The Seeds

The Seeds were a very popular and primitive mid 60's psychedelic garage rock band from Los Angeles, California. They were first formed in 1965. The original line-up was: Sky Saxon (vocals), Jan Savage (lead guitar), Rick Andridge (drums), and Daryl Hooper (guitars/keyboards). The group offered a really raw and ragged hard-driving sound that was inspired in equal parts by the blues and the Rolling Stones. Their 1965 debut single "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" was a modest regional hit in California. The Seeds scored their biggest breakthrough smash with the fabulously ferocious "Pushin' Too Hard," which peaked at #36 on the Billboard pop charts. The follow-up songs "Mr. Farmer" and "A Thousand Shadows" were only moderately successful. The Seeds appear as themselves and perform the song "Two Fingers Pointing To You" in the groovy hippie exploitation classic "Psych-Out." In addition, the band also made a guest appearance on the sitcom "The Mothers-In-Law." Their songs have been featured on the soundtracks to such films as "Riding the Bullet," "Almost Famous," "Cop Land," "Air America," "Bodies, Rest & Motion," "976 Evil II," and "A Girl to Kill For." After recording five albums the group disbanded in the early 70's. In 1989 they got back together to headline a "Summer of Love" tour that included fellow 60's rock acts Arthur Lee and Love, the Music Machine, the Strawberry Alarm Clock, and Big Brother and the Holding Company. The Seeds subsequently broke up again. Starting in 2003 the Seeds reformed and continued to perform in both Europe and America, although only Saxon remained from the original line-up. Sky Saxon died at age 71 on June 25, 2009 in Austin, Texas.