Other Bands That Have Recorded or Played Gentle Giant Music
Multi-Artist Tribute Albums
See our discography page, under Tribute Albums.
Individual Artists
David Bainbridge
Aspirations appears on Songs For Luca. David Bainbridge is from the prog band Iona.
Camera Quintet
On their album "Kamera in Rock," Camera Quintet plays classical ensemble versions of Cogs in Cogs and Acquiring The Taste. (Thanks to Guido Benigni and Sandro Santella.)
Circle Square
They did a remix of Proclamation.
FSB (Formation Studio Balkanton)
This Bulgarian band covers three (or four) tunes on their album "Non Stop." The songs are The Power and the Glory (titled "Power and the Glory"), a medley of Free Hand and Time To Kill (titled "Free Hands"), and I Lost My Head (titled "Reflections"). All are instrumentals, with occasional background vocal parts.Reportedly, most if not all of the pieces on this album are covers. There is also material from Patrick Moraz for example.
Fennesz / O'Rourke / Rehberg
This trio of Christian Fennesz, Jim O'Rourke and Peter Rehberg reused the xylophone solo from "Knots" on their album The Magic Sound of Fenn O'Berg, in the track "shinjuku baby pt1." Listen to the RealAudio recording at about 2:30. (Thanks to Svante Eriksson!)
Flower Kings
In concert, this progressive rock band has played a cover version of Spooky Boogie.
Krokus?!?
Lootpack used music from Proclamation in their rap song "Likwit Fusion." (Big thanks to Yehuda Kotton for tracking down this mystery!)
Gende's Giant
A current band (2006) playing Gentle Giant cover shows around the USA. Contact Mike Gende at www.gendesgiant.com.
Hot Tips
A fusion band with Lou Carrollo on guitar, Ken Pomarico on keyboards, Joe Pomarico on bass, and Warren Vitale on drums. Lou reports that they "occasionally played a Blondie or Talking Heads song just so we could get a gig." They played Just The Same only once or twice live, recording it with a singer named Edie (last name forgotten) in a heavy metal club, "February's," on Long Island.
Esther Ofarim
This Israeli recording artist covers Aspirations on the double-CD version of her album "Esther Ofarim" (ACUM 64001). The single-CD version does not contain this song. It is titled "Aspiration."
Prism
Prism does a cover of Plain Truth on their self-titled CD. They were produced by Derek Shulman and also opened for Gentle Giant.
Madvillain
Madvillian uses a sample of Funny Ways on their CD "Madvillainy," on the track, "Strange Ways." (Thanks to Ryan Willer.)
Rat Race Choir
A local band from the New York area, they played "Two Weeks in Spain," "Just The Same," and "Free Hand" in concert. I've heard wild praise from several Gentle Giant fans about these performances.
Rockin' Revd
Rockin' Revd (Paul Moore) recorded a wacky version of Betcha Thought We Couldn't Do It (MP3)
Rodan
A cover band from Buffalo, NY that played Gentle Giant and Genesis songs in the 1970s or 1980s. The drummer, Ted Rinhart (sp?), went on to play with Spirogyra before they made it big. (Thanks to "bodean.")
The Spotnicks
"The Spotnicks did a version of Spooky Boogie: same arrangement, but a little bit shorter, on their 20th anniversary album from 1980 (Polydor D 2344 156). They must also have played this song in concert because I heard it on the radio." (Thanks to Joachim Wunschick.)
Twiztid
Twiztid uses music from Spooky Boogie as the background for their song "Diem***af***adie!" (Thanks to Derek Shulman for this item.)
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