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Sky Saxon
real name Richard Elvern Marsh
Sky Saxon is credited on 687 releases across 186 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
687
Credits
186
Albums
7
Decades active
267
In collections
Biography
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American rock singer aka Sky Sunlight Saxon, born on 20 August 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA and died on 25 June 2009 in Austin, Texas, USA. Saxon is mainly known as leader and singer of garage rock band The Seeds. He began his career as a doo-wop influenced singer under the name Little Ritchie Marsh in the early 1960s. After changing his name to Sky Saxon, he started (1962) and (1964) before finally starting The Seeds in 1965. After the band's third and last album in 1969, he joined the Source Family commune with whom he recorded several albums as the Ya Ho Wha 13 in the 1973-1974 period. Sky Saxon reformed The Seeds in 1989 and 2003, but the former members soon left the band after the second reformation. Fun fact: in 2008, Saxon collaborated with Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. He also appeared in that band's Superchrist music video. Also known as Sunlight Sky Saxon.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
687 releases · 186 albums · active 1965–2025
- Performance · 2,197
- Other credits · 203
- Production · 121
Studios: RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood · Columbia Studios, Hollywood · Gold Star Studios · Universal Associated
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Nuggets (Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968)
1972

Almost Famous (Music From The Motion Picture)
2000

Version 2.0
1998

Easy Rider (Music From The Soundtrack)
1969

The Seeds
1966

Acid Eaters
1993

A Web Of Sound
1966

Mindfucker
2018

Where The Action Is! (Los Angeles Nuggets: 1965-1968)
2009

The Chrysalis Years
2002

Live At The Y.M.C.A. 27.10.79
1980

Raw & Alive In Concert At Merlin's Music Box
1968

Going South
2022

Pushin' Too Hard
1966

Live At Pappy & Harriet's: In Person From The High Desert - Vol. I & II
2020

When I Grow Up
1999

Nuggets Volume 9: Acid Rock
1986

Bach's Bottom
1980

Wild Thing
1980

Mix-Up
1979

Future
1967

A Full Spoon Of Seedy Blues
1967

Elementary Headcoats: Thee Singles 1990-1999
2000

19 Years: A Collection Of Alex Chilton
1991
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Seeds
- Alex Chilton
- Stephan Eicher
- Chelsea (2)
- Sky Sunlight Saxon
- Garbage
- Ramones
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