Jefferson Starship Red Octopus-Beatles used Violin in some their works.
Jean-Lic Ponte is good.
Jean-Lic Ponte is good.
Some pretty brain fry poop (violin isn't exactly a staple of generic rock) came out in the early 70's that might stretch alot of people's definition of rock to a breaking point. Haven't seen these listed yet: -PFM, "Per Un Amico" might be a good start, "Cook" is not recorded as well, but is a scorching a live record, the "Cook" versions of "Four Holes in The Ground" and "Alta Loma 9 til 5" are anthemic monsters (if you dig Lou Reed Rock and Roll Animal, the best ELP or Focus this stuff will kill you). -Arti + Mestieri, 1st two "Tilt" and Giro di Valser" still stand as a couple of the most advanced classically informed instumental rock records made. Fantastically skilled players, great ideas and very Italian. -Wolf, Darryl Way, the violinist from Curved Air made a quantum leap by splitting and forming this band. All three releases are excellent (and mostly instrumental). "Saturation Point" (their 2nd) is my favotite, any Ponty/Holdsworth/Mahavishnu/Zappa head should get a deluxe buzz off this one. Other supoib violin rock came from: -Strynx -Stomu Yamashta (the ones w/ his wife on Violin and Hugh Hopper on bass) -Edition Speciale -Zao, (the French 70's band) -Roxy Music (Viva) -East of Eden (1st two w/ Dave Arbus) -Esparanto (start w/ Danse Macabre) -Alquin, (Mountain Queen) -King Crimson ("Lark's Tongues", "Starless and Bible Black" and "Red" might seem like twisted nightmares, but they're damn good records). |
UK (one of my favorite bands from that time period) http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:4f77gjvr86in~T1 |