What is Pomp Rock? (w/Martin Popoff)
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- Join Pete Pardo & Martin Popoff as they discuss this thing called 'pomp rock'...what is it, why is it, and some of the bands associated with this style of music. #pomprock
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3 times in one week with Mr. Popoff on the show.. good week :)
Martin is an absolute treasure, always.
Must take a while Martin to pick out dozens and dozens of props out of a zillion albums. Really appreciate all your contributions to the Funhouse!
And then to account for putting it all back 😂
Agree with both of these comments
I also agree with your Martin and Pete knowledge of rock music is immense and unmatched
Love you guys, but not clear on why Queen wouldn’t be on the (top) list. They’re one of the first bands I think of when it comes to pomp.
Absolutely - the early stuff
Magnum and New England are two of the best bands I can think of that blend hard hard rock, progressive rock elements, and radio friendly AOR into one thing. Incredible bands, two of my favorites.
Been a Magnum fan for years
Just this summer I have been deep diving into the Tony Carey solo catalog (former keyboardist for Rainbow). I think, based on these descriptions of POMP rock, his solo stuff could land in that category. He had some great solo stuff. Became a great songwriter and producer and really has a cool voice. He may not have the POMP rock star look, but his band sure did and his songs have that keyboard driven with soaring harmony vocals.
My Tony Carey playlist: 6 Planet P Project albums, 6 solo albums, the Rainbow stuff of course. About 70 total tracks. The Planet P stuff is great...
Happy 46th anniversary to the ultimate pomp rock album: The Grand Illusion by STYX! Released 7/7/77.
And it's their 7th studio album. Wouldn't it be wild if it was recorded at 7:00 a.m. ?
Absolutely defines that style along with pieces of eight. Kansas may come 2nd with point of no return
Martin I saw Roadmaster with Blue Oyster Cult & Pat Travers In Seattle on August 12 1979 It was a really cool concert
That Loverboy debut is so good, wore that cassette out back in the day! Still love it. Split Enz's Dizrythmia is full of pomp, leaning more on the new wave side. Their first album Mental Notes definitely would be pompy prog rock. If you don't have that album Martin, you need to get it!!!!!
skyhooks?
Another college music class from professors Pardo and Popoff . So much to learn .... So little time . Thanks gentlemen !
Martin Popoff described pomp rock in one of his books as "pomp and circus pants" and I dont know why, but that's stuck with me forever. 😅
It's a play on pomp and circumstance - but I mighta read it first in Kerrang!.
@@MartinPopoff right lol. It's a great image.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention. One of my favorite pomp rock bands were almost overlooked by this video: the American band Touch.
They had a brief 15 minutes of fame with an amazing pomp rock hit single, "Don't You Know What Love Is?" and a spot opening the first Monsters of Rock festival.
I'm surprised they were only briefly mentioned in the honorable mentions. Both their debut album and the originally unreleased (now released) second album, Touch II, produced by Todd Rundgren, are massive classics. Just full of pomp rock bangers, soaring guitars, keyboards for miles (the keyboardist went on to play on Rainbow's Bent Out of Shape).
It's funny, another band in the honorable mentions, American Tears, I believe ended up becoming Touch later on, improving significantly in the process.
The Touch album is a Classic in Pomp Rock circles. Along with Arc Angel, The First Prophet album, New England - Explorer Suite and My all time Favorite Trillion - Clear Approach. The best American Tears album is Powerhouse. With 2 songs later done on the Touch album.
John Waite’s “Ignition” is a great album and it has both Ivan Kral and the great session guitarist Tim Pierce playing on it. Holly Knight wrote the big hit “Change” on that album too.
I think Streets would fall into this category. Eighties production, keyboard heavy, Mike Slamer on guitar and Steve Walsh on vocals...good stuff.
You guys always unearth some gems
Gotta give credit to SOT dunno how you manage to keep coming up with different topics 😊
I'd like to hear the guys break down bands that have been around and putting out albums forever, like 30-40+ years that never had any substantial success. I can think of a bunch of them.
This show is right in my wheelhouse. I like many popular bands, but I also like many of the groups you mentioned. Most, in fact. You did mention a few that I didn't really know, so I previewed them on a website I get MP3's from. I couldn't stand the singer in Pavlov's Dog. However, I liked what I heard with Alpha Centauri, the Hounds, Trickster, and Magnum. I am a big fan of 707 and Roadmaster, which were mentioned briefly - two of my favorites. I also think that Steel Breeze would fall into this category - at least the first album with the two top 40 hits. Shooting when Gary West was in the band qualifies to me - love them too. Touch, which has one minor hit, and Sterliing, which is band I just happened to find, probably qualify too. There was a band which included the first appearance of guitarist Mike Batio, and that is Holland. The album is Little Monsters and it is pretty good.
