Also known as: Balloon Farm, The
Origin: New York, NY, USA
This New York City outfit formed in 1967 when Ed Schnug (guitar) and Don Henny (drums) left their band the Adam to join forces with Mike Appel (lead vocals, guitar) and Jay Saks (bass) of the Un-Four-Given. They named the band after a night club that was located in the East Village of Manhattan, which was originally nicknamed the "Balloon Farm" by Bob Dylan when he played there and saw a large number of silver Mylar balloons hanging everywhere inside. Although the group did perform live occasionally, they considered themselves more of a studio entity. After signing to the Laurie label, they sc…