Search results
Craig "Butch" Atkinson passed away on October 13, 1998. He was 50. Craig was best known as the drummer with the popular 60s rock band The Count Five, who had the top ten song "Psychotic Reaction" in 1966. He also worked as a session drummer on other artist's recordings.
Craig "Butch" Atkinson – drums; David "Dave" Eugene McDowell lead guitar; Discography Studio album. Psychotic Reaction (1966) US No. 122; Compilations. Dynamite Incidents (1983) Psychotic Reaction (1987) Rarities: The Double Shot Years (2014) Live album. Psychotic Reunion LIVE! (1987) Singles
Here, the members of Count Five — vocalist/harmonica player Kenn Ellner, vocalist/rhythm guitarist John "Sean" Byrne, lead guitarist John "Mouse" Michalski, bassist Roy Chaney and drummer Craig "Butch" Atkinson — tell their story... In the mid-'60s, San Jose, California, boasted one of the most happening music scenes in the country.
- Devorah Ostrov
musician. Byron Craig "Butch" Atkinson was an American musician best known as the drummer with garage-rock band Count Five. Career. He also worked as a session manitoba Atkinson was born in Springfield, Missouri.
COUNT FIVE. “PSYCHOTIC REACTION”. (Kenn Eliner, Roy Chaney, Craig Atkinson, Sean Byrne, John Michalski) Double Shot 104. No. 5 October 15, 1966. . . . They only recorded one album and six singles; nationally noted only for the frenzied rave-up and freak out.
Producer (s) Hal Winn. Joseph Hooven. Count Five singles chronology. " Psychotic Reaction ". (1966) "Peace of Mind". (1966) " Psychotic Reaction " is the debut single by the American garage rock band Count Five, released in June 1966 on their debut studio album of the same name.
Count Five (also Count V) was a garage rock group consisting of the member Kenn Ellner, John “Sean Byrne”, Roy Chaney, John “Mouse” Michalski and Craig “Butch” Atkinson, from San Jose California who’s song Psychotic Reaction reached number 5 in the Billboard charts in 1966 and was selected as one of the five hundred most influential songs in Roc...
