Also known as: Yellow Payges, The
Origin: Torrance, CA, USA
This L.A. area band formed in the spring of 1966, evolving out of the Driftones. Original members were Dan Hortter (lead vocals, harmonica), John Knox (lead guitar), Larry Tyre (rhythm guitar), Herby Ratzloff (bass) and Terry Rae (drums). Rae would only last a few weeks however and was replaced by Danny Gorman (drums), rounding out the first stable lineup of the Yellow Payges. The group became regulars at L.A.'s Hullabaloo Club and eventually worked themselves up to the house band, replacing the Palace Guard. Hortter recalls, "I believe that had they (Palace Guard) stayed together, they would …