Obscure Prog Facts

kingesis2 wrote: Well, I share my birthday with Justin Bieber and that´s quite disapointing

My b'day is the same as that bleedin' ponce Boy George  - beat that !!!

Birthday coincidences are hardly obscure  (maybe only if you were born on some Feb 29th I might accept the claim, and even so with reservations).

Obscure facts concerning italian band names: Le Orme's original name idea was "Le Ombre" to pay a tribute to The Shadows but in Venice "Le Ombre" means "wine glasses" and so they changed their mind and chose Le Orme version (it means footprints). Another important italian symphonic band (Premiata Forneria Marconi) chose this name because Mauro Pagani knew an actual baker's shop called like that: they liked the idea of a name that reminds something that you make (it could be bread or music) but they also wanted to add something prestigius, so they added Premiata (=prize winning). 

progbethyname wrote: Tom Ozric wrote: kingesis2 wrote: Well, I share my birthday with Justin Bieber and that´s quite disapointing My b'day is the same as that bleedin' ponce Boy George  - beat that !!! Now I can't remember which 80's pop artist it was that got caught playing with himself in a man's washroom...was it Boy George or George Micheal?? Anyway. Both ponce's none the less.

'Twas the Wham dude whamming himself in a public toilet..............

Dean wrote: I think this line of "conversation" has gone far enough.

Agreed Sir, and it's not even prog........or remotely interesting........

David Hanselmann a half american/german vocalist was invited to become
the new singer with Genesis after Gabriel left. He couldn't get
a U.K. work permitt, and so history went another way

This guy also worked with Zombie Woof on their second Album, which never saw the light of day. He toured with Colosseum II but never recorded with them.

He was the lead singer with Eela Craig, as they stopped making records
(he sings on one track on Hats of Glass). He sang lead on Triumvirats second worst album "A la Carte" and on "Using the Head" by Message and
on the totaly unkown Album by Firehorse (an Eloy spin off).

That guy really didn't have much luck. The only Thing that really went well was the Evans & Hanselmann - Stonhenge thing.





Edited by TheH - July 28 2013 at 09:55

Triumvirat's last album Russian Roulette features former Toto musicians Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro.

verslibre wrote: TheH wrote: Firehorse (an Eloy spin off) Any good?

Rather average. There are some samples on Youtube.

chopper wrote: TheH wrote: David Hanselmann a half american/german vocalist was invited to become the new singer with Genesis after Gabriel left. He couldn't get a U.K. work permitt, and so history went another way That's interesting because I've always understood that they couldn't find anyone suitable which is why Collins stepped out from behind his kit.

Do we need to keep on seeing you peeing?