franku
Ikon Class
- Joined
- May 6, 2011
The 1969-71 Ann Arbor, MI psychedelic band Sproton Layer are doing a reunion show Friday night 6/14 in Ann Arbor, then playing Detroit on Saturday 6/15. They also have shows in Cambridge MA 6/25, NYC 6/26, and Northampton MA 6/27.
The band consisted of brothers Roger, Laurence, and Ben Miller, plus friend Harold Kirchen. Roger Miller went on to Mission of Burma, the Alloy Orchestra, etc., while Ben and Laurence played in Destroy All Monsters for a bit and later worked with a 12-saxophone orchestra (Ben) and as a children's music performer (Laurence), while Harold quit music and became a carpenter.
Influenced by artists like the Silver Apples, Soft Machine, Pink Floyd, John Cage, and Stockhausen, the pot-inspired teens recorded an album in the Millers' basement, "With Magnetic Fields Disrupted" in 1970, which was first issued on vinyl in 1992 and on CD in 2011 by World In Sound. A second disc of unissued material is in the works, due in 2014.
I interviewed all four original members on my radio show Monday night, and it was a lot of fun! It was the band's first-ever in-person interview.
Here is a link to the interview (music clips have been trimmed in the middle):
http://www.divshare.com/download/24206495-0e7
I'm looking forward to seeing their first show in 43 years this Friday!
Frank
The band consisted of brothers Roger, Laurence, and Ben Miller, plus friend Harold Kirchen. Roger Miller went on to Mission of Burma, the Alloy Orchestra, etc., while Ben and Laurence played in Destroy All Monsters for a bit and later worked with a 12-saxophone orchestra (Ben) and as a children's music performer (Laurence), while Harold quit music and became a carpenter.
Influenced by artists like the Silver Apples, Soft Machine, Pink Floyd, John Cage, and Stockhausen, the pot-inspired teens recorded an album in the Millers' basement, "With Magnetic Fields Disrupted" in 1970, which was first issued on vinyl in 1992 and on CD in 2011 by World In Sound. A second disc of unissued material is in the works, due in 2014.
I interviewed all four original members on my radio show Monday night, and it was a lot of fun! It was the band's first-ever in-person interview.
Here is a link to the interview (music clips have been trimmed in the middle):
http://www.divshare.com/download/24206495-0e7
I'm looking forward to seeing their first show in 43 years this Friday!
Frank
