S.E.O.M.P.I. stands for: "Self Expression On Musically Potential Instruments". Their sound moves from acid to hard, via progressive and psychedelic influences. Explore Seompi's biography, discography, and artist credits. Shop rare vinyl records, top albums, and more on Discogs.

But what’s truly great about this band are its subtle little twists and nods to more progressive and interesting song-structures — a brief middle-section key change comes on like early Flash.

SEOMPI--and acronym for "Self Expression On Musically Potential Instruments"--came together as a unit in 1970 in McAllen, Texas, formed by former Headstones and the Meat frontman and bassist Dave Williams, who had just finished a one year stint in Texas state prison on a marijauna possession charge.

so i finally sat down with this weird little 7" from 1971 called We Have Waited by Seompi - yeah, that's S-E-O-M-P-I, which apparently stands for "Self Expression On Musically Potential Instruments."

After a long jail sentence for a small amount of marijuana, Dave formed SEOMPI in 1970, and the group recorded arguably the heaviest material of the Texas psych scene.

Always an innovator, Dave formed SEOMPI as a three piece, 'no guitar* band, with Dave and Patrick Rockhill on bass, and Bill Reid on drums. Seompi was an acronym for 'Serf Expression On Musically Potential Instruments" and a synonym for 'loud’.

Rock band based in Austin, Texas (USA). S.E.O.M.P.I. stands for: "Self Expression On Musically Potential Instruments". Their sound moves from acid to hard, via progressive and psychedelic influences.

SEOMPI discography and songs: Music profile for SEOMPI, formed 1970. Genres: Heavy Psych, Heavy Metal. Albums include Awol, Summer's Comin' on Heavy, and Summers' Comin' on Heavy / Lay on the Floor.

Seompi - Awol 1970 US ,Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock The great Texas Heavy rock band that grew out of the ashes of The Headstones and The Meat.

After releasing legendary singles on the Pharaoh label and being courted by numerous major labels, the Headstones called it quits in 1968. Always an innovator, Dave formed SEOMPI, first as a three piece guitar-less two bass and drums band, and then adding blazing guitar.