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Topic: Dead Prog SocietyPosted By: The Ghost
Subject: Dead Prog Society
Date Posted: October 13 2016 at 19:28
So for College Radio Day [November 4th], my show is airing a "Dead Prog Society" special where I'm exclusively playing music from prog bands with dead members.
One problem: I can't come up with a ton off the top of my head, and the only newer bands I could think of with a dead member is Riverside and Shadow Gallery.
Because of this massive lapse of thought, I'd like to enlist the help of members here in assisting me in creating a list of deceased prog musicians. Just shout out names of dead prog musicians below (freshly or otherwise) and I'll compile it here:
Yes - Chris Squire & Peter Banks
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Kieth Emerson
Pink Floyd - Richard Wright & Syd Barrett
Frank Zappa
Henry Cow - Lyndsey Cooper
Gong - Daevid Allen
Tangerine Dream - Edgar Froese
Samla Mammas Manna - Lars Hollmer
Soft Machine - Hugh Hopper, Kevin Ayers, Elton Dean
Atomic Rooster - Vincent Crane, John Du Cann, Paul Hammond
Hawkwind - Bob Calvert & Lemmy
Jethro Tull - John Glasscock, Glenn Cornick Renaissance - Michael Dunford & John Tout Rush - John Rutsey Triumvirat - Helmut Koellen
Libra - Federico D'Andrea
Passport - Kristian Schultze Dzyan - Eddy Marron Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Francesco Di Giacomo Riverside - Piotr Grudzinski Shadow Gallery - Mike Baker Crimson Glory - Midnight
King Crimson - Ian Wallace, Boz Burrell
Gilgamesh - Alan Gowen Genesis - John Mayhew Threshold - Andrew McDermott Nektar - Roye Albrighton
BJH - Wooly Wolstenholme
Sky - Steve Gray, Kevin Peek
Captain Beyond - Larry Reinhardt & Lee Dorman Quatermass - John Gustafson Procol Harum - B.J. Wilson
FM - Nash The Slash
Jade Warrior - Tony Duhig
Can - Michael Karoli Amon Düül II - Lothar Meid Deep Purple - Jon Lord Gentle Giant - Martin Smith Traffic - Chris Wood & Jim Capaldi Kayak - Pim Koopman Supersister - Sacha Van Geest Uriah Heep - David Byron & Gary Thain
Area - Demetrio Stratos
Aphrodite's Child - Demis Roussos
Pentangle - Bert Jansch & John Renbourn Wigwam - Pekka Pohjola
Tasavallan Presidentti - Pekka Poyry Brand X - Morris Pert Oregon - Colin Wolcott Steely Dan - Walter Becker UK - Allan Holdsworth, John Wetton Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Paul O'Neill Kaipa - Mats Löfgren
NOTE: The special will air on 90.3 WMSC at a shortened timeslot of 2:00am - 3:00am EST, so I'll be forced to only focus on the newly dead (last 5 years or so) within that hour...but I'll still maintain this list for the hell of it.
Replies: Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 13 2016 at 19:56
Yes - Squire
ELP - Emerson
Floyd - Wright
Frank Zappa
Henry Cow - Lyndsey Cooper
Gong - Daevid Allen
Tangerine Dream - Edgar Froese
Samla Mammas Manna - Lars Hollmer
Soft Machine - Hugh Hopper
Atomic Rooster - Vincent Crane
Hawkwind - Bob Calvert
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Posted By: progrockdeepcuts
Date Posted: October 13 2016 at 20:04
Tull - John Glasscock, Glenn Cornick Renaissance - Michael Dunford Rush - John Rutsey
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 13 2016 at 20:20
Triumvirat-Helmut Koellen
Libra-Federico D'Andrea
Passport-Kristian Schultze
Dzyan-Eddy Marron
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: October 13 2016 at 20:29
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Francesco Di Giacomo
King Crimson - Ian Wallace, Boz Burrell
Gilgamesh - Alan Gowen
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: October 13 2016 at 20:36
Genesis (Trespass, specifically) - John Mayhew
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 13 2016 at 20:50
Eric 'Stumpy Joe' Childs
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 01:57
Pink Floyd - Syd Barrett
Yes - Peter Banks
Gong - Gilli Smyth, Pierre Moerlen
Van der Graaf Generator - Nic Potter
Camel - Peter Bardens
(to be cont'd)
Traffic - Chris Wood, Jim Capaldi Kayak - Pim Koopman Supersister - Sacha van Geest Weather Report - Jaco Pastorius, Joe Zawinul Magellan - Wayne Gardner, Trent Gardner Area - Demetrio Stratos
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 04:00
You missed the much missed JohnTout of Renaissance.
