Cribbed from a cybersalesman:
Bram Stoker was a mysterious British formation that pressed their first & only album in 1972. Their name evokes macabre gothic atmospheres, & so does their music - fitting for a group so clearly inspired by the 'Prince of Darkness'. In the early seventies, groups like Black Widow, Atomic Rooster & Black Sabbath ruled the day, & the up-and-coming Bram Stoker apparently had everything it needed to make it big, except a bit of luck. The band would soon fade into decades of obscurity, but not before releasing their amazing 'Heavy Rock Spectacular', a true pearl of original prog, dominated by the evocative tones of the Hammond organ (dexterously played by a keyboardist who has little to envy of the great Keith Emerson or Vincent Crane). Highlights include 'Idiot' with its intense & insinuating vocal riffs, the psychedelic 'Ants', & the heavyweight jazz instrumental 'Fingals Cave', & 'Poltergeist', with sounds that seem to
One album, pabulum?!
Heavy Rock Spectacular by Bram Stoker!
Black Widow really ate it, though.
Readers of Ugly Things, what's the news? I have no idea but the whizz-bang description made me laugh and the cover art -- a technicolor something, possibly a girl -- is worth a good $1.50! The title is worth another $1.50, perhaps, so at least worth $3.00 even without music.
Bram Stoker, so up and coming they forgot to stick around for a few minutes before going away for good.
― George Smith, Friday, 11 March 2005 03:53 (twenty years ago)
same album was rereleased as "schizopoltergeist." i didn't like it much, but i couldn't really pinpoint why.
(george, did you get my email about suck?)
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Friday, 11 March 2005 04:36 (twenty years ago)
Black Widow really ate it, though." And went back for second helpings! Yeesh.
I don't have the Bram Stoker record, but I've heard it, and remember it being good.
― Pangolino again, Friday, 11 March 2005 05:35 (twenty years ago)
No, el sabor, your Suck message must have gone into the black e-mail toilet of the Internet, beaten to death by the shoes of some renegade spam or anti-virus filter along the way. Never saw it.
― George Smith, Friday, 11 March 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)
one year passes...
Hi there,
I'm the hammond player on the poltergheist album and just thought I'd let you know that I'm working on a new album of Bram Stoker material with the original bass player.We are working with a new guitarist and drummer which is already paying dividends.
Regards,
Tony.
― tony bronsdon, Thursday, 11 May 2006 14:32 (nineteen years ago)