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Artist
Mr. So & So
12+ albums
Progressive rockart rockneo-progressive rockbritishProgressive metal
about
Mr So & So were formed at Leigh Music college in 1989 by Dave Foster and Shaun McGowan. Brought together by a passion for the same bands such as Yes, Genesis, The Who, The Beatles they began writing songs together. The long and difficult task of finding like minded musicians started, on keyboards there were two players prior to a solid line up Lindsay Crawford, Jason Peake but in Kieren Twist they found just what was needed. On drums it was a similar story John Dagnall (Friscocrabbe), Nick Woods and Ian Jones (Mirrorball) all had a hand in playing for Mr. So & So before the first solid line up was completed by Leon Parr (The Eves). In the Autumn of 1991 the bands first tape only EP "Thoughts of Fear and Principle" was released, the EP had five tracks. THOUGHTS OF FEAR AND PRINCIPLE 1. But I'm Here (Foster/Mcgowan) 2. The Hypnotic (Foster/McGowan) 3. The Visitor (McGowan) 4. "3" (Foster/McGowan) 5. The Sea (Foster/McGowan) This EP was recorded at Pagan Studios in Runcorn, Cheshire. The studio also housed a record label who, impressed with the bands song writing and playing ability, signed them for a one album deal. A year later "Paraphernalia" was released, the album was really a glimpse of what was to come from the band, but had crowd favourites "So Near, So Far" and updated versions of "The Sea" and "The Hypnotic". The album also had an unusual approach to drum recording which involved recording the drums and cymbals separately (not the bands idea) PARAPHERNALIA 1.
