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; Bob Rochan;

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

The band comprised Jack Merrill (vocals, guitar, formerly of The Echos, Candy Johnson and the Exciters, Sumpin' Else, & Hot Chocolate), Bob Rochan (vocals, bass guitar, percussion, formerly of The Sentinels, Sumpin' Else, and Hot Chocolate), 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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