Veteran Shock Rocker Arthur Brown Talks Jimi Hendrix, Close Calls With Fire

Without Jimi Hendrix, pioneering shock rocker Arthur Brown may never have lived up to his reputation as the self-proclaimed "God of Hellfire." In 1968, when the theatrical singer's group, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, put out the single "Fire" – an incendiary, psychedelic nightmare that opens with Brown growling, "I am the God of Hellfire, and I

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