Guitarist Danny Weis (born September 28, 1948 in Huntington Park, California) was a founding member of Iron Butterfly and appeared on the band's first single titled Don't Look Down On Me, their second single "Possession", and their debut LP "Heavy" before leaving to join Rhinoceros. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Huntington Park is a city in Los Angeles County California, United States. Iron Butterfly is an American Psychedelic rock and early Heavy metal band well known for their 1968 hit " In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Don't Look Down On Me b/w Possession is a rare single released by Iron Butterfly somewhere betweem 1966-1967 " Possession " b/w " Evil Temptation " is a rare single released by Iron Butterfly from 1966-1967 Heavy was Iron Butterfly 's debut album released in early 1968 Rhinoceros were a short-lived rock band in late 1960s Paul A Rothchild, then Elektra Records ' talent scout and house producer conceived the idea to individually