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==[[No Secrets (Facelift 1994)]]== | ==[[No Secrets (Facelift 1994)]]== | ||
" | "... And then I guess I went from Gong to '''UK''', because I met Bill during that period." | ||
The last few years of the Seventies was a prolific era for Holdsworth credits: major involvement with Gong, '''UK''' and Bill Bruford, first for the drummer’s jazz-oriented solo LP, and then in the band Bruford, which saw Holdsworth, Dave Stewart and bassist Jeff Berlin recruited full time. Also in this period were the first steps into solo projects ("Velvet Darkness”) as well as flirtations with jazz both free and structured with the likes of Gordon Beck and John Stevens. '''UK''' represented probably the most commercial outing Allan Holdsworth has made: a union with ex-Crimson members Bill Bruford and John Wetton plus keyboardist Eddie Jobson.
"I suppose it was an attempt to make another group like Yes. Not like that musically, but they definitely tried to pump it up. It didn’t work for me - there was no space for someone like me in that kind of band." | The last few years of the Seventies was a prolific era for Holdsworth credits: major involvement with Gong, '''UK''' and Bill Bruford, first for the drummer’s jazz-oriented solo LP, and then in the band Bruford, which saw Holdsworth, Dave Stewart and bassist Jeff Berlin recruited full time. Also in this period were the first steps into solo projects ("Velvet Darkness”) as well as flirtations with jazz both free and structured with the likes of Gordon Beck and John Stevens. '''UK''' represented probably the most commercial outing Allan Holdsworth has made: a union with ex-Crimson members Bill Bruford and John Wetton plus keyboardist Eddie Jobson.
"I suppose it was an attempt to make another group like Yes. Not like that musically, but they definitely tried to pump it up. It didn’t work for me - there was no space for someone like me in that kind of band." | ||
"I enjoyed playing with '''UK''' - they were all great guys, but it just didn’t work out - it wasn’t the right combination. And then when I went on to work with Bill, I enjoyed working with Bill but the problem was that I just had this thing in my head about wanting to do my own thing. | "I enjoyed playing with '''UK''' - they were all great guys, but it just didn’t work out - it wasn’t the right combination. And then when I went on to work with Bill, I enjoyed working with Bill but the problem was that I just had this thing in my head about wanting to do my own thing. | ||
