Octopus

Octopus - 1970s Belgian pop band

Group from Belgium

Genres: Progressive metal, Progressive rock, instrumental, math metal, psychedelic

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About Octopus

1) Octopus is a occult rock/stoner metal band from Detroit, Michigan. See Bandcamp for releases. 2) Octopus was a Scottish indie band active in the mid to late 90s and signed to Food records. They comprised Marc Shearer (Guitar, Vocals), Alan McSeveney (Guitar). Cameron Miller (Bass) and Oliver Gassett (Drums) and they had four charting singles: Your Smile, Magazine, Jealousy and Saved, the latter making the UK top 40. They released one album, From A to B in 1996. 3) Octopus was originally a German progressive rock band which shifted to a more commercial hard rock style in the early 1980s. They are mainly remembered for the three albums released by Sky Records between 1976 and 1980. The band's sound during that period was defined by the powerful alto voice of Jennifer Hensel, whose sometimes gritty sound has been compared to Janis Joplin and Jenny Haan. Octopus was formed in Frankfurt/Main in 1973 with an original lineup of bassist Claus-Dieter Kniemeyer, guitarist Pit Hensel, vocalist Jennifer Hensel, keyboardist Werner Littau and drummer Dieter Becke. By the time they went into the studio to record their first album Becke had been replaced by Frank Eule who, in turn, was replaced by Seppl Niemeyer in October, 1977. The first two albums, "The Boat of Thoughts" (1976) and "An Ocean of Rocks" (1977) are heavy in keyboard work by Littau (organ, Moog synthesizer, and Mellotron) and are often reminiscent of Camel, albeit with a bit more of a hard edge. The band's lyrics on the first three albums are entirely in English. The first two albums are generally considered to be Octopus' best work. In September, 1978 Pit Hensel was replaced by Win Kowa (formerly of Streetmark) on guitar. In June, 1979 Octopus played for 60,000 at „Rock gegen Rechts“ in Frankfurt/Main. The band began a shift to a straight hard rock style with the album "Rubber Angel", released in January, 1980. Kowa and Jennifer Hensel left after that album and were briefly replaced by Doris Tangel and Alex Rodman. During the summer of 1980 Georg Klivinyi took over as guitarist and Michael Stein (4) joined as lead vocalist, giving the band an entirely different commercial sound for their final album "Hart Am Rand" (1981). The band went through a further series of personnel changes before finally disbanding in May, 1983. OCTOPUS discography 1.The Boat Of Thoughts 1976 2.An Ocean Of Rocks 1978 3.Rubber Angel 1979 4.Hart Am Rand 1981 Members: Alexander Adrett, Claus-Dieter Kniemeyer, Dieter Becke, Doris Tangel, Frank Eule, Georg Klivinyi, Jennifer Hensel, Michael Stein, Pit Hensel, Seppl Niemeyer, Werner Littau, Winfried Kowallik https://www.discogs.com/artist/333182-Octopus-3 http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=896#discography 4) Octopus is a maniacal four-piece psychedelic garage rock band straight from the Dutch underground. By cooking up elements from 60s psychedelic rock, punk and indie they create a recipe for brilliant disaster.

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