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    Posted: October 02 2021 at 10:45
10cc was a two-piece act after the departure of Godley and Creme.
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Seventh Wave are probably worth a mention; The first lp (Things to come) was certainly just the the two of them (Ken Elliott and Kieran O' Connor) though the second lp (Psi-Fi) had session players including Hugh Banton and Peter Lemer and others when they toured it. Not sure if they toured the first lp as just a duo..

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Originally posted by Cylli Kat (0fficial) Cylli Kat (0fficial) wrote:

Has anyone mentioned ARZ?

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6531

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC6K0hC-8VQ

WOW!!  Clap  Thanks, that's what I'm talking about!!  

Since the 1980s, we have had an explosion of affordable music technology that gives us performing artists a great deal of flexibility & creativity.  Vocal harmonizers can allow a single vocalist to sound like Yes times 3, synth guitars allow guitarists to emulate/trigger anything, etc. 

I'm very impressed by ARZ, this reminded me of when I played in a small space in Tulsa, Oklahoma = Tulsa Center for Creative Arts (TUCCA).  I did several two-man shows there, a few three-person shows etc.  All improvised, very high energy in a wonderful little venue!! 

Other acts who played at TUCCA included Adrian Belew (3 piece), Fripp & his Crafty Guitarists, and Chick Corea's Electrik Band, so I trod a rock & roll stage that was blessed!!   Good times = mid to late 1980s.

I'll dig into ARZ, thanks for the suggestion!


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Has anyone mentioned ARZ?

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6531

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC6K0hC-8VQ


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Two duos on the more extreme side of the progressive metal spectrum (namely black metal):

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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

I saw Fripp speak in a record store during his "Drive to 1981" venture, and he told us that he and Eno performed in France once & were booed!  Imagine that!

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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Have Fripp & Eno been mentioned yet? If not it might be because they are too obvious. :P

I would have suggested them, except that they are more of a studio-format & not a touring/performing format. 

I saw Fripp speak in a record store during his "Drive to 1981" venture, and he told us that he and Eno performed in France once & were booed!  Imagine that!  

Therefore, I remain primarily interested in "bands" that consist of two artists ONLY, touring/performing as a prog duet.  Some great suggestions thus far! 
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Have Fripp & Eno been mentioned yet? If not it might be because they are too obvious. :P
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Not sure if they've been brought up yet, but I'd definitely go with Ruins
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ I would've thought the Alan Parsons Project, Sparks and Steely Dan are all eligible as two-piece prog acts, even if they include session musicians, in the same way as Mike Oldfield is considered a solo artist, even though he usually has a multitude of backing musicians and singers featured on his albums. 


Your missing the whole point of the thread, two piece bands, that's it.

OP here, yes, that is correct.  Two musicians, period.  Bruford and Moraz would count, but not Sparks etc.  

I did some two-piece work in Tulsa OK in the 1980s, it can be a very powerful musical format as it forces the musicians to really extend themselves to fill in holes. 

 Lon Jones was one of Fripp's first Guitar Craft students, and I was his bassist, so we sometimes performed in a duet....Lon would play heavily-processed guitar, and I would play bass guitar through effects with a pick.  With a volume pedal, I can emulate a cello nicely.  Bass guitar heavily processed can be rather amazing = chorus, delay, wah etc.
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Two fantastic post-rock duos -

Bangladeafy:

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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ I would've thought the Alan Parsons Project, Sparks and Steely Dan are all eligible as two-piece prog acts, even if they include session musicians, in the same way as Mike Oldfield is considered a solo artist, even though he usually has a multitude of backing musicians and singers featured on his albums. 


Your missing the whole point of the thread, two piece bands, that's it.
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There's always the legendary Renee and Renato.



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^ I would've thought the Alan Parsons Project, Sparks and Steely Dan are all eligible as two-piece prog acts, even if they include session musicians, in the same way as Mike Oldfield is considered a solo artist, even though he usually has a multitude of backing musicians and singers featured on his albums. 
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Originally posted by Rrattlesnake Rrattlesnake wrote:

Would Sparks count? It's mostly the doings of the Mael brothers plus session musicians. The closest they got to performing as a duo would be Two Hands One Mouth

Well, if that's the case then we would have to include the Alan Parson's Project and Steely Dan. Apparently it has to be only two musicians and no session musicians. 

I almost typed "two guys" and not two musicians which led me to think if there were any female duos. Then I thought of Wendy & Lisa (who were both part of Prince's band the revolution). I don't think they would be considered prog though(although they did do some soundtrack work). 
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