Tag Archives: John Wetton

ALAN SIMON – Excalibur V: Move, Cry, Act, Clash!

January 6, 2022

Spirit Of Unicorn Music 2021 Producing aural imagery out of rage, stellar cast of ongoing rock opera deliver a lackluster tapestry. Having always felt more like franchise than a loose framework for songs that don’t fit Alan Simon’s stage-set projects … Continue reading →

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VARIOUS ARTISTS – Legends Play The Beatles

September 17, 2021

Cleopatra 2021 Rock elite and kindred spirits try to put a new spin on perennial classics – with much gusto and mixed results. Covering The Fabs used to be a blessing an a curse. For musicians who started out in … Continue reading →

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PHENOMENA – Anthology

July 18, 2019

The Right Honourable 2019 Burning with desire a quarter of a century down the line, opening trilogy of ambitious sci-fi tale is distilled and fleshed out. Concept albums were thin on the ground and quite unpopular in the ’80s, yet … Continue reading →

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PHENOMENA – II: Dream Runner

January 27, 2019

Ariola 1987 / Cherry Red 2018 Sweet escapism into nightmare in search of tinseltown acceptance – with fallen heroes and unsung angels. Given its strong melodic focus, “Phenomena” – the of Tom Galley’s sci-fi project might have lacked commercial appeal … Continue reading →

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WETTON-DOWNES / ICON – Zero

April 28, 2018

Stallion 2001 / Epicon 2017 No rest for the wicked: power pop drivers recover the path to their backroads and untrodden tracks to reveal the tunes that never stopped flowing. ASIA may have run the band’s course by 1986, but … Continue reading →

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