Elephant & Castle

Born in London at the end of the 80s, the french band E&C had turned the established order of prog rock upside down. They invented an elaborate music, inflated with the energies of Led Zep, Queen or Alice Cooper. The band was compared to such icons as IQ, Rush and Saga. One album (The Green One 1991), one tour, and then it’s over? No way. Two albums (one studio, one live), are released in 2021

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Elephant & Castle

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Elephant & Castle

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Depuis : 23/04/2021

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History

24 juil. 2021

From its start in London to its end in Paris, the story of the french band E&C. 80s-90s : a 15-year musical saga. ............................... Born in London at the end of the 80s, the french band E&C was compared to such icons as IQ, Rush and Saga. They released one album, The Green One, in 1991. And then it’s over? No way. Two albums (one st

At Last Live

24 avr. 2021

Recorded in 1996, At Last Live is the unprecedented testimony of the power and ease of Elephant & Castle on stage. At the end of 1996, Elephant & Castle decided to record a live album rather than to negotiate a production agreeement with a major. Recorded during two nights in Paris in front of 250 people, At Last is the last recording of a band who

Discography

25 avr. 2021

One album, one tour in 1992, a bunch of hopes and then it’s over ? No way ! E&C releases two lost albums in 2021. ............................... Buy our albums on our Bandcamp The Green One + : 5€ (soon on Bandcamp) The Lost Album : 9€ At Last Live : 7€ The Lost Album (recorded in 1993-95, released in 2021) In three years (1993 to 1995), E

On all platforms

31 oct. 2021

The Lost Album is available on all platforms 12 tracks recorded in the 90sForgottenReleased in 2021The Lost Album is a masterpiece

The Lost Album

23 avr. 2021

Recorded between 1993 and 1995, the 13 forgotten, lost tracks witness the creative vitality of a group at its peak. In three years (1993 to 1995), Elephant & Castle increased the number of studio recording sessions. A dozen tracks were recorded. Thirty years later, they are gathered together in an album. The Lost Album reflects the band's evolution

The lyrics

22 avr. 2021

Elephant & Castle turned down the prog rock clichés by depriving the lyrics of the usual prog rubbish. Elephant & Castle turned down the prog rock clichés by stripping their tracks down to the core and depriving the lyrics of the usual prog rubbish (elves, magic fountains, rainbows) to address everyday life. The band was compared to such icons as

The Green One +

23 avr. 2021

E&C’s debut album, The Green One (1991) is extended in 2021 with 15 live songs recorded during the Green One Tour. Elephant & Castle’s debut album, The Green One, was recorded in May 1991 at Studio Robespierre in Saint-Ouen (suburbs of Paris). The six tracks of these demo tapes were supposed to canvass record companies. The Ugum label published

Une histoire vraie

18 juil. 2021

Elephant & Castle, ou l’histoire vraie, heureuse et méconnue d'un groupe surdoué qui a cassé les codes du prog. Au début des années 1990, Elephant & Castle avait bouleversé l’ordre établi du rock progressif. En France, ce genre musical, boudé par les médias, se recroquevillait sous les préceptes d’un néoprog anglais aux accents har

A True Storie

18 juil. 2021

Elephant & Castle, the true, happy and little-known story of a gifted group that broke the codes of prog rock. In the early 1990s, Elephant & Castle had turned the established order of progressive rock upside down. In France, the musical genre, ignored by the media, was curling up under the precepts of an English neoprog with a hard rock touch and