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Posted By: David64T
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 04:34
Spectrum - Bill Putt
Fraternity - Bon Scott
Nektar - Roye Albrighton
Bo Hansson
Caravan - Pip Pyle
BJH - Wooly Wolstenholme
Sky - Steve Gray, Kevin Peek
The Nice, Refugee - Brian Davison
Atomic Rooster - Vincent Crane, John Du Cann, Paul Hammond (the trio who recorded "Death walks behind you")
Captain Beyond - Larry Reinhardt, Lee Dorman
Ekseption, Trace - Rick van der Linden
Quatermass - John Gustafson
Soft Machine - Kevin Ayers
Family, Traffic - Ric Grech
Procol Harum - B J Wilson
FM - Nash The Slash
Jade Warrior - Tony Duhig
You may come to find that 3 hours is not actually long enough!
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 05:13
Can - Michael Karoli Amon Düül II - Lothar Meid
Posted By: A_Flower
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 07:32
Syd Barrett!
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Posted By: Michael P. Dawson
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 10:14
David64T wrote:
Caravan - Pip Pyle
Pip Pyle wasn't in Caravan; you're thinking of Richard Coughlan.
Pip Pyle does give us Hatfield and the North, National Health (also Alan Gowen) and Gong (also Daevid Allen, Pierre Moerlen, and Gilli Smyth).
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Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 10:26
Jon Lord (Deep Purple)
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Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 10:47
A_Flower wrote:
Syd Barrett!
Definitely have a song from Piper play. You've got a wide array to choose from but I think "Astronomy Domine", "Pow R. Toc H." or "Interstellar Overdrive" would be particularly good choices.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 10:56
^ Richard Wright
Play something from either Wet Dream or Broken China
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 11:09
Gentle Giant - Martin Smith (drummer)
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Posted By: The Ghost
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 13:59
David64T wrote:
You may come to find that 3 hours is not actually long enough!
OH BOY.
I'm afraid what this special would be like if I do it again 5 years from now:
Posted By: David64T
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 17:54
Michael P. Dawson wrote:
David64T wrote:
Caravan - Pip Pyle
Pip Pyle wasn't in Caravan; you're thinking of Richard Coughlan.
Pip Pyle does give us Hatfield and the North, National Health (also Alan Gowen) and Gong (also Daevid Allen, Pierre Moerlen, and Gilli Smyth).
Aha! Thanks -
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Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 18:16
Soft Machine - Elton Dean
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 15 2016 at 00:25
Emerson, Lake n Powel - kieth emerson, and cozy powel
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 15 2016 at 03:09
Uriah Heep - David Byron, Gary Thain Tyranosaurus Rex - Mark Bolan
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Posted By: The Ghost
Date Posted: October 25 2016 at 11:55
Whelp, I got the time-slot for it and it seems this special's been shortened to an hour: November 4th from 2am - 3am EST.
Guess I gotta focus on the "freshly dead."
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: October 25 2016 at 13:41
Prog:
Morris Pert, Brand X
Colin Wolcott, Oregon
Michael Hedges
Prog related:
Larry "Rhino" Rhinehardt and Lee Dorman, Captain Beyond
Jon Lord, Deep Purple
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: October 25 2016 at 14:24
In case the list is being maintained:
Area - Demetrio Stratos
Aphrodite's Child - Demis Roussos
Pentangle - Bert Jansch and John Renbourn both
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: October 25 2016 at 14:38
The Ghost wrote:
Hugh Hopper, Kevin Ayers, Elton Dean, Michael Dunford, John Tout, Francesco Di Giacomo, Roye Albrighton, John Gustafson, and Pim Koopman
Oh, Lordy Lordy how this list was shocking to read, especially Pim Koopman. Oh why, oh why did you have to take my Pim away from us (and Albrighton, Hopper, Dean, Dunford, Tout, Di Giacomo, and Gustafson)?
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: October 25 2016 at 14:44
Wigwam - Pekka Pohjola
Tasavallan Presidentti - Pekka Poyry
Damn.
Posted By: ColonelClaypool
Date Posted: November 03 2016 at 07:16
Captain Beefheart.
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: November 03 2016 at 18:14
Gong - Gilli Smyth, Pierre Moerlen
Posted By: The Ghost
Date Posted: November 07 2016 at 17:18
Dead Prog Society College Radio Day special now up on Soundcloud:
Tune in live at 10pm to 1am EST tonight for a pre-election / Apocalypse edition of The ProgPower Station on 90.3 WMSC.
Live-stream on iHeartRadio and http://wmscradio.com/" rel="nofollow - wmscradio.com
Posted By: Boogaloo
Date Posted: November 24 2016 at 12:54
You forgot Mel Pritchard - the first BJH member to go.
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: November 25 2016 at 08:25
Amon Düül II - Peter Leopold
Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: November 25 2016 at 14:04
cstack3 wrote:
Prog:
Morris Pert, Brand X
Colin Wolcott, Oregon
Michael Hedges
Prog related:
Larry "Rhino" Rhinehardt and Lee Dorman, Captain Beyond
Jon Lord, Deep Purple
Was Michael Hedges Prog, cool.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: November 28 2016 at 12:49
As for newer bands(as in post seventies)how about Magellan? Both Gardner brothers died in the past few years(Trent as recently as June of 2016). I thought it was interesting that you mentioned Shadow Gallery and not them since they were both Magna Carta bands.