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Originally posted by Astral Traveller Astral Traveller wrote:


During one preformance of it. during the original Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, instead of the Rael dummy appearing at the end, a Genesis roadie, Geoff Banks,  appeared wearing nothing but the Rael jacket, causing both the audience and the band to laugh hysterically, bringing the song to a screeching halt.

Phil Collins was a child actor before becoming a musician. He also cannot read sheet music and has his own unique system for writing music.

Brian Eno wrote the Microsoft Sound (Windows 95 startup sound) on an Apple Macintosh, he has publicly stated that he dislikes Windows Computers and has never used one.

Mike Rutherford was expelled from the Charterhouse School for a series of misdemeanors

Eric Clapton auditioned for the role of lead singer in King Crimson, after Greg Lake left the band.

Mike Oldfield suffered a mental breakdown after the wide success of Tubular Bells and fled to the country




If I remember correctly, Oldfield actually fled to Hergest Ridge, and there he wrote and recorded the album of the same name.
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After Bruce Dickinson left Iron Maiden in 1992 , James LaBrie was offered to come in for an audition. He turned it down of course.

Can you imagine LaBrie with Maiden??? Would that work? I don't know.
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Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

After Bruce Dickinson left Iron Maiden in 1992 , James LaBrie was offered to come in for an audition. He turned it down of course.

Can you imagine LaBrie with Maiden??? Would that work? I don't know.
 
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by Astral Traveller Astral Traveller wrote:


During one preformance of it. during the original Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, instead of the Rael dummy appearing at the end, a Genesis roadie, Geoff Banks,  appeared wearing nothing but the Rael jacket, causing both the audience and the band to laugh hysterically, bringing the song to a screeching halt.

Phil Collins was a child actor before becoming a musician. He also cannot read sheet music and has his own unique system for writing music.

Brian Eno wrote the Microsoft Sound (Windows 95 startup sound) on an Apple Macintosh, he has publicly stated that he dislikes Windows Computers and has never used one.

Mike Rutherford was expelled from the Charterhouse School for a series of misdemeanors

Eric Clapton auditioned for the role of lead singer in King Crimson, after Greg Lake left the band.

Mike Oldfield suffered a mental breakdown after the wide success of Tubular Bells and fled to the country




If I remember correctly, Oldfield actually fled to Hergest Ridge, and there he wrote and recorded the album of the same name.

Pretty close. He could see the ridge from his home, which is not exactly on  Hergest Ridge. just near it.
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:


Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

After Bruce Dickinson left Iron Maiden in 1992 , James LaBrie was offered to come in for an audition. He turned it down of course.

Can you imagine LaBrie with Maiden??? Would that work? I don't know.

 
Probably not.


Well, there's Dream Theater's cover of Number of the Beast, I guess you could get a good idea of how Iron Maiden could have sounded with La Brie.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:


Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by Astral Traveller Astral Traveller wrote:


During one preformance of it. during the original Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, instead of the Rael dummy appearing at the end, a Genesis roadie, Geoff Banks,  appeared wearing nothing but the Rael jacket, causing both the audience and the band to laugh hysterically, bringing the song to a screeching halt.

Phil Collins was a child actor before becoming a musician. He also cannot read sheet music and has his own unique system for writing music.

Brian Eno wrote the Microsoft Sound (Windows 95 startup sound) on an Apple Macintosh, he has publicly stated that he dislikes Windows Computers and has never used one.

Mike Rutherford was expelled from the Charterhouse School for a series of misdemeanors

Eric Clapton auditioned for the role of lead singer in King Crimson, after Greg Lake left the band.

Mike Oldfield suffered a mental breakdown after the wide success of Tubular Bells and fled to the country




If I remember correctly, Oldfield actually fled to Hergest Ridge, and there he wrote and recorded the album of the same name.

Pretty close. He could see the ridge from his home, which is not exactly on  Hergest Ridge. just near it.


Oh well, perhaps I didn't understand it right. But as you said, pretty close
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Another SOPRANOS tv show factoid. Tony's #2 guy, SILVIO DANTE is played by non other than, STEVIE VAN ZANT who is a lead rhythm guitarist for Bruce Springsteen and the e street band. Freakin hilarious!!
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Now, I didn't know that. In all the stories about the replacement of Syd, they always talked about Gilmour coming in (as a matter of fact, they usually say they didn't intend to replace Syd at the beginning, but use Gilmour as help and back-up, and keep Syd for song writing). What I had read before was that Floyd had considered Jeff Beck as a possible replacement... and I even think I read some time that in an interview about it, Jeff Beck had hinted that if he had actually been asked he would have said yes. However, I can't imagine Floyd turning any better with anyone but Gilmour.
 
