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Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye coined the phrase "NUGGETS" for late 60s lo-fi garage/psychedelic ditties by one-chord wonders like Strawberry Alarm Clock, the 13th Floor Elevators, and the Electric Prunes. Kaye's original NUGGETS comp (later augmented to this 4-disc box set) contained the stuff of a thousand rock and punk acts to come. Future miscreants Ted Nugent, Leslie West, and Warren Zevon cut their fangs in primitive acts like the Amboy Dukes, The Vagrants, and Lyme & Cybell. The New York Dolls, Ramones, and Sex Pistols all took notes. WOOLY BULLY's greasy Tex-Mex groove, keg-a-riffic singalong DOUBLE SHOT OF MY BABY'S LOVE, Jagger-esque gem DIRTY WATER, and dozens more make NUGGETS an avalanche of the "grungiest" music the era had to offer.
Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye coined the phrase "NUGGETS" for late 60s lo-fi garage/psychedelic ditties by one-chord wonders like Strawberry Alarm Clock, the 13th Floor Elevators, and the Electric Prunes. Kaye's original NUGGETS comp (later augmented to this 4-disc box set) contained the stuff of a thousand rock and punk acts to come. Future miscreants Ted Nugent, Leslie West, and Warren Zevon cut their fangs in primitive acts like the Amboy Dukes, The Vagrants, and Lyme & Cybell. The New York Dolls, Ramones, and Sex Pistols all took notes. WOOLY BULLY's greasy Tex-Mex groove, keg-a-riffic singalong DOUBLE SHOT OF MY BABY'S LOVE, Jagger-esque gem DIRTY WATER, and dozens more make NUGGETS an avalanche of the "grungiest" music the era had to offer.