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ldquoBanned, shunned and arrested, the Edgar Broughton Band were the formidable forefathers of Stoner Rock and the protopunk, threechord paradox, driven by passion, power chords and a conscience.rdquoIncredible performances live in London and BremenIncludes BBC and Radio Bremen 196970 broadcasts2pp full colour insertInformative liner notesArchival imageryThe Edgar Broughton Band, live in Session at the Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London in 1969 and on lsquoBeatClubrsquo, Bremen, Germany in 1970.nbspMost retrospectives of the late 1960s and early 1970s musical counterculture tend to focus on the the pastoral underground that kept the spirit of folk Eden alive. What still remains unfashionably overlooked is the raucous reaction to the hippy idyll those artists whose refusal to smoke the peace pipe was expressed in a more raucous and desperate form of heavy bluesaftermath rock, and in particular, from a British perspective. Of all the bands who sprang out of the creatively fertile period of the late 1960s was the politically enlightened Edgar Broughton Band. A riotous, righteous, BeefheartFugsloving brigade formed by Broughton brothers Robert aka lsquoEdgarrsquo and Steve, with bassist Arthur Grant, in midrsquo60s Warwick. Ladbroke Grove would never be the same. Banned, shunned and arrested, but undeniably motivated by a resonant ethical ideal that has outlived the cultural pop shifts that lived alongside. Live, the EBB were formidable giants of Stoner Rock and the protopunk, three chord dimension, driven by passion, power chords and a conscience.London Calling honourably presents a snapshot of live appearances from 196970 by this stalwart of the underground and icons of the countercultural idiom that strived for justice, peace and reason in a hostile environment 70s Britain. Perfectly remastered original broadcasts with analytical liners and rare archival photos from the period.