Post by H2IZCOOL on Jul 29, 2003 13:13:56 GMT -5
From Reuters news service:
"Former Iron Butterfly lead guitarist Erik Braunn, who led the acid rock band to the heights of their success with the 1968 anthem "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," has died at age 52.
Braunn, a San Diego native who joined the Los Angeles rock group in 1967 at age 16, died on Friday of heart failure, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday. His death was later reported on the band's official Web site.
Braunn stayed with the band just two years, long enough to experience superstardom at the release of their 17-minute opus whose title was translated as "In the garden of Eden." "
R.I.P., Erik
