TWELFTH NIGHT emerged from the Andy REVELL Band formed at Reading Universit… Read Full Bio ↴TWELFTH NIGHT emerged from the Andy REVELL Band formed at Reading University, where in 1978 they won a talent competition. Geoff MANN was an artist friend of the band from the moment in 1977 that he knocked on Andy's door to find out what record Andy was listening to and discovered that it was just Andy playing guitar! The embryonic band consisted of Andy and Brian DEVOIL (drums), with Mr Rick BATTERSBY managing the dry ice.
After Clive MITTEN joined in 1979, TWELFTH NIGHT as a band were born and got straight down to the work of recording. A live LP followed several tapes and experiments with other musicians, including one Electra McLEOD who performed vocals for one tape only. A vocalist was needed - but where to get one? Many were auditioned - including Geoff, who also performed a gig or two with the band and wrote some words for "Sequences".
A successful series of gigs was followed by the band being booked for the Reading Festival - the first local Reading band to have achieved this in the history of the festival. After much deliberating, Geoff MANN, the backdrop painter became Geoff MANN the poet, lyricist and vocalist.
It's important to consider the musical, social and political climate of the late 1970s - early 1980s to get a handle on what TWELFTH NIGHT were about; The roots of the music lie mainly in Andy Revell's HACKETT/HILLAGE guitar sound, but GENESIS, early PINK FLOYD and WISHBONE ASH are the most obvious influences. It has been said that there is a punk element to TN, and while there is a certain amount of aggression, that energy comes more directly from NWOBHM than punk. MANN's vocal style and lyrics may be laced with anarchism, but they run a whole lot deeper than that - Geoff was a deep thinker and poet, and later became ordained. His words attack the idle non-thinking majority in a cajoling way, they attack the governments at a grass-roots level and they attack the nonsense of war - but also support the positive aspects of life, like love. After MANN left (amicably) to join the church in 1983, a new era of TN started with Andy SEARS as vocalist, co-writer.
With Andy SEARS on board, the band began a very successful period. An accomplished vocalist and musician, Andy brought a more melodic edge to TWELFTH NIGHT. Andy's lyrics also dealt with compassion, whilst attacking authority and ignorance in a vitriolic way, touching on themes that are still very much issues today. SEARS preferred a more succinct lyrical style to MANN's. Less than two months after joining the band, TWELFTH NIGHT were invited to record a live MARQUEE show for European transmission. By the time the acclaimed album Art & Illusion was released, the last for Music For Nations, the band were signed to no other than HIT & RUN MANAGEMENT, home to GENESIS and PETER GABRIEL. Art & Illusion itself entered the National Charts at no 83, the only Twelfth Night album to accomplish this. An extraordinary feat given that the album received no hype of promotion whatsoever. The band embarked on their most successful tour, included two sell out shows at London's Dominion Theatre. TWELFTH NIGHT signed a 10 album deal with VIRGIN RECORDS on the back of the new SEARS line-up, recording their eponymously titled album (affectionately known as XII or the Virgin Album). The album was a very brave move away from more traditional progressive rock, and an attempt to move progressive rock onwards. As such, it is TWELFTH NIGHT's most polemic album to date. Between HIT & RUN and VIRGIN RECORDS the band were badly handled, and in 1986, disillusioned by this, SEARS left, closely followed by MITTEN.
In 2007, SEARS and MITTEN reformed the band for a series of acclaimed sell out shows. TWELFTH NIGHT are still making music in one form or another - but it tends to be fitted around the day jobs. Sadly, Geoff died of cancer in 1993, though his legacy lives on, predominantly through the Fact and Fiction album.
The more narrow-minded critics tend to make puerile comparisons between MANN and SEARS, but in truth both the "MANN-era" and the "SEARS-era" were successful periods in Twelfth Night's musical journey, showing the versatility of a band that dared to make changes where many others were still following old formulas and outdated trends. MANN and SEARS were in fact good friends and would often appear together for encore numbers!
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After Clive MITTEN joined in 1979, TWELFTH NIGHT as a band were born and got straight down to the work of recording. A live LP followed several tapes and experiments with other musicians, including one Electra McLEOD who performed vocals for one tape only. A vocalist was needed - but where to get one? Many were auditioned - including Geoff, who also performed a gig or two with the band and wrote some words for "Sequences".