You guys were trying to show that maybe 1979 was a common time for these artists. I would go further and say that the period from 1978-1982 has much of this music. Even bands that did other things had albums around this period that could be considered "pomp". Some of Toto fits here - especially Isolation and some others, maybe IV. Newer artists like the Darkness and Mika kinda belong here too - at least both of those bands first couple albums. You mentioned ELO, but they are firmly here after the classical proggy period was over. Most people don't like ABBA, much less would consider them a rock band, but they did many songs that sound very "pomp" and they had a few songs that rocked.
The first 707 album is my favorite. Sweet Music and Hey World by Roadmaster are their best. The title song and Higher higher are Pomp of the highest order. The first Steel Breeze has some great songs. Especially Who,s gonna love you tonight. Very pompous like 707. Touch album is a Pomp Rock Classic. One of the best. I own the original and Rare Alpha Centauri album on vinyl. Some Great songs. Like Uriah Heep. Magnum is perfection. Not a bad album. The first Shooting Star and Silent Scream are my favorite albums by them.Last Chance is Pomp Rock of the highest order. Their best song ever.
Very interesting discussion. Some of the bands mentioned I have never heard of before. Have now been listening to Prism and Aviary. Not bad although not top shelf. Always fun to listen to band you didn’t discover back in the days
Sparks by their very nature are the definition of pomp for me at least, Russel's dramatic phrasing and theatrical movements and Ron's posed stares, suits and questionable facial hair and that's before we even get started on the songs which of course reek of pomposity.
Great episode 👍 lots of stuff I didn't know about in this one. Superb
'Polite' Glam - great phrase
Loving this topic something a little different.
Loved this episode guys.
While they might not be a pomp band, Leftoverture by Kansas is a great pomp album.
Thanks to Martin for mentioning Hellfield. I thought I'd dreamt them being a band!
My wishlist has grown massively thanks to this episode.
Popoff and Pardo are at it again and presenting a parade of pomp. Alliterative reference aside, Martin and Pete discuss a topic of yet another genre of music with an interesting discussion of the history and tending traits of the genre. And now will likely never here Revelry the same again without thinking of Martin's trumpeting. Thanks again, gents, the continued quality of this Friday series and all the time invested in making episodes such as this one. Looking forward to Pete posting the list of albums and/or bands discussed for further listening. There ya go!
Great episode...a few bands for me to check out. Really like Ambrosia so far 👍
Thanks for City Boy! One of may all time fave bands!
Brilliant musicians - City Boy are a secret treasure in the music universe!
I was literally just talking to my son about pomp rock and how Styx and Kansas were considered the definition of that kind of music. Great episode
Kansas????? NO! They were a prog band.
@@katesjanice Google it .. and read the first 2 articles both Styx and Kansas were considered POMP
Thanks for the always interesting videos! Don’t know if it fits your definition of pomp rock, but in my book MEAT LOAF are highly pomp.
One example that didn't occur to me right away but does now, and I think fits well: Meatloaf. Crossing rock/prog with Broadway...
Don't remember if he was mentioned. Fits the bill with the theatrical flair.
Wow. What a great conversation. As I listened to this, I have to wonder if Crack The Sky would be more "Pomp Rock"? They always seemed to be more like a Canadian band to me.
Great show, Pete and Martin! I love pomp rock, but I've never really ventured beyond the big groups, such as Queen, Styx, and Kansas (I consider Queen and Kansas to both be pomp rock, rather than strict prog, due to their combinations of hard rock, pop, and prog). Thanks to this episode, I just ordered CDs from New England, Touch, Trillion, and Zon! My wallet is hurting, but I'm still grateful! 🙂
New England - Explorer Suite, Touch - same, Trillion - Clear Approach and Zon - Astral Projector, are Pomp Rock Classics. I own on Vinyl.
Martin and Pete are 😊the best. These two guys should have a talk show on XM radio
happy you mentioned Pavlov's dog. i had the honor of meeting david surkamp and ian mathews when they were i n the band HI FI such nice people. david signed my OG copy of " pampered menial "
Pavlov's Dog - great band. One of those US bands who are more revered in Europe than in their own homeland, like The Velvet Underground and Sparks. Albums 'Pampered Menial' and ' The Sound of the Bell' are really good albums.
