The Zipps

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There are two known bands called The Zipps. 1. The Zipps were a Dutch progressive / psychedelic freakbeat band of the 1960s, from the town of Dordrecht. The band's name may also be spelled as Zipps: both 'The Zipps' and 'Zipps' have appeared on record sleeves, but The Zipps is the most common. The Zipps formed in late 1965. Lead guitarist Peter Nuyten and drummer John Noce Santoro (previously in The Moving Strings, releasing a pair of singles on the Delta label before dissolving (while singer/guitarist Philip Elzerman and vocalist Jan Bek came to the Zipps line-up from the Beat Town Skifflers. Bassist Theo Verschoor tenured in The Twilights. Bek quit the Zipps prior to the release of their debut single, "Roll the Cotton Down," issued in early 1966 on the Op-Art label. After signing to the Relax label, the group issued two more singles that year, "Chicks and Kicks" and "Beat and Poetry." Beginning with 1967's "Marie Juana" -- a record which required significant lyrical revisions before Relax censors would agree to its release -- the Zipps steered their garage-influenced sound towards psychedelia, and thanks in part to their hallucinatory light show, they were regarded by many as "The Dutch Pink Floyd". Elzerman openly promoted drug use in interviews, and stickers reading "Be Stoned! Dig: Zipps Psychedelic Sound" were distributed at live dates. After backing French pop singer Philippe Salerne on his singles "Elle" and "Venez Voir Comme On S'Aime," the group replaced Santo

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Kicks and Chicks (Ever Stoned)

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Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond, Vol. 4

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Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond

Be Stoned! Dig: Zipps

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The Relax Singles 1966-1967 (Remastered 2023)

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Nuggets II disc 4

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The Rubble Collection Volume 9 - Plastic Wilderness

Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond, 1964-1969

Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond 1964-1969

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Be Stoned! Dig- Zipps

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The Rubble Collection Vol. 5

Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From the British Empire and Beyond 1964-69 (disc 4)

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