A successful series of gigs was followed by the band being booked for the Reading Festival - the first local Reading band to have achieved this in the history of the festival. After much deliberating, Geoff MANN, the backdrop painter became Geoff MANN the poet, lyricist and vocalist.
It's important to consider the musical, social and political climate of the late 1970s - early 1980s to get a handle on what TWELFTH NIGHT were about; The roots of the music lie mainly in Andy Revell's HACKETT/HILLAGE guitar sound, but GENESIS, early PINK FLOYD and WISHBONE ASH are the most obvious influences. It has been said that there is a punk element to TN, and while there is a certain amount of aggression, that energy comes more directly from NWOBHM than punk. MANN's vocal style and lyrics may be laced with anarchism, but they run a whole lot deeper than that - Geoff was a deep thinker and poet, and later became ordained. His words attack the idle non-thinking majority in a cajoling way, they attack the governments at a grass-roots level and they attack the nonsense of war - but also support the positive aspects of life, like love. After MANN left (amicably) to join the church in 1983, a new era of TN started with Andy SEARS as vocalist, co-writer.
With Andy SEARS on board, the band began a very successful period. An accomplished vocalist and musician, Andy brought a more melodic edge to TWELFTH NIGHT. Andy's lyrics also dealt with compassion, whilst attacking authority and ignorance in a vitriolic way, touching on themes that are still very much issues today. SEARS preferred a more succinct lyrical style to MANN's. Less than two months after joining the band, TWELFTH NIGHT were invited to record a live MARQUEE show for European transmission. By the time the acclaimed album Art & Illusion was released, the last for Music For Nations, the band were signed to no other than HIT & RUN MANAGEMENT, home to GENESIS and PETER GABRIEL. Art & Illusion itself entered the National Charts at no 83, the only Twelfth Night album to accomplish this. An extraordinary feat given that the album received no hype of promotion whatsoever. The band embarked on their most successful tour, included two sell out shows at London's Dominion Theatre. TWELFTH NIGHT signed a 10 album deal with VIRGIN RECORDS on the back of the new SEARS line-up, recording their eponymously titled album (affectionately known as XII or the Virgin Album). The album was a very brave move away from more traditional progressive rock, and an attempt to move progressive rock onwards. As such, it is TWELFTH NIGHT's most polemic album to date. Between HIT & RUN and VIRGIN RECORDS the band were badly handled, and in 1986, disillusioned by this, SEARS left, closely followed by MITTEN.
In 2007, SEARS and MITTEN reformed the band for a series of acclaimed sell out shows. TWELFTH NIGHT are still making music in one form or another - but it tends to be fitted around the day jobs. Sadly, Geoff died of cancer in 1993, though his legacy lives on, predominantly through the Fact and Fiction album.
The more narrow-minded critics tend to make puerile comparisons between MANN and SEARS, but in truth both the "MANN-era" and the "SEARS-era" were successful periods in Twelfth Night's musical journey, showing the versatility of a band that dared to make changes where many others were still following old formulas and outdated trends. MANN and SEARS were in fact good friends and would often appear together for encore numbers!
