OPEN UP

• Space Brothers Ardour , 1975
• Experimental War Relics 1973-1975, 1975

ETHOS were an excellent 70's US based 4 piece prog rock band whose second album "Open Up" remains a landmark album for this music lover. Fans of classic 70's prog will love this album with their great epic passages (a la YES) with complex syncopation (aka SPOCK'S BEARD, GENTLE GIANT and KING CRIMSON) and pastoral moments full of the glorious mellotron. In many ways they remind me musically of a cross of FIREBALLET and YES. ETHOS were Brad Stephenson (bass, string bass, moog bass pedals), Mark Richards (percussion, moog drums), Michael Ponczek (mini moog, poly-moog, Hammond, organ, Rhodes piano, mellotron) and Wil Sharpe (acoustic and electric guitars). Their overall sound is full and rich with some real creative and challenging parts yet controlled and highly symphonic. A truely amazing little album that I recommed to all prog rock lovers.

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Posted Saturday, October 23, 2004

imagine a meeting of countless influences of great bands from the most different styles of progressive music ! This is the best deffinition of Etho's style. Some kind of mosaic very well mounted, starting from the mixture of Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Kansas, Return to Forever, King Crins ... (read more)

Report this review (#240488) | Posted by maryes | Sunday, September 20, 2009 | Review Permanlink

Here is an obscure little gem for all of you prog hunters and colletors out there.This is the only ETHOS lp I have ever run across in over 30 years of collecting,so I think it is safe to say that this group never really enjoyed wide spead popularity.I don't know much about these guys or any of ... (read more)

Report this review (#51129) | Posted by bob x | Monday, October 10, 2005 | Review Permanlink

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