The Peanut Butter Conspiracy

LA psychedelic music group the Peanut Butter Conspiracy emerged in 1966 in the remains from the Ashes, formed the prior calendar year by singer Pat Taylor, guitarist John Merrill, bassist Alan Brackett, and drummer Spencer Dryden (who shortly still left the group to displace Skip Spence within the Jefferson Aircraft). Adding drummer Jim Voigt as Dryden’s substitute, the Ashes documented a self-titled LP for the Vault label before disbanding, with Merrill, Brackett, and Voight recruiting vocalist Sandi Robison and harpist/guitarist Lance Fent to create the Peanut Butter Conspiracy; after debuting on Vault using the one “Time Is ONCE YOU,” the music group agreed upon to major-label Columbia, where 1967’s “From the Taking place Thing” heralded the springtime release of the debut LP, the Gary Usher-produced The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Is normally Dispersing. Ex-Sound Machine guitarist Costs Wolff changed Fent for the follow-up, THE FANTASTIC Conspiracy, which like its forerunner didn’t make a lot of a industrial impact; just Robison, Merrill, and Brackett continued to be for 1969’s For Kids of All Age range, which featured brand-new keyboardist Ralph Shuckett and drummer Michael Stevens. The Peanut Butter Conspiracy disbanded immediately after, with Brackett seeking studio function, Fent afterwards collaborating with Randy Meisner, and Wolff signing up for Fusion.