Artist: Iron Butterfly
Genre(s):
Folk
Rock
Electronic
Rock: Electronic
Rock: Hard-Rock
Other
Discography:
Sun and Steel
Year: 1976
Tracks: 9
Scorching Beauty
Year: 1975
Tracks: 9
Metamorphosis
Year: 1970
Tracks: 9
Live
Year: 1970
Tracks: 6
Ball
Year: 1969
Tracks: 11
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Year: 1968
Tracks: 6
Heavy
Year: 1968
Tracks: 10
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Deluxe Version)
Year:
Tracks: 8
The heavy, psychedelic acidic rock candy of Iron Butterfly may seem dated to some today, only the group was i of the first-class honours degree knockout rock bands to receive panoptic radio receiver airplay, and their best-known birdcall, the 17-minute heroic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," established that more than extended compositions were viable entries in the radio market place, pavement the way for progressive AOR. The path was written by singer, organist, and bandleader Doug Ingle, wHO formed the first incarnation of Iron Butterfly in 1966 in San Diego with drummer Ron Bushy. After the grouping stirred to Los Angeles and played the golf-club scene, it secured a recording sign and got national exposure through tours with the Doors and Jefferson Airplane. Following the release of their 1968 debut album, Ponderous, original members Jerry Penrod (basso), Darryl DeLoach (vocals), and Danny Weis (guitar) left the dance band and were replaced by guitarist Erik Braunn and bassist Lee Dorman. Weis went on to join Rhinoceros. The new card recorded In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida later that year, which sold iV jillion copies and spent over a year in the Top Ten. (The title has been translated as "in the garden of Eden" or "in the garden of life-time.") A shortened version of the title track, which contained extended instrumental passages with loud guitars and The followup, Ball, showed greater musical kind and went amber, but it also marked the beginning of the band's go down. Braunn left hand the group and was replaced by guitarists Mike Pinera and Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, but the group's success was for the most part all over. Iron Butterfly stony-broke up in 1971; Braunn and Bushy re-formed the group in the mid-'70s without success.
