The sneering energy of The Seeds and their "flower powerised" garage sound was driven to success by Englishman Tim Hudson who took over their management.
Hudson had self titled himself 'Lord' and had been a disc jockey in LA in the early 60's and had made some kudos for himself by having contact with Brian Epstein (real or imagined). The English accent and Liverpudlian connection had hyped up his image enough to get himself ensconced in the LA scene where at that time any connection with The Beatles no matter how tenuous could be used to get a reputation.
As wiki notes -
"..on their (The Beatles) 1965 North American concert tour, radio station KCBQ employed Hudson, who described himself as a record producer..."
(again, real or imagined).
The Seeds had previously released a single that hadn't found much attention but were considered one of the top underground bands in LA when Hudson picked them up and with his instinct for hyped promotion the group achieved their biggest success in 1966 with Pushin' Too Hard.
The teen punk lyric capturing their mood perfectly -
"So if you don't think I'm gonna try, better ask yourself that reason why."
10 years later this 2 min 30 secs of pure garage punk was played by John Peel on his first ever punk show and a whole new generation connected.
The Seeds first two albums are today considered classics of '60s garage.
Here's Pushin' Too Hard filmed in 67.
