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Gryphon formed in early 1972 as a four-piece band by English musicians Graeme Taylor, Richard Harvey, Dave Oberlé, and Brian Gulland. [2] Harvey and Gulland were graduates of the Royal College of Music in London who started an acoustic band, using their classically trained backgrounds to perform a mixture of English folk music, contemporary rock, medieval and Renaissance music. [3]
Members of the British progressive rock band Gryphon. Pages in category "Gryphon (band) members" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Dave Oberlé (born 9 January 1953 in Farnborough, Kent, England) is percussionist and lead vocalist with the 1970s band Gryphon. [1] [2] After the band split up in 1977, Oberlé went on to help launch the heavy rock magazine Kerrang!. He now spends his time with the newly re-formed Gryphon who have completed a new album entitled, ReInvention ...
Graeme Taylor (born 2 February 1954 in Stockwell, South-West London) is a British guitarist.. Taylor played lead guitar with 1970s medieval/rock band Gryphon, [1] then played with The Albion Band from 1976 until 1987, and forming folk-rock group Home Service in 1980. [2]
Richard Allen Harvey (born 25 September 1953) is an English composer and musician. [1] Originally of the mediaevalist progressive rock group Gryphon, he is best known now for his film and television soundtracks.
Jon (Jonathan) Davie (born 1954) is a bass guitar player with British folk rock bands including Gryphon [1] and Home Service. He was also, using the name John Thomas, a member of The Banned, a British power pop punk/new wave band in the late 1970s. [2]
The band was formed in 1997 as a three-piece consisting of Baaruhl, Gryphon, and Helthor. Baaruhl performed vocal duties early on until Arzarkhel joined the band. Astriaal released their debut demo Glories of the Nightsky in October 1998. To this day, Baaruhl, Gryphon and Arzarkhel are the core members of the band.
In 1971, the year that Gryphon and Gentle Giant were founded, medieval music was one of the prevailing fashions in rock music, as evidenced by probably the most successful band of the moment Led Zeppelin in their amalgamation of blues-based rock with recorders and mandolins together with medieval themes on Led Zeppelin IV, most notably on ...