HW: offshoot bands

[Chris Warburton]

At 08:45 23/07/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>> > Hmm.  How do you feel about violin driven hard rock that sounds
>>> > something like Deep Purple jamming with Hawkwind with Cream
>>> > occasionally sitting in?
>>Didn't you just describe--ugh--Kansas?  Oops, sorry dudes, I promised
>>not to fuck with Geddy's kids...
>>theo
>
>No, Kansas is violin driven soft rock that sounds like Chicago
>jamming with Steely Dan with Michael Jackson doing the odd vocal
>here and there:-)
>
>Totally different head.  (Although even I must admit that Kansas
>had a couple of good songs.)
>
>JB
>

I could get into a flaming mode here: I hardly think that Steely Dan
deserve to be lumped in with Chicago, Kansas OR the boy who drinks
Domestos.  (I do confess a small soft spot for the Chicago Transit
Authority album, but only small).

ChrisW

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