.gif)
Pallas (band)
Encyclopedia
Pallas are a progressive rock
band
based in the UK
. They were one of the bands at the vanguard of what was termed neo-progressive during progressive rock
's second-wave revival in the early 1980s. (Other major acts included Marillion
, IQ
, Twelfth Night
, Pendragon
, Quasar
and Solstice
.)
and called his new band Rainbow
. Pallas began hitting the club circuit at the beginning of a grassroots revival of full-blown progressive rock; which, at the time, was extremely unfashionable due to the overwhelming influence of pop
and New Wave
. They eventually secured a successful headlining run at London's Marquee Club
(a hotbed for the neo-progressive revival). A highlight of their set at that time and also a highlight of the early Marquee shows (until the Marquee threatened to ban the band if they did not stop playing it) was a track called "The Ripper". A fifteen-minute epic about child abuse, insanity, rape and murder, the climax of "The Ripper" featured lead singer Euan Lowson dressed half as an old man, half as a woman, acting out a chilling rape on stage (the Yorkshire Ripper
case was still, at the time, a fresh news
item).
After releasing a self-produced LP entitled Arrive Alive (recorded in Scotland
in 1981), Pallas was courted by EMI
Records (who had just signed contemporaries Marillion) and went into the recording studio
with Yes
/Emerson, Lake & Palmer
engineer
Eddy Offord to record
the album that would become The Sentinel. The plan was that The Sentinel would be a recorded version of The Atlantis Suite, an epic centrepiece of the band's live performances at the time based around a futuristic version of the story of Atlantis
, with plenty of references to the Cold War
.
All this boded well for Pallas, but EMI's initial interest in the band waned, as did Offord's enthusiasm for producing the album properly. In order to increase the commercial potential of the group's major label debut the running order was changed, adding more commercial songs and removing much of the Atlantis Suite material. As a result of all these factors, when The Sentinel was released in 1984 it was regarded as a compromised affair by all involved (despite sporting what was regarded as one of the genre's most beautiful covers
ever, illustrated by Patrick Woodroffe
). The excised Atlantis Suite tracks were issued as B-sides
on singles
at the time of the album's release, and in 2004 a remastered version of the album was released with the Atlantis Suite finally intact and as the band intended it.
Some elaborately staged shows in the UK
(using The Sentinel concept as the theme, and featuring props by the special effects team from Doctor Who
) failed to generate the needed interest, and by the time the band was ready to record their second album for EMI, Lowson decided to leave the band (and the music industry). In the wake of Lowson's departure the band recorded the Knightmoves EP
with new singer Alan Reed, former vocalist and frontman with Abel Ganz (cf. Abel Gance
). The centre-piece of the EP was the epic Sanctuary, and early editions of the EP also included a bonus 7"
featuring two tracks recorded as demos
. The band went on to record a second EMI album, The Wedge.
The band fell into a semi-dormant state for a number of years, but CD reissues of the back catalogue, with extra tracks and re-engineered versions of The Sentinel, kept interest alive. Pallas persevered on and off for several years, and in 1999 released a comeback album, Beat the Drum. This featured a harder sound, returning to the band's classic rock roots but still retained a progressive sound with glimpses of the epic on tracks such as album closer, "Fragments of The Sun". This was enough to revive interest in the band, and saw the internet
become an important component in their career. By now the band was a spare time activity for its members, but still they managed regular studio output and occasional short tours of Europe and North America. The Cross & the Crucible
, a loose concept album
exploring the historical tension between religion and science was released in 2001. The Dreams of Men was released in 2005, supplemented by Paul Anderson
on violin
, and the classical
singer, Pandy Arthur.
In common with a number of others from the 1980s neo-prog scene, notably IQ
, the band continued to pursue their musical interests. In spite of being largely ignored by major record label
s and the mainstream music press
, with the support of the German
independent record label
InsideOut, the band continue to record and play regular live dates, particularly in Northern Europe. Recent years have also seen a number of supplementary releases, such as two from the Radio Clyde
River Sessions series, a double live collection, several official bootleg recordings and Mythopoeia, an archive CD-Rom
of audio and video material from the band's history.
