The Mint Tattoo was an offshoot of the legendary 60's proto punk acid band Blue Cheer. Bruce Stevens and Ralph (Burns) Kellogg who played together in Blue Cheer on the band's self titled album in 1969 and after that one album, Stevens left the band to pursue other interests. Kellogg stayed on with Blue Cheer until the band called it quits in 1971. During Kellogg's tenure with Blue Cheer he reunited with Stevens along with drummer Gregg Thomas to form the band Mint Tattoo. The Mint Tattoo's first and only album, "Mint Tattoo", released in 1968 was produced by James William Guercio and engineered by Phil Ramone in New York it was released on Dot Records. The Mint Tattoo is a mixture of blues styled original songs, covers of classic blues numbers and some typical for the time hard rock styled songs. Not as exciting as the early Blue Cheer material, it is a piece of music history and a great example of late 60's blues rock. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mint+Tattoo">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.