Phideaux

[rpmartino]

Hello,

Glad to be on board, nice site and radio station...

Been a prog fan for about 16 years now, starting from my discovery of Jethro Tull and Rush (Tull is still my favorite band), then getting into the prog world in college in the 90s, getting into bands like Marillion, Yes, Genesis, echolyn, Angalagard, Crimson, Deus Ex Machina, etc., the standard fare.

Anyways I had been an a several year drought as far as discovering new music until I recently joined the MySpace bandwagon (see my links below, I'm also a musician). My favorite is Phideaux, an immensely talented musician who doesn't necessarily fit nicely in the "prog" category but has some obvious influences like Tull, Genesis and Van Der Graaf but has established his own identity, quite deep and very refreshing.

Anyways a few tunes are at http://www.myspace.com/phideaux (Chupacabras is his sort of nod to prog "epics") but I highly recommend his whole CD catalog, I've not had this kind of experience with albums growing on me (picking up new details with each listen) since discovering the Tull classics many years ago. His website http://bloodfish.com also has his first album available as a free download. My favorites right now are Ghost Story and 313.

Didn't see him in the playlist so I thought I'd mention him, he definitely deserves more recognition.