@@stephenparker9434 I cannot get past Pavlov's Dog's singer's screechy voice. WAY higher than Geddy Lee's.
A lot of these bands use Emersonian trumpet flourishes. Super episode.
To me Queen is the oriiginal Pomp band. Who is more Pomp than Freddie Mercury? Killer Queen first huge Pomp song.
Not sure if they get a mention, but the first two albums by ZON need to be on the list, Astral Projector ( still have the original LP on blue vinyl!) And Back Down To Earth.
Good to see bands like Arcangel, Touch and New England getting some love on SoT too! Lots of others, TRILLION, 707, WHITE SISTER, LE ROUX...
Zon for sure & Touch, also Trillion. New England maybe (certain tracks)...I like Re Roux a lot (if we're talking about the Louisiana band = Ain't Nothing But A Gris Gris, Louisiana's Le Roux, Last Safe Place, Keep The Fire Burnin', Up & Higher Up) but don't find them particularly 'pomp-y' (not enough prog influences for pomp). More Southern pop/AOR - good stuff! Like a stew of Little Feat, ARS, Firefall & Journey (the Steve Perry band). Actually one of the better AOR bands around. Their cover of "Rock N Roll Woman" is excellent. Just got their compilation called The Session Years - they cover Spirit's "I Got A Line On You"
Especially Astral Projector by Zon. I own the blue vinyl too. It did get a mention. It,s a Classic. Arcangel, Touch, Trillion, New England and the first 707 are Classics too. Le Roux, i consider more AOR than Pomp. I like the 2nd Trillion album Clear Approach much more than their first. Great composed songs, intricate arrangements and outstanding Musicianship. The same goes for New England. Explorer Suite is much beter than their first. Best from the Netherlands.
@@ssRocker-nn3tp Thanks, with you on Clear Approach for sure. The ALPHA CENTAURI album us also great, and, if you know it, the CINEMA FACE debut too - Why Be Sorry? has a huge pomp chorus I never tire of...
The Cinema Face album is one of my favorite Can. Pomp Rock albums in my vinyl collection. And in general. Why Be Sorry is my favorite too. I also have the original Alpha Centauri album. To me, they sound a lot like Uriah Heep. @@iainhead9898
The Who ("Face Dances", "It's Hard") and Pete Townshend ("Empty Glass") were mentioned. Another album that has a pomp rock type of sound is Pete's "All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes". "Uniforms (Corp d'Esprit)", "Face Dances, Pt. 2", "Stardom in Acton" and "Communication" seem to fit the bill very well.
Martin's the ultimate master in uttering the most vacuous statements with dexterous eloquence.
Perfectly fitting for this video's topic. Incidentally, it's funny (ironically so?) how they've both consistently stated to favor this style of music throughout their youtube history. Especially Pete,
if you ask me, pomp rock is what represents them the most, it's what they're really about deep down.
The most fascinating thing about this show is we are talking about a genre of music in which most of these bands cannot be mistaken for each other. I also always thought that Toto reminded me of a yacht rock group with louder guitars.. I will also throw one of my favorite bands from the early 80a known as The Producers.
Toto's first three albums had a lot of prog-rock elements in their songs. Definitely pomp-rock, imo.
@@davej.meister5421 they sure did.
QUEEN definitely
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ASIA, POMP Rock perfection.
One I think worth including are Lonestar (UK).
New England wow again amazing
My favorite is Explorer Suite. Very pompous. Lots of synths. Great songs. Like the title track.
There's a lot of subtle satire in this video. I'm liking it.
Sparks for sure
I was thinking of them too. Great band!!!!!!
Good band, but not pomp. Arty pop.
Great episode chaps! Band not mentioned hear (but did crop up in the comments) Grand Prix, totally Pomp! Band mentioned but not really expanded on that deserve more investigation Roadmaster, especially the Hey World LP. Totally right re the Babys too Martin, one of my top 10 songs EVER, Union Jack.
Grand Prix. All 3 albums are really good. Along with Magnum, the best from the early 80s. In this catagory.
Sweet Music and Hey World are Pomp Rock of the highest order.Roadmaster is very underrated.
