  the flamin' groovies is an american rock music band whose peak was in the 1960s and 1970s. they began in san francisco in 1965, founded by ron greco, cyril jordan and roy loney. they are perhaps best known for their song "shake some action", a cover version of which was later featured in the 1995 movie clueless. the group have been called one of the forerunners of punk rock,buckley 2003, p. 322, "the flamin' groovies really had more in common with the mc5, who deployed the same twin-guitar assault on white rock. both would become regarded as forerunners of the punk rock movement," and they also had a major influence on the power pop genre.power pop: the â70s, the birth of uncool. magnetmagazine.com (2002-09-07). retrieved on 2013-09-01. ==career== their first album, 1969's supersnazz, featured jordan (guitar, vocals), loney (guitar, vocals), george alexander (bass, harmonica, vocals), tim lynch (guitar, harmonica, vocals) and danny mihm (drums). it contained both re-creations of 1950s rock and roll and more melodic songs that anticipated the power pop movement of the 1970sâa genre to which the flamin' groovies would eventually contribute significant work. they then released their second album, 1970's flamingo. teenage head was released in 1971 and is listed in the 2006 book 1001 albums you must hear before you die. in 1971, loney left the band and was replaced by singer and guitarist chris wilson, who, along with jordan, began to move the group in a more ove
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