I really dig the band Love from the 60's. They had a few absolutely classic psyche albums, such as Forever Changes, Da Capo, and their self-titled debut:
ARTHUR LEE, the eccentric singer/guitarist with influential 1960s rock band LOVE, has died in a Memphis hospital after a battle with leukaemia, his manager said on Friday. He was 61. "His death comes as a shock to me because Arthur had the uncanny ability to bounce back from everything, and leukaemia was no exception," Mark Linn said in an email to Reuters. "He was confident that he would be back on stage by the fall." Lee, a Memphis native who referred to himself as "the first so-called black hippie," formed Love in Los Angeles in 1965, emerging from the same scene as groups like the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Doors and the Mamas and Papas. The first multiracial rock band of the psychedelic era, Love recorded three groundbreaking albums fusing traditional folk rock and blues with symphonic suites and early punk. Bands as diverse as LED ZEPPELIN, ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN, and SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES cited Love as an influence. Several benefit concerts were held in Britain and the United States to help Lee with his medical bills. Former Led Zeppelin singer ROBERT PLANT headlined a benefit in New York in June.
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