by David Weigel
Aphrodite’s Child, 137, 151–52
Apocalypse (Mahavishnu Orchestra), 116
“Apotheosis of the Necromancer,” 281
“Appena un po,” 153
Aqualung (Jethro Tull), 98
A & R Club (London, England), 65
“Are You Ready, Eddy?,” 76
Arnison, John, 251
Arnold, P. P., 20
“Arriving Somewhere but Not Here,” 277
Ars Longa Vita Brevis (The Nice), 36–38, 55
“Ars Longa Vita Brevis,” 36–38
Asia
Bill Bruford on, 250
Roger Dean’s artwork for, 280
formation of, 212–14
and Brian Lane, 208
MTV and popularity of, 233–35
and Greg Palmer, 285
Asia (Asia), 233
Asia in Asia (film), 234–35
“Assassing,” 243
“Astronomy Domine,” 264
Atlantic Records
and Buggles-Yes hybrid, 202, 205
and Roger Dean, 93
ELP Works album, 189, 190
and founding of Asia, 211
It Is and It Isn’t album for, 62
“Owner of a Lonely Heart” for, 237
and recording of 90125 album, 235–36, 237
The Yes Album promotion by, 72–73
Yes at, 54
Atomic Rooster, 64–65, 75, 86
Autobiography of a Yogi (Paramahansa Yogananda), 113
Awake (Dream Theater), 271
“Awakening,” 37
Ayers, Kevin
1980s albums of, 239–40
2007 return of, 283
after Soft Machine, 26, 45, 118–19
on George Gurdjieff, 172
and Mike Oldfield, 128, 130, 142–43
Rainbow Takeaway album of, 179–80
in Soft Machine, 20, 24
in Wilde Flowers, 15–17
and Robert Wyatt, 8, 131
B. Bumble and the Stingers, 87
Babbington, Roy, xix
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Jan Akkerman on music of, 152, 153
and “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” 21, 22
and “Brandenburger,” 36–38, 66
as influence for Mike Oldfield, 144
and Franz Liszt, 1
Bag O’Nails (London, England), 24
Baker, Roy Thomas, 202–3
Banco Mutuo Soccorso, 154–55
Banco Mutuo Soccorso (Banco Mutuo Soccorso), 154–55
Band Aid, 232
Bangs, Lester, 171
Banks, Peter (Peter Brockbanks), 20
after Yes, 95–96
and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, 263
on In the Court of the Crimson King, 55
departure from Yes, 69–71
early life, 11
and formation of Yes, 30–32
and Genesis, 34
on psychedelia, 25
in Yes, 102, 105
on Yes and King Crimson, 54
Banks, Tony
on . . . And Then There Were Three, 200
early life and influences, 11, 12
on Peter Gabriel vs. Genesis, 224–26
on Genesis and Phil Collins, 215–17, 231–33
on Genesis as three-piece group, 199
Melody Maker interview with, 176
and rise of Genesis, 79–83
on A Trick of the Tail, 177
Banton, Hugh, 46, 279
Barbieri, Richard, 258
Barclay James Harvest, xvii
Barre, Martin, 99
Bartók, Béla, 153
Basie, William James “Count,” 5
“Bastille Day,” 149, 260
Bates, Charlotte, 52
Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music, 225
BBC, See British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Court Orchestra, 287
BBC Proms, 83–85
Beach Boys, 44, 79, 146, 154
Bears, The, 249–50, 266
Beat (King Crimson), 248
Beatles, The
and American/British youth music, 44
break up of, 69
and Deram Records, 78
and Fish’s musical influences, 243
Robert Fripp on, xiv, 60
Ian Grandy on, 147
and Ian McDonald–Michael Giles collaboration, 57
mellotron use by, 28
and Procol Harum, 23–24
and progressive rock, xi
psychedelia for, 19
and Rush, 164
Robert Wyatt on, 132
Yes’s use of “Every Little Thing” by, 54
“Beauty and the Beast,” 182
Beck, Jeff, 152
