Dickie Peterson, the singer and bass player of Blue Cheer, who are considered another one of the first heavy metal bands, sadly passed away this morning in Germany at the age of sixty one. The cause of death has yet to be announced but he had been ill for some time. After Peterson's death, Andrew MacDonald wrote on the groups website "Blue Cheer is done. Out of respect for Dickie, Blue Cheer would never become a viable touring band again."
Blue Cheer released their first album, "
Vincebus Eruptum" in 1968 and released a further five albums until a hiatus. The band returned with a new album in 1984 and released two more albums in 1990 and 1991 before another break. The bands last record was a collection of re-recorded material entitled, "
What Doesn't Kill You..." in 2007.
Peterson himself had also recorded two solo albums entitled, "
Child Of The Darkness" and "
Tramp."
They are best known for their cover of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," which peaked at #14 on the Pop Singles chart and #3 on the Canadian RPM magazine charts in 1968.
You can listen to the song here.
Thanks for the report to Metalunderground.com.
RIP