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Offline goo-goo

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RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« on: June 14, 2016, 05:37:25 PM »
Seems like Trent Gardner passed away.

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Very talented musician and will be missed.
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2016, 11:22:18 PM »
This year continues to get shittier.  RIP
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2016, 01:07:12 AM »
Trent and wayne now gone, damn it Magellan were an extremely underrated band.
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2016, 11:35:57 AM »
That's too bad, I enjoyed some of Magellan's stuff back in the day.

RIP
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2016, 12:29:04 PM »
Sad. Magellan have always been one of the obscure greats of prog.
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2020, 11:58:22 AM »
Been listening to the Magellan discography lately this past couple of days. Seems that there is more music that I liked this time around than when I originally listened to the albums.

Any other Magellan fans still around?
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2020, 12:13:45 PM »
Nope, sorry. I remember checking out some of his stuff but I never really delved into Magellan.

My biggest appreciation for Trent Gardner's work is aimed towards the album he did about Leonardo, The Absolute Man, with James LaBrie as Leonardo. Always loved that album and it has a couple of truly stunning songs (This Time, This way and Shaping the Invisible).
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2020, 01:00:44 PM »
Quote from: MirrorMask on June 15, 2020, 12:13:45 PM
Nope, sorry. I remember checking out some of his stuff but I never really delved into Magellan.

My biggest appreciation for Trent Gardner's work is aimed towards the album he did about Leonardo, The Absolute Man, with James LaBrie as Leonardo. Always loved that album and it has a couple of truly stunning songs (This Time, This way and Shaping the Invisible).

Did you ever check out Explorer's Club "Age of Impact"? JLB sings, JP plays probably one of his best solos ever...Terry Bozzio on drums, among other guests.

Leonardo is a great album! Still play that one quite often.
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2020, 02:10:38 PM »
The only thing of Trent's that I really liked was the first Explorer's Club disc. Back in the 90s when the 'Jam was in full swing and everyone was making recommendations about which bands to check out, I tried Magellan, but I couldn't get into his quirky writing style. Even the tracks that he contributed to the first Mullmuzzler were by far my least favorite (especially Beelzebubba - awful, IMO). Nonetheless, I'm sure he was talented - it's just I could never get into his style of writing, just as I have never been able to get into Zappa's quirky style either.   :-\
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2020, 06:22:43 AM »
I bought the first Magellan album when it came out and I quite liked it, however honestly it's years I don't listen to it.
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2020, 02:34:11 AM »
Quote from: goo-goo on June 15, 2020, 11:58:22 AM
Been listening to the Magellan discography lately this past couple of days. Seems that there is more music that I liked this time around than when I originally listened to the albums.

Any other Magellan fans still around?

Yes quite like most of their discography, though it took me a while to get all of them on CD.
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2020, 04:29:10 AM »
I like what I know with him on it (being James' first two records  and Explorer's Club), but the guy passed away a full four years ago (in 2016, the year I personally call the year of the fallen, for obvious reasons)
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2020, 04:45:13 AM »
Quote from: Dr. DTVT on June 14, 2016, 11:22:18 PM
This year continues to get shittier.  RIP

Ah. The good ol' times when we thought that a year marked by celebrities' deaths was a low point. Oh, us sweet summer children......
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2020, 11:04:48 PM »
Test of Wills is such an amazing album.

The story of this family is so tragic. The older brother dying at war, the two brothers forming a progressive band together and even writing a concept album dedicated to the brother they lost, gaining a small measure of notoriety only to have one of them commit suicide and then the other die of still unknown causes.

I wish there was someone to keep their music alive, but it’s so sad that these albums will most likely go out of print and eventually be forgotten entirely. They were so talented. I only have 2 albums, and Explorers Club, but I loved their style and I’ve been meaning to seek out more. This thread bump is a good reminder.
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Re: RIP Trent Gardner (from Magellan - Magna Carta Label Band; Prog Rock)
« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2020, 06:50:24 AM »
I love Hour of Restoration, Impending Ascension and Hundred Year Flood.  And some of the collaborations.

The rest was hit and miss for me.  Test of Wills is OK but the ones after HYF I was buying to be a completest more than really wanting.
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