The Fugitives

With its choppy, biting fuzz guitar distortions, the Fugitives' "Blowin' My Mind" -- a half-acid, half-punk trip shot through with bizarre lyrics (e.g. "psychiatric rigmarole") -- was evidence of a schizoid band in stylistic turmoil. Were they the Naugahyde-frocked, Cuban-heeled "Stones of Sacramento," as originally they presented themselves, or sweet acoustic Anglophiles, or just long-haired punk ...more