Help (band)

Help
Help
Origin	California, United States
Genres	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, hard rock
Years active	1970-71
Labels	Decca
Past members	Chet McCracken; Jack Merrill; Rob Rochan;

Help were a 1970s psychedelic, acid, hard rock power trio from California.

The band comprised Jack Merrill (vocals, guitar), Ron Rochan (vocals, bass guitar, percussion), and Chet McCracken (vocals, drums, percussion, formerly of the Evergreen Blueshoes).^[1]^[2]

They released two albums on Decca Records in 1970 and 1971.^[3]^[4]

McCracken went on to drum with The Doobie Brothers.^[2]

Discography edit

Albums edit

Help (1970), Decca
Second Coming (1971), Decca

Singles edit

"Keep in Touch" (1971), Decca
"Good Time Music" (1971), Decca

References edit

^ "Billboard Album Reviews - Help Second Coming", Billboard, September 4, 1971, p. 22. Retrieved 12 January 2013
^ ^a ^b Joynson, Vernon (2004) Fuzz Acid and Flowers Revisited, Borderline Productions, ISBN 1-899855-14-9, pp. 423-4
^ Unterberger, Ritchie "Help Review", Allmusic. Retrieved 12 January 2013
^ Popoff, Martin (2010) Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records 1948–1991, Krause Publications, ISBN 978-1440211317, p. 545

[Bill-1] "Billboard Album Reviews - Help Second Coming", Billboard, September 4, 1971, p. 22. Retrieved 12 January 2013

[Joynson-2] Joynson, Vernon (2004) Fuzz Acid and Flowers Revisited, Borderline Productions, ISBN 1-899855-14-9, pp. 423-4

[Unterberger-3] Unterberger, Ritchie "Help Review", Allmusic. Retrieved 12 January 2013

[Popoff-4] Popoff, Martin (2010) Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records 1948–1991, Krause Publications, ISBN 978-1440211317, p. 545

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