With effect from 28 January 2010, lead singer Alan Reed left the band he had fronted for the past 26 years. He has been replaced by Paul Mackie.
On 27 July 2010 the band announced to have signed a new record deal for three albums with Music Theories/Mascot Records. The new album, XXV, was released 27 January 2011. The band confirmed that the album will be the successor to their 1984 release The Sentinel, thematically.
On Sunday 24 July 2011 Pallas opened the Prog Stage at the High Voltage Festival
in London. Their half-an-hour set largely contained material from 'XXV', plus the song 'Eyes in the Night (Arrive Alive)'. Concert Live recorded the performance.
Unlike the later releases this debut effort features a totally different musical style. Whereas Pallas has been compared with their contemporary competitors Marillion
regularly, this EP is more in the verve of early material by The Police
.
Both aforementioned tracks saw a re-release on the Mythopoeia compilation in 2000.
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
based in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. They were one of the bands at the vanguard of what was termed neo-progressive during progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
's second-wave revival in the early 1980s. (Other major acts included Marillion
Marillion
Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...
, IQ
IQ (band)
IQ are a British neo-progressive rock band founded by Mike Holmes and Martin Orford in 1981 following the dissolution of their original band The Lens...
, Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night (band)
Twelfth Night are an English neo-progressive rock band of the 1980s, reformed in 2007.-Formation:The seeds of Twelfth Night were sown when guitarist Andy Revell and drummer Brian Devoil joined forces on 23 February 1978 to win a talent competition at Reading University. The road crew included Geoff...
, Pendragon
Pendragon (band)
Pendragon are an English neo-progressive rock band established in 1978 in Stroud, Gloucestershire as Zeus Pendragon by guitarist and vocalist Nick Barrett. The Zeus was dropped before the band started recording as the members decided it was too long to look good on a t-shirt...
, Quasar
Quasar (band)
Quasar was formed in 1979 by founder Keith Turner. They found themselves to be amongst a movement of British bands during the early 1980s, including Marillion, Pendragon, IQ, Twelfth Night, Solstice and Pallas, that continued in the progressive rock style created by 1970s bands such as Genesis and...
and Solstice
Solstice (UK band - progressive)
Solstice Neo-progressive rock bandNot to be confused with other bands of the same name, Solstice are a British neo-progressive rock band formed in 1980 and based in the UK...
.)
Career
Beginning life as 'Rainbow', they dropped the name after Richie Blackmore left Deep PurpleDeep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...
and called his new band Rainbow
Rainbow (band)
Rainbow were an English rock band, controlled by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from 1975 to 1984 and 1994 to 1997. It was originally established with American rock band Elf's members, though over the years Rainbow went through many line-up changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up...
. Pallas began hitting the club circuit at the beginning of a grassroots revival of full-blown progressive rock; which, at the time, was extremely unfashionable due to the overwhelming influence of pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
. They eventually secured a successful headlining run at London's Marquee Club
Marquee Club
The Marquee was a music club first located at 165 Oxford Street, London, England when it opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts.It was also the location of the first ever live performance by The Rolling Stones on 12 July 1962....
(a hotbed for the neo-progressive revival). A highlight of their set at that time and also a highlight of the early Marquee shows (until the Marquee threatened to ban the band if they did not stop playing it) was a track called "The Ripper". A fifteen-minute epic about child abuse, insanity, rape and murder, the climax of "The Ripper" featured lead singer Euan Lowson dressed half as an old man, half as a woman, acting out a chilling rape on stage (the Yorkshire Ripper
Peter Sutcliffe
Peter William Sutcliffe is a British serial killer who was dubbed "The Yorkshire Ripper". In 1981 Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attacking seven others. He is currently serving 20 sentences of life imprisonment in Broadmoor Hospital...
case was still, at the time, a fresh news
Current affairs (news format)
Current Affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of news stories that have recently occurred or are ongoing at the time of broadcast....
item).
