A bit of Kaleidoscope pre-history.

From the upcoming Taxim release, a clip from Chris Darrow's pre-Kaleidoscope band, the Floggs.

A live recording of "Oh Death," along with three previously unpublished photos.

Three from the vaults.

Mickey Rat and Chester Crill

In this interview, Chester discusses his involvement with the underground comix scene of the '70s.

"Kaleidoscope" - the ZigZag Article Part One

Beginning with Number 58 (3/76), ZigZag published a three-part article on Kaleidoscope by Mac Garry & Pete Frame which, while in places preferring the mythical to the factual, in most ways remains unsurpassed as the most wide-ranging & sympathetic account of the band ever published.

Kaleidoscope" - the ZigZag Article Part Three

"Confessions of a Mad Mountain Rambler"

Reprint of an interview with David Lindley that first appeared in Omaha Rainbow, March 1977.

An interview reprinted from the British magazine Comstock Lode (1979).

Perhaps the earliest career overview of the band, from the British magazine, Fat Angel No. 10 (1973).

A two-part band biography reprinted from Ptolemaic Terrascope (1991).

from 11/67, this profile may or may not be the first national print exposure the group ever received.

The Kaleidoscope - Best Rock Musicians

an interview with David Lindley & Paul Lagos reprinted from Hit Parader (2/70

Reprinted from the 9/19/68 issue of Down Beat, a review of a Kaleidoscope performance at the Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco, 5/68.

Remarkable accounts of two Kaleidoscope performances (one in '67, one in '68) from a very perceptive Oakland, CA teenager.

compiled by Bill Wasserzieher

Kaleidoscope Gigs

from Chester Crill's archives, an (almost) complete list of every venue the band ever played.