Bedford, David, 120, 130
Belew, Adrian, 220–22, 245–50, 266–67
Belew, Audie, 266–67
Bell, Max, 160
Bell, Phil, 227–28, 242
Bennett, Graham, 16, 26
Bennett, Greg “Jack the Riffer,” xx
Bennett, J. G., 172
“Benny the Bouncer,” 135
Berkhamsted Civic Center, 255
Berklee College of Music, 259–60
Berlin, Jeff, 209, 221
Berlioz, Hector, 3
Bernstein, Leonard, 35, 98
Berry, Chuck, 146
“Beyond and Before,” 54
Big Generator (Yes), 262
Big Train (television series), 282–83
Billboard charts, 32, 154, 190, 237, 264
“Birdman,” 57
Bixler-Zavala, Cedric, 273
Black Moon (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 275
Black Noise (FM), 161
Black Sabbath, 108, 160, 162
Blackwater Park (Opeth), 273
Blackwell, Chris, 20, 220
Blade Runner, 215
Blake, William, 134
“Blind Man,” 78
Blodwyn Pig, 95–96
Blondie, xi
“Blues Variation,” 86
Blum, Jean-Gilles, 184
Bodast, 70, 71
Boffomundo (interview series), 197
Boléro (Maurice Ravel), 5
Bonham, John, 225
“Book of Saturday,” 124
“Border Crossing,” 161
Bostock, Gerald, 100
Boswell, Paul, xii–xiii
Bowie, David, 181–83, 185, 193, 220, 266
Brahms, Johannes, 92, 186
Brain Salad Surgery (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 134–37, 185
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Bach), 38, 66
Brandenburg Concertos (Johann Sebastian Bach), 36–38, 66
“Brandenburger,” 37, 38, 66
Brand X, 199
Branson, Richard, 120, 122, 127–30, 145
“Brazilian, The,” 232
“Breathe,” 118
Breslaw, Jody, 87
“Bringing It Back,” 159
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Colour Me Pop on, 40
Aaron Copland interview with, 190
Steve Howe interview with, 113
on pop groups and orchestras, 84
Tubular Bells performance, 129
Robert Wyatt’s Top of the Pops performance, 133
British High Court, 69
Brock, Dave, 96, 97
Brockbanks, Peter, See Banks, Peter
Brooker, Gary, 21–24, 32
Brooks, Clive, 78
Brown, Arthur, 73
Brown, James, 18, 236
Brown, John, 160
Browning, Boo, 213
Bruce, Jack, 236
Bruford, Bill
in Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, 262–63
departure from Yes, 101–3, 109
early life and influences, 11, 12
in formation of Yes, 30, 31
on Fragile, 93, 95, 101–3
with Genesis, 177, 208–10
with Hatfield and the North, 169–70
on
Tony Kaye, 90
in King Crimson, 123–25, 221, 222, 245, 246
and Patrick Moraz, 267
on progressive music, xiv
on Thrak tour, 268
on Three of a Perfect Pair album, 248–50
in U.K., 197, 208–10
Alan White as replacement for, 110
in Yes, 54, 70–73
on The Yes Album, 91
Brunson, Wes, 16–17
Buddy Rich Big Band, 31
Buffalo ’66 (film), xi
Buggles, xviii, 203–6
“Bungle in the Jungle,” 141
Burdon, Eric, 23
“Burning Rope,” 200
Burroughs, William, 7, 9, 17
Byrne, David, 218–19, 220
“By-Tor and the Snow Dog,” 162
Cale, John, 121–22, 143
Calvert, Robert, 97
Camel, 228, 241, 243, 255
Campbell, Mont, 78, 109
“Camper Velourium, The,” 272
“Can I Tell You,” 159
“Cans and Brahms,” 92
Canterbury Jazz and Folk Festival, 16
Canterbury Sound, 107–8, 131, 141, 169–70
Caravan, 107–8, 141
Caress of Steel (Rush), 149–50
Carey, Danny, 269
Carlos, Walter (Wendy Carlos), 66
Caroline Records, 120
“Carry On Wayward Son,” 160
Cars, The, 203
Carson, Phil, 235–36, 236–37
“Cat Food,” 56, 59
Catherine of Aragon, 110
“Catherine of Aragon,” 110–11
