COUNT FIVE - PSYCHOTIC REACTION 45 RPM DOUBLE SHOUT RECORDS EXCELLENT 1966

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ROCK/HARD ROCK/GARAGE     POP/SURF     R&B/MOTOWN     COUNTRY     BLUES/JAZZ

COUNT FIVE

45 RPM

DOUBLE SHOT RECORDS
104


A-SIDE

PSYCHOTIC REACTION

PEAK  # 5  BILLBOARD HOT 100  12  WEEKS ON CHART 

B-SIDE

THEY'RE GONNA GET YOU

CONDITION:  VINYL  EXCELLENT

CONDITION:  LABEL  MINT

COMES  with  YELLOW SLEEVE  and  PLASTIC COVER

ARTIST:

  COUNT FIVE

TITLE:

A-SIDE

B-SIDE

  PSYCHOTIC REACTION          
    /  THEY'RE GONNA GET YOU

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YEAR:

FORMAT:

  45 RPM

CONDITION:

  EXCELLENT   

COMMENTS:

  YELLOW SLEEVE              

COLORED VINYL:

ADDITION NOTES:

ADDITION INFO:

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  The Count Five was a 1960s garage rock band from San Jose, California, best known         for their Top 10 single "Psychotic Reaction".

  The band was founded in 1964 by John "Mouse" Michalski (born 1948, Cleveland, Ohio) (lead guitar) and Roy Chaney (born             1948, Indianapolis, Indiana) (bass guitar), two high school friends who had previously played in several short-lived bands.   

After going by the name The Squires for a short time, along with several line-up changes, the Count Five were born. 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.

"Psychotic Reaction", an acknowledged cornerstone of garage rock, was initially devised by Byrne, with the group refining it and turning it into the highlight of their live sets. The song was influenced by the style of contemporary musicians such as The Standells and The Yardbirds. The band was rejected by several record labels before they got signed to the Los Angeles-based Double Shot Records. "Psychotic Reaction" was released as a single, peaking at #5 in the U.S. charts in late 1966. The band enjoyed limited success for a short time, dropping out of view altogether when their only hit had fallen from public memory. Another setback to a potential career in the music business was the decision of the five members (who were between the ages of 17 and 19) to pursue college degrees.

By 1969, the Count Five had broken up, but their memory was immortalized in a 1972 essay by rock journalist Lester Bangs, entitled "Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung." In the essay, Bangs credited the band for having released several later albums (after Psychotic Reaction): Carburetor Dung, Cartesian Jetstream, Ancient Lace and Wrought-Iron Railings, and Snowflakes Falling On the International Dateline — each displaying an increasing sense of artistry and refinement. However none of these subsequent albums actually existed except in Bangs' own imagination.

The Count Five reunited only once, when they performed a concert in 1987 at a club in Santa Clara, California called "One Step Beyond". This performance has been released as Psychotic Reunion LIVE!.

The song "Psychotic Reaction" can be heard playing on the jukebox in an early scene in Wim Wenders' film Alice in the Cities (1974).

Craig Atkinson died on October 13, 1998 and John "Sean" Byrne died on December 15, 2008 at 61 from cirrhosis of the liver.

Roy Chaney formed a new band in the 1990s called The Count (with Byrne and drummer Rocco Astrella, who played in the last version of the original group). The Count released their debut CD, Can't Sleep, in 2002. In 2006, Count Five was among the first bands inaugurated into the San Jose Rock Hall of Fame.

• "Psychotic Reaction" / "They're Gonna Get You" (1966)
• "Peace of Mind" / "The Morning After" (1966)
• "You Must Believe Me" / "Teeny Booper Teeny Booper" (1967)
• "Merry-Go-Round" / "Contrast" (1967)
• "Declaration of Independence" / "Revelation in Slow Motion" (1968)
• "Mailman" / "Pretty Big Mouth" (1969)
  

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