THINKING PLAGUE
Jazz Related Improv/Composition • United States
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This most challenging of U.S.-based avant-prog outfits is influenced by the European Rock in Opposition scene.
The group of Colorado experimentalists known as Thinking Plague venture in adventurous, challenging, and sometimes knotty musical directions similar in many ways to the multi-genre explorations of European Rock in Opposition bands, although Plague members may sometimes be inclined to reject the RIO comparison. Led by guitarist and composer Mike Johnson (the sole bandmember who has been present on all the group's releases), Thinking Plague were initially formed in the early '80s by Johnson and bassist/drummer Bob Drake; after releasing an album titled A Thinking Plague on their own Endemic Records, the duo added vocalist Suzanne Lewis and released Moonsongs in 1987 for the British label Dead Man's Curve. Critical praise was glowing, and Thinking Plague continually added members -- reed player Mark Harris, keyboardist Shane Hotle -- and recorded In This Life for
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Moonsongs
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
1986
4.50 |
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In This Life
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
1989
4.50 |
2 ratings
In Extremis
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
1998
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