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Tag Archives: Empire
Tribute to Peter Banks’ EMPIRE Gets A Second Chapter
February 13, 2025

A few months ago, when arrived of Mark Murdock launching another project, EMPIRE IN RUINS, to continue what he started as a drummer of Peter Banks’ EMPIRE and his own THE NEW EMPIRE, it seemed like a one-off endeavor, its … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Empire, Empire In Ruins, Fernando Perdomo, Mark Murdock
Mark Murdock Pays Homage To Peter Banks On New Set Of Pieces
November 2, 2024

“The halls of faded figures”: this is the first line of the first song on the “Mark V” album by EMPIRE IN RUINS, a new project by Japan-based multi-instrumentalist Mark Murdock who once upon a time was a drummer in … Continue reading
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Tagged Empire, Empire In Ruins, Mark Murdock, Peter Banks
THE NEW EMPIRE – Second Lifetime
December 7, 2020

Forward Motion 2020 Homage to a progressive rock father figure turns into a promising project to stitch time and carry on reigning. It was always unfinished business with EMPIRE – the ensemble formed by Peter Banks, when he had left … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Empire, Fernando Perdomo, Mark Murdock, prog rock, Sydney Foxx, The New Empire
THE NEW EMPIRE Strike Forward
August 26, 2020

If there ever was an ensemble in need of closure, it’s EMPIRE. Formed in 1973 by Peter Banks, when the guitarist had left behind both YES and FLASH, and Sidonie Jordan, who performed under nom de guerre Sydney Foxx, this … Continue reading
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Tagged Empire, Fernando Perdomo, Mark Murdock, Sidonie Jordan, Sydney Foxx, The New Empire
EMPIRE – The Complete Recordings
February 15, 2018

Cherry Red 2017 Featuring Peter Banks and Sydney Foxx, the entire output – or, rather, input – of the most unfortunate, if enduring, offshoot of a prog institution. With none of their albums landing a proper release and having a … Continue reading
Posted in Reissues
Tagged box set, Empire, fusion, Mark Murdock, Peter Banks, prog rock, Sidonie Jordan, Sydney Foxx