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Sun Dial
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A British psychedelic rock band formed in 1990 by Gary Ramon.
The precursor to Sun Dial was Ramon’s the Modern Art, formed in the mid-’80s with a loose lineup that never played gigs but did see the release of two studio albums. Ramon disbanded the group out of a desire “to make a more live-sounding group that could go out and play”.
The band gained prominence after the release of their first album, Other Way Out, which quickly sold out its initial run through word of mouth alone. The album was near-universally praised in the independent music press, winning several awards and accolades. However, the album saw little popularity among mainstream critics and radio stations as their authentic ’60s psychedelic sound was out of fashion at the time. Other Way Out remains popular to this day in the psychedelic and prog rock communities, and has gone through eight reissues since its original release.
Subsequent albums have explored many branches of psychedelia, including space rock, acid rock, stoner rock, neo-psychedelia, and psych pop. Their music has been compared to, influenced, or praised by prominent artists such as Monster Magnet, Nirvana, Spiritualized, and Spacemen 3. Sun Dial in turn were influenced by the ’60s and ’70s psychedelia and hard rock of Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, the Open Mind, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin, as well as the drug-influenced “Madchester” sound of the Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets, and Happy Mondays.
The precursor to Sun Dial was Ramon’s the Modern Art, formed in the mid-’80s with a loose lineup that never played gigs but did see the release of two studio albums. Ramon disbanded the group out of a desire “to make a more live-sounding group that could go out and play”.
The band gained prominence after the release of their first album, Other Way Out, which quickly sold out its initial run through word of mouth alone. The album was near-universally praised in the independent music press, winning several awards and accolades. However, the album saw little popularity among mainstream critics and radio stations as their authentic ’60s psychedelic sound was out of fashion at the time. Other Way Out remains popular to this day in the psychedelic and prog rock communities, and has gone through eight reissues since its original release.
Subsequent albums have explored many branches of psychedelia, including space rock, acid rock, stoner rock, neo-psychedelia, and psych pop. Their music has been compared to, influenced, or praised by prominent artists such as Monster Magnet, Nirvana, Spiritualized, and Spacemen 3. Sun Dial in turn were influenced by the ’60s and ’70s psychedelia and hard rock of Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, the Open Mind, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin, as well as the drug-influenced “Madchester” sound of the Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets, and Happy Mondays.
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flAntasmagorico wrote:
I've recently discover this thanks to waffles and it is just great.
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trashguy wrote:
"Other way out" is their masterpiece
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nothing819 wrote:
She said the sunset will never fade ...
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nothing819 wrote:
Wonderful !
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Khaoseverywhere wrote:
I don't know a lot about these guys but love their sound...I like astral vision, magic flight world without time, magic potion and tremelo...can anyone suggest other songs by them along the same lines?? How about similar sounding bands?? I appreciate your suggestions!
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Cliff1963 wrote:
Just received their 3 'Pumpkinhead' EP's. Great stuff, more heavy rock orientated, less psychedelic. According to they're website they are gonna make an album out of the songs, consisting of different versions than the ones on the EP's. Can't wait to get it.
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andnil wrote:
Other way out is an excellent album! Can't wait to hear the rest.
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Fuzztoner wrote:
I put new pics of the band because the sepia-style one is horrible.
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catacombs wrote:
Indie tag? haha... suckers
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ZerotheHero666 wrote:
If they would only play the states!
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moeteiru wrote:
she's wandered far away, to a place within her mind...
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hairyhaw wrote:
I remember seeing them on a TV show called The Beat in about 1993. Think they were promoting an album called Libertine at the time. Still have a tape of the show on VHS somewhere.
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timread wrote:
@MamboSun - check out their official site http://www.sundial.org.uk
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dwishart wrote:
Roadburn sounds like a hell of a gig - I have to get tickets in time next year!
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RevShrubby wrote:
Saw SUNDIAL live at the Riverside in Newcastle in the early 90's. I'm pretty sure Idaho supported them.
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maaark wrote:
YAY they'll play @ Roadburn ^^ Can't wait!
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ymethodman wrote:
Magic Potion should be higher
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maaark wrote:
Shouldn't it just be lower case Sun Dial?
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MamboSun wrote:
Does anyone know anything about this band? I hear them on my last.fm radio a lot, and really like some of their stuff. Thanks for any info :-)
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