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Topic: The Progressive Underground, Volume 2
Posted By: kev rowland
Subject: The Progressive Underground, Volume 2
Date Posted: October 12 2019 at 20:00

I am pleased to announce that the second volume of my three books on the underground progressive scene between 1991 and 2006 has been released by Gonzo Media. Together, the three books contain all my progressive demo/CD/Video/DVD and gig reviews from that period, as well as all the progressive interviews I undertook. Following on from Volume 1, which featured artists A-H,  Volume 2 contains all my demo/CD reviews from I-S, while Volume 3 (which has been completed) contains T-Z, plus DVD/Video/live reviews and interviews. I firmly believe there has not been another series like it, containing reviews which were written at the time by someone close to the scene, instead of looking back into it from the present day. Volume 2 is larger than Volume 1, at 340, pages, while Volume 3 is larger again. As before, each volume also contains the artwork for each release, including the demo tapes, all printed in colour. Volume 2 has a foreword by Mark Colton and comments on the rear cover from Nick Barrett and Martin Orford. 

Many people thought this day would never come, probably including me, but the first two are now available while the third is also completed and will be available soon. It has taken more than five years to get to this point, and has been an epic piece of work, as some half a million words had to be captured digitally, but finally, it is done. I hope you like it

Here is the list of artists reviewed in this volume, many multiple times:-

Icon, Igzit-Nine, Ilúvatar, Iluzjon, Imagin'Aria, Incandescent Sky, Ines Project, The Inhabitants of Yip, Inkább Holnap, Interpose +, Into Eternity, Iona, IQ, The Ire, Iron Clowns, Ivanhoe, Ivory Tower, Daniel J, Jadis, Jaén Kief, Janison Edge, The Jelly Jam, Jeremy, Jeremy + Progressor, Guillermo Cazenave, Guill & Jem, Jeronimo Road, Steve Joliffe, Jones, Evans & Turner, Nigel Mazlyn Jones, Jump , Kada, Marius Kahan, Kaipa, Kalo, Kambium, Kamelot, Kampec Delores, Kansas, Kara, Karcius, Karda Estra, Karfagen, Kava Kava, KBB, Kenziner, King Bathmat, King's X, Kino, Kitaro, Knitting By Twilight, Nelko Kolarov, Kooch, Kopecky, Alexander Kostarev Group, Krel, Sonja Kristina, K˛, James Labrie, Landberk, Landmarq, Lands End, Lana Lane, Lanfear, Lanvall, Last Tribe, Last Turion, Last Warning, Legend, Leger De Main, Lemur Voice, The Lens, Lest, Light, The Light, Lightspeed, Like Wendy, Par Lindh Project, Liquid Scarlet, Little Atlas, Little Tragedies, Lives and Times, Kerry Livgren, Lizard, Huw Lloyd Langton, Llyn Y Morynion, Loermel, Bertrand Loreau, Lorien, Lost World, Lucas, White & Edsey, Lunar Chateau, LU7, Bjřrn Lynne , Madrigal, Maestoso, Magellan, Magenta, Magic Moments At Twilight Time, Magic Pie, Magnesis, Magnitude 9, Nick Magnus, Magus, Martin Maheux, Malombra, Mangala Vallis, Manitou, Geoff Mann, Manning, Man On Fire, Marillion, Mk II, Masque, Mastermind, Matter of Taste, McGill, Manring, Stevens, Medicine Man, Melbourne, Men of Lake, Mentaur, Merchants Vice, Mercy Train, Mermaid Kiss, Metagaia, Metamorphosis, Mico, Millenium, Mindflowers, Ming Fighters, Minimum Vital, Minoke?, Miosótis, Mirage, Mr. Gil, Mr. So & So, Mist Season, Mizukagami, Molca, Francis Monkman, Montefeltro, Moon Safari, Moria Falls, Neal Morse, Tim Morse, Morsof, Moscow Riley, Mostly Autumn, Musical Witchcraft, Music Station, My Empty Room, Myster Kah, Mystery, Mythologic, Naikaku, NDV, Necrost, Negative Zone, Nemo, Nepenthe, Neronia, The New Grove Project, New Sun, Niadem's Ghost, Nice Beaver, Nil, Noekk, The Noisy Room, Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman, no-man, No Name, Noom, Erik Norlander, Nosound, Novact, November, Now, Gary Numan, Nűs, Nyl, October Equus, Odyssice, Office of Strategic Influence, Ryo Okumoto, Olyam, Řresund Space Collective, Martin Orford, Orplid, Cliff Orsi, Murat Öztürk Trio, Out of Abbfinoosty, Ozone Quartet, Ozric Tentacles, Paatos, Pain of Salvation, Paley's Watch, Pallas, Carl Palmer, Pangaea, Peter Panka's Jane, Panopticum, Paradogs, Parallel or 90 Degrees, Matthew Parmenter, Rog Patterson, Henning Pauly, Payne's Gray, Pendragon, Alain Pernot, Persephone's Dream, Persona Non Grata, Peter Room, Phideaux, Gary Pickford Hopkins, Pictorial Wand, Pineapple Thief, Michael Pinnella, Planet X, Platypus, Podsdarapomuk, Bill Pohl, Poisoned Electrick Head, Jon Poole, Poor Genetic Material, Popol Vuh, Porcupine Tree, Poverty's No Crime, Present, Mark Price, Prime Mover, Primitive Instinct, PRKLZ, Product, Project Creation, Prong, Proto-Kaw, Psyambience, PTS, Pulse Engine, Puppet Show, Pursuit, Qango, Qoph, Quarkspace, Quasar, Queensr˙che , Quest, The Quest, Quidam, Quikion, Radiomöbel , Rakoth, Ravana, Ray, Razor Wire Shrine, Red Jasper, Regenesis, Relayer, Renaissance, Retroheads, Revelation, Revolver, RH Factor, Ricochet, Ring of Fire, Ring of Myth, Ritual, Riverside, Rocket Scientists, Kurt Rongey, Rook, Root, Round House, Rousseau, RPWL, RSC, Runaway Totem, Sad Minstrel, Saens, Saga, Salem Hill, Sandstone, Satellite, Lee Saunders, Scenes, Schloss Adler, Don Schiff, Secret Saucer, Il Segno Del Comando, Senses, Sensitive To Light, Seraphique, 7 Months, Shadow Gallery, Shadow Keep, Shadowland, Derek Sherinian, Shingetsu, Michael Shipway, Shizuka, Show-Yen, Shub-Niggurath, Side Steps, Sieges Even, Silent Edge, Silver Lining, Richard Sinclair, Sinister Street, Sinkadus, Sixnorth, Jósef Skrzek, Skyron Orchestra, The Skys, Skywalkers, Sleeping Giant, Sleepy People, Gilli Smyth, Doug Snyder & Bob Thompson, Solar, Solaris, Solstice, Solstice Coil, Sonic Music, Sonic Pulsar, Sonus Umbra, Space Avenue, Spaced Out, Spacehead, Space Mirrors, Space Nelson, Space Ritual.net, Special Experiment, Specimen 37, Spektrum, Sphere, Sphere of Souls, Spock's Beard, Starless, Star One, Steelwind, Simon Steensland, Stereoscope, Roine Stolt, Strangebrew, Strangefish, Strangers On A Train, Stream of Passion, The String Cheese Incident, ST37, Subaudition, Subspace Radio, Summer Indoors, Sunseth Sphere, Svann, Sylvan, Symphony X, Syzygy, Witsend

