The band's signature hit featured in an episode of The Simpsons and was covered by a string of other bands.
Doug Ingle, the last surviving member of the original line-up of heavy rock band Iron Butterfly, has died aged 78. Ingle was the lead vocalist and organist in the band he co-founded in 1966 - singing their 17-minute long signature hit In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, which featured in a 1995 episode of The Simpsons. The musician's son announced his father's passing on social media but did not give a cause of death.
The song was also covered by other bands, including Slayer, The Residents, Boney M and the Incredible Bongo Band, whose version was twice-sampled by the rapper Nas. It also appeared memorably in Michael Mann's 1986 thriller movie Manhunter. The track ended up being 17 minutes long partly due to Iron Butterfly's studio engineer Don Casale asking the band to play through the song so he could set his levels and him hitting record without the band members realising.
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