Iron Butterfly

Iron Butterfly (English for "Iron Butterfly" ) is an American rock band that was founded in 1966 in San Diego and in 1968 gained with their album In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida and the eponymous title track world fame.

History

The debut album was released in 1968 and Heavy remained nearly a full year on the charts. Shortly after the founding members DeLoach, Weis and Penrod left the band. Penrod and Weis founded the band Rhinoceros.

One of the classics of rock music originated by chance on May 27, 1968 New York recording studio Ultrasonic sound. Sound engineer Don Casale was the sound check run along the band as the group wanted to practice In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida. The drunken music producer George Morton was indeed intended as a producer, but he was no longer mentioned by Atlantic Records later in the liner notes of the LP. The 17:05 minutes long album version was recorded in one take, another take was no longer necessary. Jim Hilton presented in the Gold Star Studios ago thereof a remix and has since been officially listed as a producer. The single version was then edited to 2:52 minutes. In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida filled in its long version of the entire B- side of the same LP.

During the recording sessions for the album In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida was organist and singer Doug Ingle and drummer Ron Bushy with two new members, guitarist Eric Brann and bassist Lee Dorman, present. The unusually long for those days, for radio disabled, seventeen minutes -long piece of the same on the second side of the LP was a milestone and classic rock music. Published in July 1968 LP In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida has sold over four million copies, holding on for over a year in the top ten and wrote with his long drum solo rock history. Originally the song In the Garden of Eden was to be called; According Cover Text the best-of CD, Ron Bushy heard the piece straight through headphones at, so understood Doug Ingles answer to the question of the title as In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida and wrote the text under the notes. Various rumors Write the misunderstanding, however, different drugs, is said to have been under the influence while Ingle.

In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida was a milestone in the development of hard rock and seventeen minutes of the first pieces of rock music, which extended over a whole disk page. This success could never repeat Iron Butterfly. The intended as successor Fourteen -minute title Butterfly Bleu, a sophisticated blues adaptation with psychedelic elements, fell far short of the level of awareness of the predecessor. This track was published on the album Metamorphosis, with its inclusion also Brann had left the band and was replaced by guitarists Mike Pinera and Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt.

The band broke up in 1971 initially. Lee Dorman founded with Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, Rod Evans ( ex- Deep Purple -I) and Bobby Caldwell ( ex- Johnny Winter ), the band Captain Beyond that the same Duane Allman memory album brought out in 1972.

In 1975, Ron Bushy of Iron Butterfly and Erik Brann, reformed this now, making note of his actual name Erik Braunn and Philip Taylor Kramer ( bass) and Howard Reitzes (keyboard). In this cast album Scorching Beauty appeared. In the same year appeared in the follow-up album Sun and Steel Reitzes was replaced by Bill de Martines. After these very challenging albums by falling in the charts, the band dissolved in 1976 to turn.

In the wake of the " Sixties revival " in the late 1980s it came to the re-establishment. The band also went on tour later. In addition to Ron Bushy and bassist Lee Dorman were last Gerschwitz Martin (keyboards) and Charlie Marinkovich the band.

Philip Taylor Kramer took on 12 February 1995, the life, Erik Brann died on 25 July 2003 of a heart attack and Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt on January 2, 2012 to cirrhosis. Lee Dorman died on December 21, 2012.

Discography

Albums

  • Heavy (1968, ATCO )
  • In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida (1968, ATCO )
  • Ball (1969, ATCO )
  • Iron Butterfly Live (1970, ATCO )
  • Metamorphosis (1970, ATCO )
  • Scorching Beauty (1975, MCA)
  • Sun and Steel (1975, MCA)

Compilations

  • Flying High (1970, Atlantic; reissue of the album " Heavy" )
  • Evolution: The Best of Iron Butterfly (1971, Atlantic; titles from Heavy, Vida and meta )
  • Star Collection (1973, Midi ) (title of Heavy and Ball)
  • Rock Classics (1973, Midi; reissue of the album Heavy)
  • Rare Flight ( 1988)
  • Light & Heavy: The Best of Iron Butterfly (1993 )
  • In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida Deluxe Edition (1995 )

Singles

  • Do not Look Down on Me
  • Possession
  • Unconscious Power
  • In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida
  • Soul Experience
  • In the Time of Our Lives
  • Easy Rider
  • New Day
  • Shady Lady
  • Pearly Gates
  • High on a Mountain Top
  • Beyond the Milky Way

Awards

  • Quadruple platinum for the album In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida
  • Gold for the album Ball
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