David Pack of Ambrosia sang the first song on Kerry Livgren’s first solo album- Seeds of Change (and the re-release-Decade 1). Ronnie James Dio sang 2 of the songs on the album. Terrific!
late 70's Kansas,Monolith 1979.-Elaphante era......and Shooting Star ,...1980-85,..definitely
I've only heard and got their first album, but House of Lords must surely fit the pomp rock tag.
One would think that. Especially seeing how a few of those songs were supposed to be for the third Giuffria album, Pleasure Palace, before David Glen Eisley was fired. If you ever see the DGE album The Lost Tapes, get it. Some of those songs are on it.
Good selection of pomp rock bands guys. I would say two bands I like of the 1970s had pomp rock elements . Barclay James Harvest (UK) and Pavlov's Dog (US). Prog, with AOR song structures and melodious bombastic instrumentation featuring keyboards with rock guitar. Pete's spot on with Magnum. I saw them in a small venue a few years back. To some extent the genre of Pomp rock is ear candy for those discerning listeners who profess to like sophisticated grandiose symphonic rock but not out and out ardous prog, such as Van Der Graaf Generator or King Crimson.
One that's debatable and hasn't been mentioned is John Lawton-era Uriah Heep, I feel that there's Pomp on certain songs on the "Fallen Angel" album at least.
Greg Guiffria wow what a keyboard player amazing ❤
ELP
Early Yes
Queen
A lot of these albums that were mentioned have gotten the Rock Candy remastered treatment and they sound even better than they originally did back in the day.
Cats in Space and Night Flight Orchestra, still have that "Pomp Rock" vibe for the 2000's.
I love city boy. it's the perfect mix between Pop rock,pomp and prog rock to me
Love City Boy big time! Very unique and highly smart songwriting. So versatile, never tire of playing their full catalog! Nice post! We have great taste!
@@treff9226 He he we definitely have great taste 😎
In Italy we call this genre "Arena rock".
Queen ?
Here in the UK Geoff Barton from Kerrang coined the phrase "Pomp Rock lives run for Hills "Styx Starcastle Zon etc
Another forgotten band of the pomp era is Pages, who kind of straddle between pomp and yacht rock, but absolutely have some songs on the hard rock end of the scale. The band is notable for being the first recording project of the two guys who went on to form Mr. Mister, completely changing their look in the process from late seventies Chachi meets Chewbacca to supercool eighties guys. They made three albums.
I’ve been watching SOT for a few years & never heard you mention Pomp Rock until this week, so I always assumed it was a British term, coined by Sounds. So I’m really looking forward to see if your view of Pomp coincides with my own.
From what I've read it was a British term coined by Melody Maker in the mid 70's, and applied mainly to US bands
@@wolf1977may well have been MM. I bought both back in the day so could have been either.
Having now watched the show, I’ve concluded that Pomp stands for Pop Orientated Melodic Prog rock 🤣
Touch and Roadmaster are the epitome of pomp.
The Touch album is Pomp Rock of the highest order. The same goes for Trillion - Clear Approach, Arc Angel, The first two Angel albums, The first Prophet, Zon - Astral Projector, Roadmaster - Sweet Music and Hey World, New England - Explorer Suite and 70s Styx.
Alpha Centauri. This Colorado band has done one of the best "pomprock" album ever made. Still have the original vinyl.
Me too. To me they sound a lot Like Uriah Heep. Love is a curse?
A diehard AOR , Pomp Rock, Mel. Hard Rock collector. Especially the obscure stuff. Private Pressings. For example. Best from the Netherlands.
Not sure why this is not brought up but pomp rock started with Glam Rock mixed with Yes and ELP. This is what started it all. Later in the 70s these characteristics melded into long hair grandiouso pop-rock. Kiss would be my first pomp rock band. Queen are definitely part of the phenomenon.
Does the Alan Parsons Project perhaps have bits of pomp sprinkled through those records? I’m not too familiar with the albums as a whole, but it seems like there’s some beefy productions mixed in with the atmospheric proggy stuff.
The Moody Blues, pomp rock kings!
I've always thought it was a blend of rock genres. Arena hard rock mixed with a little glam, a little pop, and some prog elements on occasion. Some bands that usually get thrown into this category:
Queen
Styx
Angel
Magnum
Rainbow (after "Long Live Rock 'N' Roll")
April Wine
Legs Diamond
Y&T (the early stuff)
City Boy
The Babys
And way too many Canadian bands(late 70's, early 80's) to mention.
City Boy! Amazing band-feels good to see them mentioned!
