Wazoo - Wazoo (Reissue) (1970/2006)

Progressive experimental avant garde psych rock from Detroit. Originally the band was hired by Zig Zag Records to record cover tunes and easy listening, with the intention, 'We're just doing whatever we want,' the result was an overdosed rock concept album. The 7 songs with an average length of 7 mins combine free and different styles of music, from heavy garage rock to bluesy westcoast, drifting into tripped-out, funk, jazz elements with humorous/social comments. Structure, feeling and complexity can be compared to experimental Krautrock, while the group's basic sound is represented better by end-60s US rock like Country Joe & the Fish or The Head Shop with its excessive fuzz guitar work, Farfisa organ and several additional instruments, sax, harpsichord, cello, percussion, bells.. Studio work is pretty tricky, lots of unexpected mixing and experiments, with flashes of UK's legendary White Noise. Wazoo's sound somehow blankets various forms of music and creates a unique kind of musical renaissance.