British contemporary artists (l-r) Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas and Angus Fairhurst at Tate Britain, London, with new works forming part of their joint exhibition, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, which opens on Wednesday. The name of the exhibition is taken from the title track of an LP released in 1968 by the West Coast rock band, Iron Butterfly. The song was originally going to be called 'In the Garden of Eden'. Legend has it that the lead singer was so drunk when he first announced the song's title that one of the band members wrote down phonetically the slurred words 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'.

British contemporary artists (l-r) Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas and Angus Fairhurst at Tate Britain, London, with new works forming part of their joint exhibition, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, which opens on Wednesday. The name of the exhibition is taken from the title track of an LP released in 1968 by the West Coast rock band, Iron Butterfly. The song was originally going to be called 'In the Garden of Eden'. Legend has it that the lead singer was so drunk when he first announced the song's title that one of the band members wrote down phonetically the slurred words 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'. Stock Photo
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1908 x 1144 px | 32.3 x 19.4 cm | 12.7 x 7.6 inches | 150dpi

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2 March 2004

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Fiona Hanson

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