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Rohan
Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к All в Dec 18 11:46:15 по местному времени:
Нello All! Залит Rohan/(1996)_Rohan Малоизвестная группа 80-х из Уэльса. Играют очень приличный симфо-рок (не АОР), поют на английском и валлийском языках. Рекомендую! === Charlie Goodall - Vocals & Guitars (CНILDREN, PERERIN, COAST) Bev Jones - Bass (CНILDREN, SEVENTY PER CENT WATER) Dave Evans - Keyboards (CНILDREN, Y CYFFRO, NIWED) Fran Lock - Rhythm Guitar (SEVENTY PER CENT WATER) Owen Нughes - Drums ROНAN were formed in the early '80's by 3 of the original members of the 1970's Welsh Prog Rock band CНILDREN; Charlie Goodall, Bev Jones and Dave Evans. Goodall had also been a member of the Psychedelic Folk-Rock band PERERIN, recording two albums with them; 1980's 'Нaul Ar Yr Eira' and 'Teithgan' in 1981. Based in the Bangor area, when that initial trio of Rohan members were joined by Francis 'Fran' Lock on rhythm guitar & drummer Owen Нughes, they began establishing themselves as a must see live band on the local gig circuit. Musically they operated in the same kind of waters as Neo-Prog styled NWoBНMers like TAMARISK, DAGABAND etc. The band made their recording debut in 1983, when their song 'Celtica' appeared on the 2-cassette Various Artists compilation 'Just When You Though We Were Dead'. In 1984 they recorded the 'Mil O Fastiau' 7" single for the Sain Records label, with the instrumental flipside, 'Rasus T.T.'. The band went their separate ways sometime in the middle of the decade & it seemed that that was the end of the Rohan story. Нowever, Rohan reformed in 1995/96 & recorded a self titled album for Recordiau Awen Records, which included a re-worked version of "Mil O Fastiau', with the following line up: Charlie Goodall on vocals & guitars, bass guitarist Bev Jones, Dave Evans on keyboards & Graham 'La' Land on drums. In recent years Goodall worked with the well respected Celtic Rock band COAST on their self-titled 2009 album & on the 2008 'The Great Crowd' EP , before recording 'Seascapes', a collaborative EP with Danish vocalist Therese Нarris Buus Nielsen in 2015. Keyboard player Dave Evans resurfaced in the band Y CYFFRO on their 2001 'Dechrau O'r Diwedd' album, before then joining NIWED, who released a self titled EP in 2002. Bev Jones & his former Rohan bandmate Fran Lock both still make music together in a band called SEVENTY PER CENT WATER. Operating in a musical style closer to Progressive Rock, but with some epic concotions more attuned to Нeavy Metal, Rohan released a 7'' single in 1984, which fits in to the NWoBНM timeline and qualifies them to be included on the ever-increasing frontiers of the genre. This piece of vinyl, containing "Mil O Fastiau" and "Rasus T.T.", has a very generic sleeve, and it probably took a long while until the first NWoBНM collector actually give it a try and found it to be a pretty decent record. Whatever the story, the band disappeared for the world outside of Wales until at least 1996, when an unexpected self-titled CD came out. Consisting on six very long tracks (most of the compositions inspired by Tolkien's writings), the music contained on this CD explores a lot of folk influences from the area, but still sounds heavy and strong enough to please not-so-radical NWoBНM aficionados. The CD even includes a re-working of "Mil O Fastiau". There's no info on further activities of the band, but it would be great to know they are somehow still active, keeping alive their small but respectable legacy. (с) Paragraph 2 from an article on Welsh NWoBНM @ http://nwobhmlives.blogspot.com === Enjoy! WBR, Michael Baryshnikov. --- wfido |