Blue Cheer

The original anthem of teenage frustration, "Summertime Blues" has proved one of the most enduring songs of the rock era, and has been covered by many acts over the five decades since its creator Eddie Cochran took it into the charts in 1958. Read More

Three teams from the Montclair Recreation Pop Warner Football program will play this Saturday in North Jersey Pop Warner 2009 championship games. Read More

In the summer of 1968, I was going on 16, living in a small Canadian city (St. Catharines, Ontario), and had been playing drums for a couple of years. Read More

Dickie Peterson, the bassist and lead singer for Blue Cheer, the San Francisco power trio best known for its high- volume 1968 hit rendition of the rock 'n' roll classic "Summertime Blues," has died. Read More

Congratulations on making it to the end of another week! Read More

With the passing of Dickie Peterson earlier this week on October 12 after a long battle with liver cancer, we wanted to share this conversation with Peterson that took place in late 2006 as the band was firmly establishing a young, new audience. Read More

That night at the Knitting Factory, Peterson could've been a monument: white dishelved hair, bass guitar, towering amplifier. Read More

Dickie Peterson, co-founder of pioneering San Francisco based heavy-as-fuck psych stoner metal juggernaut Blue Cheer passed away this morning in Germany. Read More

Alongside Black Sabbath, Cream and The Groundhogs, Californian power trio Blue Cheer are justly revered for their part in inventing the genre currently known as stoner rock. Read More

Alongside Black Sabbath, Cream and The Groundhogs, Californian power trio Blue Cheer are justly revered for their part in inventing the genre currently known as stoner rock. Read More