Progressive Rock
UK
Comus was a British progressive rock / folk band which had a brief career in the early 1970s and has enjoyed some notoriety from collectors as being unparalleled in their genre.
he band was named after Comus, a masque by John Milton and is also from the name of the Greek god Comus. David Bowie appreciated them and used them as support band for a 1969 concert at London's Purcell Rooms.[1] Their first album, First Utterance, appeared in 1971. The music is largely acoustic art rock that blends elements of eastern percussion, early folk and animal like vocals. The music evokes many feelings, but the most dominant are fear, confusion, despair with occasional passages of tranquil beauty such as can be found in "The Herald". The lyrics are dramatic, involving violence, murder, rape, and mental disorder. Apart from three tracks on "First Utterance" (The Herald, Diana and Bitten) most of the songs were written by Roger Wootton and arranged by Glenn Goring. The group disbanded after this album, but they reunited with new members for their second album, which was to be their swansong, To Keep from Crying, in 1974.
In 2005, a complete box set was released which featured both studio albums, their only single, Diana,and a previously unreleased track called "All the Colours of Darkness". The liner notes feature an exclusive interview with some members of the band. They reformed for the Mellotronen Festival in Sweden in March 2008.
-Line up:
Lindsay Cooper / wind
Philip Barry / percussion
Gordon Caxon / drums
Didier Malherbe / saxophone
Keith Hale / keyboards
Andy Hellaby / bass
Tim Kraemer / cello
Roger Wootton / guitar and vocals
Bobby Watson / percussion and vocals
Keep From Crying (1974)
-Tracklist:
1. Down (Like a Movie Star)
2. Touch Down
3. Waves and Caves
4. Figure In Your Dreams
5. Children of the Universe
6. So Long Supernova
7. Perpetual Motion
8. Panophany
9. Get Yourself a Man
10. To Keep from Crying
11. After the Dream
UK
Comus was a British progressive rock / folk band which had a brief career in the early 1970s and has enjoyed some notoriety from collectors as being unparalleled in their genre.
he band was named after Comus, a masque by John Milton and is also from the name of the Greek god Comus. David Bowie appreciated them and used them as support band for a 1969 concert at London's Purcell Rooms.[1] Their first album, First Utterance, appeared in 1971. The music is largely acoustic art rock that blends elements of eastern percussion, early folk and animal like vocals. The music evokes many feelings, but the most dominant are fear, confusion, despair with occasional passages of tranquil beauty such as can be found in "The Herald". The lyrics are dramatic, involving violence, murder, rape, and mental disorder. Apart from three tracks on "First Utterance" (The Herald, Diana and Bitten) most of the songs were written by Roger Wootton and arranged by Glenn Goring. The group disbanded after this album, but they reunited with new members for their second album, which was to be their swansong, To Keep from Crying, in 1974.
In 2005, a complete box set was released which featured both studio albums, their only single, Diana,and a previously unreleased track called "All the Colours of Darkness". The liner notes feature an exclusive interview with some members of the band. They reformed for the Mellotronen Festival in Sweden in March 2008.
-Line up:
Lindsay Cooper / wind
Philip Barry / percussion
Gordon Caxon / drums
Didier Malherbe / saxophone
Keith Hale / keyboards
Andy Hellaby / bass
Tim Kraemer / cello
Roger Wootton / guitar and vocals
Bobby Watson / percussion and vocals
Keep From Crying (1974)
-Tracklist:
1. Down (Like a Movie Star)
2. Touch Down
3. Waves and Caves
4. Figure In Your Dreams
5. Children of the Universe
6. So Long Supernova
7. Perpetual Motion
8. Panophany
9. Get Yourself a Man
10. To Keep from Crying
11. After the Dream
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