Druid

Created in 1971 by older schoolmates Dane Stevens and Cedric Sharpley, along with local bass player Neil Brewer, Druid spent years playing golf clubs like a trio before successful a competition by Melody Maker to discover the best unsigned strap. At this time they added Andrew McCrorie-Shand, a recently available London University of Music graduate. The Melody Manufacturer prize included fresh tools and a documenting agreement, and their debut recording made an appearance in July 1975 among envious whispers by rival rings and music magazines. The music group had a hard period shaking the charge of buzz, and they had been also charged in a few quarters to be Yes soundalikes — Starcastle in the U.S. was later on to become tarred using the same clean. (Actually, Druid was an starting act at several Yes concerts.) The Yes assessment, though a clear one, isn’t completely accurate. While Dane’s vocals are obviously designed after Jon Anderson, and Neil Brewer’s bass gets the traditional pick-driven Rickenbacker growl connected with Chris Squire, all of those other music group departs from your method; McCrorie-Shand’s unadorned key pad parts, for instance, have little in keeping using the lavishly baroque adobe flash of Rick Wakeman or the martial Hammond pounding of Tony Kaye. Using the launch of their second recording in the springtime of 1976, the music group distanced themselves using their creation and Melody Machine cable connections. It couldn’t replace the weaker materials on the sophomore effort, as well as the music group finally known as it quits. Cedric Sharpley was to discover success soon soon after, though, by signing up for up with a fresh and unusual music group led by an unusual fellow called Gary Numan.