The In Crowd (British band)
| Tomorrow | |
|---|---|
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, freakbeat |
| Years active | March 1967–April 1968 |
| Labels | Parlophone/EMI, Harvest Heritage/EMI, Sire |
| Associated acts | Yes |
| Past members |
Keith West Steve Howe John "Junior" Wood John "Twink" Alder |
Tomorrow (previously known as The In-Crowd and before that as Four Plus One) were a 1960s psychedelic rock, pop and freakbeat band. Despite critical acclaim and support from DJ John Peel who featured them on his "Perfumed Garden" radio show, the band was not a great success in commercial terms. They were among the first psychedelic bands in England along with Pink Floyd and Soft Machine. Tomorrow recorded the first ever John Peel show session on BBC Radio 1 on 21 September 1967.
As The In Crowd, they recorded the songs "Am I Glad to See You" and "Blow-Up" especially for the film Blowup in 1966. The lyric to 'Blow-Up' is an almost-literal interpretation of the film's plot. The two songs remained unused however when The Yardbirds were hired to film the nightclub sequence that The In Crowd would have appeared in.
As Tomorrow, they appeared in the 1967 film Smashing Time under the name of The Snarks. John "Junior" Wood was ill and was replaced by John Pearce, a clothes dealer. Again their music was not used in the film. The music used in the film is actually performed by Skip Bifferty.
During 1967 the band released two singles, one of which, "My White Bicycle", was later covered by heavy rock act Nazareth, and as a novelty record by Neil the Hippy (Nigel Planer) of The Young Ones TV series. According to drummer John 'Twink' Alder, the song was inspired by the Dutch Provos, an anarchist group in Amsterdam which instituted a community bicycle program: "they had white bicycles in Amsterdam and they used to leave them around the town. And if you were going somewhere and you needed to use a bike, you'd just take the bike and you'd go somewhere and just leave it. Whoever needed the bikes would take them and leave them when they were done."
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