The Best of Atomic Rooster [Silverline]

Performer: Atomic Rooster
Distributor: RED Distribution

Notes: This is a DVD-Audio disc. The DVD-Audio content can only be read by a DVD-Audio player. The Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS audio tracks provided on this disc will play on a standard DVD player. While Atomic Rooster is known to many rock historians as the band from whence came Carl Palmer to join UK rock titans Emerson, Lake & Palmer, they were a fine progressive rock band in their own right, combining formidable technique and a sense of humor that could be both wry and menacing. Many of their best songs, including "Friday 13th," "Black Snake," and "Take One Toke" get a new lease on life via DVD-A technology. DVD Features: Region 0 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English MLP 6-Channel - 96 kHz - 24 bit

With a dark, heavy sound whose core was leader Vincent Crane's thick, powerful Hammond organ, Atomic Rooster were part of the U.K.'s first wave of progressive rock, an offshoot of psychedelic-era wildmen Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Somewhat akin to early Deep Purple, Atomic Rooster favored the heavier side of prog, with a doomy mood and a hard-edged guitar attack. Founding drummer Carl Palmer left after the first album to make further prog-rock history with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, but the band kept going until 1973. In the '80s, they reunited, feted by the burgeoning British metal scene, and released three more albums, but sadly Crane committed suicide in 1989.

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