Iron Butterfly’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” opens in a cyclone of electric organs while bright keys whisk up a storm of treacherous drum hits and hypnotizing strings. The song is the definitive rock ...

It's been 58 years since Iron Butterfly changed rock music with the career-defining song, "In-A-Gadda-Da Vida." The monstrous track, which appeared on the June 14, 1968, album of the same name, ...

It started out as a slurred lyric misheard by a bandmate and morphed into one of the signature songs of the psychedelic era. Iron Butterfly’s 17-minute “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” took root in the American ...

Doug Ingle, who co-founded the heavy rock band Iron Butterfly and was the singer and organist on songs including their signature hit, “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,” died Friday at age 78. He was the last ...

Few songs set a mood better than Iron Butterfly’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.” Instantly recognizable, the 17-minute-long acid rock standard contains all the best aspects of the sub-genre—a psychedelic slop ...