The Madcap Laughs - United Kingdom-Crossover Prog
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Topic: The Madcap Laughs - United Kingdom-Crossover Prog
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Subject: The Madcap Laughs - United Kingdom-Crossover Prog
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 11:33
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We are The Madcap Laughs. This is our 7 track EP: The Pith Of Eleutheria. http://themadcaplaughs.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - The Madcap Laughs are a 5 piece Prog band from the North-West, Uk. The band have performed at many venues and most recently at the famous Cavern Club. The EP is finally recorded and the group hope to record the 12 track album The Esoteric Tales Of The Luminous Sun in the next year. Members:
Thanks, The Madcap Laughs Download the tracks on our soundcloud page:
http://soundcloud.com/themadcaplaughs" rel="nofollow - http://soundcloud.com/themadcaplaughs |
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 16:05
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The band name surely catches the attention. The music is too symphonic for that name so at the first listen I've not been impressed, however the second part is not bad. The trick is forgetting Barrett and concentrate to the music only. There are psych elements but from the samples I have the impression that your music fits better in the neo-prog subgenre. Finding the right subgenre makes the addition to PA easier. Which part of the Northwest are you from? I've been around Chester and North Wales for six years... I'm happy to be back to my home country but I've left a little piece of my heart there and the map of your gigs on Facebook has made my eyes blink. Say hello to the M53.  ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 16:32
Have you guys released your full length album yet? I ask because to be evaluated on PA, you must have at least one studio album or one EP, and I don't think demos count as EPs (unless it is in fact an EP  )------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 17:22
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Hello, thanks for taking the time and listening to our tracks...
Ermm we are all from Warrington.
We can't necessarily either put a finger on what kind of genre we are, we don't get too held up on that, we just love music and writing music... I've written a full album called: 'The Esoteric Tales Of The Luminous Sun', however it is quite a struggle to fund the recording and mastering as we are all young lads. Another EP is written and should be finished by Feb 2012. Again, thanks for listening to our records and keep an eye or an ear out for the album, which we hope to have completed sooner, rather than later.
Andy, it is an EP, however I've called it a demo for some obscure reason...
The EP is called: 'The Pith Of Eleutheria' and as seen above, an album will be recorded as soon as possible.
Keep an eye on the facebook profile for any news..
Thank you
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 19:26
Cool!  I think you guys may be a fine candidate for neo-prog. I'll alert the team. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 20:27
| Cheers Andy, I'm currently putting together a folder to send to mailto:band.submissio[email protected]" rel="nofollow - [email protected] with all information and the mp3's I think is needed, because I think that's what I'm supposed to do, haha. Thanks for your time people! |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 20:31
You don't need to Email Uwe because the genre team has already been notified and sending a second suggestion just makes things incredibly confusing  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 20:33
| okay okay, right haha. I'll just leave it as it is then. I appreciate your help andy, nice one! ;) |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 20:36
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No worries ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 22:35
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Quick question: How long will it take before we know if the EP has been evaluated?
Thank you
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 22:59
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I have a feeling in a couple of minutes the leader of the neo team will post a link to your band's page on ProgFreak.com, a website the genre teams use to evaluate bands. There you can follow how the members of the team vote on your band, and once you have enough yes votes, your band will be cleared for addition. Ah, here it is. http://progfreak.com/The-Madcap-Laughs-148231.html?path=pa/neo" rel="nofollow - http://progfreak.com/The-Madcap-Laughs-148231.html?path=pa/neo There you can follow the team's progress. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 23:28
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Now checking ... "Overshadowed By Shh" is a good song, but only two songs can hardly push us Team. If you release a full album or recommend some more samples, please notify us here or Private Mail. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 23:42
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As others have said, the genre thing is just to make the things simpler. I agree that making music is what matters. A label is useful when managing a database. Warrington is a nice town, even if I've been there just a couple of times. Too many speed cameras between the J10 and the town Best wishes. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 23:55
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Again, thanks for taking the time. We could only afford to record two tracks and we are currently looking at recording an album, however it is a bit pricey, so we can't actually give a date of when we will be able to have an album recorded. You know it is a struggle to get recognition, in this day and age, and we'll just continue doing what we're doing and see what happens. We've got so much more songs, that are much better than the two on 'The Pith Of Eleutheria'. I would really appreciate it if we got into the PA, however I totally understand that there is a lack of songs, but they will be there in the near future... it's just having people there who can hear 'The Pith Of Eleutheria' who will want to hear more, and then we could release 'The Esoteric Tales Of The Luminous Sun'(the album). Cheers
Haha Octopus, I can't wait to leave this town, I bloody hate it here. Thanks for your feedback before.
Take care
THE MADCAP LAUGHS
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Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: August 25 2011 at 04:43
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Yea you can launch a wonderful album I imagine, good luck!
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Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: August 25 2011 at 06:14
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Will the team still take the EP into consideration? Thanks |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: August 25 2011 at 06:20
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Themadcapaughs wrote:Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: December 03 2011 at 04:14
| http://soundcloud.com/themadcaplaughs" rel="nofollow - http://soundcloud.com/themadcaplaughs |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: December 03 2011 at 04:29
| the post has now been edited! |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: December 03 2011 at 05:55
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Now checking!
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Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: December 03 2011 at 06:42
| Damo are we going to have a vote again? |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: December 03 2011 at 06:54
I've checked your soundcloud samples and felt ... you're progressive (good songs indeed) but not close to Neo nor Psych. Eclectic or Crossover can be your place IMHO ... now waiting for another opinion in Team. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Garden
Date Posted: December 04 2011 at 08:10
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Sounds *very* psyche/space to me Damo! On a personal note, you certainly have a reasonably professional sound for a first EP, good job. It does sound like you're following a bit too closely in the footsteps of Pink Floyd to my ears. Also, entirely un-musical but your EP and album names have me scratching my head... |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: December 04 2011 at 12:53
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Cheers Damo! Do we have any news or feedback from the team? Thank you Garden.Of course Floyd are an obivous influence to our selves, but so are King Crimson and Camel. I mean any recent band is going to be compared to a band or bands of the past, that's what people seem to do for some reason. But yes, it's a great compliment anyway to be recognised as being similar to one the best group of musicians ever. I'm a bit unsure what you mean about scratching your head, but cheers. The Madcap Laughs
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 04 2011 at 14:45
I voted yes for inclusion on the neo prog sub-genre, but, thus far, i am a lone voice. it looks likely that the band will be evaluated by another team, probably eclectic or crossover. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 17:05
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I have seen on Prog Freak that the majority have voted for us to be moved, is there any news? I'm sorry to be a nuisance.
And thanks Lazland! |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 17:07
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I'll notify Eclectic Team.
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Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 17:16
| Cheers Damo! |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 16:15
| Any news from the Eclectic team?? |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 16:24
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The Eclectic team has a pretty big backlog so you'll probably have to wait until the evaluation is complete. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: December 20 2011 at 14:00
| Cheers Andy! |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: December 20 2011 at 14:08
| Also, could somebody please post me the progfreak link; where the eclectic team are evaluating the band? Just so we can keep an eye on what's happening. Thank you :) |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: December 20 2011 at 16:33
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Sadly the Eclectic team doesn't use PF, and their chart is only viewable by collaborators. I can keep you updated on the votes, though. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 16:49
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I hope the Eclectic team makes them a Xmas present Cheers everybody ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 23 2011 at 04:05
Yes, so do I. They've been remarkably patient. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: December 28 2011 at 06:31
| Thank you everybody, is there any news haha?Merry Christmas! |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: January 09 2012 at 19:38
| it's been a while, we'll be waiting with monk-like patience |
Posted By: bensommer
Date Posted: January 09 2012 at 19:48
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Romantic stuff - I'm not a genre whore and can't pin yours down, but its not strict prog, but well conceived and executed stuff nonetheless ------------- http://bensommermusic.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: January 09 2012 at 19:58
| Thanks Ben! |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: January 10 2012 at 00:19
Xmas is gone...maybe by Easter?  ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: February 27 2012 at 14:07
| Easter is round the corner. We've waited very long. Is there any news at all or anything? |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: February 27 2012 at 14:09
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Let me notify again the Eclectics, they are pretty active in this period. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: February 27 2012 at 14:17
| Thanks very much mate! |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: February 28 2012 at 15:25
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News from the eclectics: you have been evaluated in last November and they voted "move" to Neo-prog. Later Neo voted "move to Psych and currently in the psych chart you have again a "move" to I don't know where and a "Discuss" It looks like your music is uneasy to be classified in a subgenre and this is why your inclusion is getting so much time. To be honest I don't know what to think. Nobody apparently said "No, you're not prog"... Let's try with Crossover. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: February 28 2012 at 16:41
| haha, yeah let's try Crossover. Could you please keep me updated Octopus? Very much appreciated! |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: February 28 2012 at 16:49
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If you can take me, I can keep you informed as well :-) we will evaluate you indeed, but it seems like we are final destination, either us or PA oblivion.
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Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: February 28 2012 at 16:55
| Yeah thanks Marty! We've been waiting now for months ha! |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: February 28 2012 at 18:31
Gotta love ping-pongers  Hope you guys get put somewhere. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 04:02
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Yeah, our system has many advantages in terms of categorization, but with it comes disadvantages too ... this "traveling band" syndrome, which we call "ping-ponging" is one of them.
Hopefully, we can deal with the matter finally. ------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 06:42
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Pink Floyd, eh ? Or at least the Crossover part of their work - YES vote from me.
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Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 14:03
| Brilliant news, let's hope the other guys from the crossover team agree! |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 15:34
Hi guys, it seems that you're about to have a page here...
------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 15:49
| Yes! I'm made up, thank you. I don't mean to be silly, but what happens next haha?! |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 16:04
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Somebody will have to write the band's bio. You can send your story to one of the crossover admins who can paste it. Then somebody, even you, can add your discography. At this point somebody will likely write some reviews of them. The process for Genesis and King Crimson was simpler, but in the end they have exactly one page as you will have ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 16:17
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As I don't want to go through a set number of pages - is this EP commercially available from somewhere, or is this a purebred digital giveaway?
------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 16:23
| The Pith Of Eleutheria is a digital giveaway. |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 16:25
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Okies. Cover art, track listing, track times and all that formal stuff - is it assembled in an easily harvested fashion somewhere?
------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 16:36
| I could email you the required files and info? |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 16:39
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You could. Spending a few minutes at creating a bandcamp account (which is free), and putting up the album there with a name your own price option an even better one, which might even give you guys a few pennies in the beer account over time ;-) Just in case such monetary matters is of interest to a band in this day and age *chuckles* ------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 16:46
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We'd be over the moon, if people wanted to pay for our records. We're just glad with people listening to our music if anything ha. But yes, I will create a bandcamp account. I'm currently waiting on Mike, the guitarist to forward over the tracks to me, we've recently re-mixed the tracks to a far better quality, than the recordings found on youtube and soundcloud. As soon as Mike get's his arse into gear and I've uploaded the tracks and info to bandcamp, I'll inform you. It will definitely be sorted by tomorrow. Cheers |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 16:50
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Great. Bandcamp is a good place to be even if you're merely interested in getting people to listen to your music. Seamless interaction with Facebook for streaming tracks a possibility I presume is of interest to you guys on a promotional level for starters ;-)
------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 16:58
| Yeah I guess so. We were mainly hoping of course being on Prog Archives would increase the amount of listeners we have. We do have a decent following on soundcloud. However the amount of music you upload onto soundcloud is limited. But yeah thanks windhawk, much appreciated, I'll be in touch as soon as I have everything sorted, which should be before tomorrow! |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 17:08
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You know, being a part of a database that covers 6,951 artists at the time of writing isn't a great promotional pull in itself, apart from a fact that can be used for promotional purposes. Some will always stumble upon the recent additions list and explore, but that effect is short-lived. Progarchives is a good place for a prog band to be, but doesn't lead to much additional interest in itself. But as one of many facts used in your marketing it'll have a positive effect ;-) ------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 18:07
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Yeah, the good thing about how big PA is that even it has almost 7 thousands artists here, it has also a lot of users, many of them eager to explore new (latest) Prog bands, such as yourself. And PA can be quite selective at times when it comes to additions, so I am glad you are here now. ------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: March 05 2012 at 18:26
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Thanks Marty! I've finally uploaded the tracks to Bandcamp, it's taken me all evening, the tracks had to be converted to wav. files. But it is all cool now. http://themadcaplaughs.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://themadcaplaughs.bandcamp.com
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Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: March 06 2012 at 06:39
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Great, I'll cater for the addition later today (unless someone else have beaten me to it).
------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 06 2012 at 07:25
I'm listening to the tracks on Bandcamp...great stuff !  It was long time ago...I had forgotten them.------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: March 06 2012 at 08:57
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http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7181" rel="nofollow - added
------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 06 2012 at 08:59
 ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: March 06 2012 at 14:48
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We'd like to thank everyone for their help, very much appreciated! Please do keep an eye out for the album which is being released in the near future. And thanks for listening octopus, we are glad you enjoyed the tracks. All the best. THE MADCAP LAUGHS.
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Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: March 06 2012 at 15:17
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Listening on bandcamp and really enjoying what I hear! Downloading now, I'll keep listening and try to post a review in the not-too-distant future. ------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: Themadcapaughs
Date Posted: March 06 2012 at 15:39
| Brilliant news VanVanVan! We'll look forward to the review :) |
Posted By: broseidon
Date Posted: March 07 2012 at 04:41
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Fellow Soundcloud follower here, you guys rock. Good luck getting a page. ------------- Less can't mean more that doesn't make sense, more is more - Yngwie Malmsteen |