Flamin' Groovies, London

Flamin' Groovies biography

The Flamin' Groovies were an American rock and roll band of the 60s and 70s, known for their influential melodic garage rock music. They began in San Francisco, California in 1965, founded by Cyril Jordan and Roy Loney. The band's early recordings reveal a debt to the Lovin' Spoonful and other soulful rock groups. Their first album, 1969's 'Supersnazz', stylistically was rather a mixed bag, featuring both re-creations of 50s rock n roll and more melodic, somewhat rueful songs that anticipated the power pop movement of the 70s-- a genre to which the Flamin' Groovies would eventually contribute significant work. In retrospect, the band has been praised by critics as being "one of America's greatest, most influential, and legendary cult bands", in the words of Allmusic. Their siren song of a last album, 1993's 'Rock Juice', has also attracted attention as a great underground release. As time goes by, many punk and powerpop leaning bands have took inspiration from the Groovies.

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