Origin: San Francisco, CA, USA
This San Francisco based band was quite different from the other psychedelic acts of the area and time, relying on more conventional and generic jazz-rock melodies which were then bombarded by erratic electronic sound effects. They were formed in 1967 by founding member Cork Marcheschi (bass, electronics effects) who had previously been a part of the mid-60s R&B band the Ethix. Cork's interest in avant garde music prompted him to invent his own musical instrument, which consisted of two audio generators, theremins, fuzzboxes, a cardboard tube, and a speaker from a World War II aircraft bomber.…