Mark Volman RIP

[Teasing the Korean]

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/mark-volman-dead-turtles-happy-together-1236509450/

[JSngry]

 

[mikeweil]

Proof that humor belongs in music. Not anybody can do it the way he did it. R.I.P.

7 minutes ago, JSngry said:

I still have that 45. Hilarious.

[jlhoots]

I loved The Turtles. R.I.P.

[JSngry]

There was more to them than just the hits, namely a very keen humor and ears to match.

RIP, and I will always laugh with you, not at you (except for that "Magdalena" thing....)

[medjuck]

RIP    I never saw The Turtles but I did see Flo and Eddie as members of The Mothers of Invention.

Edited 11 hours ago by medjuck

[romualdo]

RIP Mark - wonderful Turtles harmonies

didn't realise he sang on T-Rex's "Bang A Gong"

The "Mudshark" dialogue also came to mind

[T.D.]

R.I.P. Always great to see humor in music, which is surprisingly (IMO) rare.

 

No disrespect, but when I think of Flo the cover of Zappa's Over-Nite Sensation always comes to mind...one of the details is a decal with an extended middle finger directed to "Flo". I've no idea of the underlying story there.

 

[GA Russell]

RIP Mark Volman!

Prior to calling themselves The Turtles, the group was a surf guitar band called The Crossfires.

Their recordings with Mark Volman on saxophone frequently appear on surf guitar compilations.

[mjzee]

Very sad news.  I saw Flo & Eddie with the Mothers at the Fillmore East in May 1970.  This was before Chunga's Revenge came out, so I was surprised when Zappa introduced his new lead singers.  I then saw Flo & Eddie with their band (including Aynsley Dunbar) around the time their first album came out.  Good times.  RIP.

[Steve Gray]

RIP

I saw him with Frank Zappa as well. This was the night Frank was pushed off stage and badly injured.