Psychotic Reaction

About this episode

The episode discusses the song 'Psychotic Reaction' by The Count Five and its significance in garage rock history.

Let's go crazy! This week's pick is "Psychotic Reaction" originally by The Count Five - a song which has to be in the Top 10 of all-time garage toonz ... a Yardbirds-style rave-up with great drums & atmospheric harmonica wails. Two versions, also from 1966, follow hot on the caped ones' heels - Texans Positively Thirteen O'Clock (who are actually Mouse & The Traps under a different name) and budget-rockers The Fire Escape. Labelmate Brenton Wood jumped on the ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Weldon Hunter, Erik Komarnicki

Topics covered

• garage rock
• music history
• song analysis
• 1960s music
• band comparisons

Keywords

• garage rock
• Psychotic Reaction
• The Count Five
• 1966 music
• Yardbirds
• Positively Thirteen O'Clock
• The Fire Escape
• Brenton Wood

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Count Five, Positively Thirteen O'Clock, Mouse & The Traps, The Fire Escape, Brenton Wood, Yardbirds

Books & works: Psychotic Reaction

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