What happened to Ozric Tentacles?

Yes, that review was actually the inspiration for this thread. I never heard that before and there isn't any information on their website. I'm not saying it's not true but I would be curious as to where the reviewer read that. 

I am not sure that Brandy was as good as she thinks she was, in the sense that she did not push Ed enough to make his work harder/easier to respond to ... I think it was too much of a demand on him to make it happen. The fact they separated, though, is a bit tough and very harsh, for both of them, I'm sure ... it makes it very difficult for Ed to tour by himself, since the band is the recognition, not exactly his name, and ... I don't know ... for my tastes both bass players (Brandy and Zia) were nice and steady I think, but I'm not sure they added to the music as much. 

I think that the earlier touch of "psychedelia" was also missing too much, and it made the music based on the riffs and the moment that Ed could light it up, and this hurt the band ... I commented one time that I thought that the "Wynne Family Band" was not as strong and (specially) visionary, as it had been since John was with them ... and he appears to have been someone that injected a lot of touches that helped the music flourish ... something that the rest of the band members (after him) were not able to do, it seems, even if at least one or two albums were really good and fun to listen to. Already, it missed the "trip" element that it had before, replaced by the "riff" element.

It is/was a very nice band ... I do not wish on anyone that their relationships fall apart, but sometimes it has to happen for folks to get away from their slight complacency and come alive creatively ... I think that the stuff that Ed wanted to do (and DID on his solo) was likely a bit too adventurous and scary for Brandy to handle it ... but it is possible that she just said no, and that caused a problem ... you have to try, maybe, to see if it works, and if it doesn't, at least you know how much more you gotta learn ... I have the feeling that Brandy was not as advanced of a player to even be in the shoes that she fit, and it may be that Ed was the one teaching her?

The sad side of all this, for me, is that it just about makes her musical career come, more than likely, to an abrupt end ... specially when/if she is in dire need of some serious learning at this stage in her life, which is really difficult, if you do not have a solid background to rely on ... hopefully, she can get better and find herself some work ... but I do not think her name will attract as many folks to a show as "Ozric Tentacles" can. 

Ed's solo album shows there is still a lot in the tank from him, and my take is that if he gets himself a half way decent band, of great players, instead of new players, that it might create an infusion for the band ... that is sorely missed from the early days.

In general, though, bands can not and do not re-regurgitate very well, so expecting this to happen to the Oz ... might be asking too much ... but at least we know we should/might get another album or two, before they slip into nowhere land, only remembered in their home town!

When I last saw them here in Portland, and it was many years ago, both Ed and Brandi were turning down spliffs as they stood outside on the side with the fans, and it was like no one knew them, or bothered them, although some folks said hi and had a handshake ... it's strange for me, to think of this as "stoned" music, when for me it isn't ... it's just really nice stuff ... the days of "stoned" music kinda died with the flowers in your hair thing for me, and the stupidity and insanity that invaded California and specially SF, and pretty much destroyed things ... and even when I saw PF in 1974 (DSOTM) and then the next concert a few years later, all the way to THE WALL, the cloud of smoke was so thick, that even Roger complained about it like crazy ... and no one heard it ... and it was in that moment, that I wondered what we had for fans ... morons, or lemmings or something else ... the music, the show and its technical elements were getting so difficult for PF to be ripped ... and it was so hard that they no longer free formed and had moments where they could just improvised for fun! it made obvious sense, that those folks would be very much more careful about getting stoned, than the audience for many of these shows ... which for me was the wrong audience, but PF had already decided to go for the money!

The OZ, for me, is just a nice band ... a very nice band ... and seeing it fall apart, and bust a marriage with it ... is even sadder for my imagination ... it just doesn't add up for me!

This may not sound right, but I hope that things work out for all of them ... and hopefully things will be better than ever ... (we can always hope!)