T2 (band)
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T2 were a British
progressive rock
band, best known for their 1970 album
, It'll All Work Out in Boomland
. It is regarded as an excellent album by the progressive rock community.
, Neon Pearl, which was led by their drummer
, Pete Dunton. Dunton was by 1968 a member of Please, which also included fellow Neon Pearl member Bernard Jinks. When that band broke up in 1969, due to Dunton's joining Gun alongside Adrian Gurvitz
, Jinks became a member of Bulldog Breed.
T2 then formed when Dunton reunited with bassist Jinks, and late period Bulldog Breed guitarist, Keith Cross (born in 1952). The trio played a form of psychedelic or proto-prog rock, which was similar in content to that played by the earlier bands its members had been in.
Recording It'll All Work Out In Boomland, the trio played a series of successful dates and returned to the studio to begin work on their follow-up. In 1972, while recording material for their second album, T2 disbanded due to internal conflict. The breakup caused the unfinished album to be shelved until the early 1990s, when redistribution of It'll All Work Out In Boomland sparked a brief T2 reunion, although without Keith Cross.
The band now consisted of Dunton, Jinks and Moore. T2 released Second Bite (1992), Waiting For The Band (1993) and On The Frontline (1994). By the time Waiting For The Band was released, Jinks had left the group and Moore had shifted to bass to accommodate their new guitarist, Ray Lee. The reformation of T2 did provide the chance for the band to complete the unfinished tracks from their original follow-up to It'll All Work Out In Boomland. Released in 1997 and titled Fantasy (it is also known simply as T2), this album is a companion to It'll All Work Out In Boomland, and is notable as most of the songs were written by the original line-up.
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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...
band, best known for their 1970 album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, It'll All Work Out in Boomland
It'll All Work Out in Boomland
T2 were a British progressive rock band, best known for their 1970 album, It'll All Work Out in Boomland. It is regarded as an excellent album by the progressive rock community.-Track listing:* In Circles Dunton * J. L. T...
. It is regarded as an excellent album by the progressive rock community.
Career
T2 evolved from an earlier bandMusical 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...
, Neon Pearl, which was led by their drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
, Pete Dunton. Dunton was by 1968 a member of Please, which also included fellow Neon Pearl member Bernard Jinks. When that band broke up in 1969, due to Dunton's joining Gun alongside Adrian Gurvitz
Adrian Gurvitz
Adrian Gurvitz is an English singer, musician and songwriter.-Career:...
, Jinks became a member of Bulldog Breed.
T2 then formed when Dunton reunited with bassist Jinks, and late period Bulldog Breed guitarist, Keith Cross (born in 1952). The trio played a form of psychedelic or proto-prog rock, which was similar in content to that played by the earlier bands its members had been in.
Recording It'll All Work Out In Boomland, the trio played a series of successful dates and returned to the studio to begin work on their follow-up. In 1972, while recording material for their second album, T2 disbanded due to internal conflict. The breakup caused the unfinished album to be shelved until the early 1990s, when redistribution of It'll All Work Out In Boomland sparked a brief T2 reunion, although without Keith Cross.
The band now consisted of Dunton, Jinks and Moore. T2 released Second Bite (1992), Waiting For The Band (1993) and On The Frontline (1994). By the time Waiting For The Band was released, Jinks had left the group and Moore had shifted to bass to accommodate their new guitarist, Ray Lee. The reformation of T2 did provide the chance for the band to complete the unfinished tracks from their original follow-up to It'll All Work Out In Boomland. Released in 1997 and titled Fantasy (it is also known simply as T2), this album is a companion to It'll All Work Out In Boomland, and is notable as most of the songs were written by the original line-up.