The Seeds
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{{Infobox musical artist
| Name = The Seeds
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| Background = group_or_band
| Origin = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[USA]]
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]<br/>[[Garage rock]]
| Years_active = 1965 — Present
| Label = [[GNP Crescendo Records]]<br>[[Bam Caruso]]<br>[[Jungle Records]]
| Associated_acts = [[Sky Saxon and the Seeds]]<br>[[Yahowha 13]]
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| Current_members = [[Sky Saxon]]<br>Rick Collins<br>Ryan Maynes<br>Nate Greely
| Past_members = Daryl Hooper<br>Jan Savage<br>Rick Andridge<br>[[Justin Smith (drummer)|Justin Smith]]
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'''The Seeds''' were a [[Rock music|rock]] [[band (music)|band]] who are best known for their hit single "Pushin' Too Hard,", released in 1966. Based in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], their raw and abrasive energy and simple, repetitive [[lyrics]] came to exemplify the [[garage rock]] style of the 1960s.
==History==
Lead [[singer]] and [[bass guitarist]] [[Sky Saxon]] was heavily influenced by [[Mick Jagger]], and the group promoted the fact that [[blues]] great [[Muddy Waters]] once called them "America's own [[Rolling Stones]]." [[Keyboardist]] Daryl Hooper was a major factor in the band's sound; the band was one of the first to utilize [[keyboard bass]]; [[guitarist]] Jan Savage and [[drummer]] Rick Andridge completed the original [[quartet]].
The Seeds' first [[single (music)|single]], "Can't Seem To Make You Mine," was a regional [[chart-topper|hit]] in southern California in 1965. The band had their only national [[Top 40]] hit, "Pushin' Too Hard" in 1966. Three subsequent singles, "Mr. Farmer" (also 1966), a re-release of "Can't Seem To Make You Mine" (1967), and "A Thousand Shadows" (1968) achieved more modest success, although all were most popular in southern California. Though musically primitive, one [[album]] was devoted to the blues (with liner notes by Muddy Waters), and another (''Future'', 1967) was full-blown [[psychedelic rock]], with ornate flower-themed graphics to match.
By mid-1968, with their commercial popularity flagging, the group's personnel began to change; the band was renamed "Sky Saxon and the Seeds" in 1969, by which point Bob Norsoph, guitar, and Don Boomer, drums, had replaced Savage and Andridge. Saxon continued to use the name "The Seeds," using various backup musicians, at least through 1972; the last major-label records of new material by The Seeds—two non-charting singles on MGM records—were released in 1970.
After the dissolution of the Seeds, Sky Saxon joined the [[Yahowha]] religious sect, inspired by their divine leader [[Father Yod]]. He released several albums as the Yahowha 13 in the mid 1970s. Members of the sect went their separate ways after Father Yod died in a [[hang gliding]] accident in 1974, although Saxon continues to collaborate with various members of the Yahowa to this day.
In the 1980s, Saxon collaborated with several bands — including [[Redd Kross]] and [[The Chesterfield Kings]] — before reforming the original Seeds in 1989 to headline "The Summer of Love Tour", along with [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]], [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]] and [[Love (band)|Love]], [[The Music Machine]] and The [[Strawberry Alarm Clock]]. The Seeds remained dormant again until 2003, when Saxon reformed them with original guitarist Jan Savage and newcomer Rick Collins on bass. This new version of the Seeds has gone through several incarnations, with Savage departing mid way through their 2003 European tour due to his health. Saxon now remains the only original member of The Seeds, currently augmented by the aforementioned Collins as well as organist Ryan Maynes, guitarist Nate Greely, and drummer [[Justin Smith (drummer)|Justin Smith]]. The band continues to tour [[Europe]] and the [[United States]].
"Pushin' Too Hard" was named one of [[The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll]].
==Selected discography==
===Albums===
Originally released in the [[United States|U.S.]] on GNP Crescendo Records:
*''The Seeds'' 1966
*''A Web of Sound'' 1966
*''A Full Spoon of Seedy Blues'' (as the Sky Saxon Blues Band) 1967
*''Future'' 1967
*''Raw & Alive in Concert at Merlin's Music Box'' 1968
*''Fallin Off the Edge'' 1977
*''Travel With Your Mind'' 1993
Released on Bam Caruso, [[United Kingdom|UK]]:
*''Evil Hoodoo'' 1988
Released on Jungle Records:
*''Red Planet'' 2004
==Use of Samples==
In 2005 U.S DJ and Producer [[Diplo]] sampled "Can't Seem To Make You Mine" for his tonite remix of the [[Spank Rock]] track "Put that pussy on me" which was released on 12"
Commercial-
"Can't Seem To Make You Mine" is freatured in an Axe Body Spray commercial released in 03/2008
==External links==
*[http://www.skysunlightsaxon.com/ Sky Saxon and the Seeds' website]
*[http://web.tiscalinet.it/wrongway/sky/ "Unofficial" Sky Saxon and the Seeds website with extensive discography]
*[http://time-crafted-records.tripod.com/index.html Time Well Crafted records]
*[http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop/lamaSkySaxon.htm "The Lama Workshop," a fan site with detailed history of Sky Saxon's recordings]
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