The Catheads, featuring vocalist Mark Zanandrea, former Ophelias guitarist Sam Babbitt, former X-Tal bassist Alan Korn and Donner Party's drummer Melanie Clarin, harked back to the angelic quirkiness of the hippies. Guitarist Mark Zanandrea formed the Catheads in 1985 in San Francisco with lead guitarist Sam Babbitt, bassist Alan Korn and drummer Melanie Clarin. The traditional rock base of their early efforts belies the band's overriding sense of ironic inspired lunacy, whether in the demented blues of I Would Kill for Suzy or the grotesque pow-wow of Golden Gate Park.

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