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Grand Stand biography
As any GENESIS fan I always find great pleasure in bands are able to work their own compositions with their great influence, but I believe GRAND STAND went a step too far in their debut album, they seem to listen parts of albums from Trespass to Duke and paste some sections randomly.

Surely they are talented musicians, something that can't be denied, but the word originality was erased from their dictionary, during some short moments you feel a breeze of fresh air but when you notice it's clearly taken from Yes or Pink Floyd music.

The worst problem the find is not the more than obvious influence very close to cloning but that when they loose the "inspiration", some sections are repetitive in such and exaggerate way that they insist with the same guitar or keyboard section for long periods of time as when an old LP scratched and the same section kept going over and over, last time I was listening "Condor and the Java Cup" I was tempted to hit the CD player so the needle could advance.

Olov Andersson (Keyboards) and Tomas Hurting (Drums) are involved in a band called MARBLE STANDS since around 1987 but after a short time they changed into GRAND STAND, the first notice I heard from them was in 1998 when they make a GENESIS tribute concert in Helsinki in 1998 with Tommy Erickson from AGENESS singing the Peter Gabriel parts with outfits and all the paraphernalia.

In the year 2000 they release their debut album "In the Middle on the Edge" and the name describes it, they were near the edge of a copyright sue by GENESIS.

Their second release "Tricks of Times" (2003) is a bit different, they combine the GENESIS influence with THE FLOWER KINGS, much better than the first one but still not too original, the sad thing is that they contributed with a very good track called "Stormen" (Tempest) for the ambitious project called "Kalevala a Finnish Progressive Rock Epic" in the same 2003.

If you ask me about their musicianship, I would say they are really good and efficient performers, the quality of their albums is over the average by far, "Tricks of Times" was a great improvement from their debut with a 16:00 minutes epic called "Old Man's Tale" but if they don't leave some influence behind, they won't grow enough.

Ideal for GENESIS die hard fans

Iván Melgar Morey - Perú
homepages http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Grand+Stand

видео https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7oAFcQ50Vg
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GRAND SATAND -IN THE MIDDLE, ON THE EDGE-1998




Origin: Швэция
Жанр: progressive rock, art-rock, по прогархиву Symphonic Prog
Год: 1998
Офигенная группа в духе GENESIS периода 1975-1976 гг

Studio Album, released in 2000(на самом деле диск 1998 года) мне его музыканты прислали в 2000м

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. The trees and the chopping nutcracker (5:53)
2. Condor and the java cup (4:40)
3. The first thrilling steps of another day (1:37)
4. Triumphant forrest going frenzy (6:38)
5. Minor mischiefs in big ways (8:20)
6. Flexible thoughts (7:40)
7. Resting in the eye of the riot (6:51)
8. Marble stains (4:33)

Total Time: 46:12

Line-up / Musicians

- Olov Andersson / keyboards & synthesizers
- Tomas Hurtig / drums & sound advice

GRAND SATAND -TRICKS OF TIME-2002




Origin: Швэция
Жанр: progressive rock, art-rock, по прогархиву Symphonic Prog
Год: 2002

Studio Album, released in 2002

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Jurassic Spark (11:24)
2. Words Are Not Enough (4:01)
3. Waiting For Water (9:39)
4. Empty Barrels Rattle The Most (9:34)
5. Old Man's Tale (16:00)
I- "Make Way ForThe Old Man"
II- "Questions & Answers"
III- "Floating Among The Clouds"
IV- "The Rumble Dance"
V- "Second Thoughts"
VI- "Back To The Park"
VII- "Live Your Life, Be On Your Way"

Total Time: 50:38
Produced by:
Hansi Cross and Grand Stand
Line-up / Musicians

- Olov Andersson / keyboards, backing vocals
- Göran Johnsson / bass, lead vocals, keyboards
- Michael R Jensen / guitars
- Tomas Hurtig / drums
WITH:
- Hansi Cross / backing vocals помним группу CROSS?!!!!!
- Fredrik Andersson / backing vocals
Contribution from a Cross member:
Hansi Cross mixed and co-produced the album together with Grand Stand and also sings background vocals.
Göran Johnsson was at the time member of Grand Stand where he sang lead vocals, played bass and occasional keyboards.