 In 2000, Blue Cheer was the subject of a tribute album, "Blue Explosion – A Tribute to Blue Cheer", featuring such bands as Pentagram, Internal Void, Hogwash and Thumlock.Peterson and Leigh Stephens were together once again in Blue Cheer with drummer Prairie Prince at the Chet Helms Memorial Tribal Stomp in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on October 29, 2005, and their lively performance drew old rockers like Paul Kantner and others from backstage to observe.They did some recordings in Virginia in Winter 2005 with Joe Hasselvander of Raven and Pentagram on drums, due to Paul Whaley choosing to remain in Germany.