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Carl Palmer

This virtuoso drummer and percussionist is well known as a member of the progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer was born on March 20th 1950 in Birmingham, England. He has been playing the drums since he was 11 years old. His highly recognizable performance gave the significant feature to the projects like Asia, Atomic Rooster (the very first official band of this artist) or The Crazy World of Arthur Brown as well. But logically - he

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Esperanto

Note: There seem to be at least three different bands using the name ''Esperanto''. This article is about the prog band from the 1970s. ESPERANTO biography Esperanto is a language invented in 1887 by Zamenhof, who combined bits of various Romance language to make what he hoped would become a vehicle of universal communication. The Belgo-English band of the same name at the beginning of the 70s had a short but intense career and produced an extremely varied musical repertoire thanks to the many different nationalities, origins and outlooks of its members.

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Steve Hackett

Steve Hackett was a member of Genesis from 1971 till 1977, when he left the band to pursue his solo career full time. He had released his first solo album, Voyage of the Acolyte, in 1975 while still with Genesis, and has maintained a steady output since. He is a distinctive and versatile guitarist who also performs classical concerts and has released five classical albums in addition to many rock, progressive, and blues albums. He participated in the 1986 formation of GTR with Steve Howe

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Wilderness

two bands with the name Wilderness: A truly epic sounding art rock band out of Baltimore, MD, Wilderness have released three albums, Wilderness, Vessel States and (k)no(w)here to high critical acclaim. Heavily influenced by Joy Division, Wilderness create sweeping, hypnotic and memorable music with an assault of guitars and heavy, dominating drum beats. 2) Band from west covina, CA. 4 members. laura, danny, andy, and andre.

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The Tea Party

The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band from Windsor, Ontario, with blues, progressive rock and Middle Eastern influences who formed in 1990 and disbanded in October 2005. They reformed in 2011 to play some shows in Canada. They have released seven albums commercially during their time together. Guitarist and vocalist Jeff Martin, who has perfect pitch, was also producer for almost all of their albums.

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David Devant & His Spirit Wife

Formed in Brighton in the early 1990s, David Devant and his Spirit Wife are a glam-pop band that named themselves after a Victorian magician. Renowned for live shows that originally included ‘music hall’-style props, the band has recently toned down its stage performances but still tours regularly. The band’s lead singer – The Vessel – also performs on his own under the pseudonym “Mr Solo”. Bands myspace page Bands label site

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Transport Aerian

The project was founded in 2003 by singer/multi-instrumentalist Hamlet. It always aimed at the wide area of progressive music, supported by vanguard lyrics. After years of live shows, in 2007, in his own recording studio, Hamlet began working on a conceptual album titled: 'The Dream'. The album represented a dark and gloomy mix of progressive rock, trip-hop, ambient and industrial music and was released in march 2008.

Read more about Transport Aerian on Last.fm.

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Dianoya

A common passion, inspiration and way of seeing the world led, in June 2008, two friends - guitarist Janek Niedzielski and vocalist Filip Zielinski - to join forces on a project called Dianoya. Their musical pathways had previously crossed many times, but it was not until Dianoya that they began to compose together. Before long they assembled a full band: longtime friend and drummer Łukasz Chmielinski; bassist Adam Pierzchała; and at the end of the year guitarist Maciej Papalski.

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