One critic compared her soaring vocals to those of the lead singer for the art-rock group Renaissance. Steven started working with a singer with an extraordinary voice, Linda Smith. Jodie had no idea where her work, and her birthday gift, would lead. Once upon a time, Jodie gave Steven a new guitar for his birthday, and he began composing songs based on her novel-then-in-progress, The Rhymer and the Ravens: The Book of Fate. June, 2005 – Dragonship is: Steven Forrest, guitar, vocals Jodie Forrest, keyboard, and bass guitar Rhiannon Jones, vocals, fiddle, percussion and Scotty Young, drums, percussion, backup vocals. Music performed by Steven Forrest, Jodie Forrest, Dragonship members-emeritus: Michael Chandler Mike Roig and Linda Smith and by guest artist Robert Griffin. Rock opera based on the novel by Jodie Forrest. SeptemMy Progressed Sun Changes Signs - Am I Now an Aries?.It's an album so good, you might not even realize it's a rock opera! It's short, just 38 minutes, but all eleven songs are good and half of them are among Bowie's best.Ĭheck out for the full reviews, remastering news and more. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972).
It was a commercial disaster for Reed, who had his biggest hit ever with "Walk on the Wild Side." Lou Reed and Bob Ezrin produced a masterpiece that you might not be able to listen to more than once. Possibly the most alienating but moving rock opera out there. A few fans really like this album, but even Gene and Paul consider it a stinker. Unfortunately, the album is turgid, overloaded with Bob Ezrin's coke-fueled production, strings, and a storyline that makes Styx look like Shakespeare.
Possibly the worst rock opera ever and certainly a finalist for worst album ever, this was Gene and Paul's attempt to win critics over. There are a couple of great songs, but if you want to why the band split up, this is the answer. It's a great album from one of the best three-chord rock bands to come out of the Bay Area's punk scene.Ĭoming in after 4 platinum selling albums in the late '70s / early '80s, lead singer and songwriter Dennis DeYoung had multimedia ambitions that resulted in a lumbering story about a surveillance government where rock music is illegal and two guys try to. One of the rare rock operas that actually accelerated a band's career. And they're still recording and touring after 40 years. CTS combines the best elements of the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Cheap Trick. The best rock band you've never heard of with one of their best albums ever. Over the last couple of months, I've posted several new rock opera reviews over at These include:
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