Pendragon (band)

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Pendragon is an English neo-prog band.

history

Pendragon was founded in 1978 under the name "Zeus Pendragon" by the singer and guitarist Nick Barrett (born June 8, 1961). The component "Zeus" was dropped before the first recordings. After there had been some personnel changes in the early days of the band, the line-up remained unchanged from 1986. It was not until 2006 that Joe Crabtree replaced the original drummer Fudge Smith and was again replaced by Scott Higham in 2008. Craig Blundell has been playing the drums since 2014.

On the occasion of their 30th anniversary, Pendragon went on an extensive European tour in autumn 2008, which also took them to Germany for five concerts. In 2011 the studio album Passion was followed by a major European tour. In October 2014, the tenth studio album Men Who Climb Mountains was released .

style

The music of Pendragon is dominated by the emotional guitar playing and singing of Nick Barrett. In the course of the more than 30-year history of the band, the style of the band has changed significantly: While the first albums were clearly influenced by neo-prog and bands like Marillion , AOR and new-art rock influences were added later.

Discography

Studio albums

  • The Jewel (1985)
  • Kowtow (1988)
  • The World (1991)
  • The Window of Life (1993)
  • The Masquerade Overture (1996)
  • Not of This World (2001)
  • Believe (2005)
  • Pure (2008)
  • Passion (2011)
  • Men Who Climb Mountains (2014)
  • Love over Fear (2020)

Mini albums

  • Fly High Fall Far (1984)
  • Fallen Dreams and Angels (1994)
  • As Good as Gold (1996)

Live albums

  • 9:15 am Live (1986)
  • The Very Very Bootleg (1993)
  • Utrecht ... the Final Frontier (1995)
  • Live in Kraków (1997)
  • Live at Last ... and More (2002)
  • Acoustically Challenged (2002)
  • Liveosity (2004)
  • And Now Everybody to the Stage (2006)
  • Concerto Maximo (2009)
  • Out of Order Comes Chaos (2013)
  • Masquerade 20 (2017)

Best of albums

  • The Rest of Pendragon (1991)
  • 1984-96 Overture (1998)
  • Once upon a Time in England Vol. 1
  • Once upon a Time in England Vol. 2
  • The Round Table (2001, reissued from 1984 to 1996 Overture)
  • The History 1984-2000 (2000)

DVDs

  • Live at Last ... and More (2002)
  • Liveosity (2004)
  • A Rush of Adrenaline (2006)
  • And Now Everybody to the Stage (2006)
  • Past and Presence (2007)
  • Concerto Maximo (2009)
  • Out of Order Comes Chaos (2013)
  • Masquerade 20 (2017)
  • Pendragon 2010 live in Aschaffenburg

  • Nick Barrett, vocals, guitar, founder of Pendragon

  • Clive Nolan, Keyboard, 2010

  • Peter Gee, Bass, 2010

  • Scott Higham, drums, 2010

Web links

swell

  1. ↑ Pendragon in the Swiss hit parade
  2. ↑ Pendragon Has A New Drummer . Retrieved October 11, 2014.