And then there's "Revolution #9." It's hard to get much more psychedelic than that. If you really listen to this track closely on headphones you are likely to get yourself quite a scare and I think that makes the song quite a successful piece of sound art. If you want to know who to thank-or blame-for the punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s, start with Count Five. While Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" has been derided as a ripoff of the Yardbirds.

Rolling Stones and other groups, it has been lauded as a classic example of psychedelic rock and a forerunner of punk and garage rock. What's undeniable is the fresh, exciting sound of the San Jose, California band's 1966 debut hit. Count Five (leave off the "the") were five teens, some still in high school, who formed in 1964. The band was turned down by seven record companies before newly-formed label Double Shot signed them. Lead singer John "Sean" Byrne played shrooms near me.

Rhythm guitar and wrote "Psychotic Reaction," though the rest of the band shared the writing credit: lead guitarist John "Mouse" Michalski, harmonica player Kenn Ellner, Roy Chaney on bass and Craig "Butch" Atkinson on drums. "Psychotic Reaction" was performed without lyrics for six months until Ellner's father Sol, the band's manager, suggested that Byrne put words to the music.

The song's title was hatched during a lecture on psychosis and neurosis at San Jose City College when a pal of Byrne's whispered, "Do you know what would be a great name for a song? Psychotic Reaction!"I'd had this song running through my head," recalled Byrne. "The lyrics, the melody, everything--but that was the missing punch line!"The growling fuzz-tone by guitarist Michalski has been criticized as a steal of the iconic sound of the Rolling Stones.