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Andrew Sanger

Sanger also published a memoir or novel online through self-publisher Lulu.com, Love (2005), describing his life in Berkeley, California during the "Summer of Love" and travels during the hippy era, including the "hippie trail" to India.

Androids of Mu

Emerging from associations with the hippy-orientated Here & Now, Nik Turner, Gong's Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth, the Androids of Mu gathered together under the apron of the Frestonia squatter community in Notting Dale, West London, notable in its time for producing non-conformist music.

Chan Romero

"Hippy Hippy Shake" remained a popular cover song as well as appearing in numerous movie soundtracks, among them Uncle Buck, It Takes Two and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.

Cousin Creep

Between the years of 1990–1995 he ran independent label Hippy Knight Records known for releasing a number of Superchunk singles and Right Here A Tribute To The Go-Betweens which featured Frente, The Meanies, Snout & Smudge.

Danbury Fair

The Danbury Fair Paul Bunyan was eventually painted like a "hippy" and moved to Max Yasgur's Farm in Bethel, New York (home of annual Woodstock reunions).

Fraser Clark

He advocated a new form of hippie—the "Zippie"—who would balance the "techno right brain" with the "hippy left brain", embracing nature, peace and love, as well as technology.

Greater Than One

Headsex contained their biggest hit, I Wanna Be a Hippy.

Gulcher Records

They have released music for acts such as John Cougar Mellencamp, The Gizmos, Kurt Vile, Dancing Cigarettes, Crawlspace, Magik Markers, Dow Jones and the Industrials, MX-80 (band), the Panics, Home Blitz, the Screamin' Mee-Mees, Hypocrite in a Hippy Crypt, and Handglops.

Happening Happy Hippy Party

The Happening Happy Hippy Party, or HHHP, was a British political satire website and ezine that ran between 1997 and 2002, emerging during the dotcom boom in British satire.

I Wanna Be A Hippy

"I Wanna Be A Hippy" is a song by English electronic group Technohead.

Jeffrey Walker

He performed as 'Gazza', a 'neo-Marxist nihilist anarchist', the bassist of the band 'Smeg and the Heads' in the 1989 episode "Timeslides" along with Carcass bandmate Bill Steer as the "whacked-out crazy hippy drummer" 'Dobbin'.

My White Bicycle

Actor Nigel Planer, as his character 'Neil the Hippy' from TV-series The Young Ones, reached #97 with his cover in 1984.

René Hall

Throughout his career, Hall was the featured guitarist on such tracks as Number 000 (Otis Blackwell), "That's It" (Babette Bain), "Cincinnati Fireball" (Johnny Burnette), "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (Ernie Fields), "In The Mood" (Ernie Fields), "Hippy Hippy Shake" (Chan Romero), and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (Larry Williams).

Richard MacPhail

Following the break-up of The Anon, MacPhail joined The Austin Hippy Blues, which also featured Harry Williamson, who later wrote and performed music with Macphail's old bandmate and Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips.

Stevie Plunder

Born in Canberra, ACT in 1963, Stevie played in bands from his late teens, most notably forming The Plunderers with Nic Dalton, as well as playing with other acts such as The Shouties, No Concept and Hippy Dribble.

Ten More Turnips from the Tip

Davey Payne - Saxophones & flute on "Ballad Of The Sulphate Strangler" and "Happy Hippy"

Tralee Speedway

Another popular visitor was American Sprintcar great Gary Patterson (promoted in Australia as "The Hostile Hippy"), who proved to be unbeatable on nearly every occasion.

Will Hodgkinson

For Song Man he learned the basics of songwriting with the goal of recording a single at Toe-Rag Studios in London, this time picking up tips from Keith Richards, Andy Partridge of XTC, folk queen Shirley Collins and the hippy era songwriter Bridget St John.

WUOG

It was on WUOG that R.E.M. were first broadcast; a live recording of "Hippy, Hippy Shake" was played in the summer of 1980.


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