Releases by metropolis

Multiple artists are known as Metropolis: 1. Metropolis Members: Nina Baldursson, Pete Bellotte, Thor Baldursson Metropolis ~ Greatest Show On Earth ~ Salsoul ~ 1978 tracklist: A1 The Greatest Show On Earth 7:03 A2 Was That All 4:19 A3 Go Get It 3:57 A4 I Love New York 4:21 B1 New York Is My Kind Of Town 7:14 B2 Here’s To You 4:00 B3 Everytime I See Him 4:08 B4 Thunder And Lightning 4:43 This group were active in the late 1970s as a disco band that recorded on the Salsoul record label. The members included the Icelandic keyboardist Thor Bladursson, Nina Baldursson and the British lyricist and producer Pete Bellotte. They were basically a one-hit wonder although they released a couple of singles in 1978, and their “I Love New York is still heard fairly regularly. Their album The Greatest Show on Earth was released in 1978. Metropolis recordings Love New York (Steve Karmen) I Love New York (Instrumental) (Steve Karmen) So it wasn’t until show 18 that I finally got a turntable fired up so I could go crate digging in my vinyl collection and these next two tracks were the first I picked starting with Metropolis and the title track from their 1978 album “The Greatest Show On Earth”. That distinctive Salsoul Records release was written by Pete Bellotte and Thor Baldursson, the backing track was recorded in Munich, the vocals (from the Sweethearts) and horns were recorded at the Sigma Studios in Philidelphia and then it was mixed by Tom Moulton. The album also includes “I Love New York” which I still haven’t featured on the show! https://www.discogs.com/artist/120233-Metropolis-5 https://www.feenotes.com/database/groups/metropolis/ https://goldhomeofthegoodgroove.wordpress.com/tag/metropolis/ 2. An AOR band from Canada by Stan Meissner and Peter Fredette. They released the album "Power of the night" in 1999. 3. A short-lived progressive rock band from Berlin - 1973 initiated by Michael Duwe who has been an early member of AGITATION FREE and produced "Seven UP" with ASH RA TEMPEL. Other members to have former collaborations with wellknown bands were drummer Thomas Hildebrand (MYTHOS) and Michael Westphal (ASH RA TEMPEL). Their eponymous debut was recorded December 1973 in Munich. Very rare as vinyl and in the early 90s also released by the Germanofon label as an unauthorized bootleg on CD. A concept album with clear musical influences because 'Mickie' Duwe also participated at the Berlin "Hair" performance. So there is a special vocal emphasis (Duwe's voice was close to Bowie) combined with a blend of several styles like Symphonic, Folk, Blues, Jazz- and Krautrock, very innovative and unique at that time. Afterwards METROPOLIS disbanded and all musicians went to other bands or worked solo. 4. A Nu-Metal band from Nitra, Slovakia. Formed in 2002 they play hard rock / nu metal music. They combine various features from diffrent genres and do not wish to be labelled by some specific music style. The name of the group was inspired by a cult German movie Metropolis. They have already released two albums Radioactivity (2005) and Vodoo (2007). They are working on the third album. It is expected to be released in spring 2009.; 5. Hardcore band out of Aurora, Ontario. 2008-2010 http://www.myspace.com/metropolisfuckyeah 6. A progressive metal band from Belgium, their influences are drawn from different genres. One of the members is the son of Daniel from Univers Zero . Listeners of prog like Riverside & Porcupine Tree will appreciate their music. (myspace.com/metropolgroupe) 7. A four piece indie rock band who formed in Cheltenham, UK in September 2012. Members Ollie Weikert (vocals, guitar), Bradley Hutchings (guitar), Thomas Muddle (bass), and Andy Burgess (drums) met as students at the University of Gloucestershire and have been drawn to writing material covering a broad and eclectic spectrum of influences, from modern rock bands such as Weezer, through to hip hop acts such as De La Soul and Mos Def. The band kicked off what promises to be a busy 2013 by releasing their debut EP 'Where People Have Been' and playing a show in the Czech Republic. 8. An alternative rock, grunge, indie band from Ankara, Turkey; 9. A progressive metal band from Gävle, Sweden. 10. A vocalist for international hip hop crew, Foreign Beggars 11. An Bulgarian electro comunity/organisation 12. One of the aliases used by The Future Sound of London, an electronic band from Manchester, England. 13. A solo recording project (and later a live band) by Ben Hardwidge in the late 1990s in the UK. 14.A barbershop quartet from the US. 15. Avant-jazz group from Leeds associated with LIMA. http://www.myspace.com/metropolisuk 16.A Progressive metal act from the U.S with many acoustic and jazzy influences released only one excellent album "Unsure Destination" (1994) then unfortunately disbanded some time later http://www.technodisco.net/metropolis/unsure-destination-2997459.html 17. A minimal synthpop band that released a 7" in 1982. 18. An early name of the band Avatar, before they became Savatage. 19. A side project of Hangoth from December Moon, Metropolis is a one-man Crust Punk band from Iran. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.