Prog "One-Hit Wonders" (read before responding)
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Topic: Prog "One-Hit Wonders" (read before responding)
Posted By: RoeDent
Subject: Prog "One-Hit Wonders" (read before responding)
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 11:30
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I was listening to Arena's first album Songs from the Lion's Cage the other day and it dawned on me that I have not heard John Carson, the singer on that album, on anything else. Then it got me thinking of other so-called "one-hit wonders", whether it's a musician who appeared on just one well-known (in prog circles) album as member of a band (even if the band went further, as with Arena), or even the entire band making just one album, then seemingly disappearing off the face of the progosphere. Another example I can think of is Sound of Contact. They made one fantastic album (Dimensionaut) in 2013, but we've since heard nothing of this band. Keyboardist Dave Kerzner has made two well-received albums since, but the band SOC seem to be a one-hit wonder. Do you have other examples of this?
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 12:05
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I'm not sure but I imagine Simon Collins' supposed drug trafficking debacle has something to do with us not hearing from Sound Of Contact. It'd be cool to hear another album. I rather like the debut and absolutely love the drumming. He is certainly his father's son...with a twist. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 12:55
| Rush's original Drummer, John Rutsey. Though not as good as Neil Pert, he was quite an excellent drummer. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 13:24
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Dün produced the solitary album "Eros" which is currently the highest rated non-Magma Zeuhl album in PA. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 15:21
| On Sound of Contact, they did post a picture of Simon and Dave on their Facebook page last month, saying they are in sessions for new album. SOC is booked to be on Cruise on Edge 2018 |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 15:23
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The most obvious choice would've been Bubu probably, were it not for their apparently totally unexpected release 38 years after their classic Anabelas. |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 16:03
Regarding a two-hit wonder band - Darwin's Radio! Their second album - Template for a Generation album - still one of my most played and well-loved albums! I'm so sad that illegal downloading forced them to give up prematurely due to lost finances (sadly the bane for many emerging bands these days) - although nice to see Dec Burke keeping busy elsewhere since then. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
mathman0806 wrote:Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 16:42
These are my favorite "1 cool prog album and then gone" bands. I had about 5 more that I couldn't include because they reformed for a one-off album 20+ years after breaking up: McDonald & Giles, Bacamarte and Bubu I'm talking to you  Atmosphera - Lady of Shallot Absolute Elsewhere - In Search of Ancient Gods Akritas - Akritas Dragonfly - Dragonfly Mirthrandir - For You the Old Women Pete Sinfield - Still Netherworld - In the Following Half Light Cathedral - Stained Glass Stories Pentacle - La Clef Des Songes Banzai - Hora Nota Et Cetera - Et Cetera La Rossa - A Fury of Glass Nightwinds - Nightwinds Quadra - L'Archiviste Bordelique Think - Variety ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 16:48
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Armageddon s/t; Atlantis Philharmonic s/t; Morte Macabre "Symphonic Holocaust"; Babylon s/t -- just a few that came to mind without giving it much thought. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: sidc58
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 20:04
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Two groups come to mind: Refugee with Patrick Moraz, Lee Jackson, Brian Davdison Quiet Sun with Phil Manzanera, Eno, etc. ------------- "Why, she's no fun, she fell right over".--Nick Danger (Third Eye) |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 21:09
| As far as I understand, there's a whole bunch of bands/albums that fit the criteria within RPI. Right now I can think of YS from Il Balleto di Bronzo, Zarathustra from Museo Rosenbach. Inferno from Metamorfosi. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 22:27
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Anderson-Ponty Band did one release, "Better Late Than Never," before vanishing. ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 22:40
| Band called Brahman made only one album. I don´t think even that succeeded at all, anyway I think it´s quite good. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 22:43
| In Finland Nimbus, Nova and Scapa Flow made only one, but quite great albums. I don´t think none of them also sold well. |
Posted By: stewe
Date Posted: January 08 2018 at 01:23
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Yezda Urfa.. A mix of Gentle Giant craziness and Yes melodic sense, on steroids. Exquisite playing, inventive, tongue-in-cheek music. They released one album in 1970s, one of the best prog I know, and since then I've never heard about any other music projects or involvement by any member of this band (except for their brief live reunion in 2000s). Other such wonder coming to my mind is Diabolus (1972). ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trevorrabin/?chartstyle=basic10" rel="nofollow">  <a href="http://steveer.ic.cz" rel="nofollow" |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: January 08 2018 at 06:46
This . . . From what news snippets I've seen, I take it they're working on a second album. I sure hope that's the case. I had tickets to see them in SE Pennsylvania, but the show was cancelled due to "passport issues". Major letdown. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: January 08 2018 at 10:04
Speaking of drummers, how about the dude who played one show for The Who when Keith Moon collapsed? ------------- https://twitter.com/ProgFollower" rel="nofollow - @ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 08 2018 at 14:03
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There were a number of proto prog groups that had only one album.....Fuschia, Titus Groan, Still Life, Ton Ton Macoute, Indian Summer, etc.....all were decent albums. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 08 2018 at 14:22
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Although I have never heard it personally the band that comes to mind first for me is Kino. Remember them?
