Effective period / Period of releases: 1967 - 1992

Members: Andy Paley, Rich Weinberg, Tom Scheft, Charlie Rockwell, Bob Cohan, Tony Thompson (5), Aram Heller

Garage and folk rock group that was active at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, USA, between 1965 and 1967.
The original members of the group were Bob Cohan (guitar), Todd Cohen (bass), Charlie Rockwell (keyboards), Tom Scheft (drums), Tony Thompson (guitar, lead vocal), and Rich Weinberg (guitar, vocals).
The Rising Storm is most notable for their 1967 album, Calm Before..., which is cited by rock and roll historian Richie Unterberger in Allmusic as being "one of the rarest and most respected garage band albums".