Magma (France)
Perhaps most unique of all progressive rock bands of the 70s Magma even invented their own lyrical and musical language. Progressive rock at its very, very best.
Line Up:
Christian Vander - drums
On Stage: 13
Travel party: 14
Biography:
"Magma had to be created, if not by me, then by someone else" - Christian Vander, July 1996. It would be futile, at this point in time, to sing the praises of Magma; it has become a legend. In forming Magma in 1969, Christian Vander initiated one of the richest creative efforts of the last 30 years. The group became successful in France very quickly and this fame soon spread abroad. One can ascribe this universality to the innate expressive force of Magma’s music and to the successive waves of exceptional personalities who brought so much to the endeavour beginning with Christian Vander, recognized worldwide as a ‘drum hero’ and as a composer of the utmost originality and expressive force.
Discography:
1970 Magma - Philips
1971 1,001 Degrees Centigrade - Philips
1973 Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh - Seventh
1974 Brussels '74 - Sprial
1974 Wurdah Itah - Seventh
1974 Kohntarkosz - Seventh
1975 Live - Seventh
1975 Theatre du Taur, Toulouse 1975
1976 Theusz Hamtaahk - Kisses
1976 Mekanik Zeuhl Wortz - Kisses
1976 Udu Wudu - Seventh
1977 Inedits - Tapioca
1978 Attahk - Seventh
1981 Retrospektiw III - Seventh
1981 Retrospektiw I-II - Seventh
1981 Concert - Bobino
1984 Merci - Seventh
1985 Mythes et Legendes Vol. 1 - Seventh
1989 Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh - Seventh
1990 Magma Live - Tomato
1990 Attahk - Tomato
1992 Le Voix de Magma: Live Dournevez - Seventh
1993 Les Genies Du Rock N°38 - Atlas
1995 Bobino, 1981 - Seventh
1996 Magma Concert 1971 Bruxelles [live] - Seventh
1999 3599 - Import
1999 Magma Kobia - Import
1999 Inedits - LTM
2001 Live - Japanese