A garage band from Fremont, CA, the Harbinger Complex are best remembered for their 1966 fuzz-punk classic "I Think I'm Down" (Brent 7056). The quintet centered on lead vocalist Jim Hockstaff and his songwriting partner B. Hoyle III. Hockstaff's Dionysian exploits -- the siring of several love children -- got him banned from Fremont's Washington High, yet his musicianship inspired student Jim Sawyers (later of the Topsiders, Otherside, Vejtables and the Syndicate of Sound -- to hone his own nascent guitar skills.
These are photos from concerts where Harbinger Complex played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Paul Revere & The Raiders / Harbinger Complex / English Shillings / Peter Wheat & The Breadmen / The Baytovens / William Pen & His Pals Apr 6, 1966 Oakland, California, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
