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- Max Frost and The Troopers fue un grupo de rock estadounidense de ficción, creado explícitamente para la controversial película de exploitation Wild in the Streets (conocida en España y parte de Hispanoamérica como El Presidente), estrenada en mayo de 1968. El mencionado filme presenta al actor Christopher Jones haciendo la mímica de la interpretación de todas las canciones, en su papel del altamente influyente cantante de rock, Max Frost. Jones incluso filmó un video promocional del sencillo ”Shape of Things To Come”, como si fuera con su propia voz [1]. Los temas son interpretados ficticiamente por Frost y su banda, un grupo que curiosamente, nunca es mencionado formalmente por su nombre en la película. A pesar de ello, fue denominada como Max Frost and the Troopers en el álbum y sencillos subsiguientes. El nombre de la banda "Troopers" está basado en el término “troops” ("tropas"), la designación que Frost usaba en el filme para referirse a sus amigos y seguidores. Para llevarlo a cabo en la realidad, se contrató a un reconocido equipo de estudio para que produjera el soundtrack de Wild in the Streets con temas relacionados directamente a la temática del filme. La producción fue encabezada por la pareja de Cynthia Weil y Barry Mann, y como compositor Lee Baxter. Sin embargo, las canciones fueron originalmente acreditadas a Max Frost and the Troopers, pero denominados como The 13th Power. Debido al éxito comercial en el país con el sencillo "Shape of Things To Come", el trabajo fue encargado a la casa discográfica Tower Records para su grabación y distribución en 1968, para ser lanzado como el álbum del mismo nombre. Los verdaderos músicos que tocaron en el álbum nunca se atribuyeron oficialmente con sus verdaderos nombres, aunque se cree que pertenecían a la banda de Davie Allan and The Arrows (quienes también grabaron "Shapes of Things to Come" sin letras), con la voz principal de un prácticamente desconocido cantante, Paul Wibier (quien también trabajó en la composición de la mayoría de las canciones del disco). La música se caracteriza por ser un rock de alta energía, con toques psicodélicos muy populares entre la juventud de finales de los 60´s. El soundtrack fue producido por Harley Hatcher y Eddie Beram para Mike Curb Productions. Su primer sencillo fue grabado con una subsidiaria de Tower de Mike Curb, llamada Sidewalk Records. Los sencillos subsiguientes fueron tomados de su propio álbum. El último sencillo, "Sittin' In Circles", fue interpretado en el filme Three in the Attic, por Davie Allan and the Arrows, en ese mismo año y protagonizada de igual forma por Cristopher Jones. El lado B de ese sencillo, "Paxton Quigley's Had The Course", fue una composición del dúo británico de folk rock Chad & Jeremy. La banda sonora de la película de 1968, The Glory Stompers, protagonoizada por Dennis Hopper, contiene dos canciones adicionales acreditadas a Max Frost and the Troopers: "There's A Party Going On" (el cual fue su primer sencillo) y "You Might Want Me Baby". Meses más tarde, el disco fue lanzado como "Max Frost and the Troopers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" que contiene los mismos sencillos del LP original Shape of Things to Come. También incorpora cuatro canciones nuevas, "Wild in the Streets" junto con "Listen to Music", "Love to Be Yor Man", y "Fourteen or Fight". Estos temas del soundtrack nunca se editaron en la versión moderna en CD del disco. (es)
- Max Frost and the Troopers were a fictional rock music group created for the exploitation film Wild in the Streets, released in 1968. The film featured Christopher Jones as the highly influential singer Max Frost. The songs performed by Frost and his band, a group that was never formally named in the film, were credited to Max Frost and the Troopers in the subsequent singles and album. The band name "Troopers" is based on the term "troops," the designation Frost used in the film to refer to his friends and followers. A studio group appeared on the soundtrack album for the film, along with incidental music penned by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann and composed by Les Baxter; however, the songs were not originally credited to Max Frost and the Troopers, but rather to The 13th Power (see following paragraph). Owing to the success of the song "Shape of Things to Come" as a single, an accompanying album by Max Frost and The Troopers, Shape of Things to Come, was issued on the Tower record label in 1968. Musicians playing on the album were at first believed to include members of Davie Allan and The Arrows (who also released the "Shapes of Things to Come" without lyrics) with lead vocals by Paul Wibier (who also wrote a majority of the songs on the album), however, it is now thought that the album was actually the work of Wibier's own group, the 13th Power, who had previously recorded for Curb under the name The Moms. The music is high-energy rock with some psychedelic touches. The group was produced by Harley Hatcher and Eddie Beram for Mike Curb Productions. Their first single was recorded with Curb's Tower subsidiary Sidewalk Records. Subsequent singles were taken from their album. Their final single, "Sittin' in Circles," was performed in the film Three in the Attic by Davie Allan and the Arrows. The B-side of that single, "Paxton Quigley's Had The Course," was a Chad & Jeremy composition. The soundtrack album for the 1968 film The Glory Stompers, starring Dennis Hopper, contains two additional songs credited to Max Frost and the Troopers: "There's A Party Going On" (which was released as their first single) and "You Might Want Me Baby." Later, "Wild In The Streets: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" was released, which included the singles from the original "Shape of Things to Come" LP and an additional four songs: "Wild in the Streets," "Listen to Music," "Love to Be Your Man," and "Fourteen or Fight." A European release of the Shape of Things to Come album, released in 2014 on the Captain High label, includes the entirety of the Wild in the Streets soundtrack album as bonus tracks. The cultural historian Greil Marcus borrowed the Troopers' song title for his 2006 book "The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy & The American Voice." (en)
- Max Frost and the Troopers è un gruppo musicale ideato per comparire nel film Quattordici o guerra (Wild in the Streets) del 1968. Sebbene i personaggi siano fittizi, il gruppo musicale è reale in quanto la musica è suonata e registrata da musicisti e, nel 1968, vennero pubblicati un album e alcuni singoli. (it)
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- Max Frost and the Troopers è un gruppo musicale ideato per comparire nel film Quattordici o guerra (Wild in the Streets) del 1968. Sebbene i personaggi siano fittizi, il gruppo musicale è reale in quanto la musica è suonata e registrata da musicisti e, nel 1968, vennero pubblicati un album e alcuni singoli. (it)
- Max Frost and The Troopers fue un grupo de rock estadounidense de ficción, creado explícitamente para la controversial película de exploitation Wild in the Streets (conocida en España y parte de Hispanoamérica como El Presidente), estrenada en mayo de 1968. El mencionado filme presenta al actor Christopher Jones haciendo la mímica de la interpretación de todas las canciones, en su papel del altamente influyente cantante de rock, Max Frost. Jones incluso filmó un video promocional del sencillo ”Shape of Things To Come”, como si fuera con su propia voz [1]. (es)
- Max Frost and the Troopers were a fictional rock music group created for the exploitation film Wild in the Streets, released in 1968. The film featured Christopher Jones as the highly influential singer Max Frost. The songs performed by Frost and his band, a group that was never formally named in the film, were credited to Max Frost and the Troopers in the subsequent singles and album. The band name "Troopers" is based on the term "troops," the designation Frost used in the film to refer to his friends and followers. (en)
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