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Bio:
Eclipse were a MOR rock band formed in 1980. They released four singles in their
lifetime and appeared twice on RTE's Non-Stop Pop in 1981. They played their
final gig at the King's Hall in Belfast in 1988. Only singer Johnny Saunderson
has remained active, currently fronting a hard rock band based in Vienna in
Austria. Bill McHugh played drums on the first single.
"The band's highly disparare set cast them as D.I.Y. amateurs
attempting to emulate their 60s's heroes using the technique of
'76 -- in other words, they muddled through a variety of styles
with varying levels of incompetence and sparked an evacuation
of sorts."--Hot Press review of the bands appearance at the Mega-Bash at the Ivy Rooms
Dublin on 29 August 1985
"The Epilogue" was once described on ebay as NWOBHM while the second single was
offered as powerpop. Having heard the first one, I'd describe Eclipse as a late
progressive band with the lighter, poppier take on prog of late 70s bands of this
type. This is most borne out on the B-side which is a (mostly) instrumental light
progressive track not a million miles away from the likes of Fruupp, Camel and
Kayak. The A-side is a pop/rock piano-led ballad with an arrangement that's a
cut above the norm. There is nothing even vaguely NWOBHM about either track.
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