Group

Iron Butterfly

From: San Diego, United States
Active: 1966–2012
Rating: ★ 3 (3 votes)
Releases: 28

psychedelic rock
acid rock
hard rock
heavy psych
blues rock
jam band
progressive rock
psychedelic pop

About

Iron Butterfly is 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. Although their heyday was the late 1960s, the band has been reformed with various members with varying levels of success with no new recordings since 1975. Their second album, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), remains a best-seller, and Iron Butterfly was the first group to receive an in-house platinum album award from Atlantic Records.

According to music critic Manish Agarwal of Time Out, "Iron Butterfly blended hard rock with ordinate, acid-friendly textures." Mark Deming of AllMusic stated that they were one of the first musical groups to fuse the two styles in this way, and described their sound as a "blend of trippy musical exploration and open-ended jams with a hard, distorted attack".

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Members

Bruce Morris 1966–1966 · former
Jack Pinney 1966–1966 · former
Greg Willis 1966–1966 · former
Darryl DeLoach 1966–1967 · former
Jerry Penrod 1966–1967 · former
Danny Weis 1966–1967 · former
Doug Ingle 1966–1971, 1978–1979, 1982–1985, 1987–1988, 1994–1999 · former
Ron Bushy 1966–1977, 1978–1979, 1982–1982, 1987–1988, 1993–2012 · former drums (drum set), percussion
Erik Brann 1967–1969, 1974–1977, 1979–1980, 1982–1982, 1987–1989 · former
Lee Dorman 1967–1971, 1977–1985, 1987–2012 · former bass
Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt 1969–1971, 1977–1979, 1981–1984, 1988–1993 · former
Mike Pinera 1969–1971, 1978–1979, 1982–1983, 1987–1987, 1993–1994 · former
Manny Bertematti 1971–1971 · former
Howard Reitzes 1974–1975 · former
Philip Taylor Kramer 1974–1977 · former bass guitar
Bill DeMartines 1975–1977 · former
Jimi Henderson 1977–1978 · former
Kevin Karamitros 1977–1978 · former
Larry Kirna 1977–1978 · former
David Love 1977–1978 · former
Keith Ian Ellis 1978–1978 · former
John Leimsider 1978–1979, 1981–1982 · former
Bobby Caldwell 1979–1979 · former
Nathan Pino 1979–1979 · former
Bobby Hasbrook 1980–1980 · former
Tom Kislan 1980–1980 · former
Sam Johnson 1980–1982 · former
Starz Vanderlocket 1980–1982 · former
Randy Skirvin 1981–1982 · former
Jan Uvena 1982–1982 · former
Guy Babylon 1982–1983 · former
Luke 1982–1983 · former
John Shearer 1982–1983 · former
Jerry Sommers 1983–1983 · former
Rick Rotante 1983–1984 · former
Lenny Campanero 1984–1985 · former
Steve Fister 1984–1985 · former
Kurtis Teal 1985–1985 · former
Alexander “Ace” Baker 1987–1987 · former
Tim Von Hoffman 1987–1987 · former
Glen Rappold 1987–1987 · former
Kelly Reubens 1987–1987 · former
Steve "Mick" Feldman 1988–1990 · former
Kenny Suarez 1988–1992 · former
Derek Hilland 1988–1997, 1993–1997 · former
Robert Tepper 1990–1992 · former
Denny Artache 1993–1993 · former
Burt Diaz 1993–1993 · former
Doug Bossey 1994–1995 · former
Erik Barnett 1995–2002 · former
Damian Bujanda 1999–1999 · former
Larry Rust 1999–2005 · former
Charlie Marinkovich 2002–2012 · former guitar
Martin Gerschwitz 2005–2012 · former keyboard
Ken Conlinpnik 2006–2006 · former
Dave Meros 2006–2006 · former