Showing posts with label Progressive Rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Progressive Rock. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Genesis interviewed on Nursery Cryme

Nursery Cryme is the third studio album by Genesis that was recorded and released in 1971. It's the band's first album with drummer Phil Collins and guitarist Steve Hackett who replaced John Mayhew and Anthony Phillips, respectively, in 1970 and 1971. The five-member line-up of Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Collins and Hackett would remain consistent until the band's 1976 album A Trick of the Tail, when Phil Collins replaced Peter Gabriel as lead vocalist following Gabriel's departure from the band. Nursery Cryme is also the band's shortest studio album. Read more here. 

Friday, August 23, 2013

Timeshift: Prog Rock (documentary)

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This is a documentary about 70's progressive rock in Britain featuring bands such as Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Nice, King Crimson, Genesis, Camel, Pink Floyd and interviews with Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, Yes drummer Bill Bruford, Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters, graphic designer Roger Dean, Old Grey Whistle Test presenter Bob Harris, DJs, critics and producers. Read more here.

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Face to Face with Rick Wakeman: Ian Anderson

The TV show ‘Face To Face’ presented by prog rock legend and Yes keybord player Rick Wakeman features a stellar line-up of guest musicians. On this show, Jethro Tull's frontman, Ian Anderson, is being interviewed. Read more here

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Yes: The Going for the One sessions 1976

Going for the One is the eighth studio album from the English progressive rock band Yes, released in 1977 on Atlantic Records. Produced after each member of the group released a solo record, the album marks the return of keyboardist Rick Wakeman, who departed in 1974 over musical differences in Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973). Read more here

Thursday, August 1, 2013

The Progressive Rock Anthology

The Progressive Rock Anthology is a compilation of 70s prog rock bands' live footage that features ELP, Caravan, Family, Focus, Nektar, Rick Wakeman and more. Read more here. 

Monday, July 15, 2013

Camel: Curriculum Vitae (documentary)

Curriculum Vitae DVD (2003) narrates the story of Camel over the years. The film features interviews with all four members of the classic line up and other members of Camel (notably Colin Bass) with excerpts from a variety of performances. Read more here.

Monday, July 8, 2013

Sugarglider

Sugarglider is a new and currently unsigned Swedish progressive rock band based in Gothenburg, located on the Swedish west coast. The band is composed of Tobias Jansson on vocals, Patrik Jansson on guitar, Mattias Linusson on keyboards, Johannes Hällström on bass and drummer Emil Frisk. Read more here. 

Thursday, July 4, 2013

ABWH live: An Evening of Yes Music Plus 1989

An Evening of Yes Music Plus is a live DVD and album by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe, recorded at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on September 9, 1989 and released in 1993. The album contains material from ABWH's self-titled album, songs from past Yes records and excerpts from keyboardist Rick Wakeman's solo work. Read more here. 

Monday, June 17, 2013

The Yes story (documentary)

This is a Classic Artists documentary on Yes' story from the beginning and the formation of the band in the late 60's through the 2000's and their 35th Anniversary triple compilation album and tour. The documentary is divided into two parts and features interviews with the band's members, producers, managers etc and song excerpts. Read more here. 

Monday, June 10, 2013

Genesis interviewed on Trespass

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Trespass is the second studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1970. Their last album with guitarist Anthony Phillips, Trespass had a folk-flavoured progressive rock sound that was a marked departure from their earlier work. The compositions were generally much longer and more complex than those on Genesis' first album, and the recordings have a muted, pastoral sound. Read more here.

Monday, May 27, 2013

Arthur Brown

Arthur Brown is an English rock musician best known for his flamboyant, theatrical style, wide ranging operatic vocal style and significant influence on Alice Cooper, Peter Gabriel, Marilyn Manson, George Clinton, Kiss, King Diamond, and Bruce Dickinson, among others, and for his number one hit in the UK Singles Chart and Canada, "Fire" in 1968. Read more here

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Anekdoten

In the early 90's a wave of King Crimson inspired new prog rock bands emerged in Scandinavia. One of the first was the four piece formation Anekdoten from Sweden and they are still alive and progging. Anekdoten's roots are in 1990 when Nicklas Berg (guitar, mellotron and vocals) and Jan Erik Liljeström (bass and vocals) decided to found a progressive rock band.  Read more here.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Kaipa

In their early years, Kaipa was one of Sweden's best 70's symphonic prog bands. The band was originally formed by Hans Lundin (vocals, keyboards) and Tomas Eriksson (bass), along with drummer Thomas Sjöberg who left the group the following year, though. His replacement on drums was Ingemar Bergman. Roine Stolt joined Kaipa as their guitarist in 1974 when he was 17. Read more here.

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Jethro Tull: Live at Madison Square Garden

This is the part of Jethro Tull's live performance at Madison Square Garden in 1978, which was captured on film. The full concert is available on the DVD Live at Madison Square Garden 1978, released in 2009, which contains the filmed part, as well as the rest audio only part. Read more here.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Genesis on Selling England by the Pound

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Selling England by the Pound is the fifth studio album by the progressive rock band Genesis, released on 12 October 1973 through Charisma Records (Europe) and Atlantic Records (United States). It followed Foxtrot and was the band's commercial peak at that time, reaching #3 in the UK where it remained on the charts for 21 weeks. The album went gold in the US in 1990. It was also a major breakthrough in terms of critical reception, and is considered one of the greatest albums of the progressive rock genre. Read more here.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Happy the Man

Happy the Man was an American progressive rock band from the 1970's specializing in instrumental tracks with complex time signatures. They were one of the finest 70's American prog bands. Completely out of the american standards, Happy the Man combined lush melodies, great complex interplay and a slightly jazzy touch with occasional vocals. Their first two albums, the self titled Happy the Man and Crafty Hands (almost entirely instrumental) are classic albums of the highest order. Read more here.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

The First 20 Years of Jethro Tull (documentary)

20 Years of Jethro Tull is a documentary on the band's first 20 years, also known as Jethro Tull: This is the First 20 Years, released in 1988. It consists of interviews with record company executives, fans and frontman Ian Anderson giving a rough chronology of the band, interspersed with clips from music videos and live performances. Read more here.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Transatlantic: Whirld Tour Live in London 2010

This is Transatlantic's 80 minutes live performance of The Whirlwind full album -the band's third studio album- on their Whirld Tour in 2010. The video was filmed on May 21, 2010 at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England. Read more here.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Spock's Beard

Spock's Beard are a progressive rock band formed in 1992 in Los Angeles by brothers Neal and Alan Morse. Neal played keyboards and was the lead vocalist, as well as being the primary songwriter before leaving the band in 2002 to pursue a solo career. Alan plays electric guitar. The pair teamed with fellow musicians Nick D'Virgilio (drums) and Dave Meros (bass) and released their debut album, The Light, in 1995. The quartet were later joined by veteran keyboardist Ryo OkumotoRead more here.

Friday, April 5, 2013

Genesis interviewed on Foxtrot

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Foxtrot is the fourth studio album by the English progressive rock band Genesis and the second from the band's classic line-up which included Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and Steve Hackett. It was released in 1972. Foxtrot was Genesis' first album to enter the UK Top 20, reaching No.12. Still, it failed to reach the US charts. Nor was it the first Genesis album to chart worldwide. Read more here.