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THE REVIEW
A manifesto group of politicized British underground, born from a commune of anarchic freaks
in the mid-sixties, made their debut in 1967 with the legendary “Ptooff!”.
The album is a sound "pastiche" that assembles essays of garage rock, psychedelia, Zappa-esque madness, counterculture, unruliness, political satire, elements that can be associated with the total music experiments of the American Fugs as well.
The Deviants are the forerunners of English punk rock, cited by many groups of '77 as a main aesthetic-musical influence, an example being the dirty rock blues of I’m Coming Home, but more evident traces can be found on the second album of 1968, “Disposable”.
Psychedelia takes on different forms, among the free-form deliriums of Nothing Man, Deviation Street and soft acid ballads with a Barrett-esque flavor like Child of the Sky.
At the time, the group represented, alongside Pink Floyd and Soft Machine, the spearhead of the Ufo club, the underground venue that delivered the most extravagant and avant-garde musical events of the sixties to history.
After three albums the group disbanded, some members formed another English underground icon, the Pink Fairies, which included guitarist Larry Wallis who in the late seventies formed the great Motörhead together with Lemmy from Hawkwind.
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The Deviants' 1967 debut album 'Ptooff!' stands as a groundbreaking fusion of psychedelia, garage rock, and political satire. Rooted in the British underground scene, this anarchic and experimental work paved the way for punk rock's emergence. Featuring free-form delirium and acid ballads, it captured the revolutionary spirit of the era alongside contemporaries like Pink Floyd. The group’s influence extends through later projects such as Pink Fairies and Motörhead.Tracklist Videos
The Deviants
The Deviants are a British underground group led by Mick Farren, active initially from 1967 to 1969. Fusing garage rock, psychedelia, and political satire, they released Ptooff!, Disposable, and The Deviants #3 and became noted for proto‑punk ferocity and countercultural stance, later resurfacing intermittently.05 Reviews
