Discografie:quote:Formed in the 1980s, IQ is comprised of Martin Orford, Paul Cook, Mike Holmes, Peter Nicholls, and John Jowitt. This prolific band has released 14 albums, beginning with 1983's Tales From the Lush Attic. They followed two years later with The Wake and Living Proof was also released in 1995. The next year saw the group release Nine in a Pond Is Here and Nomzamo came out in 1987. It was two years before they would release another disc, Are You Sitting Comfortably? and after another two years, IQ released J'ai Pollette D'arnu. 1993 saw the release of Ever and it would be three years this time until the world would see another album by IQ, Forever Live, released both in standard form and as a box set. The following year the group released Subterranea and Seven Stories Into '98 came out, appropriately enough, in 1998. The Lost Attic was released in 1999 and two more followed in 2000: the first was the live album, Subterranea: The Concert, and the second was The Seventh House.
Die kon ik ff niet vinden en de Lens was me even ontschoten. Zo zou je trouwens ook de volgende erbij kunnen zetten:quote:Op zaterdag 22 mei 2004 00:29 schreef fripper het volgende:
Dan hebben we verder nog een cd van The Lens. The Lens was de voorloper van IQ (tot 1981) . Deze cd hebben Martin Orford en Orford echter pas in 2001 opgenomen.
Best een aardig album, niet top. In 87 uitgebrachtquote:After Peter Nicholls left IQ in 1985 he formed the band Niadem's Ghost, together with
Dave Bennett (guitar), Brian Granthum (drums) and Dave Thompkins (bass). 1986 saw the
independant release of their album 'In Sheltered Winds', which was musically very
different to IQ, being more commercial and straightforward (more like Big Country,
Fisher Z and somewhat like the Simple Minds).
In 1992 this album was re-released on CD by GEP with three extra bonus tracks from the
'Thirst' demo the band made a year after the release of 'In Sheltered Winds'.
Peter Nicholls: "The idea behind this was to do something completely different from IQ.
A lot of people, or certain people, expected an IQ part 2, which would have been a bit
strange because then I wouldn't have had to leave IQ ! I also had the feeling I wouldn't
be able to find better musicians to play that kind of music, so I really wanted something
different. Therefore the sound of Niadem's Ghost was brought back to the essence; an
idea to start all over again. Furthermore, the other members of Niadem's Ghost didn't like
all that 'ex-IQ'-stuff they heard everybody talking about. I can understand that because it
was really me and the other three. And when the band was interviewed we always got
questions about IQ. That put me in a difficult position because I was proud of the things
I had done with IQ; it were the personal things beside the music which made it difficult.
Niadem's Ghost eventually broke up because there was no more money, basically"
Hij zou uit moeten zijn dus morgen nog maar ff kijken.quote:Op zaterdag 22 mei 2004 00:29 schreef fripper het volgende:
En de stukjes van het nieuwe album die op de website staan klinken wel weer erg lekker.
Muadibquote:Wie is de derde persoon die dit boeit ?
quote:Op zaterdag 22 mei 2004 01:00 schreef OProg het volgende:
Muadib
Eerste indruk : Hij is goed, en het laatste nummer (Harvest of Souls) is behoorlijk heel erg bijzonder goed.quote:Sacred Sound (11:40)
Red Dust Shadow (5:53)
You Never Will (4:54)
Born Brilliant (5:21)
Harvest Of Souls (24:30)
Muzikaal ook niet beroerd trouwens .quote:You, like me, were raised to be
A million times admired
Unlike mine, your family line
Were all born brilliant liars
Zeker als je het vergelijkt met The Seventh House ; daar vond ik het toetsenwerk maar tamelijk onopvallend eigenlijk.quote:Op maandag 28 juni 2004 10:51 schreef Sunjammer het volgende:
Sterk toetsenwerk
Klopt zeker ; Vooral Sacred Sound en You Never Will zouden zo uit de 'Tales from the Lush Attic' -tijd kunnen komen.quote:Op zaterdag 26 juni 2004 01:19 schreef OProg het volgende:
Ben het wel met Fripper eens, het valt me eig op hoeveel hij terug grijpt naar Ever maar ook naar de eerste 2 albums qua geluid.
