The German government seem pretty set on stopping them doing this at any cost, and interior minister Hans-Peter has condemned the group's plan, accusing them of "recklessly pouring oil on the fire".
The songs moved people, showed them a new style of commitment that had been increasingly absent in rock, and sure enough, in shockingly short order, the group's popularity found them living under the white heat of scrutiny.
Many of the group's themes — among them love, sexual deviance, alienation, addiction, joy and spiritual transfiguration — stayed in Mr. Reed's work through his long run of solo recordings.
The group's tours ranked them second in total concert grosses for the decade behind only the Rolling Stones, although U2 had a significantly higher attendance figure.
Robert Stigwood, the group's manager, booked them for a Murray the K package show at the RKO Manhattan Theatre from 25 March to 2 April 1967.
The final group, let's call them the sceptics, reckon the beer and the hype are, in fact, inseparable.
Prior to the experiment, two meetings were held with the experimental group's parents, to inform them about the significance of their children's social emotional development and to inform them about the field-trip activities that were planned.
A man scooped up the group's doughnuts and threw them into a garbage can.
In the following weeks, officers tracked down some of the group's supporters and interrogated them.
Like the Camden group's members, many of them are young, passionate and unafraid to take direct action.
