New Syn/Squire Interviews on premier Led Zep Blog!

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   See excerpts from an extensive, multimedia-rich interview with Francis Dunnery & Steve Nardelli talking about prog rock (along with significant Chris Squire content, too; specifically re: a recent Led Zeppelin News interview with Chris which included how it came to be that Squire nearly formed the band XYZ with Jimmy Page and drummer Alan White; includes video).

This excerpt can be found on the premier Led Zeppelin news site/blog:

http://www.LedZeppelinNews.com

and will soon (April) be made available as a large-market FM radio broadcast.

A small sampler of what is available right now:

"Today, I asked two members of a band called The Syn to define progressive rock for me. Their latest album, Big Sky, is slated for release on April 21 by Umbrello Records, hence the occasion for my speaking to them today. And my conversations with them also helped to tell some other stories regarding members of Led Zeppelin....

...when it came to progressive rock, the members of Led Zeppelin always looked at themselves as progressive. John Paul Jones told me in a 2001 interview that to him, the word meant "forward-thinking"... now, I'm talking to more musicians who agree with what Jones told me eight years ago. He continued, "Well, we thought we played progressive rock. People asked, 'What sort of band are you?' I said I had played ... progressive rock -- thinking that it just meant 'forward-thinking....

We (Dunnery and I) got around to talking about what could be expected on The Syn's new album, Big Sky. He said it wasn't going to be a bunch of "15-minute piano solos or something like that," which would be one of the stereotypical traits of what popular media believe progressive rock to be... Steve (Nardelli is) -- very, very similar to Robert (Plant), he's future-oriented. He's not interested in the past. He's got hope and optimism...It's an album of the times, and I think what the Germans call 'zeitgeist'...it means a spirit of the times. There's no English equivalent of that, but that's what the Germans meant. It meant a spirit of the times. And I think this album carries the spirit of the times because we're all looking for some hope, and faith in the goodness of life..."

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virginiaprogras Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 22 2006 Location: Virginia USA Status: Offline Points: 103	Topic: New Syn/Squire Interviews on premier Led Zep Blog! Posted: March 22 2009 at 08:29
	See excerpts from an extensive, multimedia-rich interview with Francis Dunnery & Steve Nardelli talking about prog rock (along with significant Chris Squire content, too; specifically re: a recent Led Zeppelin News interview with Chris which included how it came to be that Squire nearly formed the band XYZ with Jimmy Page and drummer Alan White; includes video). This excerpt can be found on the premier Led Zeppelin news site/blog: http://www.LedZeppelinNews.com and will soon (April) be made available as a large-market FM radio broadcast. A small sampler of what is available right now: "Today, I asked two members of a band called The Syn to define progressive rock for me. Their latest album, Big Sky, is slated for release on April 21 by Umbrello Records, hence the occasion for my speaking to them today. And my conversations with them also helped to tell some other stories regarding members of Led Zeppelin.... ...when it came to progressive rock, the members of Led Zeppelin always looked at themselves as progressive. John Paul Jones told me in a 2001 interview that to him, the word meant "forward-thinking"... now, I'm talking to more musicians who agree with what Jones told me eight years ago. He continued, "Well, we thought we played progressive rock. People asked, 'What sort of band are you?' I said I had played ... progressive rock -- thinking that it just meant 'forward-thinking.... We (Dunnery and I) got around to talking about what could be expected on The Syn's new album, Big Sky. He said it wasn't going to be a bunch of "15-minute piano solos or something like that," which would be one of the stereotypical traits of what popular media believe progressive rock to be... Steve (Nardelli is) -- very, very similar to Robert (Plant), he's future-oriented. He's not interested in the past. He's got hope and optimism...It's an album of the times, and I think what the Germans call 'zeitgeist'...it means a spirit of the times. There's no English equivalent of that, but that's what the Germans meant. It meant a spirit of the times. And I think this album carries the spirit of the times because we're all looking for some hope, and faith in the goodness of life..."
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