Mandala (band)

Mandala
The group in 1967
Background information
Also known asThe Rogues
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresRhythm and Blues
Years active1965 (1965)–1970 (1970)
Past membersDomenic Troiano
Roy Kenner
Joey Chirowski
Don Elliot
George Olliver
Pentti Glan

Mandala was a Canadian R&B and soul band from the 1960s. The band was formed in 1965 in Toronto, Ontario as The Rogues and changed their name prior to their first Canadian Top 40 hit "Opportunity".

The band is best known for containing well-known Canadian guitarist Domenic Troiano who recorded with The James Gang and The Guess Who in the Seventies, and drummer Pentti Glan, who later played with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed (Glan was the drummer on Reed's 1974 live album, "Rock n Roll Animal"). The band also contained Roy Kenner, who later became the lead singer with the James Gang, both during and after the period when Troiano was lead guitarist with that band.