Among moviegoers the experimental musicians are known mainly from the two songs they contributed to the soundtrack of the hippie movie Easy Rider.
For a long time it was rumoured that the band name had been selected under extremely harsh conditions. The story goes that a technician of record company RCA, David Hassinger, had locked the members of the still unnamed band up in a closet only to be opened if they came up with a good band name.
Bassist Mark Tulin rectified that story a little in an interview: ‘The true fact is that we locked ourselves in a garage until we came up with a list of names,’ he says. According to Tulin a long list of names indeed was drawn up in that garage, but in the end the choice fell on the point of a rather corny joke: ‘What’s purple and goes buzz buzz? - An Electric Prune.’
According to Tulin competing band Moby Grape also came to its name using this breeding method.
Active: 1965-1970; 2001-present, USA
Site: http://www.electricprunes.com/
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