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Artist : Abel Ganz Country : UK Release : The Deafening Silence Year : 1994 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
Abel Ganz have been together for nearly 20 years, but had been away
from the scene for some time. The band were formed in 1980 by Hugh
Carter and Hew Montgomery. Influenced by such bands as Yes, Genesis,
Pink Floyd and ELP, the writing of material headed in the direction of a
‘progressive rock style’!
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Artist : Abel Ganz Country : UK Release : The Dangers Of Strangers Year : 1988 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
After an 85' tour throughout Scotland Abel Ganz would again face the
cruel reality of line-up changes.They hired a new vocalist, Martin
Haggerty, who only played two gigs with the band, and in 1986 Weir left
to be replaced by Alan Quinn.The track ''The dangers of strangers'' was
recorded for the ''Double exposure'' compilation album, but soon the
band fell apart.Hew Montgomery made an attempt to revive Abel Ganz in
1987 and former members Hugh Carter and Malky McGiven joined him,
however they went on basically as a studio project, lacking the
additional crew to perform live.A new cassette-album was released by the
trio in 1988, ''The dangers of strangers''.They were joined by
ex-bandmates Paul Kelly and Alan Reed in a couple of tracks, while
session drummer Denis Smith took over the drum duties.The album was
re-released in CD on Ugum, as all of the early Abel Ganz works.
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Artist : Abel Ganz Country : UK Release : Gratuitous Flash Year : 1984 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
By 1983, the band were joined by vocalist Alan Reed and recorded their
first full album ‘Gratuitous Flash’, released on cassette in 1984 to
coincide with a period of extensive gigging culminating with an
appearance at the Radio Clyde Kelvingrove Festival.
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Artist : Abel Ganz Country : UK Release : Back From The Zone Year : 2006 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 VBR Info:
Abel Ganz have been together for nearly 20 years, but had been away
from the scene for some time. The band were formed in 1980 by Hugh
Carter and Hew Montgomery. Influenced by such bands as Yes, Genesis,
Pink Floyd and ELP, the writing of material headed in the direction of a
‘progressive rock style’! Abel Ganz have released 'Back From The Zone' -
a remastered 'best of' CD with one re-recorded track and one new track.
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Artist : Abel Ganz Country : UK Release : Shooting Albatross Year : 2008 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 256 Info:
This is a far, FAR departure from their 80's output and while it
retains a lot of melody and hook characteristic of the neo-prog stable,
it's way more symphonic now. I'm definitely not saying their early
output is bad, in fact I think Gullibles Travels is a fantastic album
and well represents the era, this is just far close to what say,
Phideaux is doing now rather than a rehash of the classic 80's bombastic
sound. These 4 lengthy compositions are just filled with wonderful
auditory snacks that beg for repeated munching and for me this is the
key to ANY prog rock, otherwise what's the point, just listen to the
radio for the forgettable stuff. This is food for the pure prog lovers
as it's all here, tasty moog, varied tempos, smooth guitar leads and
just overall incredibly competent musicianship from a group of people
who have clearly matured musically over the years like a fine wine.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
