Beardfish Split up
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Topic: Beardfish Split up
Posted By: Garlop
Subject: Beardfish Split up
Date Posted: July 11 2016 at 12:12
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Really sad news for prog music http://www.beardfishband.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.beardfishband.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.beardfishband.com/ ------------- Time has no name and regret has no meaning |
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: July 11 2016 at 12:39
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July 11, 2016 BAND STATEMENT: After a longer hiatus and some disagreements and various difficulties within the band we have decided to call it quits. This was not an easy choice to make. Beardfish has always been our main musical outlet – a proper garage band – the kind that meet up in the rehearsal studio and try out new material together for long, massive sessions at a time. Some of the best times of our lives have been spent together on the road, in the studio and just hanging out. Growing up, having families and all that has made that particular way of working very difficult, leading to long periods where we haven’t been able to rehearse.. And we LIKE to play. We’ve had a very good run though; eight albums in fifteen years, nine if you include “The early years” (ten if you count “The Sane Day” double album as two!). We’ve toured with some great bands. We’ve met amazing people and found friends in places we’d never been before. We want to thank everyone who has supported us throughout the years, you guys are fantastic and the prog community is a very special place to be a part of. We spent our youth and our early adulthood as Beardfish and we grew up within the band.. Individually we will now venture out into other musical projects. No matter what, Beardfish has been very special and we will all hold it close to our hearts, but right now it’s time for new adventures. “So real, it’s surreal” A Love Story – The Sane Day (2005) Beardfish Rikard, David, Robert & Magnus ***** This is seriously sad news....such a hugely talented band, with perhaps one of the best vocalists in modern prog as well. You could tell something was slightly `off' on their most recent album `+4626 Comfortzone', quite a lot of filler material creeping into that one and inspiration seemed to be running a little dry. Still, what a superb back catalogue to keep on enjoying. 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 11 2016 at 12:51
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Never a huge fan, but still sad to read. I'm sure there will be several splinter bands to come from this. RIP hariy faced ectothermic gilled creatures ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: July 11 2016 at 16:00
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Man With Hat wrote:Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: July 11 2016 at 18:48
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Sad to see them go. Happy to see them go leaving a beautiful and untarnished discography. |
Posted By: A_Flower
Date Posted: July 12 2016 at 00:16
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Shoot. One of the modern prog bands that really stands out among the rest ------------- User Banned for this Post |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 12 2016 at 01:38
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Not very familiar with this band. I shoud hear their earlier albums. Their last one was a bit disappointing.
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: July 12 2016 at 04:44
| This is sad. One of few bands spinning Zappa type yarns. They always caught me off guard with their unique quirkiness. My wife just lost one of her 3 favorite prog bands. Yeah, a modern prog band my wife and I could share. I won't tell her. I hate bearing bad news. |
Posted By: Spacebass
Date Posted: July 12 2016 at 21:28
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Such a bummer. I am VERY glad to have finally caught BEARDFISH live on the PN14 Cruise. 2 GREAT shows- I never thought I would ever get to see them live... so glad I did. (Thanks MP!) I do remember reading that they had filmed a DVD during their last tour (with the touring keyboardist) now I wonder if it will ever see the light of day? |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: July 13 2016 at 02:41
| bad news indeed, one of the best bands in recent years |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: July 13 2016 at 10:28
| Real shame. They were a fine neo-progressive band!! |
Posted By: Clepsydra
Date Posted: July 13 2016 at 16:56
I don't know about that!? Never cared for them and I would definitely not call them neo-prog.  |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: July 14 2016 at 00:19
Yes, absolutely drawing a blank over that one myself! There's not a trace of Neo Prog in their music, unless you meant the `retro/vintage' elements they had in their sound? |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: July 14 2016 at 00:25
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I'm wondering if things started to turn against them from `The Void' onwards? Both that and the above mentioned `Comfortzone' one were perfectly good albums (especially `The Void'), but as they started increasing the `heavier' elements into their music, it seemed to REALLY put off the retro-prog-loving fans of their music. I still recall a constant criticism about `The Void' when it came out that there was `too much growling' on it, when actually (to those who didn't instantly dimiss it and turn the album off), the growls barely took up ten seconds on the entire album! Despite them increasing the heavier elements in their music, all the strong melodies, superior vocals and tricky direction/style changes were still always present....but I get the feeling the damage was done and the `older' fans of the group switched off. I definitely noticed not nearly as much buzz around their last two albums compared to the few before it. 
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Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: July 14 2016 at 01:37
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Rikard Sjöblom recently has joined BIG BIG TRAIN forces, that might be one major reason to quit this adventure. Beardfish have been a great band indeed. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: July 14 2016 at 02:20
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Really bad news, a great band. The only redeeming fact is they have left a large body of works to savour. They will be missed. |
Posted By: RoeDent
Date Posted: July 14 2016 at 13:07
I'm not so sure about that, really. Many prog musicians juggle 2-3 or more bands and projects (look at John Mitchell), and certainly for some of the BBT members (Dave Gregory and Sjöblom, for example) that feels more like a side project for them rather than their main band.
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Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: July 14 2016 at 14:48
| Very sad. Sleeping in Traffic Pt. 2 was the record that got me to love the Hammond. I was a teenager when that record came out and it really got me into progressive rock a little deeper. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 14 2016 at 14:53
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Shame. And I agree with Michael - Comfortzone is lacking in something. The Void eventually grew on me, I love it now, still, dodgey cover. |
Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: July 21 2016 at 01:26
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Comfortzone is excellent. Ode to the Rock'n'Roller is one of their best songs. I would have no problem recommending that album as a starting point for new fans. |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: July 26 2016 at 06:57
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^ Yeah, contrary to general opinion I really like Comfortzone. I prefer it to it's predecessor actually. To be honest I think their whole catalogue is pretty much great. They will be missed. |