[MarkL]

Another "Supergroup" that hasn't been mentioned so far is "Asia!" I caught them on tour two years ago as the opening act for Yes. Steve Howe played both sets! I don't think I've ever seen a concert where although the headline act was anticipated with great excitement, there was a huge disappointment when Asia left the stage. They played a terrific set of Asia's songs, but the roof of the Uptown Theater was nearly blown off when the "solo songs" were played: Geoff Downs had "Video Killed the Radio Star" which was a lot more fun than I thought it would be; Since Steve was going to play with Yes, he did an acoustic solo. For Carl Palmer we were treated to "Fanfare to the Common Man;" But I thought the place had exploded when we heard the opening for "Court of the Crimson King" for John Wetton.

I'm also rather shocked that Todd Rundgren, and specifically Utopia (certainly V1 with M. Frog Labatt, if not V2) haven't been mentioned!

Mark

[mylife]

Todd really did a lot to open up how music was produced.
An unsung hero.

[MarkL]

“I’m talking to myself, I’m talking to myself!”

Here’s another one I just thought of...

What about Primus and the many bands of Les Claypool? He’s been heavily influenced by both Pink Floyd and King Crimson, and these can easily be heard on his “Flying Frog Brigade” albums, where he does some really terrific covers of both PF and KC songs. In fact, I’ve got their CD where they did an amazing cover of Pink Floyd’s Animals.

Colonel Claypool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains is a really cool band too...

I also remember seeing some footage of one of Claypool’s bands doing Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath.” It wasn’t this version, which is by Frog Brigade:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHt1DSAEqE

The video I saw didn’t feature a guitarist. Instead, the guitar parts were played on a marimba!

Mark