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- From: christen@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Carl Christensen)
- Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive
- Subject: Re: What is group UK like?
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- Date: 31 Dec 92 18:36:44 GMT
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- Robert Paul Martino Jr (martino@wpi.WPI.EDU) wrote:
- : What type of progressive is the band UK? I've heard members of Yes and
- : Asia have been involved in this group, and would like to more about
- : what the band sounds like.
-
- UK is sort of in between ELP and Asia in my opinion. Eddie Jobson is a
- quite capable violinist and keyboardist; John Wetton you're probably
- familiar with from Asia ('pop' prog rock icon); and either Bill Bruford or
- Terry Bozzio (apres Zappa) was on drums depending on which UK incarnation
- you're looking at.
-
- Oh yeah, the first album had the phenomenal Allan Holdsworth on guitar
- but he was pretty subdued -- I heard that Jobson wanted him to play more
- pop style guitar (a la Trevor Rabin?) but that Holdsworth wasn't too keen
- on that. From interviews I've read with Holdsworth, he didn't really care
- too much for his UK experience, just doing Bruford a favor.
-
- Enjoy...
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