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Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes
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The Electric Prunes in 1966
Background information
Origin San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres
Years active 1965–1970, 1999–present
Labels
Website www.electricprunes.net
Members James Lowe
Steve Kara
Jay Dean
Walter Garces
Rocco
Past members Mark Tulin
Ken Williams
Michael Weakley
Steve Acoff
Dick Hargraves
Preston Ritter
James Spagnola
Joe Dooley
Mike Gannon
John Herron
Mark Kincaid
Brett Wade
Dick Whetstone
Kenny Loggins
Jeromy Stuart
Ron Morgan
Cameron Lowe
Mark Moulin
Glen Bostic

The Electric Prunes are an American psychedelic rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965. Much of the band's music was, as music historian Richie Unterberger described it, possessed of "an eerie and sometimes anguished ambiance", and, early on, mainly consisted of material by songwriters Annette Tucker and Nancie Mantz, though the group also penned their own songs. Combining elements of psychedelia and electronic rock, the band's sound was marked by innovative recording techniques with fuzz-toned guitars and oscillating sound effects. In addition, guitarist Ken Williams' and singer James Lowe's concept of "free-form garage music" provided the band with a richer sonic palette and exploratory lyrical structure than many of their contemporaries.

The band was signed to Reprise Records in 1966 and released their first single, "Ain't It Hard", in the latter part of the year. Their first album, The Electric Prunes, included the band's two nationally charting songs, "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" and "Get Me to the World on Time". With the appearance of their second album, Underground, the band was more free to create their own material. However, the original group disbanded by 1968 when they proved unable to record the innovative and complex arrangements by David Axelrod on the albums Mass in F Minor and Release of an Oath. Both albums were released under the band's name, the rights to which were owned by their record producer David Hassinger, but were largely performed by other musicians. Several of the original band members reconvened in 1999 and began recording again.


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