Flash (band)
| Flash | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Progressive rock |
| founding | 1971 |
| resolution | 1973 |
| Founding members | |
| Colin Carter | |
| Peter Banks | |
| Mike Hough | |
| Ray Bennett | |
| former members | |
Keyboard |
Tony Kaye |
Flash was an English progressive rock band active in the 1970s .
history
The group was founded in August 1971 by Peter Banks , who had just left the later very successful band Yes . In the winter of 1971/72 Flash recorded their first album , together with the former Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye , who shortly afterwards founded Badger . Attempts to replace Kaye with a new keyboardist ( Rick Wakeman and Patrick Moraz were in discussion) failed, so the band continued as a quartet and successfully gave concerts in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the USA. The increasingly rare keyboard passages were taken over by the singer Colin Carter.
The group was musically comparable to the early Yes and had a single hit with the title Small Beginnings . Of her first album, which was recorded by Martin Birch , she was able to sell over 100,000 copies.
As a result of waning success, Banks separated from the group in November 1973, which led to its dissolution. The third album, which was already completed by then, was released under the name Flash - featuring England's Peter Banks .
After several unsuccessful attempts at reunification, Flash appeared again in 2010 with a different line-up - without Banks.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 US
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| 1972 | Flash |
US33 (29 weeks) US |
First published: 1972
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| 1973 | In the Can |
US121 (13 weeks) US |
First published: 1973
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| Out of our hands |
US135 (8 weeks) US |
First published: 1973
|
more publishments
- 1997: Psychosync
- 2013: In Public
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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US
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| 1972 | Small Beginnings Flash |
US29 (12 weeks) US |
First published: June 1972
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Web links
- Flash on the baby blue pages