The Invictas

Rochester, NY band that had a big local hit with the rudimentary dance song "The Hump," though a claim on the liner notes to an album sleeve that the single even outstripped sales of <a href="spotify:artist:3WrFJ7ztbogyGnTHbHJFl2">the Beatles</a> in the New York State area is probably fatuous. (Unless <a href="spotify:artist:3WrFJ7ztbogyGnTHbHJFl2">the Beatles</a> just didn't happen to have a single out at the time.) Though "The Hump" is well-regarded by some garage fans, the Invictas were definitely below average for the genre. With a semi-soul orientation, they could be viewed as sort of a garage <a href="spotify:artist:7tdO7d7r0vhwov7RIZWH6V">Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels</a>, although that description might be leading you to expect too much. Much of their recorded material consisted of inferior covers of well-known mid-'60s rock and R&B hits, and their originals, penned by leader Herb McGovern, were clunky and unimaginative, highlighted by occasional <a href="spotify:artist:7hCsRnXtcbez8msLPfjbkz">Roky Erickson</a>-like yelps. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi