Share your knowledge - food related bands Part 1

 

As some of you may know from some of my other posts, I am a huge fan of the band King's X, and I am still disappointed that they have been deemed not prog enough for Prog Archives, since they are labeled prog everywhere else, but I digress and that is a rant best left for the ranting room. 

 

At any rate, one of the bands on my list of foods is The Jelly Jam, and since no one else wants to talk about them, I will a bit.  The Jelly Jam consists of 3 members of the band Platypus, who will most likely make an upcoming Prog Gone Wild Life thread.  The members of The Jelly Jam are Ty Tabor from King's X, John Myung from Dream Theater, and Rod Morganstein from The Dixie Dregs (amongst others).  The missing member from Platypus is keyboard player Derek Sherinian, also formerly of Dream Theater. 

 

Whereas, Platypus is labeled a prog metal band, Platypus without Derek Sherinian is labeled a Space/Psyche band.  The Jelly Jam has released 2 albums on the prog rock label InsideOut.  The band has a similar sound to Platypus, as well as a similar sound to Ty Tabor's band King's X, except that Ty is singing lead vocals instead of backing and supporting vocals.  I believe that their music would appeal to fans of the guitar oriented rock/metal bands from the 60's and 70's such as Led Zeppelin, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, and the Beatles.  Probably more for the fans of commercial prog, or the rock side of progressive rock, then for the fans of the "progressive" side of progressive rock, which I think makes sense to most of you.  Also, this should also appeal to other fans of King's X and Ty Tabor's solo work.  At the very least, these bands should also evoke the curiosity factor for fans of Dream Theater, or maybe fans of John Myung's bass playing, who don't like James LaBrie's singing but would like to hear Myung play with a more palatable vocalist.

 

Along with The Jelly Jam and Platypus, which are both bands that are on prog archives, Ty Tabor was also in a band called Jughead, which released 1 album on InsideOut music.  Jughead is not on PA, but I will take a moment to mention them too, since a Jug can be sort of food-related prog since you drink a jug of beer or wine while listening to some prog.  Jughead is more of a pop-oriented album, but at least to these ears, it is excellent pop.  Jughead consists of Ty Tabor with his keyboard buddy Derek Sherinian again, but this time Derek is playing more subdued on an electric piano instead of the heavier synthesizers that he is more known for.  Joining them on the rhythm section the brothers Bissonnette, Matt and Gregg, who both have fairly lengthy session musician portfolios.  Although not prog, I think that Jughead might appeal to some prog fans as well.  At least those like me who like the commercial side of prog. 

Some other bands that I considered but didn't include were Fig Leaf, Frogg Cafe, Lard Free, Lobster Newberg, Blue Oyster Cult, Oysterhead, Pent**ter, and Peter Pan (a brand of peanut butter).  Even though I didn't include them, feel free to discuss these bands too.