U.K. (band)

U.K.
U.K., 1978. L-R: John Wetton, Allan Holdsworth, Bill Bruford, and Eddie Jobson.
U.K., 1978. L-R: John Wetton, Allan Holdsworth, Bill Bruford, and Eddie Jobson.
Background information
OriginEngland
Genres
Years active1977–1980, 2011–2015
Labels
Spinoffs
Spinoff of
Past membersEddie Jobson
John Wetton
Allan Holdsworth
Bill Bruford
Terry Bozzio

U.K. were a British progressive rock supergroup originally active from 1977 to 1980. The band was founded by bass guitarist John Wetton and drummer Bill Bruford, formerly the rhythm section of King Crimson. The band was rounded out by violinist/keyboardist Eddie Jobson, and guitarist Allan Holdsworth. Bruford and Holdsworth left in 1978, and Bruford was replaced by drummer Terry Bozzio. Jobson, Wetton and Bozzio reformed U.K. for a world tour in 2012.

  1. ^ Michael Ray, ed. (2012). Disco, punk, new wave, heavy metal, and more: Music in the 1970s and 1980s. Rosen Education Service. p. 106. ISBN 978-1615309085. ...the appearance of the influential British art rock bands U.K. and Marillion in the late 1970s and early 1980s, respectively