Technological advances were numerous in the ’70s and changed the way Americans listened to their “Fuzzy” music. The 8-Track tape system, ubiquitous in cars and vans during the ’70s, was an enormous commercial success and paved the way for future portable listening devices. For those too young to remember, the 8-Track consisted of an endless loop of standard ¼ inch tape encased in a plastic cartridge. The tape had eight parallel tracks, making up four stereo tracks total. While the 8-Track is almost [...]
While the fad of customizing vans reached its zenith in the ‘70s and was a hallmark of the Fuzz lifestyle, the trend actually started in the ‘60s with inexpensive Volkswagen Microbuses and crafty hippies. When the custom van movement really started to take off in the early ’70s, Detroit’s big three jumped in the game by offering smaller versions of their commercial panel vans, like the Dodge A100 and the Ford Econoliner. During the two decades prior to the Fuzz [...]
Yes, we admit it, Fuzz is something we made up – let’s just get that out-of-the-way to begin with. Fuzz is already shorthand for the police, a 1972 movie featuring Burt Reynolds, and a description of fine body hair. We think Fuzz is also an accurate description of a musical genre, and an overall lifestyle, that existed during the 1970s. So what was the genesis of Fuzz? It was the byproduct of a cultural shift that began in 1960s and matured in the [...]
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