Neon Rose - Discografia essencial

Banda: Neon Rose
Gênero: Progressive Rock, Hard Rock

Disco: A Dream Of Glory And Pride [Bonus Tracks]

Ano: 2005(*)

Faixas:

1. Sensation (Neon Rose, Holegård) 3:58

2. A Picture Of Me (Neon Rose, P. Mengarelli) 7:29

3. Love Rock (Neon Rose, Holegård) 4:45

4. Primo [Instrumental] (Neon Rose) 6:37

5. Let's Go And Get That Boy (Neon Rose, Holegård) 5:40

6. Julia's Dream (Neon Rose, Holegård) 6:24

7. A Dream Of Glory And Pride (Neon Rose, P. Mengarelli) 9:52

8. C'Mon Everybody [Single B-Side] [Bonus Track] (Cochran, Capehart) 4:58

9. War Song [Unreleased Studio Track] [Bonus Track] (Neon Rose, Parker) 5:41

10. Julia's Dream [Recorded live at the Ragna Rock, Holmenkollen, Norway, June 16, 1974] [Bonus Track] (Neon Rose, Holegård) 6:24

11. Love Rock [Recorded live at the Ragna Rock, Holmenkollen, Norway, June 16, 1974] [Bonus Track] (Neon Rose, Holegård) 4:57

Créditos:

Roger Holegård: Lead Vocals, Guitar

Piero Mengarelli: Guitar

Benno Mengarelli: Bass, Vocals

Stanley Larsson: Drums

Gunnar Hallin: Guitar (faixas 10, 11)

Nalle Påhlsson: Vocals (faixa 9)

(*) LP lançado originalmente em 1974.

Disco: Two [Bonus Tracks]

Ano: 2005(*)

Faixas:

1. I'm An Entertainer (Neon Rose, P. Mengarelli) 5:48

2. False Star (P. Mengarelli) 3:13

3. Thoughts (Holegård, P. Mengarelli) 4:13

4. My Lady (Hallin, B. Mengarelli, P. Mengarelli) 7:58

5. Waiting For The Train (Neon Rose, Holegård) 5:25

6. Bloody Welfare (Neon Rose, Holegård) 9:47

7. Is There An Eden (B. Mengarelli, Holegård) 5:01

8. Sister (I'm An Entertainer) [Recorded live at the Ragna Rock Festival, June 16, 1974] [Previously Unreleased] [Bonus Track] (Neon Rose) 4:45

9. Roll Me Over [Recorded live at the Ragna Rock Festival, June 16, 1974] [Previously Unreleased] [Bonus Track] (Neon Rose) 5:06

10. C'mon Everybody [Recorded live at the Ragna Rock Festival, June 16, 1974] [Previously Unreleased] [Bonus Track] (Cochran, Capehart) 8:13

Créditos:

Gunnar Hallin: Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals

Piero Mengarelli: Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals

Benno Mengarelli: Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Mellotron, Backing Vocals

Stanley Larsson: Drums, Percussion

Roger Holegård: Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Mellotrones, Percussions

(*) LP lançado originalmente em 1974.

Disco: Reload [Bonus Track]

Ano: 2005(*)

Faixas:

1. Dead Eyes (B. Mengarelli, Holegård) 3:53

2. Night Birds (Neon Rose, P. Mengarelli) 2:42

3. Too Long (Hallin, P. Mengarelli) 4:41

4. The Race For Knowledge (Neon Rose, Holegård) 4:36

5. A Man's Not A Man (P. Mengarelli, B. Mengarelli, Wiklund, Holegård) 4:06

6. A Smell Of Death (Holegård, Hallin) 5:13

7. Reload (Neon Rose, Holegård) 6:35

8. Dust And Rust (Neon Rose, Holegård) 3:56

9. Tears Of Pain (Neon Rose, Holegård) 4:21

10. A Man's Not A Man [Single Edit] [Bonus Track] (P. Mengarelli, B. Mengarelli, Wiklund, Holegård) 3:23

Créditos:

Roger Holegård: Lead Vocals, Mellotrone

Gunnar Hallin: Guitar, Chimes, Background Vocals

Piero Mengarelli: Guitar, Background Vocals

Benno Mengarelli: Bass Guitar, Background Vocals

Thomas Wiklund: Drums, Percussion, Background Vocals

(*) LP lançado originalmente em 1975.

Biografia:

Banda de rock progressivo, formada na Suécia, em 1973, por Roger Holegård (vocais) e Gunnar Hallin (guitarrista). 

Engordada por Piero Mengarelli (guitarra), Beno Mengarelli (baixo e vocais) e Thomas Wilkund (bateria), a banda assinou com a Vertigo Records no ano seguinte. O quinteto, inspirado por Iron Butterfly, Emerson, Lake And Palmer e Deep Purple, usava e abusava das experimentações em longas e esotéricas performances, invariavelmente bluseiras. O primeiro disco do grupo, "A Dream Of Glory And Pride", surgiu em 1974, enfatizando as habilidades instrumentais dos seus integrantes, mas também suas deficiências vocais. Sobrevieram dois novos álbuns, porém a qualidade do material diminuiu significativamente. A banda sumiu de cena em 1976 (AllMusic; tradução livre do inglês).