Aorta (band)
Aorta was an American band in the field of psychedelic rock . She released two albums in 1969 and 1970.
history
In 1962 the band Kal David and the Exceptions was formed in Rockford (Illinois) with Kal David (vocals, guitar ), Peter Cetera ( bass , vocals), Denny Ebert ( drums , vocals) and Marty Grebb ( saxophone , keyboard , guitar, vocals) . David left the group in 1965 to join The Rovin 'Kind, which later became Illinois Speed Press ; for him came James Vincent (later known as Jim Donlinger).
At that time the band was called The Exceptions . They released a couple of singles and the EP Rock and Roll Mass before Grebb switched to The Buckinghams and was replaced by Jim Nyeholt. Billy Herman came for Ebert.
Vincent (Donlinger), Cetera, Nyeholt and Herman recorded some singles as The Exception . As the band moved towards psychedelic rock, Cetera left the group and went to "The Big Thing" which became "Chicago Transit Authority" and eventually Chicago .
With Bobby Jones as the new bass player, the group changed its name to "Aorta" in 1967. For a short time Dan Hoagland (tenor saxophone) was a member of the group. They released the single The Shape of Things to Come , written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and heard in the film Wild in the Streets (1968).
In 1969 the debut album Aorta appeared , parallel to the debut albums of the groups Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois Speed Press and The Flock , jointly marketed as "Chicago Sound". The album peaked at # 167 on the Billboard 200 . Neither the album nor the single Strange (written by Hoagland before he left the band) were commercially successful. The band opened for Led Zeppelin , Janis Joplin and The Mothers of Invention , and had a concert at the Fillmore East in New York City .
Jones and Herman left the group, and Donlinger and Nyeholt, along with Donlinger's brother Tom (drums), went to the Rotary Connection . However, they soon decided to revive the aorta. The Donlinger brothers, Nyeholt and Michael Been (bass, guitar and vocals) recorded the second album Aorta 2 , which stylistically differed greatly from the debut album and clearly moved towards country rock with Christian echoes.
After the release of the second album, Aorta broke up in 1970. Jim Donlinger and Michael Been, along with former Exceptions member Marty Grebb, joined the band Lovecraft (formerly HP Lovecraft ). Been later founded The Call .
Discography
Albums
- 1969: Aorta - # 167 on Billboard 200, re-released in 1996
- 1970: aorta 2
Singles
- 1968: Shape of Things to Come / Strange
- 1969: Strange / Ode to Missy Mxyzosptlk
- 1970: Sand Castles / Willie Jean