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    Posted: August 24 2005 at 21:00

 

If you prognogs like Rush,these two great Canadian bands were opening acts for Rush,late 70s,early 80s.

Max webster were a brilliant band fronted by Kim Mitchell and all the lyrics (weirdish,pop,Steely Danish) were written by Pye Dubois (sort of like a Pete Sinfield with loafers) and FM! Well,this trio had great sci-fi thematics,an electric violin,Martin Deller on drums (!) The album Black Noise is a must.Ask it 4 Chrismas.

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Points: 427 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2005 at 21:46
Max Webster was awesome! And very proggy,
especially High Class in Borrowed shoes...a killer
album.

FM has been lauded around here before, but it's nice
to see some praise for ol' Kim Mitchell.
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Max Webster were a great band, and Kim Mitchell is still making fantastic music today. I hear there's a new Kim Mitchell Greatest Hits album  with a bonus live DVD included. Should be really good (There was a review in this month's Classic Rock magazine)
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Points: 19597 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2005 at 04:46

Yup !

MAX WEBSTER definitely deserves inclusion now that Queen is in. Art Rock!

However I do not have the CDs to include them in the PA. I may have to find a buddy to borrow them. If I enter the group, can I count on you to introduce the albums......????

However I did not like early Kim Mitchell solo (I left Toronto in 88) but I found it not prog at all!

 

 

I hesitate about Triumph, though . Maybe in Progmetal. Certainly so for the first three albums . Many prog moments.
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Points: 19942 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2005 at 07:11
I saw Max Webster supporting Rush at Hammersmith Odeon, probably back in the 70s. They were really good and I bought the album at the time (I think it was called Paradise Skies but I could be wrong). 
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"Paradise Skies" is on the album, "A Million Vacations".  I really like their self-titled debut, "Max Webster".
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Points: 19597 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2005 at 08:15
Originally posted by bartok bartok wrote:

"Paradise Skies" is on the album, "A Million Vacations".  I really like their self-titled debut, "Max Webster".

The debut is a classic: 4* Hangover was the first thing friends played on Sunday afternoons after waking-up!

High Class In Borrowed Shoes : 4* Oh War!

Mutiny Up My Sleeves : 4* (the Party is phenomenal tune always played once per night at every house party in Toronto, fully sung and danced until its end by all males attending also doing perfect air-guitars)

A Million Vacations: 4* Slightly more even and quieter (due to a more active KB player) but no weaker track either.

The live album is also 4* : too bad it is not a double..... could've made an excellent recap.

Universal Juveniles is much inferior, imho , but finally came international success, The KB player had left and things were not the same. The band could not withstand the success and broke up!

 

 
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Universal Juveniles has the song "Battlescar" which is a collaboration between Rush and Max Webster.  I believe I recall Neil saying that the goal was to create a "wall of drums."  Geddy and Kim share the vocals and Lifeson fills it out as usual with amazing textures.   I think this is the only time all members of Rush actually went into a studio and recorded with another band.  Definitely a collector's item for the Rush aficionado.
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I will review the heck out of Max Webster.

Kim's solo stuff is a bit, well, rednecky, and not really progressive, but
good fun when it's on the radio in the car.

And let's not forget Geddy Lee's immortal performance of "Take Off" with
Bob and Doug McKenzie!
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Points: 762 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 14 2006 at 19:45

Any chance of getting 'Max' on here Max?
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FM- Black Noise- is a must listen for everyone!
"The options are ever fewer on the ground these days" Fish
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Points: 19597 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2006 at 12:42
Originally posted by Richardw Richardw wrote:

Any chance of getting 'Max' on here Max?

Coming up in the following weeks

in prog related at minimum maybe even art rock
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Points: 762 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2006 at 13:43
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Richardw Richardw wrote:

Any chance of getting 'Max' on here Max?

Coming up in the following weeks

in prog related at minimum maybe even art rock

Great. Thanks Hugues.

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