Also known as: West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The
Origin: Los Angeles, CA, USA
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (or WCPAEB for short) was an avant-garde L.A. ensemble that formed in early 1965 under the name the Laughing Wind . Original members included brothers Dan (guitar, vocals) and Shaun Harris (bass, guitar, vocals), Michael Lloyd (keyboards, guitar, vocals) and Danny Belsky (drums). Lloyd and the Harris brothers first met in 1964 while attending the Hollywood Professional School, a school where many L.A. area kids in show business attended. The Harris brothers were the sons of famous classical composer Roy Harris and were playing in the teen surf band the …