Earth - Music

The Third Ear Band Were One Of The Most Challenging And Distinctive Bands To Emerge From The UK Underground Music Scene In The Late 1960's. Championed By DJ John Peel Their Music Is Characterised By Improvised And Sometimes Atonal Improvisations On Tabla Oboe Violin And Cello. The Band Was Formed From The Ashes Of The Psychedelic Group Hydrogen Jukebox In 1968 By Glen Sweeney Tabla/percussion . Signed To The Fledgling Harvest Records They Recorded 3 Albums Alchemy 1969 Third Ear Band Aka Elements 1970 Music From Macbeth 1972 Of These Music From Macbeth Was The Eerie And Highly Effective Score To Roman Polanski's Adaptation Of The Shakespeare Play. Following This They Recorded A More Rock-Oriented Album The First To Feature Prominent Vocals Called The Magus Which Wasn't To See The Light Of Day Until It Was Issued By Angel Air In 2005. Glen Sweeney And Paul Minns Reformed In 1988 And Have Performed Sporadically Since Issuing Live Ghosts Brain Waves And Magic Music In The 1990's. Band Members Past And Present Glen Sweeney Percussion Paul Minns Oboe/recorders/organ Richard Coff Violin Mel Davis Cello Ursula Smith Cello Paul Buckmaster Cello/bass Simon House Violin/synth/sitar/piano Denim Bridges Guitar Mike Marchant Guitars/vocals Dave Tomlin Bass Ron Kort Percussion Allen Samuel Violin Mick Carter Guitar Neil Black Violin Lyn Dobson Sax/flute read less