No, it's not about the main character in the Matrix movies, but rather a project Clive Nolan contributes to. I found it on the web page for 2006's Rosfest: http://www.rosfest.com/Performers-2006/NEO.htm
Take a look :)
John Jowitt is also in it.
So basically this is an IQ-Arena band.
IQ: Andy Edwards, John Jowitt
Arena: Clive Nolan, John Jowitt
I don't know Mark Westwood. :-[
Special Guests:
Alan Reed (Pallas)!!!
Peter Banks (Yes)
Nick Barrett (does ring a bell, but can't remember...)
Seems very promising!
I look forward to hear this!
How intriguing! :)
This should be interesting to hear!
That should be interesting to hear indeed. I wonder if this is just a live act or if they plan to record anything.
It's the ultimate prog. rock! It's so prog, it needs a new name: Neorock!
I believe NEO has been formed so that a wider variety of modern british prog can be launched at the Rosfest , whilst having just one or two representatives from each of the leading bands..............its like 6 bands for the price of one!
But I would sure love to see the performance!!!
It could be great fun!, I wonder what they will play???
CAx
Very interesting indeed. I wonder if this is a one-off for the US, or if we will get a chance to see NEO in Europe. It would seem a shame to work on a live set and not play it a few more times, but of course you now have the calendar of several bands to consider to make this a reality.
So this is not a new project, but just the musicians of their bands performing together on existing songs?
Quote from: PH on Fri, 2005-11-04, 21:46:05
John Jowitt is also in it.
So basically this is an IQ-Arena band.
IQ: Andy Edwards, John Jowitt
Arena: Clive Nolan, John Jowitt
I don't know Mark Westwood. :-[
Special Guests:
Alan Reed (Pallas)!!!
Peter Banks (Yes)
Nick Barrett (does ring a bell, but can't remember...)
Seems very promising!
I look forward to hear this!
Sounds like a great band! Nick Barrett is the lead singer and also awesome guitarist of Pendragon, another great band.
I'll be at Rosfest and will be looking forward to this performance. From what I gather, its like creme anglais said....sort of a mixed bag of existing pieces, but I would imagine that considering who's in the band, they will bring new group works into the picture that maybe theyve made as a group, plus showcaseing individual hidden compositions not launched on the world yet by each member. I get the idea that most of these guys have works theyve had in the closet for awhile and this is a good vehicle to showcase them. Especially Sir Clive. ;)
If it's decent, it would be nice to try to get them a few more gigs over here while theyre here.(US) It would be good however, if they could escape the 'prog' tag a little bit so they can branch out.
Anyone expecting new recordings from Neo in the forseeable future look to be sadly disappointed. Please check out:
http://www.elrose.co.uk/News/october_2005_archive.html
I almost wanted to ask why they have a bandname then, but then I realised that they're called NEO which is the genre of rock the bands play.
Quote from: Simtere on Mon, 2005-11-07, 16:14:56
Anyone expecting new recordings from Neo in the forseeable future look to be sadly disappointed. Please check out:
http://www.elrose.co.uk/News/october_2005_archive.html
too bad, then...
I also saw a mention of Neo on the silhobbit website and was going to pose a question to Clive. It sounds an interesting project. Any plans to play some gigs in the UK? How about a warm up before Rosfest?
Helenxxx
Neo will be playing more gigs next year.... but it's unlikely that we will play in Europe. The aim of this band is to reach out to new frontiers.... carry the 'prog flag' to new territories. Hopefully this will open up paths for all the connected bands.
That doesn't mean that Neo won't have it's own identity though.... can't say too much at the moment..... just keep watching! ;)