Ik moet steeds aan oude Genesis albums denken zoals Selling England en The Lamb Lies Down enzo... and that's not a bad thing. `quote:Op maandag 28 juni 2004 15:06 schreef OProg het volgende:
Dat Orford solo album is vooral een erg braaf album (van iemand die volgens mij ook erg braaf is )
Dat van die 2 nummers klopt, maar ook de sfeer komt op mij erg als "Ever" over
Het blijft ook inderdaad vrij snel hangen. Dat laatste stukje van 'Harvest of Souls" komt me trouwens wel heel bekend voor...
http://www.gep.co.uk/iq/quote:10th February 2005
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
It is with enormous sadness that we have to announce Paul Cook's decision to leave IQ. His solid and inventive drumming has been the backbone of the band for 23 years and it goes without saying that Mike, Martin, Peter and John are all extremely sorry to see him go. Cookie’s departure marks the end of a long and illustrious era for IQ and the start of a challenging new phase.
Here are some words from Cookie himself:
"Dear all,
After what seems like a lifetime with the band, I find myself in need of a change of life so I'm off to the highlands of Scotland to roam about a bit and generally find myself!!! Sarah and I will be moving to the far north to pursue a hunting, fishing and shooting kind of life - probably.
I wish the band and my successor all the best for the future.
Cookie"
The live dates in July will be Cookie's final appearances with IQ.
We have been in contact with possible replacements but if anyone out there feels they might have what it takes to occupy Cookie's drum stool, we would be very interested to hear samples of your work. Please send CDs, tapes or wax cylinders, together with some information about yourself, to: Random Potato Inc, 5 St Paul’s Terrace, 82 Northwood Street, Birmingham B3 1TH. Email: GEP2@hotmail.com. Official auditions will be lined up at the earliest opportunity.
quote:With great sadness, we have to announce that Martin Orford has decided to leave IQ. A founder member of the band since its inception in 1981, his contribution to IQ in the years since then has been incalculable. Everyone will be extremely sorry to see him go but we wish him every success in his future endeavours.
Martin explains the reasons for his decision:
"So...26 years in IQ. Well, it had to end sometime and after a lot of thought I've decided to (metaphorically speaking) hang up my keyboard player's cape and give someone else a chance.
There are lots of factors that contributed to my decision so I won't bore you with too many details, but basically I've just become weary of the whole process of 'being in a band' and I need a bit of time and space to do my own thing, and hopefully to re-discover some of the joy and enthusiasm that brought me into music in the first place. Including The Lens, Jadis and the John Wetton Band I've been in bands continuously for 30 years now with hardly a pause for breath and I urgently need a break from all that intensity.
And it has been incredibly intense and not without a certain amount of friction. IQ has always prided itself on being a democracy but in recent years I've found myself increasingly at odds with the process of all the band members writing together. Having been brought up with classical music where it's perfectly usual for everything to be written by one person, I've never felt at all comfortable with the idea of collective writing. I guess I'm just not a natural team player when it comes to music.
IQ is not something that I walk away from lightly. It's a fantastic band, easily the best of the Class of '83 that came through in the New Wave of Prog Rock, and we've done some brilliant stuff which I'll always be proud of. But as I've grown as a musician and a writer, I've found that I need to work and interact with other musicians less and less, and whilst I remain in a band, the vision I have for a piece of music is often blurred or altered out of all recognition by the intervention of others. So, rather than have a solo career that is almost permanently on hold because of IQ commitments, I now want to seize the opportunity to make my own music in my own way. It may be, of course, that the public deem it to be unmitigated rubbish, but I hope maybe you'll give it a chance.
And it goes without saying that I hope IQ will continue for many more years. Of course it will be different without my involvement, but it might even be better. People almost always overstate the impact of line-up changes - would Pink Floyd have made 'The Dark Side of the Moon' if Syd Barrett had been with them, or would Fleetwood Mac have made 'Rumours' if Peter Green was still in the band? Probably not, but both are iconic albums nonetheless.
Finally, a big thank you to all the band members for their understanding and support following my decision to leave. Everyone has been incredibly sensible and grown-up about the whole thing. Although I won't miss the collective writing process at all, I will miss each and every one of the members of IQ. They're a decent bunch at the end of the day."
Martin's final appearance with IQ will be at the Pierre-Péladeau Center in Montreal on 16th September 2007.
The good news is that IQ will continue and they would like to hear from any keyboard players interested in stepping into Martin's illustrious shoes. Please email us at: iqkeyboards@gep.co.uk. Live dates in November and December will still be going ahead. Meanwhile, work progresses on the new studio album, with Martin's involvement, although the release date has been put back while the band concentrate on recruiting a new keyboard player. Full details will be announced nearer the time.
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