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White Eyes
12+ albums
grindcoreexperimentalminatoryrock60s
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There are at least 2 artist with this name 1) The White Eyes is a 3 piece Alternative / Rock band from Taipei, Taiwan. 2) White Eyes is a Deathstep/Heavy Dubstep producer from the UK. 3) They didn't make a big splash nationwide, but White Eyes were favorites on the rock ballroom and homegrown festival circuit in the Midwest during their heyday of the late '60s and early '70s, playing psychedelic rock with strong guitar work, impressive harmonies, and melodies that were catchy and clever without blunting the impact of the music. The White Eyes story began in 1965, when high-school friends Philip Jackson (guitars, vocals, keyboards) and Butch Dillon (drums) were attending Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri. The two were interested in forming a soul/R&B band, and recruited guitarist and vocalist Greg Camp and singer Cat Sherrell, the latter only 14 when she joined the band but already possessing a strong, confident voice. The band, known as Dillon's Children, didn't last long as the musicians embraced the changing sounds of rock music, and in 1969 they moved to Columbia, Missouri, home of the University of Missouri and a more friendly locale for those sympathetic to the hippie lifestyle. The group added another guitar player, Kent "Duck" Linneweh, and took up a new name, White Eyes, inspired by the titular creatures in the low-budget horror movie Plague of the Zombies. Hauling their gear in a rundown hearse, White Eyes gigged often enough that they were
