Biography
Sacramento garage outfit Moss & the Rocks put out a pair of little-known 1966 singles that duplicated the exact same pairing of songs. Early that year the tiny local Ikon imprint issued “There She Goes” backed with “Please Come Back,” although collectors have turned up only a single copy, leaving open the possibility that the pressing never reached stores. The A-side offered a straightforward, somewhat rough Byrds-styled garage folk-rock number, while the flip leaned more toward ballad territory and leaned heavier on vocal harmonies. Later in 1966 the band recut both tunes for the bigger Southern California label Chattahoochee, keeping the basic arrangements but adding noticeably richer production, especially on “Please Come Back.” Those copies also moved in minuscule quantities. Immediately afterward the group adopted the name Public Nuisance and spent the remainder of the decade laying down tougher, stylistically broader tracks that fused garage rock with psychedelia. None of that material appeared during the ’60s, yet a 2002 double-CD anthology on Gotta Survive finally brought two discs of Public Nuisance recordings to light and added both sides of each earlier Moss & the Rocks single for good measure.
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