The Tickle
Having grown out of the obscure mod rock band the Bunch of
Fives, The Tickle were one of numerous British bands to release
just one or two psychedelic singles in the late sixties when major
UK labels were taking their chances with a lot of psychedelic
one-offs.
By the standards of this genre (and indeed the standards
of psychedelic rock as a whole) their one single, Subway (Smokey
Pokey World) b/w Good Evening , was pretty phenomenal and still
stands as one of the best British psychedelic singles.
Unfortunately, the Regal Zonophone single was not a hit. Guitarist
and chief songwriter Mick Wayne (who had formerly also been in The
Hullaballoos) went on to form Junior's Eyes and play in The Pink
Fairies.
He also went on to play guitar on David Bowie's Space
Oddity (1969).
Mick Wayne burned to death in a freak fire on 24
June 1994 while he was trapped in a friend's house in the US.
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