A wily garage band with surf roots, the Sons of Adam existed for a brief window in the mid-'60s, with bandleader, guitarist, and songwriter Randy Holden going on to be part of Blue Cheer and other members playing roles in groups of their era like Love. They only publicly released a few singles before disbanding, including two 45s for the Decca label and a 1966 rendering of the Arthur Lee-penned track "Feathered Fish." In 2022, the anthology collection Saturday's Sons was released, compiling the complete recordings from the band along with unreleased material from their earlier iterations, unheard demos, and live performances.

The Sons of Adam formed in Baltimore, Maryland in the summer of 1963, existing first as an instrumental surf-rock combo called the Fendermen led by guitarist Randy Holden. Holden spent a few years with co-guitarist Joe Kooken and bassist Mike Port going through different drummers and developing their surfy sound, eventually cutting a few singles as the Fender IV. By 1965 they had relocated to Los Angeles and changed their name to the Sons of Adam, dropping their surf inclinations to embrace the British Invasion rock sound that was sweeping the U.S. at that point. With Michael Stuart firmly in place as their drummer, the band played constantly on the west coast, sharing bills with many of the era's other bands that found fame as beat music quickly morphed into psychedelic rock. They released two singles with Decca before Holden left the band in August of 1966, allegedly quitting on the spot at a San Francisco show where the band was supporting Bo Diddley when Port yelled at him to turn his amp down. The next day Holden was replaced by Craig Tarwater, but the new version of the band didn't last long. Stuart quit the band to join Love less than a month after Tarwater joined on, and though the Sons of Adam would release one more single (ironically their version of a song written by Love's Arthur Lee) they played their final show in June of 1967. Holden would play with the Other Half before joining Blue Cheer in 1969, and the band's other members stayed active in the Sunset Strip's ever-changing psychedelic rock scene. The Sons of Adam's documented legacy was limited to their singles before the 2022 compilation Saturday's Sons brought together all of their recorded work, including a wealth of material never previously released. ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi