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Blue Cheer

An American rock band that formed in 1966 in San Francisco and was named "in honor" of a type of LSD (which, in turn, was a street name for the drug borrowed from the brand of detergent "Blue Cheer" by Procter & Gamble). Blue Cheer became one of the leading bands of the Californian psychedelic scene but differed from other representatives of their direction due to a heavier sound and radical experiments with sound, as a result of which they were subsequently counted among the pioneers of acid rock, heavy metal, stoner rock, and grunge. Jim Morrison of The Doors called Blue Cheer "the most powerful band I've ever seen."