Caught in the Crossfire (John Wetton), 211
“Caught in the Crossfire,” 211
CBC Records, 161
“Celebration,” 154
“Cell 151,” 217
“Cento mani e cento occhi,” 155
“Champagne and Valium,” 239
Chandler, Chas, 24
Change Is (Newcastle, England), 43–44, 47–48
Chapman, Emmett, 181
Chariots of Fire (film), 223
Charisma (record label), 69, 79, 178, 214, 215
Charles, Ray, 133
Charlesworth, Chris, 141
Charone, Barbara, 189, 191
Charterhouse School, 33, 200
“Charting the Single,” 243
Chasse, La (London), 30
“Cheyenne Anthem,” 160–61
“Chicago,” 194
Child, Desmond, 271
Chiltern Volcanoes, 255
Chocolate Kings (Premiata Forneria Marconi), 154
“Chocolate Kings,” 154
Chrysalis Records, 44, 98
Church of England, 11–12
Cinema, 236–37
Circus (magazine), 148, 151, 162
“Cirkus,” 61
Civilian (Gentle Giant), 201
“Clap,” 71
Clapton, Eric, 152, 239
Clarke, Tony, 27–29, 50
Cleese, John, 140
Close to the Edge (Yes), 103–6, 109–10
“Close to the Edge,” 103, 104
Clutching at Straws (Marillion), 244–45, 250
Cobain, Kurt, 264
Coe, Jonathan, 281–82
“Cognitive Dissonance,” 219
Coheed and Cambria, 272
Coleman, Ray, 216
Collins, Andrea, 215–16
Collins, Chris, 260, 261
Collins, Jon, 250
Collins, Mel, 58
Collins, Phil
on Abacab, 225
with Brand X, 199
and Bill Bruford, 208
early life and influences, 11
pop tunes by, 215–16
and rise of Genesis, 80, 81
as singer for Genesis, 175–78
songwriting by, 198
success of, 231, 232
Colour Me Pop (television series), 40–41
Coltrane, John, 15
Complete Organ Works of JS Bach, The, 188, 190
“conquista della posizione eretta, La,” 155
Cooper, Alice, 180
Copland, Aaron, 136, 186, 189, 190
Cordell, Denny, 23
“Cotton Fields,” 44
“Court of the Crimson King, The,” 49, 51, 153
Cox, Billy, 94
Cramer, June Campbell, 131
Crawdaddy! (magazine), 185
Crawford, Randy, 214
Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The, 25, 73
Creation, The, 25
Creedence Clearwater Revival, 44
Creem (magazine), 221
Crest of a Knave (Jethro Tull), 262
Cross, David, 124, 125, 171
“Cross-Eyed Mary,” 99
“Cross/Hole/Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape, The,” 255
Cruise to the Edge, ix–x, xii–xiii, xvii–xx
Crystal Palace Bowl, 89
Curved Air, 77–78, 80, 197
Cutler, Chris, xvii
Daevid Allen Trio, 9
Daily Mail, 253
Dallas, Karl, 129, 142, 143, 144–45
Daltrey, Roger, 23, 139, 140
Damned, The, 199
D’Amour, Denis “Piggy,” 263
“Dance on the Volcano,” 177
“Dancing Through the Light,” 203
Dandy Fashions, 23–24
Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd), 117–18
Darwin! (Banco Mutuo Soccorso), 155
Date, Terry, 261
Davis, Michael, 219
Davison, Brian, 36, 55
Davison, Jon, xviii
“Dawn: Dawn is a Feeling,” 29
“Day Begins, The,” 29
Days of Future Passed (Moody Blues), 30
“Da zeuhl `wortz mëkanïk,” 157
Deadwing (Porcupine Tree), 277
Dean, Roger
Asia’s album art by, 213
on Cruise to the Edge, xii
Drama album art by, 205
Fragile album art by, 93–95
NEARfest artwork by, 280
Tales from Topographic Oceans album art by, 113
“Dear Lord and Father of Mankind,” 12
“Death of Mother Nature Suite,” 160
Decca Records, 1, 18, 27–30, 33
Decca Studio One, 28–29
Deep Purple, 45, 159, 162
Def Leppard, 233
“De futura,” 157
De La Soul, 114, 280–81
Delerium Records, 257
