Iron Butterfly News

The heavy, psychedelic acid rock of Iron Butterfly may seem dated to some today, but the group was one of the first hard rock bands to receive extensive radio airplay, and their best-known song, the 17-minute epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," established that more extended compositions were viable entries in the radio marketplace, paving the way for ...

I've been alarmed by terrifying tunes ever since I was a kid -- compelled to turn on every light in the house after watching a horror movie introduced by the pipe organ drone of Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor." But the truth is, I love that kind of music, even if it raises the hair on my neck and gets the pulse racing .

The 40th anniversary of Woodstock this weekend also marks the career-curtailing failure of San Diegoa s Iron Butterfly to play the historic festival as scheduled.

Times-Tribune Staff Report The Corbin Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday two more acts in this year's Nibroc lineup.

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 .

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