Also known as: Syndicate, The
Origin: Los Angeles, CA, USA
This L.A. area garage-psych band formed in late 1964 with members Bill Rash (lead vocals, keyboards), Rick Cronin (lead guitar, vocals), Jim Kobzeff (rhythm guitar), Bill Patapoff (bass, vocals) and Bob Bourbon (drums). Although Kobzeff was considered the de facto business leader and organizer of the group, Rash was somewhat of a musical prodigy and therefore chose the music to play, as well as ran their rigorous practices with the goal of perfection. They mainly played songs by the most popular British Invasion bands ( Rolling Stones , Beatles , Zombies , etc.), as well as Bob Dylan . They ch…