@@treff9226 Legs Diamond - the first 3 albums, The first two Angel albums, 70s Styx, Early Magnum.
I think Sweet and maybe ELP may fall into this, at least at one point during their careers. But,I may be confusing Glam and Prog with Pomp rock . Not sure
I think they are definite connections & crossover between the two (three)
Pete, we need rain on Long Island. Just starting to listen and wonder if Aviary will be mentioned.
Styx is my definition of pomp rock
Agree.70s Styx.
Hey I would love to hear an episode on other "invisible guys" ?
Trickster would definitely fit in here. Back to Zero is very ELO sounding with those multi harmonies.
Maybe White Sister? I need to listen to that one again. It might just be AOR. Guiffria might be the last of Pomp mixed with AOR or maybe even House of Lords, but that one is really late. Greg Giuffria is the common element there and HOL was basically an extension of Giuffria without David Glen Eisley.
White Sister were totally pomp and not aor.
@@Bwarock Thanks! It's been a loooooong time since I've listened to them. Didn't Greg Giuffria write or gave a song to them?
@@jkbaca41 He produced and arranged the album and played keyboards on a few tracks.
A quote I came across online: "Pomp was the child disowned by prog, and orphaned by AOR; the beast locked in the cellar, who got loose to terrorise the neighbourhood. Except that in the case of pomp rock we’re talking about a global neighbourhood, albeit one based principally in North America"...
So rock that has elements of prog & also smacks of 'melodic hard rock'. Also a pretty tight connection to fashion & the bands' look (kinda like Glam). Maybe multi-tracked vocals & over-the-top/'bombastic'/theatrical music with lotsa keyboards & guitar. Melody Maker supposedly coined the term. A possible 'tell' is any band that sounds kinda proggy but stirs up controversy among listeners as to whether they're actually 'real' prog or not. Supertramp always seems to do this. In that they mixed pop with rock & definitely have some prog elements some of their music may qualify as pomp. Early Ambrosia? Maybe. Some Glam acts (as Pete & Martin mentioned): Sweet, Bowie, Spiders From Mars. City Boy? Not really (for me)...
For me: some Queen (earlier than Martin's start date of 1979) for sure & the band Zon (1978). Many name Styx, Angel & Kansas as main examples but I honestly don't like these bands enough to say (I do own some stuff from them but tends to be some of their later output). I don't have a lot of 70's Magnum but they did sound AOR-ish - I actually like their later stuff more. Maybe some Yes albums like Tales From Topographic Oceans & some of ELP's stuff...How about Starcastle, Trillion (excellent AOR effort in '78), Alpha Centauri ('77). Roadmaster was a good one ('76-'79), and early 80's Touch. Another one many may not have heard of is Speedway Blvd (1980) - good AOR-type album...One clear example for me (but one I really dislike for being totally overblown - for me serves as the negative 'poster child' of pomp): pretty much any of Rick Wakeman's solo albums
Best comments by far, in defining pomp rock, all of these I have in my vinyl collection and cds, as the chances of finding Alpha Cent on vinyl, love speedway boulevard just add Spy, Robbie Valentine and Dragonfly, and first Angel album.
Zon - Astral Projector, Trillion, Alpha Centauri, Roadmaster, Touch, Speedway Blvd, Spy, First Prophet, Arc Angel, The first two Angel albums and 70s Styx. All Great Pomp Rock of the highest order. I own on vinyl.
I’ve heard it said elsewhere that Pomp Rock is the missing king between more straight ahead Prog Rock and Arena Rock/AOR. I’d say the difference to me between Pomp and AOR is that pomp could easily be called crossover Prog/Prog-lite/Pop Prog, while Arena Rock is mostly or completely devoid of those influences. Basically the difference between bands like Styx/early Magnum/Supertramp vs Boston/Journey
to the trumpet thing…Texas A&M’s mascot because of the military connection is a collie dog named Revile (however that is spelled)
Reveille
Aviary. Unsung pomp heroes.
Can't believe you didn't include saga here as the most important? They practically defined the genre!
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I love hearing when big celebrities admit that they are down to earth enough to mow their own lawns! 😀
It was hot in the uk until July now back to typical British weather cool and unsettled
Queen definitely
I know a lot of fans of this channel likely don’t dig this band, but I think My Chemical Romance is the ultimate Pomp Rock of more recent times. Especially all things Black Parade. Highly theatrical, poppy punk with a lots of 70s rock influence (Styx, Bowie, Pink Floyd, etc.) and hard-edged yet majestic at times guitar playing. Iconic look and intense lyrics.
