The Holy Modal Rounders

The Holy Modal Rounders were a folk music duo from the Lower East Side started in the early 1960s, consisting of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber.

Their first album, "The Holy Modal Rounders," was released in 1964.

The Holy Modal Rounders were a folk music duo from the Lower East Side started in the early 1960s, consisting of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber.

Their first album, "The Holy Modal Rounders," was released in 1964. The unique blend of Folk Music Revival, psychedelia, and musicianship on this record make it popular among people interested in these phenomena. Shortly after their second album in 1965, "The Holy Modal Rounders 2", they joined The Fugs for a short time. After leaving The Fugs, the Rounders reformed with Sam Shepard and Lee Crabtree to record their third album ("Indian War Whoop"), and to appear in Shepard's play "Forensic". The fourth album, "The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders", recorded in 1968, was particularly memorable, in that one song plays in the soundtrack of Dennis Hopper's film Easy Rider. In 1970, Robin Remailly and Dave Reisch joined the band and the Holy Modal Rounders relocated to Boston, adding Ted Deane, Roger North, and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. In 1971, the band released their fifth album, "Good Taste is Timeless", and their sixth, "Alleged in their Own Time" in 1975 on Rounder Records. Later albums with either Stampfel or Weber, or both, include: "Havy Moicy" by Michael Hurley, Jeffrey Fredericks and the Clamtones, and the "Unholy Modal Rounders" (1976), "Last Round" (1978), "Going Nowhere Fast" (1980), "Peter Stampfel and the Bottlecaps" (1986), "You Must Remember This" (1994), and "Too Much Fun" (1999).