www.twelfthnight.info
www.progarchives.com
Grim Reaper
Twelfth Night Lyrics
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Amery Uh Look Amery fucking Haley Kay Uh huh Okay I'm popping my c…
bbdalena I thought that you wanted to Fall in love again Guess that…
Big Scarr (Red dead, I'm so fuckin' bumpin', bruh) Woah (Frozone) Woah…
Damien Thorne closer and closer your death, awaiting in a cold sweat,…
Demolition Train Your time has come, it can't be undone The reaper is…
Detective Oh yeah, uh, oh yeah I've got a case of cold…
Devil's Reef In my final hours on this earth Visited by the harvester…
Eisfabrik Let me roam the World Far from this ghostly Place Here I…
Elan Noon Wake up in the middle of a wonderful dream Everybody's happy…
J-Love & Meyhem You won't take my soul (you won't take my soul) No…
Jennifer Castle It's not that I'm afraid at night To meet the one…
Keaton Simons You'll never see me coming A-a-a-a-alright It's too late and…
Lil God Dan Death is like a scary concept, but I think the way…
Lil Gotit I don't talk about it, doctor, these pills been hurtin'…
Maqel You don't try to show no effort I left her…
Mr. Baseman & The Symbols Yea Ooh Yea I'm the grim reaper Pull up with my hoodie on th…
Orion Sun Where do you go When your soul leaves the physical I wanna…
Phem Had a dream last night you died in my arms There…
PrettyBoy Tracy Grim Reaper Grim Reaper Grim Reaper Grim Reaper Grim Reaper …
Public Theatre She's a Grim Reaper Don't watch her sway just watch her…
Q.D. III Right or wrong Ima play devils advocate ya hear me? My…
Q.D.III - Soundlab 1991 (quest records) D Bucksss 119 Miro running up them bands boy Ima come outsid…
Rhett May Grim Reaper Verse 1 I had a dream the other day About a…
Ryan Caraveo Ima go as hard as i came down Tell the grim…
Siege Doctor laid a doosie On my head today Cancer eating my lung…
STiFF Ha I said who you talking to You better shut your mouth I…
Suzi Wu Writing home to mother You tell her that you′re sober It's 1…
Sweet Danger band A black shadow in a black horse A black sorcerer casting…
te en suicide i'm dropping out of school i found a new job doing what i…
Teki Empty! Empty! Hollow shell of a women I mean- What the hell …
The Siege Doctor laid a doosie On my head today Cancer eating my lung…
The Tiger Lillies Well I know it doesn't matter if you're honest or…
Zach Schimpf Infinitely Far from where I stand, Breathing down my neck, I…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Twelfth Night:
Art & Illusion Magic man said "You know my dear You are living inside a…
Art and Illusion Magic man said "You know my dear You are living inside a…
Being Human Tremulous and quivering such victims as there are Contend wi…
Blondon Fair Heil, Mothers love to wash you clean To bleed you dry Lie be…
Blue Powder Monkey (Andy Sears) Time to light the fuse Hey you!--With that inno…
Counterpoint rat, rat, rat bourgeois interest dressed vultures who suck…
Creepshow Welcome Welcome First today to see the creepshow Come see th…
East of Eden it seems that paradise has been well locked and barred to al…
Eleanor Rigby Ah look at all the lonely people Ah look at all…
Fact and Fiction TV is switched on The screen reveal a spokesperson Adverts…
First New Day How can we fight the diseases of the poor When colour…
Human Being Tremulous and quivering such victims as there are Contend w…
Jungle (Andy Sears) These days,-- These days I can hardly breathe…
Kindergarden Everything is beautiful, yes everything is allright A mob o…
Last Song The tighter the turn The harder the means of escape The deep…
Love Song Everybody has wisdom everybody understands Food when we are …
Makes No Sense You know how it is when you're out walking Split seconds…
Pressure (Andy Sears) Law-- You live by bias rules Law to break W…
Puppets Motive hidden - eye made of wood Nothing is evil -…
Sequences And it seems my time has passed Before me until now In…
Shame (Andy Sears) pray-- dream breaker faith healer-- shame--…
Take a Look Synthesized, programmed and synchronized Detailed, computeri…
The Ceiling Speaks The Ceiling Speaks I am the ceiling you are the floor above…
The Collector Kingdom come come kingdom go That you may carve upon my…
The Craft Crystal breath on infant lips Clear eyes see worlds that do…
The Poet Sniffs a Flower [Instrumental]…
Theatre (Andy Sears) Charade, caprice Risque, Affectedly chic En …
This City The abstracted shapes of the people's thoughts Different sho…
This Is War (Andy Sears) Freedom come freedom go Hear you cry--"wonder …
Three Dancers Raise one leg Dream of death Obliterate your sex Holding …
We Are Sane I) Te Dium In upstairs rooms The meals are eaten The cars in…
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L. Salisbury
That brief period of music- c.65-67- seems to have given us an INFANITE number of obscure-but-killer 45s...
Tom P
all three of these tracks are killer, bolt. thank you times three!
thomas Baumgartner
Beautiful mélancolie and strong guitar fuzz to beat back the pain
Thomas Smith
so much Great garage-rock Sound packed into a minute and 54 seconds song
Ronaldo Oscar
Nice one. Killer
Thomas Smith
wow they're only record then this is a true one hit wonder parts of the vocals in this song remind me of the vocals in a Kinks song titled I don't want to be like everybody else another great post bolt 24
claredaluna
👂💥💞💥👂
Thomas SMITH
Bolt 24 great fuzz
mistery-ed
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