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The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band was an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1966, based in Los Angeles, California. They released five albums under the band name and one under Markley A Group. The group disbanded in 1970. Despite never achieving mainstream success during their existence, the band has garnered interest over the years. ==Beginnings== In 1960, Bob Markley, the adopted son of an oil tycoon and a law graduate, moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in entertainment. He was already a local TV personality in Oklahoma for a show called ''Oklahoma Bandstand''. In Los Angeles, Markley was signed by Warner Bros. Records. He released singles titled "Will We Meet Again" b/w "Tia Juana Ball" and "Summer Comin' On" b/w "It Should Have Been Me". All of the tracks were either written or co-written by Markley. However, none of these efforts were met with major success. At around the same time Shaun and Danny Harris, sons of composer Roy Harris and pianist Johana Harris, also moved to Los Angeles. By 1963 they had both begun playing with a teen surf rock band, The Snowmen. When they started attending Hollywood Professional School in 1964, they met up with Michael Lloyd. He was a pianist and guitarist who had been playing in several surf groups such as The New Dimensions with Jimmy Greenspoon later of Three Dog Night. Lloyd then moved on to a pop group called The Alley Cats.〔name="southernfm.com.au"(southernfm.com.au ) - accessed September 2014〕 Shaun Harris worked with Lloyd in a group called The Rogues and recorded a single influenced by the song "Hey Joe" which was creating a sea change in the pop music world. The Harris brothers and Lloyd decided to form a new band initially called The Laughing Wind. They recorded demos for a mutual friend, record producer Kim Fowley. Fowley already knew Markley and suggested that the band try some of his lyrics. However, Markley was close to 12 years older than the Harris brothers and Lloyd. In 1965, Fowley arranged a private party in Markley’s mansion at which The Yardbirds with Jeff Beck〔(southernfm.com.au ) - accessed September 2014〕 performed and which the Harris brothers and Lloyd also attended. Markley was impressed by the large number of teenage girls attracted by the band. The much younger musicians were impressed by Markley’s financial resources and potential ability to fund good quality equipment and a light show. Fowley encouraged them to join forces and with the addition of drummer John Ware, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band was formed. The general approach was intended to parallel that being developed on the east coast by Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground. Markley used his legal background to ensure that he held all rights to the band’s name. The band’s recording debut in 1966 ''Volume One'', featured Lloyd, the Harris brothers, Dennis Lambert (guitar) and Danny Belsky (drums), with Markley on some vocals. Most of the material was completed before the time Markley became involved. The rudimentary album included contemporary hits and original compositions and was recorded in a self-made studio on San Vincente Blvd, just outside Beverly Hills. The album was originally issued on the tiny FiFo Records label in Hollywood. An original copy of this album complete with sleeve sold for more than $15,000 in the early 2000s.〔The Acid Archives, book by Patrick Lundborg, 2006〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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