Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone

Original version

6 Music

BBC 6

Migrated podcast image for: Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone

Music: Rock & Indie

Adventures in underground and experimental music. A partner to the Freak Zone Playlist.

Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone: Experimental Explorations with The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

Experimental Explorations with The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

BBC Radio 6 Music - Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone, Experimental Explorations with The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

Stuart revisits the psychedelic rock band's 1968 album, A Child's Guide To Good & Evil.

Stuart revisits the psychedelic rock band's strange and eerie album from 1968, A Child's Guide To Good & Evil. Plus, Latin Beatles covers, doom electronica & jazz piano.

Stuart revisits the seminal Californian psychedelic rock band's strange and eerie album from 1968, A Child's Guide To Good & Evil. A fascinating backstory; the band was led by wealthy LA playboy and adopted son of an oil tycoon, Bob Markley who offered to bankroll the group's career and secure them a recording contract in exchange for being their frontman and vocalist. Considered to be the band's most accomplished work and a masterpiece of the psychedelic genre, the record combines melancholic folk-rock ballads, pop harmonies and bizarre lyrics with dark undercurrents.

Plus,  jubilant Latin Beatles cover, meditative Norwegian doom electronica & delicate jazz piano with birdsong.

BBC Radio 6 Music

Classic concerts & sessions from the BBC's vast music store. It's your musical heritage.

BBC 6 Music brings together the cutting edge music of today, the iconic and groundbreaking music of the past 40 years and unlimited access

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone

Experimental Explorations with The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

Genres

Brand

6 Music

About BBC Radio 6 Music