Octopus

Octopus’ origins place in Hatfield, 30 kilometers from London, and a mid-’60s quartet called the Cortinas (the name originated from an British Ford small car), composed of Paul Griggs (acoustic guitar), Nigel Griggs (bass), Brian Glassock (drums), and Rick Williams (acoustic guitar). By 1967, the Cortinas experienced relocated from Brit defeat into pop-psychedelia and cut a unitary (“Phoebe’s Flower Store”) for Polydor without achievement. The following season, the quartet renamed and redirected itself and Octopus was created. The music group gained a support place to Yes that was, itself, an up-and-coming group at that time. They also made an appearance on stage with works like Position Quo and Humble Pie, and had been uncovered by Troggs bassist Tony Murray, who helped have them a record cope with indie producer Larry Web page, who was simply the Troggs’ supervisor. Octopus was agreed upon to Cent Farthing and released an individual, “Have a good laugh at the indegent Guy” b/w “PARTNER,” in 1969. Midway through the documenting of their debut record, Restless Evening, Glassock and Williams give up the music group, and it had been a re-formed Octopus, with John Make on keyboards and Malcolm Green in the drums, that completed the record with Murray creating. The ensuing LP was well-known in Hatfield but under no circumstances found an viewers somewhere else. Restless Evening was a amazingly pop-oriented affair taking into consideration Murray’s regular gig. The music is certainly in the simple, commercial pop aspect, using the psychedelic components mainly in the fuzztone acoustic guitar and body organ flourishes, blended with the music’s general melodic character. The music group was sufficient to obtain booked in to the Marquee Golf club in London in 1969, but their profession arc was a lot more shallow than that of heavier excess weight contemporaries such as for example Ruler Crimson. The group pressed on for another 2 yrs, including trips of European countries, but disbanded in 1972. John Make later became a member of Mungo Jerry, while Malcolm Green and Nigel Griggs later on became users of Break up Enz. Observe for Kilometers reissued Restless Night time with extra songs from their singles in the 1990s. This group offers nothing in connection with the music group called Octopus that documented for ESP by the end from the 1960s, or the newer music group from the same name.