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Tiger B. Smith, totally insane early 70s German proto-metal guitar rock
12.13.2012
04:32 pm
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Tiger B. Smith, totally insane early 70s German proto-metal guitar rock

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A friend of mine burned me a 4-channel quadraphonic version of Tiger B. Smith’s 1972 Tiger Rock album recently. The hirsute fuzzrocking, boogie-happy German trio (when they’re good) recall Slade, The Sweet, Hawkwind, The MC5, The Edgar Broughton Band, and especially Jimi and Black Sabbath, but about half the album is just bloody awful.

Thankfully this unsung group left behind this boffo clip, all dressed up and rocking out at the top of their game (with a stuffed animal in the shot the whole time, which makes it somehow even better).
 

 
This one is AMAZING. Dig “To Hell’—it almost sounds like a gonzoid Jimi/Keith Levene influenced maniac is playing guitar here:
 

 
This song isn’t one of their better ones, but if the idea of a German version of Grand Funk Railroad seems like a good thing to you, check out “We’re The Tiger Bunch”:
 

 

Posted by Richard Metzger
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12.13.2012
04:32 pm
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