Stackridge - The Forbidden City [2007, Prog Folk, Progressive Rock, DVD9]

ANDY DAVIS - guitar, keyboard & vocal
MUTTER SLATER - flute & vocal
CRUN WALTER - bass guitar
JAMES WARREN - rhythm guitar & vocal
GLENN TOMMEY - keyboards
NIGEL NEWTON - lead guitar
RACHEL HALL - violin
SARAH MITCHELL - 2nd violin & vocal
ANDY MARSDEN - drums

Often billed as the West Country Beatles, this Bristol sextet started out of the local folk scene from there and developed
quickly a strange presence on stage with the group using rhubarb leaves and dustbin lids as stage props and their strange
cartoon-like characters described in their songs, a bit reminiscent of Gong's Planet Gong. The debut album (recorded only as a
quintet) is full of those very bizarre heroes, but let's some real space for instrumental interplay often mixing their folk rock
with symphonic instrumentation. By the second album, the again-sextet was building a healthy following in the club and
university circuit.
Their fixation with the Beatles pushed them to require Sir George Martin's services for their third album Bowler Hat, but
although the group gained a better visibility, it was at the expense of the humour and group soul. This will cause such a rift
in the band that even before the album got a release, only two members were left in the band. Having to rebuild the group, they
got transferred to Elton John's private label Rocket Records (still distributed by MCA) and in came Rod Bowkett (who will write
most tunes on the new album) and Audience's Keith Gemmel, which will change the sound of the band since they now have two wind
players. The ensuing album Extravaganza returns to the madness of their first two albums with the second side simply mind-
blowing. The group will again disintegrate and will reform with original bassist Crun Walter back in the fold and Dave Lawson
(ex-Web/Samurai and then-Greenslade) as a guest. Their album will a full-blown concept album describing Mr Mick's daily life and
dreams.

Title: Stackridge (2007) - The Forbidden City DVD9
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