrospect, the band seemed to exist to...

'The natural progression from the Who to the Jam to Oasis' -Village Voice... “Sparkling, insanely catchy psyche-pop”: The Grip Weeds are a critically acclaimed Psychedelic Rock /Power Pop quartet consisting of brothers Kurt and Rick Reil (on drums and guitar respectively), Kristin Pinell (guitar) and Michael Kelly (bass). Surrounded by their vintage equipment, this talented four-piece band records slices of perfect, radio-friendly guitar-pop, psychedelic enough to appeal to record junkies and Sixties-retro fans, but edgy enough to fit into a modern rock set. Strange Change Machine, the new Grip Weeds double CD/LP, is a 24-song tour de force that sees...

There are at least two bands called Tumbleweeds: Tumbleweeds is a Finnish rock band. Hailing from the western coast town, Vaasa, they’ve played together since the late 2006. Tumbleweeds play raw and melodic rock tunes with a touch of Finnish melancholy. They’ve been influenced by many artists; Led Zeppelin, Queens Of The Stone Age, Nick Cave, Stone Temple Pilots are all worth to mention. In their own words, “Striking rock with a down-to-earth attitude”. The band was formed by the lead-singer/songwriter Miika Salo and the guitarist Mikki Somppi (currently rockin' in Belgium). Soon along came Tommi Björklund on bass and...