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Artist: The Defaced
Swedish neo-thrash metal quintet the Defaced consists of vocalist Henrik Sjöwall, guitarists Klas Ideberg and Mattias Svensson, bassist örgen Lofberg, and drummer Henry Ranta. A few of these musicians are familiar names on the Swedish scene -- Ranta plays in Soilwork, while Ideberg and Lofberg are members of Darkane. However, the Defaced's... [+] Read More
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Artist: Fields of Defacement
Artist: Roger Powell
In addition to being a long-standing member of Todd Rundgren's progressive/new wave outfit Utopia, keyboardist/synthesizer player Roger Powell has issued several solo albums on his own, and lent his talents to some of the biggest names of '70s rock. Powell debuted in 1973 with an overlooked solo release, Cosmic Furnace, and soonafter, was... [+] Read More
Artist: Utopia
Stardom was handed to him with Something/Anything?, but Todd Rundgren rejected it. He wanted to explore new musical territory instead, and his adventures led him to form Utopia in 1974. Initially, Utopia was a prog-rock septet featuring three keyboardists, but as the '70s progressed, the group evolved into a shiny mainstream rock quartet. As the... [+] Read More
Artist: Kasim Sulton
Best known as a member of Todd Rundgren's offshoot prog rock/new wave band Utopia, bassist/singer Kasim Sulton is also one of rock's most in-demand session musicians, as well as a solo artist. Getting his musical start playing in local bands around Staten Island, NY, by the mid-'70s, Sulton was playing piano with performance artist Cherry... [+] Read More
Artist: Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren's best-known songs -- the Carole King pastiche "I Saw the Light," the ballads "Hello, It's Me" and "Can We Still Be Friends," and the goofy novelty "Bang on the Drum All Day" -- suggest that he is a talented pop craftsman, but nothing more than that. On one level, that perception is true since he is undoubtedly a gifted pop... [+] Read More
