Frost (UK band)
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| Frost | |
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| Origin | England |
| Genre(s) | Neo-progressive rock |
| Years active | 2004-2006 2007-present |
| Label(s) | InsideOut |
| Website | frostmusic.net (Forum) |
| Members | |
| Jem Godfrey John Mitchell John Jowitt Andy Edwards Dec Burke |
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Frost (or Frost*) are a UK neo-progressive rock group.
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[edit] Band history
[edit] Formation
Frost was formed in September 2004[1], by songwriter, producer and musician Jem Godfrey - better known to the wider world for his work creating chart-topping pop hits for bands including Atomic Kitten - when he made a conscious decision to return to his own musical past writing and playing progressive music,[2][3] in the band Freefall.[4][5]
After listening to a broad selection of contemporary progressive music, he first approached John Mitchell of Arena, The Urbane and Kino,[3] (and currently lead guitarist and singer for It Bites). Mitchell then introduced Godfrey to John Jowitt (also of Arena, and additionally IQ and Jadis), subsequently leading to meeting Andy Edwards (of The Wikkamen, Priory of Brion, IQ and the Ian Parker Band).[2][3] John Boyes, Godfrey's former band-mate in Freefall in the 1990s, and from the band Rook, had already performed significant rhythm guitar work on the early recordings.[2][3]
[edit] Recording and Performance
Frost completed only one album, Milliontown, the 26 minute long eponymous final track of which was inspired by the book The Apprentice by Gordon Houghton.[3] It was released in the United States on July 18, 2006 and in Europe on July 24.[6] The band went on a brief tour to play a selection from the album, supporting Pallas on a four date tour of the Netherlands and Germany in October 2006.
[edit] Dissolution and re-birth
Shortly after returning from the tour, Godfrey announced - by way of an article on the band's blog on MySpace on the 29th of the month (since removed), and re-iterated by InsideOut in a bulletin on the same site two days later (expired) - that due to his increasing professional and personal commitments elsewhere, Frost would be dissolved after fulfilling 4 remaining concert dates. It later emerged that an appearance at the RoSfest in 2007, in America - which was the final scheduled date - had been cancelled.[7][8] The final appearance of Frost was as support for The Flower Kings at The Scala, in Kings Cross, London, on December 10, 2006.[9]
However, in early 2007, Godfrey revived the band name and wrote in his blog about writing material for a second Frost* album. Godfrey has recently posted several videos on YouTube called the "Frost* Reports," under the user name Planetfrost. In one of the videos, Godfrey shows the plans for the band to work on the album during the last week of January, February, March, and April and hopes to have it done by May of 2008.[10]
[edit] Discography
- Milliontown (July, 2006; InsideOut; INO-79092)
- Experiments in Mass Appeal (due September 2008)
[edit] Line-up
[edit] Current members
- Jem Godfrey (vocals, keyboards)
- John Mitchell (guitars, vocals)
- John Jowitt (Bass guitar)
- Andy Edwards (drums)
- Declan Burke (vocals (Experiments in Mass Appeal); acoustic guitar)
[edit] Former members
- John Boyes (additional guitars)
[edit] References
- ^ Band profile, Frost. InsideOut Music. Retrieved on June 24, 2006.
- ^ a b c Interview with Jem Godfrey from Frost (30-06-2006). Retrieved on July 21, 2006.
- ^ a b c d e Jem Godfrey. Interview with Jon Patrick (aka Twang); Cain Mosni. Prog Special. The Twang Show on Totalrock.com. London. 2006-06-23.
- ^ Freefall band profile - Lazy Gun Records. Retrieved on July 23, 2006.
- ^ Freefall band profile - New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock. Retrieved on July 23, 2006.
- ^ Album listing, Frost: Milliontown. InsideOut Music. Retrieved on June 24, 2006.
- ^ Frost. Rites of Spring festival. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ FROST BOWS OUT REPLACEMENT GALAHAD ROSFEST 2007.. Rites of Spring festival (2006-11-26). Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ DAVE LING - MUSIC JOURNALIST. Dave Ling (2006-12-11). Retrieved on 2006-12-11. “So I arrive in the foyer of the Scala (where the band are due to open for The Flower Kings) to interview their leader, Jem Godfrey, and the first words he says to me are: "Nice to meet you, this is our last gig."”
- ^ The Frost* Report. YouTube (2008-2-3). Retrieved on [[2008-2-3]]. “"That's the whole recording: January, February, March, a little bit of April... Mixing in the end of April... and have it ready by May"”
