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SUITE: THE DREAMER AND THE DREAM
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HEAVY PROGRESSIVE ROCK, SYMPHONIC, MELODIC, SOUNDSCAPES!
AVALON USA started in 1989, when Jeff Kalmar and Joel Pirard agreed to start a new band together. After having played in ORION, (with John Curtin) they had a good idea of what they could come up with. "We scouted around searching for the people that would eventually make up the band." Ultimately, Bruce Henninger, was recruited from an advertisement in a musicians' journal, and the search for a bassist continued. For a short time that spot was filled but the demands of the music soon brought about more change. John Curtin had been sitting in from time to time and eventually came aboard as bassist/lead guitarist, soon followed by Dan Bonadeo. Thus the birth of the band. AVALON USA even devoted time to a YES tribute set, all the while writing new powerful material, and re-doing a number of ORION songs. AVALON USA disbanded in 1992, In 2001 a CD was recorded , featuring JEFF KALMAR, JOEL PIRARD, BRUCE HENNINGER, and of course, DAN BONADEO. JOHN CURTIN has been consulted on the project, but due to other commitments was not available for the reunion, with the noteable exception that he did play on his own song, "Once Stood A Man" with the band, and contributed a bonus track. "It was now or never", it was said recently, We didn't want to proceed for the longest time WITHOUT all the members, but eventually it became apparent that the only way it was going to happen was to be proactive and MAKE it happen". Joel Pirard has said "I had broached the idea to the guys of a resumption of working together, at least to finish some unfinished music, and record them for posterity. At first everyone seemed into it, but time commitments being what they are, things dragged on. Eventually Dan took over the reins of this, to the extent of engineering it and scheduling sessions, etc. It soon became obvious that John couldn't be an active participant, although he is there in spirit". John Curtin eventually appeared on several tracks, notably playing lead guitar on Once Stood A Man and with his composition Exploring the Deep, with former ORion drummer Roger Schnur, as well as the live track archives, AVALON USA's CDs, ONCE STOOD A BAND and ALTERNATE TUNES ares available on Bandcamp.
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Rock • Progressive Rock
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Peak #583
Peak in subgenre #68
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MUSIC, JOEL, JEFF, JOHN, DAN, WORDS: BRUCE
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2001
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January 03, 2024
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MP3 16.3 MB • 160 kbps • 14:13
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SWAMPFIRE Wake up in a dreamland, a bustling swampland mall A cozy place that feels like home and yet theres something wrong A place of our imaginings, that beckons us inside To share in lifes simplicity , and leave reality Outside So many friendly creatures, surrounding me right now I know I dont belong here but they will not let me out So I will play the innocent and take on a disguise And take my place in line to fool The friendly watchful eyes But my premature discovery raises rancor By even the most gentle, reason fled No time to waste in final desperation Make an escape and the flying weights Hit the LIZARD on the head Where does the dreamer end Where does the dream begin? Where does the substance fade and the Myth come rushing in? We are all just aspects of the things that we create Profane and sacred, good and evil In the depths of love and hate. Pursued to the waters edge, I draw my gun They stop and gasp for such a thing is never done I tell them that I meant no harm to any one, and that they must let me leave They stand and watch helpless as I step into the boat Cast of from their peaceful shore A wayward soul afloat Far from shore in another song Where my dreamland starts to fade The creatures watch me vanish, then Turn and walk away BRIEF RETURN When the Dreamer ends will he remember, His return to this land, where things got out of hand Will he remember, the mistake that was made And the price that he paid, when the Dreamer ends The rope was placed around my neck through ignorance and fear In my heart I find no room for malice or resentment They do what they feel they must They cannot know their reasons. Perhaps its best to end it here, to put the strife to rest Just before the final fall A hand of understanding Reaches up to where I stand A gesture of compassion But I worry what will come Once the final panel fades Death no longer a stranger here How will the magic change? When the Dreamer ends will he remember, The tree upon the hill, the thoughts that made them kill Will he remember the evil that was done Witnessed by the setting sun When the dreamer ends He will remember. JUGGERNAUT I remember! He has been here before now, and I am here again A dark-masked man here by this fools façade Call me OLD MAN JUGGS but I am really so much more An innocence destroyer well you fucked with the wrong mother A LECTER Incognito, a maven of depravity I will strike into your hearts and make you know MORTALITY Cruel ghoul, murder maker Soulless machine, life debaser You who left your justice swinging at the end of a hangmans rope The first to die will be a sign This memory that stains your lives The tree there on your bloody hill will know a different blood tonight The DEACON and the BLIND MAN Each will suffer like the other This JUGGERNAUT will war tonight! The SPINY friend will feel the spines SHOPKEEPER with bloody eyes Three SMALL BROTHERS nailed Upon the wood The MADAME and THE bitchEach will suffer like the other This JUGGERNAUT will kill tonight! Skin the LIZARD Stuff the OWL Let the dog have the bones Crack the shell and slice the tender flesh! Dont think that you can stop me The way you did before Slap me and Ill disappear behind my old familiar face Terror in the shadow your cowards realization You have met the ENEMY And he is me! HE IS ME! PLAYING POSSUM Who am I? What did I dream? The JUGGERNAUT within me has stretched its legs enough Playing Possum, Playing Mind Games Its really harmless stuff Who am I? What was my dream? This fancy of anothern now given its release It belongs to all of us to believe in as we please! Where does the Dreamer stop And the Creation come to life? Where are all the choices made between the dark sides and the light? The facets of our inner selves. what is right and what is wrong Hold the answers to the questions That are asked within our song If this Dreamer has offended think on this and all is men
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