Origin: Stony Brook, NY, USA
The evolution of this north central Long Island group can be traced back to 1967 at Stony Brook College where students Donald Roeser aka "Buck Dharma" (guitar, vocals), Allen Lanier aka "La Verne" (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Albert Bouchard aka "Prince Omega" (drums) and Andrew Winters aka "Andy Panda" (bass) decided to get together and form a band they creatively christened the Soft White Underbelly. Through their manager Sandy Pearlman, who had previously been a contributor of Crawdaddy! magazine and was becoming increasingly more influential within the New York music scene, they were able …