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The Palace Guard
The Palace Guard
musical artist
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The Brogues
The Brogues
American garage rock band formed in Merced, California
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The Crusaders
The Crusaders
American 1960s garage band
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The Bees
The Bees
musical artist
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We the People
We the People
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Harbinger Complex
Harbinger Complex
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The Music Machine
The Music Machine
band that plays garage rock
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The Choir
The Choir
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The Human Expression
The Human Expression
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The Knickerbockers
The Knickerbockers
American rock band, formed in Bergenfield, New Jersey, in 1964
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The Third Bardo
The Third Bardo
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The Knack
The Knack
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The Peanut Butter Conspiracy
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy
Pyschedelic music group
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The Daybreakers
The Daybreakers
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The Leaves
The Leaves
American garage rock band
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The Humane Society
The Humane Society
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Black Oak Arkansas
Black Oak Arkansas
American Southern rock band
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The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
band that plays psychedelic rock
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Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
North American folk rock band
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The Dovers
The Dovers
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The Magic Mushrooms
The Magic Mushrooms
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders
US band
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The Chesterfield Kings
The Chesterfield Kings
American punk rock band
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The Fuzztones
The Fuzztones
American band
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The Druids of Stonehenge
The Druids of Stonehenge
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The Other Half
The Other Half
musical artist
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The Pandoras
The Pandoras
US musical group
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Twentieth Century Zoo
Twentieth Century Zoo
American rock band
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Delaney Bramlett
Delaney Bramlett
American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer
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The Daisy Chain
The Daisy Chain
musical artist
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The Daily Flash
The Daily Flash
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Rising Storm
Rising Storm
musical artist
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Goldie and the Gingerbreads
Goldie and the Gingerbreads
band
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Delaney & Bonnie
Delaney & Bonnie
American husband and wife music duo
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The Liberty Bell
The Liberty Bell
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The Caretakers of Deception
The Caretakers of Deception
musical artist
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The Oxford Circle
The Oxford Circle
American rock band
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The Revels
The Revels
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Mouse and the Traps
Mouse and the Traps
US band
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The Index
The Index
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The Mummies
The Mummies
American punk band
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The Driving Stupid
The Driving Stupid
American garage rock band
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1313 Mockingbird Lane
1313 Mockingbird Lane
musical artist
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GONN
GONN
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The Sparkles
The Sparkles
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The Nerves
The Nerves
band
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The Chocolate Watchband
The Chocolate Watchband
band
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The Coasters
The Coasters
American band
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Jerry Cole
Jerry Cole
American musician
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The Shadows of Knight
The Shadows of Knight
band
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The Gestures
The Gestures
teenage American rock band based
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Dick Dale
Dick Dale
American surf rock guitarist
Intro
Music

The Groupies were an American garage rock-psychedelic rock band from New York City who were active in the 1960s and are known for an innovative approach to primal blues-based rock exemplified in such songs as "Primitive". They were a popular fixture in the New York club scene and recorded for Atco Records, later venturing to Los Angeles. Due to their uncompromising stance the Groupies failed to attract a wider audience outside of their local enclaves. In recent years they have come to the attention of garage rock and psychedelic enthusiasts and their work has been included on various compilations such as the 1998 Nuggets four-CD box set, which was released on Rhino Records. In recent years their material has been re-issued on various garage rock and psychedelic compilations such as the Pebbles, Volume 10 LP and the 1998 Nuggets four-CD box set.

The band was formed in the Lower East Side of New York City by bassist Gordon McLaren. Their lineup consisted of McLaren along with Ronnie Peters on lead vocals and tambourine, Peter Hindlemen on lead guitar, Norman "Cooker" DesRosiers on rhythm guitar, and Bobby Cortez on drums. They played regularly at the Scene, a New York nightclub and became one of the most popular live acts around town, for a while second only to the Young Rascals, and were signed by Ahmet Ertegun to Atco Records in 1965. For Atco the Groupies cut a single "Primitive" b/w Leiber & Stoller's "I'm a Hog for You," which was released in January 1966. However, Ertegun's high expectations for the band did not materialize, as the band failed to score a hit or gain recognition outside of New York City. None of this was helped by the band's uncompromisingly noncommercial musical approach, which they sometimes used the term "abstract music" to describe. Nor was the band willing to cooperate with the label's attempts to promote them, even going so far as on one occasion to miss a concert planned for them in Philadelphia, and instead boarding a plane to Los Angeles. The label dropped them, but the band became involved in the Los Angeles scene for a while, and were captured on field recordings made by Neil Hopper of songs such as "Down In the Bottom" and "You Changed Again". However, the group met with limited success in L.A. and eventually broke up.

In the 1970s, Norman DesRosiers enjoyed minor solo success recording under the name Cooker. In 1974, the single "Try (Try to Fall in Love)" b/w "The Ah-Ah Song", penned by DesRosiers, peaked at No. 88 on the Billboard Hot 100. As a solo artist, he gained a brief popularity in Los Angeles.