Qango
| Qango | |
|---|---|
 Collage of the band members |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Progressive Rock , AOR |
| founding | 1999 |
| resolution | 2000 |
| Founding members | |
| Carl Palmer | |
Vocals, bass
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John Wetton |
| Dave Kilminster | |
| Keiran twist | |
| former members | |
| John Young | |
Qango was a progressive rock / AOR band that emerged from a failed attempt at reunification by the band Asia and played with the Asian musicians John Wetton , Carl Palmer and John Young .
history
Band formation
The renewed contact between the Asia musician Geoff Downes (keyboard) and the former Asia singer John Wetton in July 1998 and the dissolution of Emerson, Lake & Palmer in December of the same year allowed the four Asia founders Downes to reunite for a short time, Wetton, Carl Palmer (drums) and Steve Howe (guitar) appear possible. However, Steve Howe remained a permanent Yes member and was unwilling to join Asia, so they turned to Dave Kilminster as a replacement. But Wetton's alcohol problem and the fact that Downes was the only one in favor of the participation of his Asian colleague John Payne as well as Paynes's refusal to cede his rights to the name Asia to the three other musicians led Downes to back down because of him the risk of jeopardizing the collaboration with Payne (and thus the band Asia) because of a few reunion concerts was too great.
Palmer and Wetton then decided to form their own band with Kilminster. They hired keyboardist Keiran Twist as the fourth member, who was then replaced by former Asia member John Young , and called the new band Qango.
Stewart Young from Part Rock was hired as manager.
tour
The band's first concerts were planned for November 1999, but Wetton broke his wrist and the tour had to be postponed to spring 2000.
Qango played a number of concerts in England from February to May 2000. The band played a mixture of Asia ( Time Again , Sole Survivor , Heat of the Moment , The Smile Has Left Your Eyes , Only Time Will Tell , Don ' t Cry ) and ELP pieces ( Bitches Crystal , Hoedown , Fanfare for the Common Man ) with cover versions (including Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower ), original compositions ( The Last One Home by Wetton / Young, from the time in which Young had been a member of Asia, Battlelines by Wetton) and various solos were combined. With Walking on Air , a previously unreleased Asia piece was presented live for the first time.
At a concert on February 4, 2000, Keith Emerson , ex-keyboardist for Emerson, Lake & Palmer , played Fanfare for the Common Man with the band .
Album Live in the Hood
In 2000 the album Live in the Hood was released on ELP's Manticore label , which was created on the occasion of concerts at The Robin Hood in Birmingham (February 3, 2000) and at The Brook in Southampton (February 7). The album was mixed by Paul Kennedy at Liscombe Park Studios in Soulbury .
A studio album was also planned, but when the band split up in 2000, no recordings had taken place.
resolution
Further concerts in Europe, the USA (in halls of the House of Blues chain ) and Japan were planned, but were canceled due to a lack of demand. The band then broke up in the summer of 2000.
Carl Palmer formed his own band after the breakup of Qango, while John Wetton pursued his solo career. Dave Kilminster joined the Keith Emerson Band from 2003 to 2005 , John Young switched to Greenslade and gives concerts as a soloist or with his John Young Band.
swell
- Forrester, George / Martyn Hanson / Frank Askew: Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The show that never ends. A musical biography. London 2001. ISBN 1-900924-17-X .
- Gallant, David: Asia. Heat of the moment. New York 2007. ISBN 978-0-9796881-0-2 .
- Edward Macan: Endless Enigma. A musical biography of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Chicago, Illinois 2006. ISBN 0-8126-9596-8 .
Web links
- Qango at Rock Reviews (english)
- Qango on the baby blue pages