Triumvirate (band)

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Triumvirat was a progressive rock band from Germany that was founded in 1969 by Jürgen Fritz , Hans Bathelt and Dick W. Frangenberg . Her last album was released in 1980 as a solo project by Fritz with guest musicians from 1976 onwards.

history

The band played progressive rock , based on the style of Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Focus . From the beginning, composer and keyboardist Jürgen Fritz dominated the band. The group also included a drummer and a bassist, who changed frequently, such as drummer Curt Cress , bass player Dieter Petereit , guitarist and bassist Jan Akkerman or Helmut Köllen, and singer Barry Palmer , who later became a singer with Mike Oldfield .

In 1974 Triumvirate toured the US for three months (with Fleetwood Mac ) and managed to get the record Illusions on a Double Dimple into the Billboard charts. The Cologne Express wrote of the 1976 album Old Loves Die Hard : “Your LP 'Old Loves Die Hard' brought you gold in Portugal. The enthusiasm was even greater in Brazil. Here they climbed to 4th place in the popularity scale. After Beatles , Yes and Genesis . "

In 1976 Fritz separated from the rest of the group and from then on only used guest musicians. Due to disputes over the naming rights, the following album Pompeii was released in 1977 under the band name "New Triumvirate". After two more works in 1978 and 1980, the band's history ended, Fritz turned to other projects.

In the early 2000s there was an unsuccessful attempt to bring the band back to life. Some demos were presented from an album The Website Story , completed in 2002 , in which Fritz and Cress, among others, Grant Stevens , John Miles and TM Stevens were involved, but the work itself remained unpublished.

Band members

Discography

  • 1971: Dancers Delight / Timothy (single)
  • 1972: Mediterranean Tales: Across the Waters (LP)
  • 1974: Illusions on a Double Dimple (LP)
  • 1975: Spartacus (LP)
  • 1976: Old Loves Die Hard (LP)
  • 1977: Pompeii (LP, as New Triumvirate )
  • 1978: The Hymn / Dance On The Vulcano (single, as New Triumvirate )
  • 1978: A la Carte (LP)
  • 1979: Waterfall (single, hit in the Netherlands)
  • 1980: Russian Roulette (LP)
  • 2002: The Website Story (unpublished)
  • 2012: Essential (CD, sampler)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kölner Express of May 5, 1977
  2. ↑ Kölner Express of February 11, 1977
  3. ↑ a b Triumvirate. Retrieved July 9, 2020 .
  4. ↑ babyblaue-seiten.de: German prog of the 70s: Triumvirate