Sorry but I have to be honest in this case, even if it sounds harsh.

 

Angel is a Glam - Hard Rock band with IMHO absolutely no connection with Prog or even Prog Related, sounds like The Sweet meets Europe.

 

They don't have a chance in Symphonic and if I'm not wrong, not even in Prog Related.

 

Had to be absolutely honest.

 

Iván"

So the extensive use of the Moog and Mellotron (the same way that other symphonic bands, who will remain nameless, use them) plus the odd time signatures means absolutely nothing? Look I'm not saying they're the most complex US prog band, they're far from it, but they DID play prog. Even if its a small amount of prog, then according to PA's own definitions of Prog Related or Crossover, its still enough to include bands such as Angel who often incorporated prog rock into their music.

In Angel's defense listen to the following songs:

The Tower
Long Time
Mariner
Sunday Morning
The Fortune
Cast the First Stone
Just a Dream

Just to name a few of their proggiest tracks.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Angel
Origin	Washington, D.C., United States
Genre(s)	Glam rock Progressive rock Heavy metal
Years active	1975-1981, 1987, 1998-present
Label(s)	Casablanca, Coallier Entertainment
Associated acts	The English Settlers, The Cherry People, Dry Ice, BUX
Website	Official Angel MySpace site
Members
Frank Dimino Barry Brandt Randy Gregg Steve Blaze Michael T. Ross
Former members
Punky Meadows Mickie Jones Gregg Giuffria Felix Robinson

Angel are a glam rock and heavy metal band from Washington, DC, formed in the mid-70s by Punky Meadows and Mickie Jones. They were signed to Casablanca Records, and had the image of dressing in white.

Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Discography 3 Notes and references 4 External links

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[edit] History

Angel were discovered by KISS bass player Gene Simmons performing at a nightclub and were signed to Kiss’s record label Casablanca^[1].

Angel's image of dressing in all white was a deliberate contrast to Kiss, who wore black. Angel sported an androgynous image and elaborate stage sets. They were slammed by rock critics, and Frank Zappa ridiculed the all-male band’s female appearance in the song “Punky’s Whips.” ^[2] Angel never achieved mass commercial success but acquired a following as a cult band.

Their first album was the self-titled Angel and consisted of the lineup of guitarist Punky Meadows, bassist Mickie Jones, vocalist Frank Dimino, keyboardist Gregg Giuffria, and drummer Barry Brandt^[3]. This lineup would hold for the following two albums, Helluva Band and On Earth As It Is In Heaven, after which Jones would be replaced with Felix Robinson.

They made an appearance in the film Foxes and Frank DiMino sang “Seduce Me Tonight” on the Flashdance soundtrack.

Although Angel never officially disbanded, members went on to other things following the release of their live album. Lead vocalist Frank Dimino joined UFO guitarist Paul Raymond in the Paul Raymond Project in which he sang lead vocals. Bassist Felix Robinson played on the debut album of the band White Lion, Fight to Survive. Angel’s keyboardist Gregg Giuffria had modest success as the leader of the band Giuffria during the 1980s, along with the band House of Lords. The rest of the band (sans Giuffria) reunited in 2002 and released a new album The Power And The Myth on Frontiers Records. In 2006, Giuffira appeared as a guest keyboardist on World Upside Down. House of Lords released Come to My Kingdom in 2008, again without Giuffria.

In the late ’90s, Angel reformed with a new line-up. Keyboardist Gordon G.G. Gebert joined the band in 1999 and left in 2002. Currently, the band members are Frank Dimino, vocals; Barry Brandt, drums; Randy Gregg, bass; Steve Blaze, guitars; and Michael T. Ross, keyboards^[4]. The band’s 2000 release In the Beginning also features guest appearances by original guitarist Punky Meadows, as well as Robinson. In 2000 came the release of Angel: The Collection, making it the most extensive Angel greatest hits compilation including 16 songs.

In 2006 Lilith released two singles albums which has singles released through the band’s career (1975-1981), and even though it has most singles released at that time it does not include “Better Days” which was taken off the White Hot album and replaced with “The Winter Song.” This song remain unreleased on CD or cassette format. It is however available as a 7" single but is very hard to find. Angel is now working on a new album, which so far has no name, but there has been a total of three written songs and they are: “Worship the Sun,” “Hold On To Your Dreams,” and the third song does not currently have a title. The fourth song is “Even Now,” but it is not certain whether this is the third untitled song, a new fourth song, or just an unreleased track.

For better or for worse, Angel was quite influential in their own way—particularly on the glam metal boom of the 1980s—and represent a kind of missing link between keyboard-driven hard rock bands of the ’70s such as Uriah Heep and ’80s acts like Poison.

[edit] Discography

• Angel (1975) Glory Daze Album review
• Helluva Band (1976)
• On Earth As It Is In Heaven (1977)
• White Hot (1978)
• Blowing Great Guns:bootleg (5-10-1978)
• White Heroes:bootleg (5-10-1978)
• Sinful (1979) (original title: Bad Publicity) Pop Album Charts #159
• Live Without a Net (1980)
• Can You Feel It (1989)
• An Anthology (1992)
• In the Beginning (1999) Melodic Rock Album Review
• Angel: The Collection (2000)
• Angel:Live in Sweden featuring Gordon G.G. Gebert (2001)
• Angel: The Singles Collection Volume 1 (2006)
• Angel: The Singles Collection Volume 2 (2006)
• TBA (2008)

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• Official Angel MySpace site
• Angel Fan Site
• Angel at NoLifeTilMetal
• Angel Discography
• Angel CD Gallery
• Angel Keyboardist 1999–2002
• Coallier Entertainment Angel promo

 

1.- Does your link work?

 

Was it nevcessary to post the whole page?

 

2.- It sauys it's the link between URIAHH HEEP and POISON...Doesn'tt say Ptrogressive Rock, as a fact for many people Uriah heep iis just a Hard Rock band

 

I heard them so i can't talk, I don't see the connection between Uriah Heep and Angel but yes with Poison.

 

3.- Does the article say they are a Progressive Rock band?

 

BTW: Would you trust in a person who does a comparison between Uriah heep and Poison.

 

Again as i saidbefore, if you don't like me giving oinions or have a problem with me...tell me directly, but don't invent things as:

 

 

 

Iván

 

The your explosion of rage publishing the whole article and insinuating I was lying was unnecessary, so please next time verify before,

 

I said the link doesn't work and now you admit the link doesn't work.

 

Iván