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So, the two "bummed around" until their money ran out. Lured by the Beach Boys-inspired promised land of California, the two left Michigan (and their weekend cover band, the Four Sharps, in which Hooper played keyboards and Andridge drummed) for Los Angeles.īut Hooper found that LA Trade Tech, his college of choice, had a year-long waiting list, and Andridge couldn't get a job. In 1965, Daryl Hooper was just out of high school, and his friend Rick Andridge had just finished a course in computer programming. He goes on to say that the band "were in the unenviable position of watching their reputation move from that of a crack underground outfit to something akin to the dreaded tag of 'teeny-bopper,' all because of a string of hits (of which 'Pushin' Too Hard' was the biggest and best)." In the liner notes to Nuggets: Original Artifacts from the First Psychedelic Era, rock historian (and Patti Smith Group guitarist) Lenny Kaye termed the Seeds, "one of the most important groups to come out of the Los Angeles area." L-R: Jan Savage, Sky Saxon, Daryl Hooper & Rick Andridge