Purple Gang

North Hollywood garage area combo the Crimson Gang recorded a small number of sought-after singles for the MGM label, especially the fuzz-pop cult traditional “Bring Your Very own Self Straight down.” The group produced in past due 1965 in the remnants from the little-known Tegrams, reuniting guitarist Alan Intelligence and bassist Marty Tryon; regarding for an interview with Tryon at the web site www.60sgaragebands.com, the other founding associates included frontman Bob Corff, tempo guitarist Tag Landon, keyboardist Harry Garfield, and drummer Tom Atwater. Managed by LA record promoter Tony Richland, the Crimson Gang elevated their visibility by causing their live debut at an area gas place — regarding to legend, the function may possess prompted Atwater to gold coin the expression “Just what a gas!” (The group was also significant for showing up with each of its associates sporting one crimson glove, a glance afterwards co-opted by Landon and his bandmates in his following task, the Music Machine.) Apart from the occasional functionality at night clubs including Filthy McNasty’s and Pandora’s Container, the Crimson Gang was generally a studio room concern, and in early 1966 they released their debut one, “Answer the telephone,” over the Jerden label. The group transferred to MGM for the follow-up, “Bring Your Very own Personal Down,” constructed by Tandyn Almer of “Along Shows up Mary” popularity. In 1967 the Crimson Gang documented their second and last MGM one, a reading of Laura Nyro’s “Poverty Teach” — addresses from the Like music “Can’t Explain” and “NO REAL MATTER WHAT YOU DECIDE TO DO” had been also documented, but hardly ever officially released. The Crimson Gang divide sometime in middle-1967 — Tryon afterwards resurfaced in the Light of Years as a child, while Corff toured in the musical Locks and got a much-publicized affair with celebrity June Lockhart. Crimson Gang recordings possess made an appearance on compilations like the Lost Era, Vol. 3 and Northwest Fight from the Rings, Vol. 2.