Thanks and recommendations « Result #6 on May 2, 2004, 11:39pm »
I just wanted to thank the Gagliarchives radio program 88.9/95.1FM and at z889.com in the Philadelphia area for playing our music. Thank you for listening to our stuff. TEXTAlso, I'm looking forward to seeing you blokes and lassies at our next gig on 5/21/04 at the Central Park Grill in Buffalo. Can anyone recommend to me some interesting new alcoholic drinks or specialty beers? I'm growing tired of the same old beers and bar drinks. Please send your ideas my way.
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Re: Initiation euro review « Result #7 on Apr 21, 2004, 8:47pm »
I can only take all those comparisons as compliments - especially the Starcastle reference - one of my favorite bands since my buddy Mike McGuire turned me on to them a few years back - definitely the "American YES".
Hey, if anyone who has heard the CD wants to write a review, please post it here - we're always interested in what our 'fans' have to say!
Initiation euro review « Result #8 on Apr 15, 2004, 11:25am »
INITIATION ‘INITIATION’ (INDEPENDENT)
INITIATION is a band from the New York city area playing good old late 70s/early 80s Progressive Pomprock. 7 songs are on their CD, and when you listen to opener “Designer drugs” it’s more like a trip down to memory lane, because this is prime-time classic 80s Prog/Pomprock meets Neo-Prog. The sound quality and instrumental back-up is quite perfect, but also vocally this is very impressive stuff. Guitarist/Lead singer Mark Partyka has a fantastic voice, reminding me of PETER GABRIEL (his GENESIS period) meets FISH (MARILLION). That first song “Designer drugs” is really sensational, midtempo with lots of keys and excellent vocals, a bit straight-forward 70s midtempo beat, ending up sounding like a perfect mix between very early GENESIS, SAGA, MARILLION and STARCASTLE. It’s quite unusual to hear an American band playing a sort of Neo-Prog style a la IQ, MARILLION, PALLAS... but INITIATION also has that slight late 70s American Pomprocktouch sometimes (a la STARCASTLE/ROADMASTER), and that makes this band quite special I think. Happily all 7 included songs are in the same style, so it’s 40 minutes pleasure while listening to this album. Besides the fantastic opener, other highlights are “Vultures”, “Crystal beach” (pure early 70s GENESIS) and “Seasons change”. I can easily highly recommend this band to both Neo-Progfreaks and fans of classic late 70s Pomprock, because this band has found a perfect style combining both styles. More info can be found at: http://www.initiationmusic.com and e-mail them at: DRKMARKUS@AOL.COM
i really enjoyed the cd.time for more shows and exposure.i think you should join some yahoo groups and push your debut release.your favorite bootlegger