One-man Bands? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I'm intrigued by multi-instrumentalists who compose and record complete works all by themselves (with maybe a guest musician here and there). Examples include:

Fabric of Reality (Rick Lambe) - symphonic
The Psychedelic Ensemble (name withheld) - symphonic
Synergy (Larry Fast) - symphonic
Ghosts of Pompeii (Joe Shingler) - eclectic
OHEAD (David Hendry) - electronic
Sayer (Sayer Seely) - electronic

What are some other multi-instrumental artists (essentially one-man bands), and what genre characterizes them?

David Sylvian, sometimes, plays with himself.

This seems pretty common in black metal for some reason. The Ruins of Beverast, Burzum, Gnaw Their Tongues, Spectral Lore, Falkenbach are the first ones that come to mind.

Ok...not to be pedantic but can one man actually be a band by definition...?

I think not.

;)

One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin

dr wu23 wrote:

Ok...not to be pedantic but can one man actually be a band by definition...?

I think not.

;)

A one-man band is a musician who plays a number of instruments simultaneously using their hands, feet, limbs, and various mechanical and/or electronic contraptions. One man bands also often sing while they perform.

David Arkenstone and Andreas Vollenweider are more in the new-age-territory but play a multitude of instruments and have some great albums.

Also: Sally Oldfield (wich is a woman).

Wasn't Olias of Sunhillow entirely played by Jon Anderson himself?

The Bevis Frond (Nick Saloman) - neo-psychedelia (not in PA)
Endorphin (Eric Chapus) - electronic (not in PA)

Edited by I prophesy disaster - April 22 2018 at 12:01

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--Pete Townshend notes of his solo album, Who Came First: 'All instruments, vocals, recording, engineering, mixing, synthesizers in fact everything except making the tea in one gynormouse [sic] ego trip by Pete Townshend'.

--Tomita

--Several Frank Zappa albums, especially the Synclavier ones

--It has been said that The Tunes of Two Cities was done by just one Resident

--Robyn Hitchcock's I Often Dream of Trains

--Momus?

--Any Bill Nelson albums?

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Vangelis.

Tony Duhig played all instruments on Jade Warrior's At Peace.

Willowglass (Andrew Marshall).

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