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Midnight was in a band called Crimson Glory,
but has ventured out on his own. He had a voice that everyone said "WOW"
when they heard. From his soft melodic "ballad voice" to his powerful full
scale voice, he was an original, to say the least. From the 80's to 90's,
it seemed that Heavy Metal music was described as "He who hit the highest
note". I loved that style, but i have to say, MIDNIGHT TIPPED THE SCALES
ON THE HIGHEST NOTE!!!
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Crimson Glory, originally
named "Beowulf, was formed in
1982 in Sarasota, Florida, by
guitarist-Jon Drenning,
guitarist-Ben Jackson,Vocalist
Midnight, and bassist-Jeff Lords.
The group spent the next four-years
in seclusion rehearsing and
developing their own "distinctive"
look and sound which
eventually led to the recording
of their self-titled debut
album "Crimson Glory" in 1986
on Roadrunner Records
(Europe). The band performed
throughout Holland and parts of
Germany immediately following
the release of their
self-titled LP in the fall of
1986 too much success and
acclaim.
The band recorded and
released their much anticipated
follow-up LP "Transcendence"
in 1989 for Road Runner Records
(Europe) and MCA Records (USA).
"Transcendence" contained
the band's first hit-single
"Lonely", a song that was in the
top of the American Radio charts
in several major market
areas for over 24 consecutive
weeks. "Transcendence"
received equally rave reviews
abroad which led to a very
successful North American, European
and Japanese tour with
the bands Metallica, Ozzy Osborne,
Queensryche, Udo, Doro,
and Anthrax, to sold-out crowds
everywhere...The largest
show being the Metal Hammer
Festival in Dortmund, Germany in
front of 20,000+ fans in the
spring 1990, with Ozzy,
Metallica, and Queensryche.
Recorded and released
their third LP "Strange & Beautiful"
for Atlantic Records in 1992...Immediately
followed the
release of "Strange & Beautiful"
with a head-lining club
tour in the United States that
culminated with the biggest
show of the tour at the end
of the year in Los Angeles,
Calif. at the Concrete Foundations
Forum along with Ozzy
Osborne, Soundgarden and Alice
In Chains.
Their three LP's, "Crimson Glory"
(Roadrunner
Records/1986), "Transcendence"
(MCA Records/1989) and
"Strange and Beautiful" (Atlantic
Records/1992) have gained
cult status as some of the best
prog/power metal music ever
recorded.