After releasing a self-produced LP entitled Arrive Alive (recorded in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
in 1981), Pallas was courted by EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
Records (who had just signed contemporaries Marillion) and went into the recording studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
with Yes
Yes (band)
Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
/Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, also known as ELP, are an English progressive rock supergroup. They found success in the 1970s and sold over forty million albums and headlined large stadium concerts. The band consists of Keith Emerson , Greg Lake and Carl Palmer...
engineer
Audio engineering
An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
Eddy Offord to record
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
the album that would become The Sentinel. The plan was that The Sentinel would be a recorded version of The Atlantis Suite, an epic centrepiece of the band's live performances at the time based around a futuristic version of the story of Atlantis
Atlantis
Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC....
, with plenty of references to the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
.
All this boded well for Pallas, but EMI's initial interest in the band waned, as did Offord's enthusiasm for producing the album properly. In order to increase the commercial potential of the group's major label debut the running order was changed, adding more commercial songs and removing much of the Atlantis Suite material. As a result of all these factors, when The Sentinel was released in 1984 it was regarded as a compromised affair by all involved (despite sporting what was regarded as one of the genre's most beautiful covers
Album cover
An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing...
ever, illustrated by Patrick Woodroffe
Patrick Woodroffe
Patrick James Woodroffe is an English artist, etcher and drawer, who specialises in fantasy science-fiction artwork, with images that border on the surreal...
). The excised Atlantis Suite tracks were issued as B-sides
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
on singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
at the time of the album's release, and in 2004 a remastered version of the album was released with the Atlantis Suite finally intact and as the band intended it.
Some elaborately staged shows in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
(using The Sentinel concept as the theme, and featuring props by the special effects team from Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
) failed to generate the needed interest, and by the time the band was ready to record their second album for EMI, Lowson decided to leave the band (and the music industry). In the wake of Lowson's departure the band recorded the Knightmoves EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
with new singer Alan Reed, former vocalist and frontman with Abel Ganz (cf. Abel Gance
Abel Gance
Abel Gance was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. He is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse , La Roue , and the monumental Napoléon .-Early life:...
). The centre-piece of the EP was the epic Sanctuary, and early editions of the EP also included a bonus 7"
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
featuring two tracks recorded as demos
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
. The band went on to record a second EMI album, The Wedge.
The band fell into a semi-dormant state for a number of years, but CD reissues of the back catalogue, with extra tracks and re-engineered versions of The Sentinel, kept interest alive. Pallas persevered on and off for several years, and in 1999 released a comeback album, Beat the Drum. This featured a harder sound, returning to the band's classic rock roots but still retained a progressive sound with glimpses of the epic on tracks such as album closer, "Fragments of The Sun". This was enough to revive interest in the band, and saw the internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
become an important component in their career. By now the band was a spare time activity for its members, but still they managed regular studio output and occasional short tours of Europe and North America. The Cross & the Crucible
The Cross & the Crucible
The Cross & the Crucible is the fifth studio album by the British neo-progressive band Pallas, released in 2001.-Track listing:# "The Big Bang" – 3:08# "The Cross & the Crucible" – 9:17# "For the Greater Glory" – 7:37# "Who's to Blame?" – 4:45...
, a loose concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
exploring the historical tension between religion and science was released in 2001. The Dreams of Men was released in 2005, supplemented by Paul Anderson
Paul Anderson
- Politics and public figures :* Paul Anderson , member of the Minnesota House of Representatives* Paul H. Anderson , U.S. judge* Paul Francis Anderson , U.S...
on violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, and the classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
singer, Pandy Arthur.
In common with a number of others from the 1980s neo-prog scene, notably IQ
IQ (band)
IQ are a British neo-progressive rock band founded by Mike Holmes and Martin Orford in 1981 following the dissolution of their original band The Lens...
, the band continued to pursue their musical interests. In spite of being largely ignored by major record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
s and the mainstream music press
Music journalism
Music journalism is criticism and reportage about music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as 'classical music'. This aspect of music journalism, today often referred to as music criticism , comprises the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of...
, with the support of the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
InsideOut, the band continue to record and play regular live dates, particularly in Northern Europe. Recent years have also seen a number of supplementary releases, such as two from the Radio Clyde
Radio Clyde
Radio Clyde is a division of Bauer Radio based in Glasgow, Scotland. They currently operate an FM station and an AM station from studios in Clydebank West Dunbartonshire.- History :...
River Sessions series, a double live collection, several official bootleg recordings and Mythopoeia, an archive CD-Rom
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
of audio and video material from the band's history.
