The Chesterfield Kings

THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS
 
 
The Chesterfield Kings  were a rock band from Rochester, New York, who began as a retro-1960s garage band, and who have heavily mined 1960s music, including some borrowing from the 1960s recordings of The Rolling Stones.  Core members were former Distorted Level singer, underground music journalist and avid record collector Greg Prevost (founder of the band), and Andy Babiuk (16 years old at the time of joining the band); others have come and gone.  The band, named after a defunct brand of unfiltered cigarette, was instrumental in sparking the 1980s garage band revival that launched such groups as the Unclaimed, Marshmallow Overcoat, The Fuzztones, The Malarians, Mystic Eyes, The Cynics, The Optic Nerve, the Secret Service, and the Stomachmouths.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

The Voxx Records retrospective CD, Be a Caveman: The Best of the Voxx Garage Revival (2000) presents one incredible song after another that has led me to buy several full albums by the bands on the CD; besides the Crawdaddys, the CD includes songs by the VertebratsDMZthe Chesterfield Kingsthe PandorasGravedigger Vthe Miracle Workersthe FuzztonesHypstrzthe Surf Triothe SteppesDwarves, and many more. 

 

(January 2015/2)

 

Last edited: March 22, 2021