A question

LSDisease wrote: Hi guys. It was Grendel. Not the standard version though. It was that Fair Deal 19 minutes long version. I was into discussion and other things and didn't notice. Thanx for help.

Your description match that of Grendrl but the insistence that it wasn't Marillion canceled that thought. I have heard the Fair Trade version and I think it's recognizable as Grendel by Marillion. Your friend must have a cheap phone.

Hi guys. It was Grendel. Not the standard version though. It was that Fair Deal 19 minutes long version. I was into discussion and other things and didn't notice. Thanx for help.

Edited by LSDisease - July 09 2023 at 13:55

Criswell wrote: Maybe something here... The most Hammond organ-driven progressive rock albums - Rate Your Music

I only had to see ELP's Tarkus at the number one spot to know this person is clearly a wise and thoughtful Hammond Organ Driven Prog fan. 

Maybe something here...

LSDisease wrote: It's not Rare Bird, thanks for posting though, it's a very good song. I think the band I'm looking for is most likely British. Can be German though. I remember Birth Control's Operation and Hoodoo Man, that was pretty intense. I try to find something that's similar but it's not that easy. There's a song by Birth Control called Just Before the Sun Will Rise, you got this fast snare drum tempo and organ on the top of that. It was also in the same mood. Starts at 2:00 add aggressive vocals and well... It was that tempo, go fast then pause, then fast again.  Anyway I'll shazam the song when she's back from Norway.

Ok no problem

As mentioned before, it's hard to know without listening to it. So many prog songs could fit that description.

Necrotica wrote: mellotronwave wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sfzY7DmX5w Sorry i don't know how to upload active links :-( Wow, that sounds a lot like what LSDisease was describing!

I shazamed my song proposition from minute 7.35 on and it has been quickly and correctly identified as Rare Bird's Flight



Edited by mellotronwave - July 06 2023 at 02:02

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sfzY7DmX5w

Sorry i don't know how to upload active links :-(

Beardfish perhaps? "If we must be apart" for example has quite a few of the elements you mentions, although it's only 15 minute slong.

Edited by Angelo - July 05 2023 at 16:10

The lyrics? No, not really. I remember the first part of the song was rather soft. Then it became heavy, that was really aggressive but also repetitive. It was definitely in the 70's style but maybe the band wasn't that old. I don't know. It wasn't bluesy or jazzy, it was rock driven Hammond organ extravaganza. It was in fact as aggressive as heavy metal but it wasn't metal. The vocals, firstly soft later became aggressive too. The problem is, that it didn't sound like anything else, I mean that heavy part. I mentioned VDGG cos that was the closest thing that came to my mind, there's that insane part in Plague of Lighthouse Keepers. But I think it was less chaotic. The rhythm section got something to do with Uriah Heep, it was rather fast. I mean, it definitely wasn't a top 20 prog band. I think the key may be vocals and the length (how many 20 minute long suites do we have?).