Ozric Tentacles is one of those bands that has its admirers and detractors. Detractors like to point out that all their albums sound alike. I have to disagree about that, because they do evolve through the ages. They were a fixture on the British Free Festival scene, and even performed at Stonehenge, before the authorities […] Continue reading →

Ash Ra Tempel, as well as Can, Faust, Neu, Amon Düül II, Tangerine Dream, and Kraftwerk, were regarded as the greats in the Krautrock scene. In 1970, Tangerine Dream released their debut album, Electronic Meditation. It was very untypical of their releases as it was a very guitar heavy psychedelic album with an underground feel. […] Continue reading →

By the time Weasels Ripped My Flesh came out in 1970, the first edition of the Mothers of Invention had already been gone for a year. So this album, as well as 1969’s Burnt Weeny Sandwich were mainly leftover recordings that existed before the Mothers’ breakup. Weasels Ripped My Flesh is often regarded as either […] Continue reading →

By 1971, Frank Zappa had formed a new edition of the Mothers of Invention (now simply called The Mothers, as Zappa wanted to all along). Already several albums with the original Mothers of Invention had surfaced from 1966 to 1970, plus he already released a couple of albums simply under his own name, Hot Rats […] Continue reading →

In 1970, Tangerine Dream released Electronic Meditation, which has got to be the least typical sounding album you’ll ever hear from those guys, as it was guitar and drum-oriented Krautrock with an underground feel. That album featured Edgar Froese, Conrad Schnitzler, and Klaus Schulze. Schnitzler and Schulze quickly left the band, with Schnitzler releasing a […] Continue reading →

I have already done the review of Crosby, Stills & Nash’s self-entitled 1969 debut. They were a group that nowadays, either comes across as being rather dated and trite by some people, and for other people, they bring back those wonderful memories of days gone by. I happen to be the latter, as I was […] Continue reading →

Il Balletto di Bronzo was yet another long line of Italian prog bands out there. In 1970, the band released their debut called Sirio 2222. It’s said to be in the psychedelic hard rock vein, like Hendrix, and is not usually highly regarded in prog circles (on the other hand, if you like that type […] Continue reading →

Eloy has went through so many different lineups and changes in sound that it’s not even funny, but despite that, they stayed pretty much progressive throughout their whole career. 1974’s Floating was Eloy’s third album and finds them pretty much in the same territory as their previous offering, Inside (1973), that is sticking to a […] Continue reading →

There were several bands named Cathedral. One was a British metal band, another was a 1990’s Washington, D.C.-based neo-prog rock band, and then there’s this Cathedral, a 1970s prog rock band out of New York. This band only released one album, Stained Glass Stories in 1978, but it’s incredible! Usually little good can be said […] Continue reading →

Rare Bird was an early British prog rock band. The band formed in October 1969, and got their debut album out the following month, which is really quite an accomplishment, since it usually takes a band a year or more after their formation to get an album out, not to mention it usually takes two […] Continue reading →