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wiz_d_kidd 
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 14:05 |
In another thread we considered musicians who collaborated with a large number of different bands. Now we consider the opposite question: "Which prog musician had the longest running tenure with just one band, without collaborating with anyone else?" Rules: 1. Tenure is defined as the time from his/her first appearance on an album, to their final appearance on an album by the same group. 2. During that time, the artist cannot have recorded with any other band. I will offer Jean-Michael Jarre as a starting point. He started in 1971 with "Les Granges Brulees" and his streak ended in 2016 when he recorded with Gorillaz on their "Humanz" album. Everything in between with recorded as Jean-Michael Jarre. Total: 45 years.
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 14:14 |
 wiz_d_kidd wrote:
In another thread we considered musicians who collaborated with a large number of different bands. Now we consider the opposite question:
"Which prog musician had the longest running tenure with just one band, without collaborating with anyone else?"
Rules:
1. Tenure is defined as the time from his/her first appearance on an album, to their final appearance on an album by the same group.
2. During that time, the artist cannot have recorded with any other band.
I will offer Jean-Michael Jarre as a starting point. He started in 1971 with "Les Granges Brulees" and his streak ended in 2016 when he recorded with Gorillaz on their "Humanz" album. Everything in between with recorded as Jean-Michael Jarre. Total: 45 years. |
Jarre does not count by your own rules; he collaborated with numerous other artists like Cindy Lauper, Gary Numan or the Pet Shop Boys
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 14:17 |
EDGAR FROESE founded Tangerine Dream in 1967. The first LP 'Electronic Meditation' debuted in 1970. He remained the driving force behind TD until his death in 2015.1970-2015 = 45 years, too!
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 14:21 |
CHRIS SQUIRE formed Yes in 1968. The band's eponymous debut appeared in 1969. Squire is the only musician to appear on every single Yes album, until his death in 2015. 46 years!
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verslibre
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 14:23 |
wiz_d_kidd wrote:
2. During that time, the artist cannot have recorded with any other band.
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Whoops! I guess Edgar Froese wins this thread. Chris Squire participated in other bands like World Trade, Conspiracy and Squackett.
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 14:28 |
Wait a second. Ralf Hutter co-founded Kraftwerk (first album: 1970) and remains with them to this day! They've endured periods of inactivity but Ralf has remained the sole constant. 2020 will be Kraftwerk's 50th anniversary on album.
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 14:28 |
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James Young, guitarist of Styx, has been there for aeons. I don’t think he’s done anything else.
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 14:30 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
James Young, guitarist of Styx, has been there for aeons. I don’t think he’s done anything else. |
One album by the James Young Group in 1995. 
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 15:26 |
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 16:04 |
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Living? Probably Peter Townshend and Roger Daltrey of the Who, which formed in 1964. If we're sticking with prog, then probably Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues (formed in 1964), Gary Brooker of Procol Harum (1967), or Ian Anderson, if you consider what he still does as being Jethro Tull (1967, although most of the members were playing together under different band names as early as 1964).
Edited by The Dark Elf - February 17 2018 at 16:07
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 16:33 |
The Dark Elf wrote:
...Gary Brooker of Procol Harum (1967)... |
Hate to rule him out as he's one of my all time faves, but Gary Brooker played and is credited on George Harrison's, "All Things Must Pass" and the Kate Bush album, "Aerial"
Edited by The.Crimson.King - February 17 2018 at 16:34
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BaldFriede
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 17:30 |
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Dave Brock of Hawkwind.
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 18:41 |
BaldFriede wrote:
Dave Brock of Hawkwind.
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 19:12 |
verslibre wrote:
CHRIS SQUIRE formed Yes in 1968. The band's eponymous debut appeared in 1969. Squire is the only musician to appear on every single Yes album, until his death in 2015. 46 years! |
Came here to say this! I'm sure there are others who have been in bands longer, but he's up there!
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 19:23 |
BaldFriede wrote:
Dave Brock of Hawkwind.
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 19:25 |
The Dark Elf wrote:
Living? Probably Peter Townshend and Roger Daltrey of the Who, which formed in 1964. |
Both been on many collaborations.
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 21:12 |
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Robert Fripp, KC 1969-....49 years and still doing it. So to speak! I suppose there were large periods of no KC in those 49 years
Andy Powell Wishbone Ash 1969- cannot think of a year where WA didn't play a concert. Just looked at Wikipedia....no break ever in those 49 years so far.
As far as Ian Anderson with Tull ..... really he doesn't count, seeing he said they were not a band any more in 2012 and suddenly they are again in 2018...just because it's JT's 50 year anniversary!
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Posted: February 17 2018 at 21:20 |
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I was never very good at reading instructions!
I suppose the above 3 can be discounted because all 3 have collaborated; you'd have to be a real loner if you didn't collaborate with anyone!
Of the 3 above, Andy Powell would probably be the one with least collaborations. He did one guitar solo on Renaissance's Ashes Are Burning album; and he was a guest on an album by a band called Blue Law in the 90s. That's about all I can recall he has done but I am sure there are more.
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Posted: February 18 2018 at 01:25 |
The Dark Elf wrote:
Living? Probably Peter Townshend and Roger Daltrey of the Who, which formed in 1964. If we're sticking with prog, then probably Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues (formed in 1964), Gary Brooker of Procol Harum (1967), or Ian Anderson, if you consider what he still does as being Jethro Tull (1967, although most of the members were playing together under different band names as early as 1964).
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Ian Anderson played flute with Honeymoon Suite and Uriah Heep. He did a lot more, but this is out of my head.
Graeme Edge had his own Graeme Edge Band with wich he recorded two albums with Adrian Gurvitz.
Pete Townshend did numerous (great) solo-albums.
Gary Brooker had a lot of solo albums.
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