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Kenn Ellner John "Mouse" Michalski Count Five was an American garage rock band formed in San Jose, California in 1964, best known for their hit single " Psychotic Reaction ".
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- 1964–1969
- Craig "Butch" Atkinson, John "Sean" Byrne, Roy Chaney, Kenn Ellner, John "Mouse" Michalski
Kritiker bezeichneten die Band als untalentiert, wenn man einmal von Kenn Ellners Stimme und gelegentlich Michalskis Leadgitarreneinsätzen absieht. Sie hatten mit ihrem Song Psychotic Reaction einen Top-Five-Hit in den US- Billboard -Charts 1966 [3] , der heute als ein Klassiker des Garagenrock gilt und der oft gecovert wurde, unter ...
- 1969, 1999
- Garage Rock
- 1964, 1987
Count Five. From: San Jose, CA, USA. Count Five (also Count V) was a garage rock group consisting of the member Kenn Ellner, John “Sean Byrne”, Roy Chaney, John “Mouse” Michalski and Craig “Butch” Atkinson, from San Jose California who’s song Psychotic Reaction reached number 5 in the Billboard charts in 1966 and was selected as ...
The song started off as an instrumental but had lyrics added at the insistence of lead singer Kenn Ellner’s father, Sol, who was also the band’s manager. The Count Five split up in 1968 but they enjoyed a fertile afterlife thanks to Lester Bangs, whose 1971 essay Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung imagined an alternative future for the ...
13. Feb. 2017 · Psychotic Reaction” is an early garage rock song released by the American rock band Count Five in 1966, and also the title of their only album. The song Psychotic Reaction was written by the five members of the Count Five, Craig “Butch” Atkinson, John Byrne, Roy Chaney, Kenn Ellner and John “Mouse” Michalski.
John “Sean” Byrne (1947-2008, born Dublin, Ireland) played rhythm guitar and lead vocals, Kenn Ellner played tambourine and harmonica while sharing lead vocals and Craig “Butch” Atkinson (1947-1998, born San Jose, California) played drums. The Count Five gained distinction for their habit of wearing Count Dracula-style capes when playing live.
Background "Psychotic Reaction" was born out of an instrumental that Count Five played for six months before their manager Sol Ellner, Kenn Ellner's father, suggested that rhythm guitarist John "Sean" Byrne write lyrics for it.
