Hailing from Lima and coming together in the late 1960’s, The Saint Thomas Pepper Smelter were a psych-rock outfit that formed from the ashes of Los Shain’s (1963-68).
Named after (a combination of) The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club and a bar in Lima, their garage rock sounds extended of several 45’s and one LP. Led by Gerardo Manuel and later joined by Freddy Macedo on organ, their material consisted of cool covers and original compositions. Influenced by The Beatles, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Iron Butterfly, Cream, Blind Joe Reynolds and Classics IV, they also covered songs from these artists/bands too!
Pepper’s Boogaloo was one of their own songs and rocks out to a heavy-fuzz organ groove and punchy handclaps. It’s got a nice soul edge to it too with vocals are defined by a cool, no-frills, organic, raw sound. This track features on their one and only (quirkily named) Soul and Pepper LP which was released on the Peruvian label, Virrey Records. Enjoy!
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