Pink Fairies

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   Does anyone agree with me that this awesome band should be included in the prog archives collection? The 1st album Never Never Land must be one of the best prog albums of all time (check out Uncle Harry's Last Freak Out, Heavenly Man etc), the 2nd album What A Bunch of Sweeties is an all time classic and the 3rd album Kings of Oblivion again takes the Fairies in a completely different direction. These awsome albums and this band must be prog. Also the related bands / offshoots such as the Deviants (check out the 3rd self-titled album with the Nun cover) and Twink's 1st album Think Pink must be contenders. 

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SpeedGlue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: July 07 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1	Topic: Pink Fairies Posted: January 15 2010 at 14:56
	Does anyone agree with me that this awesome band should be included in the prog archives collection? The 1st album Never Never Land must be one of the best prog albums of all time (check out Uncle Harry's Last Freak Out, Heavenly Man etc), the 2nd album What A Bunch of Sweeties is an all time classic and the 3rd album Kings of Oblivion again takes the Fairies in a completely different direction. These awsome albums and this band must be prog. Also the related bands / offshoots such as the Deviants (check out the 3rd self-titled album with the Nun cover) and Twink's 1st album Think Pink must be contenders.

Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 38394	Posted: January 16 2010 at 11:57
	For those that don't know the Pink Fairies: http://www.myspace.com/thelegendarypinkfairies http://www.pinkfairies.co.uk http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/pink_fairies And to see various vids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpQH6SaatCE Listening to the music, and I don't know it well enough, it doesn't strike me as Prog per se (genre wise), but closer to Prog Related. Anyway, be interesting to see what others more knowledgeable than me say. Edited by Logan - January 16 2010 at 11:58
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friso Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 24 2007 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 2506	Posted: January 17 2010 at 07:45
	Some weeks ago I heard Pink Fairies' Oblivian at Nijmegens' vinyl archive. It was truly inspired progressive rock, but I only heard one song. I think it's a good candidate for the progrelated scene. Also allmusic.com gives them the progressive rock lable.

Rivertree Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Band Submissions Joined: March 22 2006 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 17660	Posted: January 17 2010 at 08:47
	listened to NeverNeverLand video - great band indeed a blend of heavy rock and psych prog (fuzzy and echoed guitars, short jamming parts) I agree with the prog related definition ... but fear they might fall through the cracks there ... however - the psych/space team will consider this band ... Edited by Rivertree - January 17 2010 at 08:48


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	Heavy Psych Rock. Really, the whole Ladbroke Grove Scene of the mid 1960s-early 1970s should be considered, as the Fairies were an integral part. Hawkwind are the point of entry here - and the most progressive band of the entire scene. The Fairies were never about anything as sophisticated as composition - that wasn't the point. Yes, they did the 20 minute+ JAM "Uncle Harry's Last Freakout", but they tended to turn every song into a 20-minute+ jam... They were a proto-heavy metal band, without the aspirations to play in a technically "intelligent" way, or write lyrics about anything other than taking vast quantities of drugs ("Never Never Land") and other forms of social deviance. The only part of their music that we could consider composition is the song structures that contained the lengthy jams. In this way, they did not differ from any other psychedlic band, from the Grateful Dead, through Country Joe and the Fish to a million others. Twink, drummer of the Fairies, played for Tomorrow, and released a rather amazing psychedelic album called "Think Pink", among numerous other underground projects - but it is clear that this is music that is spontaneous - improvisation without composition, which is a diametrical opposition to Prog. Larry Wallis and one of the other fairies (I always forget his name!) joined up with Ian Kilmister from the must-hear Sam Gopal (whose album "Escalator" is fantastic, dark, and a little reminiscent of early Comus) - to form Motorhead. The whole scene was so intertwined that it should be considered an entity, with Hawkwind as the point of no return. The Pink Fairies produced great music (I'm a huge Fairies fan), but were from a completely different scene to Prog in the late 60s/early 1970s. The music is closer to that of the less convincing Krautrock space-jam bands, and 1970s space rock bands like UFO. I've always held the entire Ladbroke Grove scene to be Prog-Related at best. No problems with them there.
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ko Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 09 2009 Status: Offline Points: 314	Posted: January 18 2010 at 03:15
	Prog related, in my opinion.

DamoXt7942 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Joined: October 15 2008 Location: Okayama, Japan Status: Offline Points: 17493	Posted: January 18 2010 at 03:38
	Thanks Mark for your detailed information and comments. I've listened to some of their samples - not really progressive but with oldie-goodie psychedelia I've felt. As one of the leaders in the 60-70s psychedelic (non-progressive) rock scene, they can be into PA Prog-Related library in my opinion. A great band.


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	Just to get into the mood, here's a short Ladbroke Grove "festival"
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b_olariu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 02 2007 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 5536	Posted: January 23 2010 at 10:43
	I think they must be here, at least I see them in heavy prog or prog related zone.

Procol Harum Machine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: January 19 2010 Status: Offline Points: 36	Posted: January 23 2010 at 11:12
	HOLY CRAP, ANOTHER PERSON WHO LIKES THE DEVIANTS!!!!! I am in heaven right now. Edited by Procol Harum Machine - January 23 2010 at 11:12


debrewguy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 3596	Posted: January 25 2010 at 09:55
	Pink Fairies Prog ? Is the occasional freak out enough to get in ? The Deviants ? one of the better known "outsiders" ' bands from the 60s, but again prog ? The Pretty Things ? S F Sorrow . Nuff Said ! They should be here ! Edited by debrewguy - January 25 2010 at 09:59
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