There are three bands of this name - a British progressive rock band from t… Read Full Bio ↴There are three bands of this name - a British progressive rock band from the 1970s, a British alternative rock band formed in 2022, and a band from a Belgian television soap opera.

Spring: British band (1970's)
Spring were a Leicester-based British progressive rock band that represented the early 1970s progressive rock movement.

A one-shot band, it recorded only one album in its career, a self-titled LP released in 1971. Spring's music is notable for the use of the mellotron with three of the its five members credited with playing that instrument on the album.

Members[edit]
Spring originally consisted of Pat Moran (vocals), Ray Martinez (guitars), Kips Brown (keyboards), Pick Withers (drums) and Adrian Maloney (bass), all of whom had previously played in various local Leicester bands.

A turning point in Spring's fortunes happened after a gig in Cardiff, when the band's van broke down somewhere in the Welsh countryside, coincidentally very near where producer/engineer Kingsley Ward had recently set up Rockfield Studios. Ward would later marvel at the "coincidence of meeting a group with a broken down truck in your own home town when you have previously spent months traipsing around the country in search of talent". He was particularly intrigued by the fact that they owned a Mellotron, and "invited them down the following week for an audition with my brother Charles and myself", the outcome of which was "good enough for us to want to be involved with them". Several demo sessions followed. The band were rehearsing at Rockfield when producer Gus Dudgeon (of David Bowie and Elton John fame) dropped by to check the studio out, heard them play and expressed interest in producing them. A few months later, sessions took place at both Rockfield and London's Trident Studios, and the resulting album was released on the RCA/Neon label in 1971.

In spite of supporting Velvet Underground on a UK tour, plus Keith Christmas and The Sutherland Brothers on various dates, the band broke up in 1972 following aborted attempts at recording a second album. Two previously unreleased songs from these sessions (featuring new bassist Peter Decindis) appeared on The Laser's Edge's 1992 CD reissue of the album, along with "Fool's Gold" from the first album sessions. Moran later worked as sound engineer at Rockfield Studios, notably for Van der Graaf Generator and Robert Plant; he died in early 2011. Martinez became an in-demand session guitarist, working with the likes of Alkatraz, Michael Chapman, Gypsy, Tim Rose and Robert Plant. Pick Withers later became the drummer for Dire Straits, playing on their first four records. Kips Brown became a session musician, playing with Andy Fairweather Low and others, and was in a later band called 'Wellington'. Adrian Moloney returned to the Midlands, where he worked alongside several well-known artists and groups. A solo career as a jobbing musician and minor impresario took him all over the Midlands, and also to Tenerife for several summer seasons. He was working right up to his premature death in 2010.

Pat Moran became a notable Record Producer and worked with Lou Gramm, Robert Plant Iggy Pop, Edie Brickell and the new Bohemians as well as many others. For verification check Pat's obituary in the Guardian newspaper. On 25 May 2015 a double CD of Spring released on Esoteric Records, a part of Cherry Red Records, London. For verification you can check Tarantula recordings, a part of Bucks Music Group, London.

Pat Moran - vocals, mellotron
Ray Martinez - 6- and 12-string guitars, mellotron
Kips Brown - piano, organ, mellotron
Adrian "Bone" Maloney - bass
Pick Withers - drums, glockenspiel

Spring: Belgian band
Spring was a band consisting of young people. The band was formed around a television soap with the same name, where also a band named Spring played. However, the real band had different band members than in the TV show.

Members[edit]
Anneleen Liégeois
Cara Van der Auwera
Dami Corlazzoli
Jelle Cleymans
(Lyrics where all written by Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst - Music by Johan Vanden Eede)

Spring: British band (2022)

Spring is a band formed in Southend in 2022. They have released one single and one EP.

Members:
Rivers Bixby
Chris Molen
Gracie Kinsler
Rogan McGarry

Spring: Swiss band - Released an EP in 1996 - The Second Spring

Gazing
Spring Lyrics

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While gazing on the settings
Of fields of ashen grey
As nightfall clouds the Harvest
To steal the day away.

Pages we will turn
Taking steps to learn
Of the paths to take

When we do awake.

Seeing other pictures
Of Cities built for space
With fountains overflowing
And joining in the race.

Pages we will turn
Taking steps to learn
Of the paths to take
When we do awake.
From a sleep, a deeper sleep.
Where lonely dreams keep

There looking back an anger
A child of yesterday
Life is there before him
A tempest tossed afray.

Pages we will turn
Taking steps to learn
Of the paths to take
When we do awake.

From a sleep, a deeper sleep.
Where lonely dreams keep

Overall Meaning

The song "Gazing" by Spring paints a picture of someone standing outside at dusk, observing the fields becoming shrouded in an ashen grey hue as nightfall approaches. The lyrics evoke a sense of melancholy and sadness, as if the singer is reflecting on the fleeting nature of time and the impermanence of life. This is further emphasized by the mention of pages being turned and steps being taken to learn about the paths to take when they eventually wake up from a dream-filled sleep. The mood of the song changes slightly as the singer shifts their attention from the natural landscapes around them to images of cities built for space, with fountains overflowing and beckoning them to join in the race to achieve success.

As the song progresses, the lyrics become more introspective and introspective, with the singer looking back at moments of anger and regret as a child of yesterday. The image of a tempest-tossed individual suggests that they have been tossed about by the tumultuous waves of life, struggling to find their footing amidst the chaos. The song seems to be an exploration of the human condition, with all its ups and downs, and the need to constantly seek knowledge and wisdom to navigate through it all.

Line by Line Meaning

While gazing on the settings
While looking at the scenery

Of fields of ashen grey
Of desolate and colorless fields

As nightfall clouds the Harvest
As night descends upon the harvest season

To steal the day away.
To take away the remaining daylight

Pages we will turn
We will read

Taking steps to learn
Making efforts to gain knowledge

Of the paths to take
Of the choices to make

When we do awake.
When we become fully conscious/aware.

Seeing other pictures
Observing different ideas or possibilities

Of Cities built for space
Of cities designed for futuristic living

With fountains overflowing
With flowing fountains