As far as musicians go the one that comes to mind for me is John Mayhew who played on "trespass." I suppose we could call Trevor Horn a "one hit wonder" too since he only appeared on Drama but isn't there supposed to be a version of Fly From Here coming out with his vocals on it instead of Benoit's?
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 08 2018 at 14:27
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Weidorje Mike drop ..... ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 08 2018 at 14:37
You must be a member of progressive ears. That's just about the only site I know of where the members on there consider albums released after 1969/70 to be "proto prog."  If you look those bands up on this site you will get a different category. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 08 2018 at 15:50
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Oh no ....been a member here since 2010...don't really post there at all....I consider all those bands that weren't fully symphprog around that time to be proto prog. Some were more toward rock than prog. But these categories blur depending on personal tastes. If you listen to those bands I named above.....some of the songs are not very prog like at all....which is why I like to use the proto prog name. I been around a long time...I'm 66 years old so I was there before any band was called prog. ;)
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 08 2018 at 16:50
So you were into prog in the sixties?
To me the only true prog bands before the "red faced album" were the Nice and the Canterbury bands. I agree most of it was proto but then at some point they splintered into other subgenres. If you want to call it proto prog that's cool but there has come to be a consensus from what I understand that proto is typically pre "red faced guy." :) I won't split hairs about it though. I mentioned PE because they even had a list of 100 so proto prog albums but these days not everyone on there considers albums like Spring or Cressida or Gnidrolog or Beggar's Opera or whoever to be proto prog. In my opinion(and something they mentioned on there as well)a better term for some of them anyway is "early prog." So for me personally pre "red face" is proto and post is "early prog." That's what works for me. I guess some see it as a chronological thing and to others it's more of a sound thing. Ultimately I go by what it says on here(although I can see both points). http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=37 |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 08 2018 at 17:46
True story: I was walking through a Kohl's Department Store with my wife and a song from that album came on. Weirdest thing ever. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: January 08 2018 at 22:23
Great story!! I've got the CD, even saw them in concert, and am not sure I'd recognize anything from the CD! I guess I should listen to it a few times! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: January 09 2018 at 06:37
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I like the fact that apparently pretty much everyone who did something great in prog did more or much more. Much of what is suggested here is either rather obscure or done by musicians who did many other things before or after. One could argue that great prog is nothing that somebody could do as a one-off without becoming addicted or committed to it. That's not a bad thing to say about prog in my book. |
Posted By: Erwaco
Date Posted: January 09 2018 at 11:52
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Carson actually put out a solo effort known as john Carson's Hypermania a few years after leaving Arena.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 09 2018 at 21:24
"So you were into prog in the sixties?  To me the only true prog bands before the "red faced album" were the Nice and the Canterbury bands. I agree most of it was proto but then at some point they splintered into other subgenres. If you want to call it proto prog that's cool but there has come to be a consensus from what I understand that proto is typically pre "red faced guy." :) I won't split hairs about it though. I mentioned PE because they even had a list of 100 so proto prog albums but these days not everyone on there considers albums like Spring or Cressida or Gnidrolog or Beggar's Opera or whoever to be proto prog. In my opinion(and something they mentioned on there as well)a better term for some of them anyway is "early prog." So for me personally pre "red face" is proto and post is "early prog." That's what works for me. I guess some see it as a chronological thing and to others it's more of a sound thing. Ultimately I go by what it says on here(although I can see both points). http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=37 "------ It is a sound thing for me .....but I certainly can understand why some want to date it before and after ITCOTCK...but to me many of those early prog things sound far more proto prog than they do prog rock. And as I said some don't even sound very proggy at all yet they manage to end up here on PA. Go figure.... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |