Rush release their fourth on April 1, 1976 …
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Tag: progressive rock
Duke turns 40
Genesis took some time off in the late 70’s only to return with “Duke” ~ released on March 31, 1980.
Kate Bush
A few days earlier, Kate Bush announced she would return to the stage for the first time in 35 years for her Before The Dawn, 22-date residency at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.
On March 28, 2014, tickets went on sale and sold out in 15 minutes.
Several websites — including Kate’s — crash due to traffic.
And Then There Were Three
Genesis release their first as a trio on March 23, 1978. It’s their first as a trio and with Phil Collins taking a more active role in the writing.
For the world tour they add guitarist and official Cheesehead Daryl Stuermer to the line-up.
Source: And Then There Were Three – You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
Violator
It’s just time to pay the price
Depeche Mode, Policy of Truth
For not listening to advice
And deciding in your youth
On the policy of truth…
Depeche Mode releases their 7th and world-breakthrough album Violator on March 19, 1980 …
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up …
We’re Only In It For The Money
The third album from the Mothers of Invention took a swing at just about everyone — the hippie culture, the Beatles’ Sgt. Peppers album, left-wingers, right-wingers — and, it’s #297 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Oranges and Lemons
Please be upstanding … XTC releases their 11th album on February 27, 1989.
The Progfather
Physical Graffiti turns 45
Talk in song in tongues of lilting grace
Led Zeppelin, Kashmir
Sounds caress my ear
There are not a word I heard could I relate
Story was quite clear …
Led Zeppelin release their 6th — the double-album Physical Graffiti – on February 24, 1975. The Zepp is one of those rare animals where just about everything is a classic — this one is at #73 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Times. However, in a ’75 review of the album, I remember Jim Miller saying that “In My Time of Dying” and “Kashmir” were “monotonous.” I’ll take that kind of monotony any day, any moment.