Editing Blue Cheer (section)

== Legacy ==
Blue Cheer is often credited as one of the very earliest pioneers of [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] and their version of "[[Summertime Blues]]" has been cited as the first heavy metal song.<ref name="RS_bluecheer"/>
According to Tim Hills in his book, ''The Many Lives of the [[Crystal Ballroom (Portland, Oregon)|Crystal Ballroom]]'',<ref>[[McMenamins]], 1997.  McMenamins now owns the Crystal Ballroom.</ref> "Blue Cheer was the epitome of San Francisco psychedelia." [[Jim Morrison]] of [[The Doors]] characterized the group as "the single most powerful band I've ever seen"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanartists.net/roster/bluecheer.php |title=American Artists |publisher=American Artists |access-date=21 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901083953/http://www.americanartists.net/roster/bluecheer.php |archive-date=September 1, 2010}}</ref> and [[Eric Clapton]] defined them as "probably the originators of heavy metal".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/eric-clapton/eric-clapton-on-cream-i-was-in-a-confrontational-situation-24-hours-a-day-feature |title=Eric Clapton on Cream: "I was in a confrontational situation 24 hours a day…" |work=Uncut |access-date=1 October 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102805/http://www.uncut.co.uk/eric-clapton/eric-clapton-on-cream-i-was-in-a-confrontational-situation-24-hours-a-day-feature |url-status=dead }}</ref> Blue Cheer influenced such late 1970s bands as East-European psychedelic hardcore band [[Galloping Coroners]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurock.com – Music from around the World: Features and Reviews |url=http://www.eurock.com/Display.aspx?Content=AtillaGrandpierre.aspx |website=eurock.com|access-date = 28 May 2015}}</ref>

Blue Cheer was also widely recognized as the loudest band ever at the time when they emerged.<ref name=Peart>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/louder-than-god-rushs-neil-peart-remembers-blue-cheers-dickie-peterson-98540/ |title='Louder Than God': Rush's Neil Peart Remembers Blue Cheer's Dickie Peterson |author=Neil Peart |date=2009 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Nightwatcher>{{cite web |url=https://web.musicaficionado.com/main/article/Blue_Cheer_Were_the_Loudest_Band_Ever |title=Blue Cheer Were the Loudest Band Ever |author=Nightwatcher |date=February 18, 2008 |work=House Of Rock Interviews |access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Atkinson>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-08-ca-13296-story.html |url-access=subscription |title=3 Cheers For Blue Cheer |author=Terry Atkinson |date=March 8, 1987 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name=fleming>{{cite web |url=https://www.thesmartset.com/blue-cheer/ |title=Blue Cheer and the world's first heavy metal album |author=Colin Fleming |date=May 24, 2018 |work=The Smart Set |access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Altman>{{cite web |url=https://web.musicaficionado.com/main/article/Blue_Cheer_Were_the_Loudest_Band_Ever |title=Blue Cheer Were the Loudest Band Ever |author=Billy Altman |date=<!--not given--> |work=Music Aficionado |access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> Billy Altman reported that at a 1968 concert the band was "So loud, in fact, that within just a few songs, much of the crowd in the front orchestra section was fleeing."<ref name=Altman/>

Various artists in the [[grunge]] movement have paid homage to Blue Cheer, including [[Melvins]] vocalist [[Buzz Osborne]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://clture.org/buzz-osborne-melvins/ | title=A conversation with Buzz Osborne of the Melvins | date=August 30, 2016 }}</ref> and [[Mudhoney]] vocalist [[Mark Arm]], who said; "Hearing Blue Cheer [while in college] was almost as important to me as hearing the Stooges for the first time the year before. When Mudhoney started up, Blue Cheer was definitely part of our blueprint.”<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jambase.com/article/blue-cheer-harder-n-louder-than-the-rest | title=Blue Cheer: Harder 'n' Louder Than the Rest }}</ref>

"Blue Cheer" was the name of a variety of [[lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]] made by chemist and [[Grateful Dead]] patron [[Owsley Stanley]]<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/mar/15/owsley-stanley-obituary |title=Owsley Stanley obituary |work=The Guardian |date=March 15, 2011 |access-date=November 25, 2014 |last1=Carlson |first1=Michael }}</ref> and the band was probably named after that, although the name existed earlier, as the name of a [[Cheer (brand)|laundry detergent]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.old-time.com/commercials/1950%27s/Blue%20Cheer.htm |title=Blue Detergent Ends Washday Blues |work=Old-Time Radio |access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref> after which the LSD variety itself was named.