Erik Brann aka Erik Braunn (born 1951 - died July 31, 2003), American musician, was a guitarist with the 1960s heavy metal band Iron Butterfly. He is featured on the band's greatest (and indeed only) hit, the legendary 17-minute masterpiece In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), recorded when he was just 17. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Heavy metal is a subgenre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock music to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised... Iron butterfly is also a name for an options-trading strategy. ... The album cover of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida, released in 1968, was a 17-minute rock song by Iron Butterfly, released on their album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, occupying the entire second side of the album. ...

A Boston, Massachusetts native and a brilliant violinist, Brann was accepted as a child into the prodigy program at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but was soon lured away to become a rock guitarist, joining Iron Butterfly at 16. He played with Ron Bushy, Lee Dorman and Doug Ingle from 1967 to 1969. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida sold over 20 million copies, went platinum and stayed on Billboard magazine's charts for over a year. With arrangement assistance from Lee Dorman, Brann wrote the song "Termination," which was featured on the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album. Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City 232. ... The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the worlds most renowned orchestras. ... Ron Bushy was a co-founder of the rock band Iron Butterfly. ... Bassist who played with Iron Buttefly and later Captain Beyond. ... Ingle is best known for his work on the 1968 hit In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Bassist who played with Iron Buttefly and later Captain Beyond. ... In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is a rock album by the band Iron Butterfly, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). ...

After 1969 Brann disappeared from view, apparently an ex-rock star at 20. In 1974, he reunited with Ron Bushy to form a new version of Iron Butterfly. The 1975 LP "Scorching Beauty" featured Brann on lead guitar and vocals, Bushy on drums, Philip Taylor Kramer on bass and Howard Reitzes on keyboards. A year later, the band released "Sun and Steel" early 1976 with Bill DeMartines replacing Reitzes on keyboards. Neither album sold well, and the band disbanded shortly afterward (around summer 1977). Ron Bushy was a co-founder of the rock band Iron Butterfly. ... Philip Taylor Kramer Philip Taylor Kramer (July 12, 1952 - February 12, 1995) was a bass guitar player for the rock group Iron Butterfly, in the 1970s and whose disappearance on February 12, 1995 caused a mystery that lasted for four years. ...

Brann occasionally reunited with Iron Butterfly for concerts, and had just released a solo album a few weeks before, when he died of a heart attack in 2003. A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ...

External links

• The Official Erik Braunn Website
• Critical comment on In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
• Performance video of Iron Butterfly: Erik Brann in the red shirt