YOUR SHOUT!

They danced with tears in their eyes and reaped the wild wind but how prog were Ultravox? It’s over to you!

“Prog enough for me. To me, many of the more electronic bands of this era are more progressive in the true meaning of the word, exploring new sounds, new instruments.”

ANDREAS NILSEN

“Definitely in the Venn diagram of prog and electronic pop/rock. Astradyne and Western Promise from the Vienna album are great bits of music, regardless of genre!”

KEVIN GOVER

“At the time, they didn’t seem prog, but at the time Rush were considered ‘thinking man’s heavy metal’ instead of prog. If there’s room for Kraftwerk and XTC under the prog umbrella, then there’s plenty of room for Ultravox.” RANDY PANUCCI

“Definite proggy influences in melody and composition. Probably coming from Billy Currie and, to a lesser extent, Midge Ure. Billy has worked with Steve Howe on his own solo stuff and guested on Steve’s Turbulence album. Also, Billy was in some art rock bands early on and he’s well into his classical music.”

EDDIE KILLEN

“I bought the Vienna album expecting it to be a polished, classy pop record. Turned out to be polished, classy prog. Excellent album.”

BRIAN TUNA

“Great band but if it’s 4/4 it ain’t prog!” MUSIC MAESTRO

“Totally agree. Apart from the title track, which is pop, the Vienna album is pure prog. I started to write you a letter about it when the deluxe was reissued.”

KEITH TRACY

“If Vienna were by, say Curved Air, it’d be hailed as a prog masterpiece. Chart band? Nah, begrudgingly…”

PHIL GORNER

“Definitely – if we say the best 70s art rock (Roxy Music, Bowie etc) was prog then John Foxx-era Ultravox definitely was. I’m not a fan of the Midge era but again if you think best prog pop (Kate Bush, ELO) was prog then much of Midge-era Ultravox was.”

WILLIAM HIGHAM

“Not a band that would interest me in the least, I’m afraid.”

JON WHITE

“The first band that really turned me on, back in my much younger days. The path wasn’t that far from the classical piano flourishes and symphonic synths of, for instance, Quartet to Genesis.”

JACOB HOLM-LUPO

“When a band member steps out from behind the keyboards to play a violin solo, then they are prog or prog-influenced without question.”

IAN POPE

“Great electronic rock band. One of my faves of all time. Not prog.”

MARK HAGAN

“Certainly tracks on the album Vienna could be classed as prog. Vienna itself and Astradyne, if done by a ‘prog’ band, would be hailed as masterpieces.”

DAVE DIX