![]() Then I was sent to boarding school when I was 12, against my will, and I wasn’t able to bring my violin for some reason. I eventually became a classical violinist and was in a really good school orchestra. I always wanted to play music–she used to be very proud of saying that I begged her for piano lessons when I was 2. She exposed me to music before I was even born. My mom was a tremendous pianist and songwriter. I was about 15 or 16.Īlan Benjamin: I was born in New York City (Manhattan) and raised there. I tried it and could sing it, and so I started singing lead from behind the drums. There was a time where, if you’re familiar with the group Three Dog Night, there was a song called ‘One,’ and nobody in the band could sing it. In high school I started playing drums as well. Both my parents were singers, my father a multi-instrumentalist. John Vislocky: I grew up in Fords, New Jersey. I was the first in the family to have that aspiration, to play music. I wanted to be in a band, we had air guitars and mop handles. Simon Gannett: One of the biggest events I can remember is when I saw The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, when I was a kid. Could you please tell us more about yourselves, where you were born and raised? How did music come to your lives? Are your families also involved in music? Or is it something that you started on your own? Then we’d come back and have a fresh view of everything.” Front row, left to right: Alexander Romanelli, Robert Arace, Richard Excellente “We’d go to Coney Island and ride the roller coaster. ![]() Group shot of Mirthrandir (circa 1974) | Back row, left to right: Simon Gannett, James Miller, John Vislocky. Alan Benjamin, Mirthrandir fan and founding multi-instrumentalist/composer from the prog band Advent. John Vislocky from the classic Mirthrandir lineup, as well as Mr. Today, I’m thrilled and honored to be in the presence of Mr. Not only did it become an absolute classic of the global prog scene, but also definitely one of the brightest musical moments of the USA, any year, any genre. With a tremendous energy and intricate complexity, they released their only album, ‘For You The Old Women,’ in 1976, with a powerful six-piece lineup consisting of Richard Excellente and Alexander Romanelli on guitars, Simon Gannett on keyboards, James Miller on bass and flute, Robert Arace on drums and John Vislocky III on lead vocals and trumpet. Along with this boom, Mirthrandir from New Jersey arrived. Unfairly, not a doubt, because some of the most outstanding bands in this field came from that country, amidst the difficulties that came with releasing prog rock in the second half of the seventies, mostly. Mirthrandir | Interview | Incredible 70s US Progressive Rock The United States of America is frequently overlooked when talking about progressive rock.
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