The short-lived hard rock band Suck was formed in Johannesburg in early 1970 and consisted of four members, some of them of international origin: Stephen Gilroy from England on guitar, Saverio Grande from Italy on drums, and the two South African-born members Andrew Ionnides (vocals and flute) and Louis Joseph Forer on bass. Right from the start, the quartet set out to shock. They recorded their first and only album Time to Suck at the EMI Studios in Johannesburg in just six hours. The result was the loudest, most controversial and most provocative rock album of the early 1970s. It features seven outstanding cover versions of classic hard rock songs such as Into the Fire (Deep Purple), Aimless Lady (Grand Funk) and 21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson), as well as an extended, ten-minute version of Season of the Witch – a truly mind-blowing trip. Their only original composition, The Whip, is even regarded by many as the highlight of the album.

Screeching, red-hot guitars, energetic vocals, powerful bass lines and explosive drumming make this album one of the ten greatest rarities in the psychedelic hard rock and proto-metal genres. However, under the imposed conservatism of the apartheid regime, the band was not destined to last long. After just 240 days, it was already over. This extremely rare South African hard rock gem from the early 70s, originally released on the Parlophone label is legendary and for many an absolute all-time favourite!