The Koala

New York-based band that released just one album, which was ignored at the time, but decades later became highly sought-after by collectors of obscure garage pysch. The unit was discovered by the Blues Magoos' producers/managers, Bob Wyld and Art Polhemus, who would secure the act a contract with Capital Records. The label decided to market the group as Australian, a marketing gimmick that seemed to have worked for another New York group, the Strangeloves.

In 1968, the Koala released their only album. The album is uniformly strong and diverse, showing strong Cream, Rascals, and Who influences. The band played a sloppy brand of rock full of power chords, out of control fuzz guitar solos and thundering drums.

Read full Bio