![]() The band's origins go back to Glendale, CA, in the mid-'60s, and a group then known as the Sixpence. But there was a real group there, with members who had played for a long time on the Southern California band scene, who were proficient on their instruments and who sang well and generated four whole LPs of which at least three were worth hearing more than once. Their name is as well known to anyone who lived through the late-'60s psychedelic era as that of almost any group one would care to mention, mostly out of its sheer, silly trippiness as a name and their one major hit, "Incense and Peppermints," which today is virtually the tonal equivalent of a Summer of Love flashback. Here’s an outstanding video of Corgan and a one-time band (including Smashing Pumpkin Mark Byrne and SAC organist Mark Weitz) working out to Saxon’s “900 Million People Daily (All Making Love).Strawberry Alarm Clock occupies a peculiar niche in the history of '60s rock. featured Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins, the surviving members of the Seeds, the Strawberry Alarm Clock and the Electric Prunes. Update: A tribute to Sky Saxon at the EchoPlex in L.A. I’m so sorry I couldn’t keep him here with us. Saxon’s wife, Sabrina, announced the death on her Facebook page: “Sky has passed over and YaHoWha is waiting for him at the gate. commune the Source Family and performed with its psychedelic jam band the YaHoWha. Saxon recorded with the Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan last year and appeared in one of that band’s psychedelically influenced music videos. Other recordings such as the original release of “Future” with the Seeds go for as much as $100. “Transparency” (2005) is available via Amazon. Several of Saxon’s post-Seeds records are out of print or only available as imports. The Seeds reunited in 2004 for the album “Red Planet,” which retained the fuzz tone guitars and Farfisa organ sound of their mid-’60s recordings. The bands’ two albums, “The Seeds” and “A Web of Sound,” are available as a two-fer CD, as are the Saxon albums “The Future” and “A Full Spoon of Speedy Blues.” Generations of rockers have covered Saxon’s songs. Later, the Seeds’ brand of garage rock reverberated throughout the punk rock movement. The Seeds provided a bridge between some of the original three-chord attitude rockers such as the Kingsmen and the edgier psychedelic bands. In turn, Saxon explored some Doors-like directions after the original Seeds disbanded. “The End,” for example, appears to be a direct cop of Saxon’s spooky baritone narration. Saxon and his L.A.-based Seeds obviously influenced Jim Morrison and the Doors, who had supported them on tour. Farmer” has become another signature song over the years and was heard in the rock movie “Almost Famous.” (Listen to the Strawberry Alarm Clock’s 2012 cover of “Mr. The Seeds’ two albums remain a powerful influence on rock music, ranging from the jukebox hits “Pushin’ Too Hard” and “Can’t Seem to Make You Mine” to the sex saga “Up in Her Room,” clocking in at 15 minutes. ![]() Richard Marsh, his real name, was born in Utah. ![]() He adopted the name Sky Sunlight Saxon in the years after the Seeds disbanded. Saxon’s latest group was called Shapes Have Fangs, reflecting the singer’s eccentricity as well as his love of oddly titled songs and curious band names. ![]() Saxon died Thursday in his new home of Austin, Texas, as he was preparing for a ’60s tour with the Electric Prunes and Love. Garage band icon Sky Saxon has died after a long career that included pop stardom with the Seeds and psychedelic explorations as a solo act. ![]()
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