| 词条 | Pendragon (band) |
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| name = Pendragon | background = group_or_band | image = Nick Barrett at BalticProgFest (2008-07-25)1.jpg | image_size = 250 | landscape = Yes | caption = Nick Barrett in festival "Baltic Prog Fest 2008" in Kernavė, Lithuania on 25 July 2008. Performing acoustic program with Clive Nolan. | origin = Stroud, Gloucestershire, England | genre = Neo-progressive rock, progressive metal | years_active = 1978-present | label = Metal Mind, Toff Records, Inside Out, Snapper | associated_acts = | website = www.pendragon.mu | current_members = Nick Barrett Peter Gee Clive Nolan Jan-Vincent Velazco | past_members = John Barnfield Alan Gyorffy Nigel Harris Matt Anderson Rick Carter Fudge Smith Joe Crabtree Scott Higham Craig Blundell }} Pendragon are an English neo-progressive rock band established in 1978 in Stroud, Gloucestershire as Zeus Pendragon by guitarist and vocalist Nick Barrett. The Zeus was dropped before the band started recording as the members decided it was too long to look good on a T-shirt.[1] There were a few personnel changes in the early days, but since 1986 the lineup has remained relatively stable (with only the drummer changing twice since then) and the band is still active as of 2018. HistoryThe band were active in the progressive rock revival spearheaded by the likes of Marillion, Pallas, Solstice and Twelfth Night in the early 1980s,[2] and indeed (like their peers IQ) often appeared as support acts to Marillion and other major neo-prog bands, both on tours and at the famous Marquee venue which hosted many regular prog evenings. After their debut album, The Jewel, the band pursued a more commercial direction, documented in the Kowtow album and the Red Shoes and Saved By You EPs, but despite these efforts failed to break through to a mainstream audience. In 1991 the band established their own label, Toff Records,{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} and released the archival release The Rest of Pendragon, a collection of EP tracks, and the studio album The World, in which they returned to a more progressive style that the band would continue to develop over their next three studio albums, The Window of Life, The Masquerade Overture, and Not Of This World. From this point on their fortunes have improved, and whilst they are still relatively obscure in their home country they have a significant following in Europe; in particular, they have managed to develop a strong fanbase in Poland, and have both released at least one compilation specifically for the Polish market and recorded several live albums there. In 2002 the band released Acoustically Challenged, documenting an "unplugged" session with a number of the band's songs retooled for acoustic instruments, which was originally broadcast on Radio 3 Warsaw. This was considered an unusual move for a prog rock band, since progressive rock tends to focus a lot on the use of electronic synthesisers and electric guitars; however, the melodic qualities of the band's compositions proved to be well-suited to an acoustic context, and the album was reasonably successful. This heralded a new willingness to experiment on the part of the band, following a run of studio albums all broadly in the same vein as "The World". On 2005's Believe they took their music in a somewhat darker direction, causing a certain amount of controversy amongst their fans. 2008's Pure, which featured elements of progressive metal, refined the style of Believe and was very well received by the progressive rock fandom, being voted Album of the Year 2008 on DPRP.[3] On the community website progarchives.com Pure enjoyed the current "most popular album" spot for a period in 2008, and remains in the site's top 10 prog releases of 2008 (as voted by site users). On 21 April 2009, Pendragon released a live album and DVD, Concerto Maximo, that was shot in Katowice on 13 October 2008. It was filmed and edited by Metal Mind. It was released in several versions - a 2 CD release, featuring just the audio from the show, a DVD, featuring the full show, and a DVD and 2 CD special edition, which was limited to 1000 copies. In October 2010, the band recorded the follow-up to Pure, the album Passion which was released in the Spring of 2011. This was followed by Men Who Climb Mountains in 2014. Both albums continued the darker, heavier, more progressive metal-influenced direction of the band. In April 2014 the band announced that they had parted ways with drummer Scott Higham for "personal reasons".[4] He was then replaced by Craig Blundell. In June 2015, Craig was replaced by Jan-Vincent Velazco. Members
TimelineImageSize = width:1000 height:400 PlotArea = left:200 bottom:120 top:0 right:05 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1978 till:11/11/2018 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:3 ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:1978 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1978 Colors = id:voc value:red legend:Vocals id:g value:green legend:Guitars id:key value:purple legend:Keyboards id:b value:blue legend:Bass id:dr value:orange legend:Drums id:alb value:black legend:Studio_releases LineData = at:01/01/1985 layer:back at:01/01/1988 at:01/01/1991 at:01/01/1993 at:10/09/1996 at:12/06/2001 at:18/10/2005 at:01/10/2008 at:19/04/2011 at:01/10/2014 PlotData = width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,–4) bar:Nick Barrett from:start till:end color:g bar:Nick Barrett from:start till:end color:voc width:3 bar:John Barnfield from:start till:01/07/1984 color:key bar:Rick Carter from:01/07/1984 till:01/07/1986 color:key bar:Clive Nolan from:01/07/1986 till:end color:key bar:Clive Nolan from:01/07/1986 till:end color:voc width:3 bar:Peter Gee from:start till:end color:b bar:Alan Gyorffy from:start till:01/07/1978 color:dr bar:Nigel Harris from:01/07/1978 till:01/07/1984 color:dr bar:Matt Anderson from:01/07/1984 till:01/07/1986 color:dr bar:Fudge Smith from:01/07/1986 till:01/07/2006 color:dr bar:Joe Crabtree from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2008 color:dr bar:Scott Higham from:01/07/2008 till:01/07/2014 color:dr bar:Craig Blundell from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2015 color:dr bar:Jan-Vincent Velazco from:01/07/2015 till:end color:dr Discography{{Main|Pendragon discography}}
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pendragon.mu/biog/|title=Biography|work=pendragon.mu|accessdate=15 December 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/22/prog-rock-genesis-rush-mostly-autumn|title=Go back to go forward: the resurgence of prog rock|author=Alexis Petridis|work=the Guardian|accessdate=15 December 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dprp.net/dprpoll/2008/index.php |title=DPRPoll 2008 |publisher=dprp.net| accessdate=10 May 2010}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pendragon.mu/breaking-news/|title=Breaking News|work=pendragon.mu|accessdate=15 December 2014}} External links{{Commons category|Pendragon}}
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