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There are at least two different artists with the name Colosseum:
1. A British progressive jazz-rock band formed in 1968.
2. A funeral doom metal band from Finland. They released three full-length albums before disbanding.
1. Colosseum is a British progressive rock / jazz-rock band formed in 1968 by drummer Jon Hiseman, tenor sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith and bass player Tony Reeves, who had previously worked together in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers on the Bare Wires album. Dave Greenslade, on organ, was immediately recruited, and the line-up was completed by Jim Roche on lead guitar and James Litherland on guitar and vocals. Roche only recorded one track before being dropped. British Colosseum made their live debut at the Scene Two club in Scarborough. They were later recorded by influential BBC Radio One DJ John Peel for his Top Gear Radio program. This appearance gained them valuable exposure and critical acclaim.
Colosseum’s first album, Those Who Are About To Die Salute You, was released by the Fontana label in 1969. Colosseum also played on the “Super Session” film with Jack Bruce, Roland Kirk Quartet, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills & Buddy Guy. Colosseum’s second album, also in 1969, was Valentyne Suite, notable as the first release on the Vertigo label, who also first signed heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. The Vertigo label was launched by Philips to sign and develop the more ‘progressive’ artists, such as Manfred Mann Chapter lll and Ian Carr’s Nucleus, that did not fit the main Philips Records brand.
1. A British progressive jazz-rock band formed in 1968.
2. A funeral doom metal band from Finland. They released three full-length albums before disbanding.
1. Colosseum is a British progressive rock / jazz-rock band formed in 1968 by drummer Jon Hiseman, tenor sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith and bass player Tony Reeves, who had previously worked together in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers on the Bare Wires album. Dave Greenslade, on organ, was immediately recruited, and the line-up was completed by Jim Roche on lead guitar and James Litherland on guitar and vocals. Roche only recorded one track before being dropped. British Colosseum made their live debut at the Scene Two club in Scarborough. They were later recorded by influential BBC Radio One DJ John Peel for his Top Gear Radio program. This appearance gained them valuable exposure and critical acclaim.
Colosseum’s first album, Those Who Are About To Die Salute You, was released by the Fontana label in 1969. Colosseum also played on the “Super Session” film with Jack Bruce, Roland Kirk Quartet, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills & Buddy Guy. Colosseum’s second album, also in 1969, was Valentyne Suite, notable as the first release on the Vertigo label, who also first signed heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. The Vertigo label was launched by Philips to sign and develop the more ‘progressive’ artists, such as Manfred Mann Chapter lll and Ian Carr’s Nucleus, that did not fit the main Philips Records brand.
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Chapter 1: Delirium
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Chapter 3: Parasomnia
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Daughter Of Time
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BlackMorticia incredible band.
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AinaraHaiducci Juhani Palomaki was a genius and is a legend. [3]
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nomapple Funeral Doom band is pretty fucking amazing.
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pr0dz Juhani Palomaki was a genius and is a legend. [2]
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NixEverAfter Juhani Palomaki was a genius and is a legend.
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