 



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All five volumes of The Progressive Underground now available
https://www.amazon.com/Kev-Rowland/e/B07RJVRB2X



Replies:
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: October 13 2019 at 05:06
Congratulations and a lot of success !!


Posted By: kev rowland
Date Posted: October 17 2019 at 19:56
Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:

Congratulations and a lot of success !!

Thanks!!


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All five volumes of The Progressive Underground now available
https://www.amazon.com/Kev-Rowland/e/B07RJVRB2X


Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: October 17 2019 at 20:41
I have gotten mine...get yours before it goes out of print!  Smile

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"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp


Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: October 17 2019 at 23:14
Super impressive!


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Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 15:53
I bought both volumes recently and I'm enjoying reading your reviews from the dark ages of prog, when I found it very difficult to keep up with new bands and releases prior to the Internet. Diving into as many recommended tracks as I can. Just listened to Aragon's The Crucifixion for the first time. Old-school, raw, neo-prog for sure, but not without its charm and complexity too. Here's to some more finds in the months to come. Looking forward to Volume 3 too, Kev! 👍

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“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”


Posted By: kev rowland
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 16:36
Originally posted by Squonk19 Squonk19 wrote:

I bought both volumes recently and I'm enjoying reading your reviews from the dark ages of prog, when I found it very difficult to keep up with new bands and releases prior to the Internet. Diving into as many recommended tracks as I can. Just listened to Aragon's The Crucifixion for the first time. Old-school, raw, neo-prog for sure, but not without its charm and complexity too. Here's to some more finds in the months to come. Looking forward to Volume 3 too, Kev! 👍


So pleased you’re enjoying them - took years to pull these all together but totally worth it. Vol 3 is my favorite - the interviews and gig reviews really remind me of that time. Pleased you enjoyed The Crucifixion as well, so much great music from that period

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All five volumes of The Progressive Underground now available
https://www.amazon.com/Kev-Rowland/e/B07RJVRB2X



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