Perhaps Muse another good recent example too?
Paramore would be the best example. Hayley Williams influences range from Debbie Harry to Siouxsie Sioux to Tina Turner to Morrissey to Brian Ferry to Freddie Mercury to Geddy Lee to Michael Jackson to Prince. So many paths.
I'd say Kings of Leon, The Killers and even Shinedown might have some pomp-rock characteristics in their music.
Angel, New England, Argent, Queen, Uriah Heep!! Trower!Aviary, Kansas!!
When I think of "Pomp Rock", the first album that comes to mind is Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell.
Jellyfish especially the sophomore ‘Spilt Milk’
When Elvis Costello came out in ‘77 was considered Pomp Rock cause of the organ elements in his songs..a lot of the so called New Wave bands that were heavy on the organ / farfisa were called Pomp Rock even a band like Sam the Sham & the Pharoes from the 60’s was considered Pomp…
Lol, Pete indicating that its early in the morning by saying hes gotta mow his lawn early after making this video, then taking a swig from a monstrous beer hes got. Hes a savage man.
Another one i thought was good is Roadmaster
Sweet Music and Higher Higher are Pomp Rock of the highest order. I also like Hey World and Fortress [ the latter more AOR ]
Never heard of this Pomp Rock but I did see the Babies 3 times during the late 70s and Utopia 4 times4th time. They did some kind of Beatles cover Show and it was horrible .Heres one to add the list the Starship formally Jefferson Starship doing the theme song to the movie Mannequin Nothings Gonna Stop Us and then We Built This City. It’s this weird pomp rock.
A genre where you'll get a ton of arguments on what is and what isn't... the lines really blur some more prog, some more aor, some more pop, some more power pop. Some I would throw into your great picks gentlemen:
Crack the Sky (Peter, if you like City Boy you need to hear Crack the Sky, start with the early lps)
Morningstar
Garfield
Baby Grand
Dixon House Band
Shooting Star
Steeplechase
Supertramp (would skirt the line)
Zebra
Roadmaster (excellent band Martin)
You forgot the Toto sounding Stingray out of South Africa. They had a late 70s minor rock radio hit with "Lovesaver."
Late 70s/early 80s AOR/melodic rock band Touch is another one you forgot. Also reminded me of Toto.
Pete has already done an album ranking for City Boy, btw.
Never heard of the band Garfield. Who are/were those guys?
@@davej.meister5421 Martin mentioned Touch in the vid
Kiss: Music From the Elder!
"I've got some more glasses coming up later on." 😄
Japan debut album is worthy glam rock pomp rock
Baby's should be mentioned]
Touch are proper pomp rock.
I agree...
One of the best. Along with Trillion - Clear Approach [ my favorite ]
@@ssRocker-nn3tp will seek it out. Cheers
You won,t be disappointed.@@chrismoyse3529
Great stuff!. You guys should have worn leisure suits and loose fitting ties for this episode.
I don't know if any of these fit but ill put them down any way Manfred mann,sugarloaf,jellyfish. Toto maybe little river band or maybe not...
Bob used to bring his Mom to the shows
Trillion and Bighorn were pomp bands of note.
Clear Approach by Trillion is my favorite Pomp Rock album of all time. Listen to these intricate arrangements. The Musicianship is outstanding. I also like Bighorn. Good album and underrated. Never mentioned in these circles.
Jaugernaut, Link, Bootcamp, Spy. Nice obscure pomp
I have all these on Vinyl. Thrills, Powerglide, Lion, Day One, Lifer, Limousine, Cinema Face, Hybrid Ice, Rathskeller, Myth, ZZYZX, Stencil Forest, Keystone, Passenger and lots more Great and Rare, obscure Pomp,AOR. Best from the Netherlands.
Magnum.
Very interesting! One band that comes in mind is Grand Prix with their song ''Which way did the wind blow''.
You beat me to it! Got to remember how important 1/2 of Grand Prix became Bernie Shaw, Phil Lanzon & Robin McAuley, take a bow!
@@noddynewbold Great band. So underrated.
I am thinking Toto was almost Pomp Rock with its 1979 album Hydra - especially the title track and St. George and the Dragon
Listen to their S/T debut and "Turn Back." Also had prog elements in the songs from those LP's.
@@davej.meister5421 Definitely, both those albums have complex arrangements and virtuosic playing.
Nick Gilder!