- Band Members: Robert Donahoe, John Lopez, Mike Taylor, Rod Prince, Pete Stinson, Henry Edgington, Stan Moore, Mike Taylor
- Genre: Rock & Alternative
- Followed By: Tandooris
- Similar Artists: The Kingsmen, The Sonics, Don & the Goodtimes, Cannibal & the Headhunters, Cheepskates, The Count Bishops, Dimentia 13, DMZ, The Gants, The Gentrys, Kenny & the Kasuals, The Remains, Shadows of Knight, The Nightcrawlers, The Basement Wall, The Wailers, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Los Cheyenes, The La De Das, Mouse & the Traps, Zakary Thaks, The Enfields, The Dearly Beloved, Things to Come, The Pleazers, The Savages, The Squires, The Flaming Stars, Unknown Mystery 60's Group, The Bruthers
The Bad Seeds were the first rock group of note to come out of Corpus Christi, Texas, itself a hotbed of garage-rock activity during the middle/late 1960s. They started when guitarist/singer Mike Taylor and bassist Herb Edgeington, then member of a local band called the Four Winds, met up with lead guitarist Rod Prince and drummer Robert Donahoe, who had been playing in a rival band called the Titans until its demise. Prince wanted to form a new group, and he, Taylor and Edgeington became the core of the Bad Seeds, who were signed to the local J-Beck label in 1966. They stayed together long enough to record three singles during 1966, of which two, "A Taste of the Same"/"I'm a King Bee" and "All Night Long"/"Sick and Tired," are unabashed classics of blues-based garage-punk, three of them originals by Taylor (who wrote most of their originals) or Prince. Even their normally maligned second single, "Zilch Part 1"/"Zilch Part 2," has some worth as a pretty hot pair of throwaway tracks. The band's sound was the raunchy Rolling Stones-influenced garage-punk typical of Texas rock groups in the mid-'60s.
Following the breakup of the group after the summer of 1966, Mike Taylor became a writer and producer for the the Zakary Thaks, another Corpus Christi-based band (who were signed to J-Beck after being spotted playing on a bill with the Bad Seeds), and also recorded singles in a folk-like mode as The Fabulous Michael. Rod Prince went on to become a key member of the legendary band Bubble Puppy, who were signed to Leland Rogers' International Artists' label, and the post-psychedelic group Demian. ~ Bruce Eder & Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide