Iron Butterfly News

It was called the " Third Album ," by the Jackson Five -- but it was the very first album I ever owned.

Due to legal wrangling, a Ronnie James Dio-fronted Sabbath has to work under the name Heaven and Hell--which is exactly what the band delivers: awesomely heavy riffs , with all of them sounding similar .

In addition to this column, Rob Brezsny offers EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES designed to inspire you.

ARIES : Are you secretly afraid of feeling secure? Do you equate stability with being bored and lazy? Do you suspect that your restless pioneer spirit makes you unfit for the slow, meticulous work of building sturdy foundations? If so, there's hope for you to change - especially if you make a big effort in the coming weeks.

This is a follow-up of sorts to fellow Blogcritic Glen Boyd's recent "Whatever Happened To The Live Album?" article published on BC a couple of weeks ago. I really enjoyed Glen's piece. But there seemed to be an essential element of the Seventies live album absent from his article.

Whatever happened to the drum solo?

When you went to a concert in the Seventies, the drum solo was a given. And it was never really an issue. It simply provided you with an opportunity to reload the bong, or to take a whizz. Kind of an intermission basically. But then someone got the bright idea to include the drum solo in the inevitable double live album, and all hell broke loose.

Nevermind a few sprinkles of rain -- from April to October, Jim Campbell drives his '67 Pontiac GTO with the top down.

Just the hits, please. The Classic Rock All-Stars hear the audience's request, and they aim to please with '60s and '70s hits such as 'I Just Want to Celebrate,' 'Green-Eyed Lady' and 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' . 'The fact is, we have a lot of hit records between us,' says drummer/singer Peter Rivera, formerly of the R&B-influenced rock band Rare Earth.

Friday night at local hipster Tracy Delano 's house was off the chain as a group of friends took over her couch to participate in a mass Twitter session.

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For hardcore fans who are into the music of Iron Butterfly...

Iron Butterfly is an American psychedelic/heavy metal band that was formed in 1966 by keyboardist Doug Ingle and drummer Ron Bushy in San Diego, California. In 1967 they recorded their first album, Heavy, which stayed on the Billboard charts for almost a year as they toured with the likes of The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead,...

March 20 1965 British Invasion band Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders enter the Hot 100 for the first time with "Game of Love." It stays on the charts for eleven weeks making it to Number One in April.

Bohemian Rhapsody is to date considered to be one of the greatest songs ever composed as far as progressive rock is concerned.

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio . Tonight, for your delectation and pursuant to our Thursday night wild-card show, here are Pink Floyd performing, from their album Meddle , a ...

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On the 14th of December in the history of classic rock: 1963 - "I Want To Hold Your Hand" replaces "She Loves You" at #1 on the UK singles chart 1968 - Iron Butterfly gets a gold record for the first million ...