Rock and Pop
More recently, bands that have originated, or have some connections in Somerset include Reef, Kula Shaker and Toploader. All of these have played at the Glastonbury Festival -- the largest and richest annual event in Somerset's music scene.
In addition to the more traditional style of music, Yeovil based progressive/indie rock band, The Pineapple Thief, released their latest album, Someone Here Is Missing in 2010, their eleventh album in a career spanning thirteen years. Their constant UK and International tours (particularly in Poland) attract a small but dedicated fanbase. Having played at London Venues such as “Underground” Camden, “The Half Moon” Putney and more recently “Shepherds Bush Empire” where they were supporting Steven Wilson’s “Blackfield” they receive persistently positive, and often glowing, reviews in stalwart magazines such as Classic Rock and Rock Sound for both their musical offerings and their energetic live performances. Their favourable comparisons to bands such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Muse and Biffy Clyro, together with Someone Here is Missing sleeve being created by Storm Thorgerson the man behind much of the iconic artwork for these industry giants, ensures that this bands reputation and popularity is maintaining its steady progress into mainstream awareness. The Pineapple Thief are regulars at The Orange Box a venue in Yeovil.
Portishead are a musical group named after the town of Portishead, Somerset. Portishead consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons, and Adrian Utley, while sometimes citing a fourth member, Dave McDonald, an engineer on Dummy and Portishead.
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Famous quotes containing the words rock and/or pop:
“When the rock was hid by the surges’ swell,
The mariners heard the warning bell,
And then they knew the perilous rock,
And bless’d the Abbot of Aberbrothok.”
—Robert Southey (1774–1843)
“Compare the history of the novel to that of rock ‘n’ roll. Both started out a minority taste, became a mass taste, and then splintered into several subgenres. Both have been the typical cultural expressions of classes and epochs. Both started out aggressively fighting for their share of attention, novels attacking the drama, the tract, and the poem, rock attacking jazz and pop and rolling over classical music.”
—W. T. Lhamon, U.S. educator, critic. “Material Differences,” Deliberate Speed: The Origins of a Cultural Style in the American 1950s, Smithsonian (1990)