The Nice | |
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![The Nice at the Ernst-Merck-Halle in Hamburg, West Germany on 28 March 1970[1]](view_image.php?q=The_Nice&sq=&lang=&file=File:Nice_1970.JPG) | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1967–1970, 2002 |
| Labels | Immediate, Charisma |
| Spinoffs | |
| Spinoff of | P. P. Arnold |
| Past members | Keith Emerson Lee Jackson David O'List Ian Hague Brian Davison |
The Nice were an English progressive rock band active in the late 1960s. They blended rock, jazz and classical music.
Keyboardist Keith Emerson, bassist Lee Jackson, guitarist David O'List, and drummer Ian Hague originally formed in 1967 to be the backing band of soul singer P. P. Arnold. After replacing Hague with Brian Davison, the group set out on their own and quickly developed a strong live following. The group's stage performances featured Emerson's Hammond organ showmanship and abuse of the instrument. Their compositions included radical rearrangements of classical music themes and Bob Dylan songs.
The band achieved commercial success with an instrumental rearrangement of Leonard Bernstein's "America", following which O'List left the group. The remaining members carried on as a trio, releasing several albums, before Emerson left the band in early 1970 in order to form Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The group briefly re-formed in 2002 for a series of concerts.
- ^ Hanson 2002, p. 126.
- ^ Pete Prown; HP Newquist (1997). Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 78. ISBN 978-0793540426.
...British art rock groups such as the Nice, Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson, the Moody Blues, and Procol Harum...
- ^ Maxwell, Tom (29 December 2015). "Lemmy's Six-Decade Rock and Roll Journey, in Extremely Loud Videos". Slate magazine.
- ^ Greene 2016, p. 183.