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The Electras would’ve probably been relegated towards the fuzzed-out annals of ’60s garage rock history if not for the post-garage career of bassist (and future Senator) John Kerry. Developing in 1961 at Concord, New Hampshire’s special St. Paul’s College (a prep college whose alumni consist of acting professional Judd Nelson, …

From Minnesota, the Electras released about half twelve singles from 1965-67 which were admirably ferocious slabs of garage area punk, with generous tones of both pop and psychedelia. The group had been heavily indebted towards the United kingdom Invasion sound from the Yardbirds, Zombies, among others, though on many of …