Weed

Psychedelic Rock

There are several bands with the name Weed: 1) A noise pop/shoegaze band from Vancouver, British Columbia. Releases: 2009 - To The North (EP) // 2010 - DC Hope (EP) // 2010 - Down In The Valley (EP) // 2011 - With Drug / Eighty (single) // 2012 - Gun Control (EP) // 2013 - Deserve // 2014 - Sing Nervous II // 2015 - Running Back // 2015 - Thousand Pounds / Turret (single) // 2017 - Born Wrong Love (EP) 2) A hard rock/heavy psych band from Germany, they only released one album, titled Weed...!, in 1971. This is the Weed responsible for the songs Sweet Morning Light, Lonely Ship, My Dream, Slowin' Down, Before I Die, and Weed. (Info from Crack in the Cosmic Egg) Between the release of Uriah Heep’s albums “Salisbury” and “Look At Yourself”, in 1971, Ken Hensley went to Germany to record an album for a project simply called “Weed”. This “concept” album related to an infamous rock’n'roll habit! Unfortunately the album sleeve didn’t list the line-up. Aside from Ken Hensley, some members of the 1970/71 Virus line-up were also involved, Bernd Hohmann and Werner Monka at least and possibly their rhythm section as well. All six tracks were composed by the concert promoter Bobo Albes and Phillips’ household producer Rainer Goltermann made sure the sessions in the Windrose Studios in Hamburg were preserved for posterity. The album comprised straight-forward heavy progressive blues-rock with twin guitars and organ to the fore, culminating in the excellent, l...