John Byrne, the lead singer of garage-rock band Count Five and the writer of their 1966 hit “Psychotic Reaction" died on December 15th following kidney and liver failure in San Jose, California. He ...

Millions have heard John Byrne sing the words “I feel depressed/I feel so bad,” the opening line to the Count Five’s 1966 garage-rock anthem “Psychotic Reaction.” But when his friends, fans and ...

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Back in the ’60s, five scruffy San Jose high school students came together to rock out in a garage tucked away on Revere Avenue. One of the kids, John “Sean” Byrne, had recently emigrated from Ireland ...