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Points: 65597 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2014 at 04:34
^ Ah, well I suppose that sounds right.  I'll bite.
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Points: 246 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2014 at 04:25
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

BTW they took their name from the Genesis single.
That's lovely, although Happy The Man website states something different on the band's history tab. The small print there reads as follows: "It was now early 1973, and Whitaker’s elder brother, Ken, having elected to become the band’s sound engineer, suggested the name Happy The Man, a reference to Goethe’s "Faust", and the Bible, rather than the obscure Genesis single which, at the time, nobody in the band even knew existed"
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Points: 65597 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2014 at 02:36
Love them, my personal favorite is the long-lost Death's Crown finally released by Cuneiform in 1999.   The Muse Awakens also very good.   BTW they took their name from the Genesis single.
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Points: 4671 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2014 at 02:23
Stan Whitaker's vocals on the OS albums are quite a bit better than the original HtM albums.
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Points: 4287 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2014 at 13:10
Never heard about them before, but im You-tubing the debut right now, first impression is fine.

Sort of proto-neo-prog

Edited by tamijo - September 12 2014 at 13:12
Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Points: 246 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2014 at 12:53
I guess they moved on as Oblivion Sun. I'm currently awaiting arrival of their CD, which I have recently ordered
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Points: 1474 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 12 2014 at 12:15
I can't say I've ever seen a thread about this band on here. Happy the Man are considered to be one of the all time greatest US prog bands. I've heard some say they are the best. They were sort of a cross between fusion and traditional symph prog with probably a leaning towards the fusion end. Some of their stuff even predated the new age sound(mainly the softer tunes).

I've seen them live about three times and they always put on a great performance. Not sure if they are still around or not. They put out an album in 2004 which while good was maybe a bit too similar to their vintage material. My only complaint about this band is that usually the vocals which aren't that great seem a bit out of place. However, they usually didn't have more than two or three vocal tracks on their classic albums(same and Crafty Hands). Any fans on here?

Edited by Prog_Traveller - September 12 2014 at 12:16
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