Hailing from Long Beach, California, the Emperors were one of the more memorable garage bands to emerge from the West Coast teen scene of the 1960s. They were as comfortable with raw, R&B-infused garage punk as they were with moody pop and upbeat dance tunes, and they were one of Long Beach's most popular bands of the era. The group's original incarnation never made an album, but the rare single sides they left behind were compiled on the 2024 release I Want My Woman, along with a handful of unreleased songs.
Formed in the early '60s, the Emperors featured Bill Hughes on gui...