Frumious Bandersnatch


Frumious Bandersnatch was a psychedelic rock band in the late 1960s. The band was named after a character from the Lewis Carroll poem "Jabberwocky". Based in San Francisco, California, the band was active from 1967 to 1969. Their initial three-song EP produced a minor underground hit with the song "Hearts to Cry". A recording of their live work, titled A Young Man's Song, was released by Big Beat.

Career

The band was formed across the bay from San Francisco in Contra Costa County, and changed personnel several times. Despite interest from several record companies, and the band's only release was a three-song EP on their own label, pressed in a quantity of 1,000 and distributed locally.
In 1967, the band played a benefit for the Canyon school near Berkeley, along with Country Joe and the Fish and the Youngbloods.
Four members of Frumious Bandersnatch became regular members of the Steve Miller Band. Valory, along with fellow Frumious Bandersnatch member George Tickner and manager Herbie Herbert, joined former Santana members Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie to form the band Journey in 1973.

Members

Frumious Bandersnatch, along with The Flamin' Groovies, are mentioned in Roger Hall's 1970 novel 19, which refers to them both as one band, "Frumious Bandersnatch and the Flamin' Groovies".