Eloy
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Eloy is a German progressive rock band, whose musical style includes symphonic and space rock, the latter theme being more prevalent on earlier albums.
The band took their name from the Eloi, a futuristic race of people in the H.G. Wells novel The Time Machine.
Founded in the late 1960s by guitarist Frank Bornemann, the band has endured several line-up changes, with Bornemann being the only consistent member of the group. In the 1980s, after a series of major splits in the group, Bornemann pursued a more commercial direction. Despite attracting a large following, the band never gained popularity in the United States.
However, in later years, former members of the band re-joined, and in 1998 fans delighted in hearing Ocean 2, a return to the classic symphonic progressive genre that the band was so well known for. A sequel to the 1977 original, it is commonly thought among fans that it successfully recaptures the spirit of the band, and is a worthy follow-up to the much beloved classic[citation needed].
Of the band's numerous records, fans generally consider Inside, Floating, Dawn, Ocean, Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes, Planets and Ocean 2 to be the superior albums[citation needed].
Despite their nationality, the band are not generally considered krautrock due to their sound which has much more in common with English progressive groups such as Yes.
[edit] Personnel & discography
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| 1973 | |
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| 1976-1979 |
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| 1980-1981 | |
| 1982-1984 | |
| 1984-1987 | Band split. |
| 1988-1993 |
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| 1994-1997 |
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| 1998-present |
[edit] Studio & live albums
- Eloy (1971)
- Inside (1973)
- Floating (1974)
- Power and the Passion (1975)
- Dawn (1976)
- Ocean (1977)
- Live (1978)
- Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes (1979)
- Colours (1980)
- Planets (1981)
- Time to Turn (1982)
- Performance (1983)
- Metromania (1984)
- Codename Wildgeese (1985)
- Ra (1988)
- Rarities (1991)
- Destination (1992)
- Chronicles I (1993)
- Chronicles II (1994)
- The Tides Return Forever (1994)
- The Best of Eloy Vol.I - The Early Days 1972-1975 (1994)
- The Best of Eloy Vol.II - The Prime 1976-1979 (1996)
- Ocean 2: The Answer (1998)
- Timeless Passages (2003)
