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Commander Cody: The Early Sound Of "Now" Music

Lillian Roxon, New York Sunday News, 29 July 1973

HIS FIRST BAND was called the Fantastic Surfing Beavers and, according to Commander Cody, it was the worst band that ever existed. I was sorry to hear that, for often a group plays its best early in its career before big money, hit records and international acclaim do their worst.

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