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Harmonie Magazine, Issue #11, June 1990 |
St. Elmo's Fire Live at the Cleveland Agora Corposant Records CRS
001 1980 "An abrupt work, that is difficult to evaluate from what is on this
album. It is hard to visualize what St. Elmo's Fire realized in their
performance at the Cleveland Agora in 1980. The first track is brutal, violent
(heavy), and deranged. This expert/connoisseur progressive band is aggressive
indeed. Imagine the sound of Hawkwind unchained/unleashed. The music changes
imperceptibly in circles/cycles similar to King Crimson. The guitar is cast in
an adventurous evolution of torture, sliding towards unchained outbursts of
apocalyptic sounds that approach Fracture or Larks Tongues In Aspic. The
overall feel is that this is the blackest, darkest of all the U.S. progressive
bands. The music is tough, arid and without concession." |
Marquee Magazine, Issue #31, 1989 |
St. Elmo's Fire Live at the Cleveland Agora Corposant Records CRS
001 1980 "Their fast paced music succeeds in the tradition of the progressive
rock genre. Also, it can be compared to King Crimson's style of music since
they push the guitar sound rather than keyboards. Because of the live
recording, this album may not fascinate you enough, but if you look at each
player individually, they make the audience very interested in them. Their
exciting performance contains a precise ensemble and accordingly all five
members have very high technique. Although the total playing time is short, it
is worth listening to all four tunes on this album. Particularly impressive are
A-2 (The Balrog) , which they say was inspired by Tolkien, and B-2 (Fantasy
Come Reality) which has a Genesis style middle part. The members are: Paul
Kollar, bass. Erich Feldman, guitar synth. Mark Helm, drums. Elliot Weintraub,
guitar & vox. Stephen John, perc.,synth & vox." |
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