San Jose-area '60s band that did its best to sound like British mods, particularly the Who. In 1967, they functioned briefly as the backing group for Ray Columbus, a British Invasion-type star from New Zealand (see entry for Ray Columbus & the Invaders) who moved to California in an attempt to crack the U.S. market as a solo act. That didn't happen, but he cut some material with the Art Collection in a fair mod-rock vein, including the single "Kick Me." The Art Collection recorded some unreleased songs on their own and by 1968 had evolved into Powder (see separate entry), whic...