In a Mojo magazine interview a few years ago, Gilmour said that soon after he first joined the Floyd in January '68 he left again, but was reinstated a few days later.
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QUOTE=Dellinger]Now, I didn't know that. In all the stories about the replacement of Syd, they always talked about Gilmour coming in (as a matter of fact, they usually say they didn't intend to replace Syd at the beginning, but use Gilmour as help and back-up, and keep Syd for song writing). What I had read before was that Floyd had considered Jeff Beck as a possible replacement... and I even think I read some time that in an interview about it, Jeff Beck had hinted that if he had actually been asked he would have said yes. However, I can't imagine Floyd turning any better with anyone but Gilmour.[/QUOTE]
 
That's probably why Jeff Beck plays on Amused to Death. Another relevant guitarist in Pink Floyd's history is the bluesman Snowy White. He plays on Wright's "Wet Dreams", he  was one of the "sosia" on "The Wall" tour and plays in Roger Waters DVD "In The Flesh"
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NEO PROG Neighbours, PALLAS lent the band ARENA at Mellotron for their debut album, SONGS FROM THE LIONS CAGE.

Also, STEVE ROTHERY was the featured guitarist for the track CRYING FOR HELP pt4 on the album as well.

Neat facts, but I guess not all together obscure. ;)
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King Crimson gave Tony Banks a Mellotron Mark II, they nicknamed it the Black Bitch, because it was always breaking down on them.  

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Probably not very surprising or exciting, but one of the guest guitarists in Chris Squire and Billy Sherwood's album Conspiracy was Jimmy Haun, the guy who was requested by Arista to replace significant part of Howe's original playing in Yes "Union".
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Originally posted by Astral Traveller Astral Traveller wrote:

King Crimson gave Tony Banks a Mellotron Mark II, they nicknamed it the Black Bitch, because it was always breaking down on them.  


Wasn't that the one they used for the Watcher of the Skies intro?
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Originally posted by Astral Traveller Astral Traveller wrote:

King Crimson gave Tony Banks a Mellotron Mark II, they nicknamed it the Black Bitch, because it was always breaking down on them.
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The song Alien Shore by Rush (Counterparts) starts with a guy saying something quietly, I noticed that when I listened to it with my earphones. I must be hallucinating but I think he says "Ten lo barosh..." which means "Hit'em on the head..." in hebrew. When I looked it up on the net I saw someone said it's Lifeson with his nose closed said "Out of my nose..." but that was never confirmed by any of the band members. It's a mystery!
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Originally posted by RedNightmareKing RedNightmareKing wrote:

Originally posted by Astral Traveller Astral Traveller wrote:

King Crimson gave Tony Banks a Mellotron Mark II, they nicknamed it the Black Bitch, because it was always breaking down on them.  


Wasn't that the one they used for the Watcher of the Skies intro?

Yes it was.

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Originally posted by Astral Traveller Astral Traveller wrote:


Originally posted by RedNightmareKing RedNightmareKing wrote:


Originally posted by Astral Traveller Astral Traveller wrote:

King Crimson gave Tony Banks a Mellotron Mark II, they nicknamed it the Black Bitch, because it was always breaking down on them.  

Wasn't that the one they used for the Watcher of the Skies intro?


Yes it was.



Well that's pretty cool    I think it's safe to say that I am a fan of the BLACK BITCH.
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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

QUOTE=Dellinger]Now, I didn't know that. In all the stories about the replacement of Syd, they always talked about Gilmour coming in (as a matter of fact, they usually say they didn't intend to replace Syd at the beginning, but use Gilmour as help and back-up, and keep Syd for song writing). What I had read before was that Floyd had considered Jeff Beck as a possible replacement... and I even think I read some time that in an interview about it, Jeff Beck had hinted that if he had actually been asked he would have said yes. However, I can't imagine Floyd turning any better with anyone but Gilmour.

 

That's probably why Jeff Beck plays on Amused to Death. Another relevant guitarist in Pink Floyd's history is the bluesman Snowy White. He plays on Wright's "Wet Dreams", he  was one of the "sosia" on "The Wall" tour and plays in Roger Waters DVD "In The Flesh"
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As a matter of fact, I believe Pink Floyd's history with Snowy White began with him playing on the Animals Tour with Pink Floyd as a back-up to Gilmour, so they didn't have to use recordings in the show to fill in the gaps. There's a single version of the song "Pigs in the Wing" which has both parts played together and with a guitar solo joining both parts... that guitar solo is played by Snowy White (however, I must say that for me, this version of the song would have benefited if Gilmour had played that solo).
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THE PALLAS "REEDOTRON":
 
I don't have the original Pallas 1985 EP The Knightmoves or the 1986 album The Wedge but I have the 1992 CD "Knightmoves to Wedge" which combined both in a single release.
The credits mention singer Alan Reed as "Vocals (Reedotron MK11???)" where "Reedotron" sounds like a joke to me.
 
 
 
However if you Google "pallas reedotron" you will see that quite a few sites seem to have fallen into the trap and replicate the credits of this "instrument" to Alan Reed.
 
ProgressiveWorld.net even lists the "Reedotron" in the credits of the CD re-issue of The Sentinel where the singer was still Euan Lowson!
 
 
Anybody knows anything about this anecdote?
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