In an intriguing twist, the rebuilt Mabel Greer’s Toyshop now includes — just as it did in 1967 — two members associated with Yes. Only, it’s not the same two members.
Back then, this psychedelic precursor band featured Chris Squire and the late Peter Banks, both of whom would later serve as co-founders of Yes. Today, stalwart MGT members Chris Bayley and Bob Hagger are joined by Billy Sherwood and Tony Kaye, the latter of whom actually joined future Yes frontman Jon Anderson in a very late edition of Mabel Greer’s Toyshop in ’68.
Together, they’re helping to realize a dream long deferred for Bayley, MGT’s composer, vocalist and guitarist, and long-time bandmate drummer Bob Hagger. Their first song, the opener from the forthcoming New Way Of Life, moves with a narrative force from the spectral toward the muscular, fleshing out the band’s initial Summer of Love amalgam of influences. If anything, this is something in between what we’ve come to understand about both Yes and Mabel Greer’s Toyshop, in particular in the way this song expands on its basic template of mathematical structures, bucolic harmonies and cumulus guitar.
Read on...
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO
 | Union (Standard DVD) DVD - £9.99 |
 | Union (2CD) 2CD - £7.99 |
 | Rock Of The 70's DVD - £12.99 |
| Rock of the 70s DVD - £9.99 |
No comments:
Post a Comment