With effect from 28 January 2010, lead singer Alan Reed left the band he had fronted for the past 26 years. He has been replaced by Paul Mackie.
On 27 July 2010 the band announced to have signed a new record deal for three albums with Music Theories/Mascot Records. The new album, XXV, was released 27 January 2011. The band confirmed that the album will be the successor to their 1984 release The Sentinel, thematically.
On Sunday 24 July 2011 Pallas opened the Prog Stage at the High Voltage Festival
High Voltage Festival
High Voltage is a music festival held in Victoria Park, London. The event hosts artists from various strands of rock music, including classic rock, progressive rock, and heavy metal. The first festival was held on the 24 and 25 July 2010...
in London. Their half-an-hour set largely contained material from 'XXV', plus the song 'Eyes in the Night (Arrive Alive)'. Concert Live recorded the performance.
Studio albums
- The SentinelThe Sentinel (Pallas album)The Sentinel is the debut album by British Progressive rock band Pallas. It is a concept album with lyrics based upon Cold War themes, using a futuristic version of the tale of Atlantis as a metaphor for a technologically advanced society brought to the brink of destruction...
(1984) UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
#41 - The Wedge (1986) UK #70
- Beat the Drum (22-03-1999)
- The Cross & the CrucibleThe Cross & the CrucibleThe Cross & the Crucible is the fifth studio album by the British neo-progressive band Pallas, released in 2001.-Track listing:# "The Big Bang" – 3:08# "The Cross & the Crucible" – 9:17# "For the Greater Glory" – 7:37# "Who's to Blame?" – 4:45...
(25-06-2001) - The Dreams of MenThe Dreams of MenThe Dreams of Men is the sixth studio album by the British neo-progressive band Pallas, released in 2005.-Track listing:# "The Bringer of Dreams"# "Warriors"# "Ghostdancers"# "Too Close to the Sun"# "Messiah"# "Northern Star"# "Mr Wolfe"...
(21-10-2005) - XXV (27-01-2011)
Compilation albums
- Sketches (ca. 1990) - cassette release only
- Knightmoves to Wedge (1992) - re-release of The Wedge with tracks from Knightmoves 12" single interspersed; this was later withdrawn in favour of a remastered edition of The Wedge with the Knightmoves tracks added at the end.
- Mythopoeia (2002)
- The Sentinel Demos (2009) - download-only release from the band's homepage
Live albums
- Arrive Alive (1981)
- Live in Southampton (1986) - cassette only fanclub release
- Live our Lives - 2000 (2000)
- The Blinding Darkness (15-09-2003)
- The River Sessions 1 (2005)
- The River Sessions 2 (2005)
- Live From London 1985 (2005)
- Official Bootleg 27/01/06 (2006)
- Moment to MomentMoment to MomentMoment to Moment is a 1966 film directed by Mervyn LeRoy starring Jean Seberg as a married woman who has an affair which leads to murder....
(2008)
Singles (UK releases)
- § indicates a non-album studio track at the time of the initial release. At present (2011), only the two Alan Reed demo tracks and the extended remix of Throwing Stones at the Wind remain exclusive to the initial vinyl release.
- Arrive Alive (1981?) - 7"
- Arrive Alive, Stranger on the Edge of Time §
- Paris is Burning (1983) - 7" - 12"
- Paris is Burning §, The Hammer Falls §, Stranger on the Edge of Time § (on 12" only)
- Eyes In The NightEyes in the NightEyes in the Night is a 1942 American mystery film directed by Fred Zinnemann based on Baynard Kendrick's 1941 novel The Odor of Violets .- Plot summary :...
(1984) - 7" - 7" picture disc - 12"- Eyes in the Night, East West §, Crown of Thorns § (on 12" only)
- Shock Treatment (1984) - 7" - 7" poster sleeve - 12"
- Shock Treatment, March On Atlantis §, Heart Attack § (on 12" only)
- Knightmoves (1985) - 7" - 12" - 12" picture disc - 12" with bonus 7"
- Strangers §, Nightmare §, Sanctuary § (on 12" only)
- initial copies contain bonus 7" single with the Alan Reed Demo tracks Mad Machine § and A Stitch in Time §, which are band compositions used as auditioning tracks when Alan Reed came up for the vocalist job.
