Kallem - The Shaggs garage act

I chose this band because the name sounded familiar, but turns out I was thinking of a different band. Nonetheless, this band is pretty cool. It consists of 3 girls, who are all sisters, and they formed because their mom had some sort of vision that she would have daughters that would start a band. Their father assisted them in getting started and soon turned to controlling behaviors such as removing his daughters from school, not allowing them to have friends outside their family, and not allowing them to listen to music. The girls were ultimately forced to practice constantly. They released an album in 1969 titled Philosophy of The World, which led them to gain fans such as Frank Zappa. Their sound can be described as “proto-punk” and are seen as pioneers of that genre. They stopped performing in 1975, after their father passed away. What I found interesting about this group was first, the fact they were a girl rock group, which was something you did not see very often in this era. Additionally, it was super weird but interesting to see how they’re band started, and why they became a group in the first place. Overall, they have a very avant-garde, abstract sound, so they are not for everyone, but here’s pretty cool song!