Artist
Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly is a psychedelic rock artist from San Diego, USA. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Psychedelic Rock · San Diego, USA · Best psychedelic rock albums
- 27
- Releases
- 1968–2025
- Active years
Artist
Iron Butterfly is a psychedelic rock artist from San Diego, USA. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Psychedelic Rock · San Diego, USA · Best psychedelic rock albums
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Ball
1969
Metamorphosis
1970
Heavy
1968
Days Of The Butterfly (Live Remastered)
2022
Live at the Galaxy, LA, July 1967
2022
Unconscious Power: An Anthology 1967-1971
2021
Live in Toronto (Live)
2020
Live from Canada (Live)
2020
Live in San Francisco '95
2017
Original Album Series
2016
Live in Sweden 1971
2014
Live in Copenhagen
2014
Live at the Galaxy 1967
2014
Fillmore East 1968
2011
Metamorphosis (Mono)
2007
Light and Heavy/The Best of...
2007
Live
1989
Iron Butterfly: Live
1989
Scorching Beauty
1975
Sun and Steel
1975
The Best of Iron Butterfly Evolution
1972
A Selection by Iron Butterfly
1970
The Best of Iron Butterfly
1969
Iron Butterfly is an American psychedelic rock band, well known for their 1968 hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". They are considered an early heavy metal band as a result of this song and others like it, as well as the title of their debut album, Heavy (the term "heavy," slang for things of a deep or thoughtful manner, was an important element in the initial conception of heavy metal, a form of music dealing with war, environmental destruction, drug addiction, and other things of a "heavy" nature). Their heyday was the late 1960s, but the band has been reincarnated several times with various members. VH1 ranks them as number 19 on their list of top 100 "one-hit" wonders. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the 31st best-selling album in the world, selling more than 25 million copies. The next album, Ball, topped the charts, but more lineup changes followed. In 1970, with Erik Braunn gone, Iron Butterfly released their fourth studio album, Metamorphosis with two new members, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Mike Pinera (whose Blues Image had opened for the Butterfly's Vida tour and who later led Ramatam and played with Alice Cooper) and guitarist Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt. The album only managed to get into …
