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In 1965 , he wrote and produced a cult record about the Psychedelic experience, called ''The Trip.'' Released in June of that year, it was the first rock and roll song about LSD . Though not a hit in the USA, it was a hit in Europe and oddly, one of the first releases on Island Records . Besides his work with Napoleon XIV, Fowley perhaps came closest to mainstream recognition (and chart success) during a period from 1969 to 1971, when he collaborated with his friend Skip Battin , then bass player for The Byrds , on a number of songs. Several appeared on the group's hit 1970 album, ''Untitled''; one, from the 1971 LP ''Farther Along'', was even released as a single: "America's Great National Pastime". The novelty-Americana slant of much of this material was not well-received, however. Later he was the manager of The Runaways , and wrote songs for KISS , Helen Reddy , Slade , and many others. His efforts as a solo artist since 1970 have sold poorly, but his albums of the 1970s such as " I'm Bad " and " International Heroes " have been cited as an influence on Punk Rock . Some of his New Wave styled recordings of the late 1970s have been cited as prefiguring the Electroclash genre, and electroclash band Add N To (X) featured Fowley as a guest on their "Loud Like Nature" album. He has tended to keep a lower profile in the 1990s and 2000s . He is featured in '' Mayor Of The Sunset Strip '', a 2004 Documentary about influential LA DJ Rodney Bingenheimer , in which Cherie Currie of the Runaways accuses him of being a Misogynist . This may have been due to considerable litigation between the members of the ยน"The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" 7th Edition Joel Whitburn |
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