Editing Blue Cheer (section)

{{short description|American rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Blue Cheer
| image           = Blue Cheer Amstelveen 1968.jpg
| image_size      = 250
| landscape       = 
| caption         = From left to right: [[Dickie Peterson]], [[Randy Holden]], and [[Paul Whaley]] in 1968
| origin          = [[San Francisco]], California, U.S.
| genre           = <!-- Add REFERENCED genres, not genres which they have influenced. -->{{flatlist|
* [[Hard rock]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Bob Leszczak |title=Who Did It First?: Great Rock and Roll Cover Songs and Their Original Artists |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4egLBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA208 |date=July 10, 2014 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-3322-5 |page=208}}</ref>
* {{nowrap|[[psychedelic rock]]<ref>{{cite book |author1=Michael Goddard |author2=Benjamin Halligan |author3=Nicola Spelman |title=Resonances: Noise and Contemporary Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mILFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA185 |date=July 18, 2013 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4411-1837-0 |page=185}}</ref>}}
* {{nowrap|[[blues rock]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Tim Boomer |title=The Bassist's Bible: How to Play Every Bass Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tI3cBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA69-IA26 |date=June 1, 2013 |publisher=See Sharp Press |isbn=978-1-937276-25-6 |page=69}}</ref>}}
* [[acid rock]]<ref name="AMG-BlueCheer">{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3713|label=Blue Cheer}}</ref>
* [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Eric v.d. Luft |title=Die at the Right Time!: A Subjective Cultural History of the American Sixties |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ryvnZiTBAAC&pg=PA279 |date=September 21, 2009 |publisher=Gegensatz Press |isbn=978-1-933237-39-8 |page=279}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/where-are-they-now-blue-cheer-44367/ |title=Where Are They Now: Blue Cheer |first=David |last=Fricke |website=Rollingstone.com |date=September 12, 1985|access-date=July 15, 2021}}</ref>
* [[proto-punk]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/cult-heroes-blue-cheer-the-band-who-invented-heavy-metal |title=Cult Heroes: Blue Cheer- the band who invented heavy metal |first=Ken |last=McIntyre |website=loudersound.com |date=November 4, 2016|access-date=May 4, 2022}}</ref>
}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Group B|The Oxford Circle|[[The Other Half (band)|The Other Half]]|[[Sopwith Camel (band)|Sopwith Camel]]|Silver Metre|Monsters|[[Raven (band)|Raven]]|[[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]]|Mother Ocean}}
| label  =  [[Philips]]
| past_members    = See [[#Personnel|members section]]
| years_active    = {{hlist|1966–1975|1978–1979|1984–1994|1999–2009}}
}}

'''Blue Cheer''' was an American [[Rock music|rock]]<!--Heavy metal in the infobox, do not change the genre without discussing--> band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009. Based in [[San Francisco]], Blue Cheer played in a [[psychedelic rock|psychedelic]] [[blues rock]] or [[acid rock]] style.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=January 29 |first1=Aidin Vaziri |last2=February 1 |first2=2019Updated |date=January 29, 2019 |title=Paul Whaley, drummer who pioneered heavy metal with Blue Cheer, dies at 72 |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/paul-whaley-drummer-who-invented-heavy-metal-with-blue-cheer-dies-at-72 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425074328/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/paul-whaley-drummer-who-invented-heavy-metal-with-blue-cheer-dies-at-72 |archive-date=April 25, 2023 |access-date=March 19, 2024 |website=Datebook {{!}} San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> They are also credited as being some of the earliest pioneers of [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], with their cover of "[[Summertime Blues]]" sometimes cited as the first in the genre.<ref name=RS_bluecheer>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bluecheer/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202120229/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bluecheer/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |title=Rolling Stone Music &#124; Top Artists, News, Reviews, Photos and Videos |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=21 October 2010}}</ref> They have also been noted as influential in the development of genres as disparate as [[punk rock]],<ref name="AMG-VincebusEruptum">{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |url={{AllMusic |class=album |id=r2129|pure_url=yes}} |title=Vincebus Eruptum – Blue Cheer |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=21 October 2010}}</ref> [[stoner rock]],<ref name="AMG-LiveBootleg">{{cite web |last=Prato |first=Greg |url={{AllMusic |class=album |id=r787619|pure_url=yes}} |title=Live Bootleg: London – Hamburg – Blue Cheer |publisher=AllMusic |date=August 9, 2005 |access-date=21 October 2010}}</ref><ref name=RS_BCatCBGBs>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/06/21/run-for-your-lives-blue-cheer-at-cbgbs/ |title=Music News, Videos, Photos, Artists, Playlists and More |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=21 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508144856/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/06/21/run-for-your-lives-blue-cheer-at-cbgbs/ |archive-date=May 8, 2009}}</ref> [[doom metal]],<ref name=RS_BCatCBGBs/> [[experimental rock]],<ref>[[#refDimery2006|Dimery 2006]] pg 140, "''paving the way for everything from the Stooges to Zeppelin, from heavy metal to experimental rock.''"</ref> and [[grunge]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Phil Alexander |url=http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/03/blue_cheer.html |title=Blue Cheer – Disc of the day |work=Mojo |access-date=21 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206040655/http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/03/blue_cheer.html |archive-date=December 6, 2010}}</ref>