Flying Colors

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Flying Colors
General information
Genre (s) Progressive rock , adult oriented rock
founding 2008
Website flyingcolorsmusic.com
Founding members
Casey McPherson
Steve Morse
Neal Morse
Dave LaRue
Mike Portnoy

Flying Colors is a progressive rock - supergroup consisting Casey McPherson (Alpha Rev), Steve Morse ( Dixie Dregs , Deep Purple , Kansas ), Neal Morse ( Spock's Beard , Transatlantic ), Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs, Planet X ) and Mike Portnoy (Ex- Dream Theater , Transatlantic, Liquid Tension Experiment , OSI , Adrenaline Mob , The Winery Dogs ).

history

In 2008, producer Bill Evans compiled a list of people with whom he wanted to realize his idea of ​​Flying Colors: Mike Portnoy, Steve Morse, Dave LaRue, Neal Morse and producer Peter Collins , who already worked with Rush , Bon Jovi , Elton John and Jewel Kilcher had worked together. After the four musicians and Peter Collins had agreed, the two producers started looking for a singer who could combine the band's different musical styles. Evans and Collins had gone through a list of over 100 different singers when Portnoy suggested Casey McPherson.

After almost a year of planning, the first album to be titled with the band name was completed within nine days in January 2011. In November 2011, the album was mixed by Michael Brauer, who had already worked with the Rolling Stones , Bob Dylan and Coldplay . Flying Colors was released on March 26, 2012. The band name comes from Peter Collins. He said to the musicians: “Gentlemen, you passed with flying colors.” (“People, you passed with flying colors.”).

Press opinions

Tony Conley of Rock Guitar Daily called the first album "an amazing album that covers a huge number of musical styles" and "one of the best debut albums of a band that they have ever heard" .

Rock & Roll Circus magazine rated the album ten out of ten, and the review described the album as follows: “You can't do it better than Flying Colors with their debut. Flying Colors demonstrate the fine art of how a melting pot can produce far more than average goods. (...) An absolute must buy for every listener of demanding rock music and all metallers who like to think outside the box and want to listen to their idols doing magic. "

The Drummer Magazine chose the debut album of the month, even from rock gig it got great reviews. MusicRadar called the album “really excellent” and Guitar & Bass Magazine described it as “an incredible album” .

Allmusic's Matt Collar wrote in his review:

"(...) Flying Colors delivers a batch of experimental and progressive rock that still makes room for melodic pop elements."

"(...) Flying Colors deliver a lot of experimental and progressive rock, which still leave room for melodic pop elements."

Discography

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2012 Flying Colors DE55 (1 week)
DE 		- CH44 (1 week)
CH 		- US81 (1 week)
US
2013 Live in Europe DE71 (1 week)
DE 		- - - -
recorded live on September 20th, 2012 in Tilburg (Netherlands)
2014 Second Nature DE40 (1 week)
DE 		- CH24 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK82 (1 week)
UK 		US74 (1 week)
US
2015 Second Flight: Live at the Z7 DE58 (1 week)
DE 		- CH45 (1 week)
CH 		- -
recorded live on October 12, 2014 in Pratteln (Switzerland)
2019 Third degree DE16 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT44 (1 week)
AT 		CH11 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK99 (1 week)
UK 		-

gallery

  • Casey McPherson

  • v. l. To the right: Casey McPherson, Mike Portnoy, Dave LaRue

  • Neal Morse

  • Steve Morse

  • v. l. To the right: Mike Portnoy, Dave LaRue

  • Dave LaRue

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  1. ↑ www.moderndrummer.com
  2. ↑ www.guitarworld.com
  3. ↑ www.gibson.com: Interview Mike Portnoy ( Memento from March 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ www.musikmarkt.de: Flying Colors: Interview with Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse ( memento of the original from March 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikmarkt.de
  5. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  6. ↑ Flying Colors - Live in Europe , Planetmosh, October 9, 2013
  7. ↑ Flying Colors in the Z7 (December 2019), accessed on February 13, 2020

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