- Throwing Stones at the Wind (1986) - 7" - 12"
- Throwing Stones at the Wind (extended mix) §, Cut and Run (live version), Crown Of Thorns (live version; on 12" only)
- Monster (radio edit) (2010) - download only single from the band's homepage; full version on the album XXV.
- Atlantean (2011) - download only single from the band's homepage; non-album track. This instrumental track is used as the intro on the 2011 tour, meant as a prelude to the opening track of XXV, Falling Down.
EPs
- PALLAS EP a.k.a. Sue-I-Cide EP (1978) - debut recording privately released in February 1978 on the mini label Sue-I-Cide from Aberdeen. Manufactured in a quantity of 1,000 items of which around 700 were sold at gigs. The tracks comprised Reds under the Beds, Wilmot (Dove House), Thought Police and C.U.U.K. which are all exclusive to this release. Comes in a plain white paper sleeve with a name/logo stamp in one corner.
Unlike the later releases this debut effort features a totally different musical style. Whereas Pallas has been compared with their contemporary competitors Marillion
Marillion
Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...
regularly, this EP is more in the verve of early material by The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
.
- Complimentary Tape 25/04/98 (1998) - given out to fans who wanted to attend the gig on 25/04/1998 that was cancelled on short notice as a compensation for the inconvenience caused. The blank tape contains demo versions of Beat The Drum and Blood And Roses from the then-to-be-released album Beat The Drum plus an alternate take of Refugee from the never released Voices In The Dark album. Due to the circumstances of its existence this tape is - apart from the 1978 Sui-I-Cide EP - the most scarce item in Pallas' discography. The three tracks saw a broader release through the Mythopoeia compilation in 2000.
Compilation appearances
- SI Magazine: Compilation Disc (1991) - CD
- Pallas contributed War Of Words from the unreleased Voices In The Dark album to this compilation of the Dutch progressive rock magazine SI.
- SI Magazine: Compilation Disc (1993) - CD
- Pallas contributed Never Too Late from the unreleased Voices In The Dark album to this compilation of the Dutch progressive rock magazine SI.
Both aforementioned tracks saw a re-release on the Mythopoeia compilation in 2000.
- Mannerisms - A Celebration Of The Music Of Geoff Mann (1994) - CD
- Pallas contributed What In The World to this tribute compilation to the work of the late neo-progressive rockNeo-progressive rockNeo-progressive rock is a sub-genre of progressive rock, developed in the UK and popular in the 1980s, although it lives on today....
artist Geoff Mann, who died the previous year. Other notable bands on the album include IQIQ (band)IQ are a British neo-progressive rock band founded by Mike Holmes and Martin Orford in 1981 following the dissolution of their original band The Lens...
, GalahadGalahad (UK band)Galahad are an English Progressive rock band formed in 1985. Despite never having a major record deal, they have released 6 studio albums, 3 live albums and 3 rarities collections. Over the last 25 years they have supported the likes of Pendragon, IQ and Twelfth Night...
, PendragonPendragon (band)Pendragon are an English neo-progressive rock band established in 1978 in Stroud, Gloucestershire as Zeus Pendragon by guitarist and vocalist Nick Barrett. The Zeus was dropped before the band started recording as the members decided it was too long to look good on a t-shirt...
, JadisJadisJadis is a U.K. neo-progressive rock group. They play guitar-driven rock with the use of synthesizers to add depth and atmosphere, and an emphasis on melody. They are currently signed to InsideOut Music....
and Mann's own band Twelfth Night. - In addition, Alan Reed, the Pallas vocalist, collaborated with Clive NolanClive NolanClive Nolan is a British musician, composer and producer who has played a prominent role in the recent development of progressive rock...
(Pendragon, ArenaArena (band)Arena are a British neo-progressive rock band founded in 1995 by Clive Nolan and Mick Pointer. Most of the band's lyrics are written by Nolan, though Pointer contributed lyrics to Sirens and other tracks on the first two albums....
) on another track on the compilation, Love Song.
- Pallas contributed What In The World to this tribute compilation to the work of the late neo-progressive rock