Delius, Frederick, 144
Deller, Martin, 161
“Denial,” 37
Depeche Mode, 280–81
Deram Records, 23, 28, 44, 78–79
DeRogatis, Jim, 26
Desire Caught by the Tail (Adrian Belew), 249
“Devil’s Triangle, The,” 58
Diamond, Neil, 132
Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain (Kevin Ayers), 239
Di Cioccio, Franz, 153, 154
Dick, Derek William, See Fish
Di Giacomo, Francesco, 155
Direct to Disc (FM), 161–62
Disc and Music Echo, 23, 108
Discipline (King Crimson), 247–49, 269
“Discipline,” 221, 222, 247
Discotronics, 218–19
Discreet Music (Brian Eno), 170
“Discreet Music,” 170
Djivas, Patrick, 154
Dominici, Charlie, 261
“Domino,” 233
Donegan, Lonnie, 11
Donovan, 36
Donovan, Pete, 178
“Don’t Cry,” 233–34
Doors, The, 160
“Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” 232
Downes, Geoff, xviii, 203–8, 211–14, 233
“Down the Tubes Tour,” 150
Drama (Yes), 205
Dream Theater, 261–62, 269–73
Dreggs, Dixie, 261
“Drive to 1981,” 197, 218, 221, 246
“Drop In,”
42
Drury, Ian, 199
Duke (Genesis), 215
Duran Duran, 233
“Dust in the Wind,” 161
Dvořák, Antonín, 28, 36
Dylan, Bob, 36, 44, 132
Eagles, The, 108, 190, 268
Earthworks, 268
“Easter,” 251
Eastman, Linda, 23
Eclipse (Pink Floyd), 118
Edge, Graeme, 28, 30
Edinburgh College of Art, 123
“È festa,” 154
Egg, xvii, 78, 109
EG Records, 56, 65
801 (band), 258
Electric Gypsy, 228
Electric Light Orchestra, 255
Elektra Records, 269–71
“Elephant Talk,” 246–47
Ellidge, George, 11
Ellington, Duke, 15
Ellis, Terry, 44–45, 98, 111–12
ELP, See Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP)
ELP Legacy, 286
El Rey Club (Los Angeles, California), 288–89
Emerson, Keith
in 1990s, 275
on Big Train’s ELP sketch, 282–83
on Brain Salad Surgery album, 134–37
concerto solo project of, 186–87
death of, 287–89
early experimental playing by, 18–19
early life, 10
and ELP reunion, 285–86
in Emerson, Lake & Powell, 237–39
equipment of, 14–15, 66–69
and founding of ELP, 55–56, 64–65
Peter Gabriel on, 80
and Lemmy Kilmister, 97
in The Nice, 35–39
NME interview with, 155
and Carl Palmer, 73–74
on Pictures at an Exhibition, 85–87
and Trevor Rabin, 236
on Tarkus, 75–77
in V.I.P.s, 20–21
and Rick Wakeman, 91, 116
on Works, 188–90
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), 64–69
in 1990s, 275
2010 reunion of, 285–86
Asia vs., 214
Big Train sketch on, 282
Brain Salad Surgery album, 134–37
Richard Branson on, 127
and Dream Theater, 261, 270
and Emerson, Lake & Powell, 237, 238
founding of, 64–65
friction in, 73–74
and Robert Fripp, 169, 194
hiatus of, 197
Mark Kelly on Marillion vs., 241
Moog synthesizer in sound of, 66–69
music press on, xii, 199
and Carl Palmer in Asia, 212
Pictures at an Exhibition album, 85–88
and Premiata Forneria Marconi, 153
and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, xi
and Rush, 149
and Peter Sinfield, xv
solo projects and Works album, 185–93
Tarkus album, 75–77
Yes, Genesis, and, 96
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 69
Emerson, Lake & Powell, 237–39, 275
EMI Records, 45, 229, 240, 244, 252
“End of the World,” 151
“Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits, The,” 189
English Chamber Orchestra, 36
Eno, Brian
and Kevin Ayers, 143
and Discotronics, 219
and 801, 258