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Iron Butterfly was an American rock band formed in San Diego, California, in 1966. They are best known for the 1968 hit " In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida ", providing a dramatic sound that led the way towards the development of hard rock and heavy metal music.
The song, originally written by Ingle as "In the Garden of Eden" but as a result of singing the first draft whilst intoxicated was misheard by Bushy as "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", went to number thirty on the Billboard Hot 100, and charted highest in the Netherlands, where it went to number seven. [2] [3] Brann (on the right) with Iron Butterfly in 1969
Live At The Galaxy 1967 is a 2014 unofficial live album by American psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly, recorded on July 4, 1967 at the Galaxy Theater in Los Angeles, California and released as digital download, on digipak CD and deluxe colored 180 gram vinyl LP on the Purple Pyramids Records and Cleopatra Records label.
The middle of the song features a two-and-a-half-minute Ron Bushy drum solo. A 2-minute-52-second 45-rpm version of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was Iron Butterfly's only song to reach the top 40, reaching number 30, [7] while the album itself reached number four on the album chart and has sold over 30 million copies.
Doug Ingle, who co-founded the heavy rock band Iron Butterfly and was the singer and organist on songs including their signature hit, “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,” died Friday at age 78. He was the ...
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the second studio album by the American rock band Iron Butterfly, released in June 1968.It is most known for its title track, a 17-minute composition that occupies the entirety of Side B.
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Iron Butterfly had amassed a considerable body of material by the time Heavy was recorded, much of which was held over for later albums. In addition to the ten songs on Heavy, songs from this era include "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (later recorded for the album of the same name), "Lonely Boy", "Real Fright", "Filled with Fear" (all later recorded for Ball), "Evil Temptation" (an instrumental version ...