The Electric Prunes were a late 1960s American rock and roll group, best known for the psychedelic hit "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night". The band was basically a front for songwritersAnnette Tucker and Nancie Mantz, and producer Dave Hassinger. The group started as Ken Williams, James Lowe, Michael Weakley & Mark Tulin and called themselves The Sanctions, and later, Jim and the Lords. Soon, Dick Hargrave joined on organ, but left to pursue graphic arts. Their lineup changed many times (including one with Kenny Loggins) as they grew into The Electric Prunes. Their second single, "Get Me to the World on Time", was also successful, though their first two albums were largely unsuccessful. Their third LP was Mass in F Minor, a psychedelicized collection of prayers. Then the band broke up soon after their last album around 1968 and were totally dissolved aby 1970.
After a long period of 30 years they finally got back together and released a DVD album called "Rewired". Since the begining of the 2001, they have been on tour.
There appeared to be an abrupt shift in the ElectricPrunes musical direction with the release of the album, 'Mass in F Minor', in January 1968.
ElectricPrunes songs were also included in several other films of the late sixties, such as 'The Name of the Game Is Kill' (1968).
Dave Hassinger owned the name of the ElectricPrunes and encouraged by the success of the 'Mass in F Minor' LP, a similar follow-up was promptly arranged.
Though they got considerable input from talented L.A. songwriters and producers, with their two big hits penned by outside sources, the ElectricPrunes did by and large play the music on their records, their first lineup writing some respectable material of their own.
Songwriters Annette Tucker and Nancie Mantz wrote most of the Prunes' material, much of which in turn was crafted in the studio by Dave Hassinger, who had engineered some classic Rolling Stones sessions in the mid-'60s.
None of the original Prunes were still in the lineup when the band dissolved, unnoticed, at the end of the '60s.
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