Artist description Intense progressive theatrical rock, with heavy carribean and jazz influences

Music Style Progressive Rock

Group Members J.D.: Piano and Vocals Marco: Guitar and Vocals Gage: Drums and Vocals Kevin Romanski: Marimba, Percussion and Vocals Bob White: Bass and Vocals David Chiappetta: Guitar and Vocals

Albums Of the Spheres, Blind Man's Sun

Press Reviews Of The Spheres - #1 Album of 1998 - The Aquarian Of The Spheres - #1 New Jersey Band Release of 1998 - "J.D. (is) one of the best rock pianists I've ever heard… [Of The Spheres is] one of my favorite releases of the year." Bridgewater (N.J.) Courier-News "9 out of 10… BMS is making positive strides with a progressive rock kind of thing... It's technical, multi-layered, frantic, and party danceable simultaneously… if you're looking for something original coming out of the groove rock scene… check this album out." Digital Daily Review "Listening to Blind Man's Sun, I'm convinced that… rock 'n' roll can be as big as it wants, as big as it needs to be… the largest studio recording ever produced by an independent act. Imagine if Pete Townshend, Peter Gabriel and Frank Zappa got Kurt Weil, George Gershwin and Stephen Sondheim really high and convinced them to join a rock band." Jambands.com "[T]he epic scope of their songs and the allegorical nature of their lyrics place them more squarely in the art rock legacy of bands like Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and The Who… lyrical, humorous, tight, precise, zany and imaginative. That's a lot to pack into a group pegged as jazz-meets- progressive rock." Downtown Express (NYC) "Pick-of-the-week goes, hands down, to Blind Man's Sun, the best so called jam-band to come through Worcester in a while. …'Of The Spheres' is phenomenal…" Worcester Magazine "A record BMS should be proud of… Blind Man's Sun will appeal especially to those with a taste for prog rock; there are elements intimating the influence of groups like Yes or Genesis…" PauseRecord Review "BMS have concocted a sound that is uniquely their own… These guys should develop a national following soon (5 on a 1-5 scale)." The Aquarian Weekly "The variety of writing styles is met with an equally big sound… [T]he music crashes through with tidal force… [T]he stylistic breadth of this music reaches far outside the norms of other jammers." Worcester Telegram & Gazette "[Re The Debut Double-CD] Top 12 Recordings of 1997… the songs are lyrically dense and musically denser... If you like free form songwriting and extended jams, you'll find these guys A-OK." Performing Songwriter. "They use a sophisticated blend of jazz-meets-progressive rock as a base for their divergent and complex musical ideas...." Relix Magazine "(Five stars out of five) a 90's version of progressive jazz rock that's danceable .... these guys can play their asses off ." The Musicians Exchange. "(Four Stars out of five) Three words describe Blind Man's Sun: unique, awesome, insane ." SUNY Binghamton Review

Location New Brunswick, NJ - USA

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