Have to confess that i havent heard about this project , maybe forgotten it in the shadow of the HTM release dont know, let me think, now i remember.... that Stan and Frank was into some musical project but the Name was new to me and i didnt thought that it was going all the way to a cd release to, be honest.
I can only say that im happy for the news, thanks Bill !!!!!

Im defenitely a happy buyer of a copy of "Giant Pedal Animals", thats for shure.

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It looks like GPA will be released before The Muse...
Dont know what to expect out of it, and the second thought is, where to get the cd.
Featuring Peter Princiotto from However, i do have one cd with that band, in fact i do like it. Their mixed Zappa and HTM influences sounds really good. A third However cd is in the making. I havent heard the one with Kit Watkins as a special guest...someone who heard it?

Looks like bp screwed the name up.

PGA is no longer just about golf.
News more later.

That made me laugh out loud you know ;D i think it was me who mixed that up. I havent even tried to play golf, he, he!

I've got that LP with Kit on it. It's called "Calling" (sic.) I like the album a lot. The track on which Kit plays the synthesizer, Favour Me Oblivion, is great. On the titletrack Watkins also does some drum machine operating.
By the way, on the sleeve there's no Peter Princiotto, but I guess he was calling himself Peter Prince at that moment. There is a Joe Princiotto though (he's the drummer...)

After a Google-search I found out that Peter changed his name in 2002 from Prince into Princiotto ( www.peterprinciotto.com/ ). I also saw that he was the first teacher of the great Michael Manring!

I have the Sudden Dusk cd, a few of the tunes are really good. The drummer "Joe" is amazing, should be great for HTM if the guys need to fill the void on the drumchair once again in the future. But hopefully it will work out allright with the new drummer. Have been trying to get the Calling cd, but it is very hard to get. Do you recommend the Calling cd and do you know if there is someplace where i can listen to a few samples of it? Thanks for the link!

No, it was me. I've edited my posts to reflect the actual name of the project.

Befrost wrote: A third However cd is in the making.

Wow, that’s big news. I am a huge fan of However, and - as a volunteer with the ProgDay festival in the US (HTM 2002 alumnus) – have attempted to contact Peter Princiotto about a However ProgDay reunion. Alas no replies from Peter. So I presumed However had no interest in reforming. So the band is actually working again?

Then the Moderator wrote: Have been trying to get the Calling cd, but it is very hard to get. Do you recommend the Calling cd and do you know if there is someplace where i can listen to a few samples of it?

Calling has been out-of-print for a while. I searched far and wide for a copy without success. Finally emailed the Kinesis label - www.kinesiscd.com/ - and received a nice reply from Larry (the owner – forgot his last name). In addition to his Kinesis label, Larry carries a good selection of progressive titles. He burned me a copy of Calling and shipped with an order I placed. Larry also sent me a scan of the front and back cover for my jewel case. Good dude. I recommend sending him some business.

And Calling is quite an album. Highly recommended. HTM, However, and The Muffins (who have played ProgDay twice) are old pals. The three bands formed around the same time in the northern Virginia/DC area, had similar musical desires and taste, and between the three of ‘em created some marvelous music.

Hi NowhereMan! Thanks for the info about the Calling CD, that is really to bad that its out of print these days and also thanks for the "burn" suggestion.
The words "A third However cd is in the making" was actually the exact phrase that I read at "some" website a few months ago. To bad that i cant remember where...sorry.If I find the website again or some other info about a possible reunion, I will post the link. It is kind of strange that Peter Princiotto havent replied.
The Net can be so full of rumours, hopefully this is not one of those...

Seems like the Pedal Giant Animals project is going well according to the april update. Dont know what to expect of the project but I am shure the music will be just great.

PGA is on the back burner a bit as we finish The Muse.

I'm looking forward to the finish of PGA. I'll post more as things develop.

Are the plans still, to release PGA before the release of the Muse?

Once again, it's all about schedules.

Frank and Stan are pretty close to finishing the tracking PGA. Frank has put his engineer hat on for this one has has made some extensive improvements to the Crafty Hands Studio. We've done a test to make cedrtain we can transfer data from Frank's studio to TinderArts. That went very well.

It could be that PGA comes out before "The Muse". Only time will tell.

Any news on the project, Bill and/or Frank (or even Stan when he comes around here)?

The delay is my fault. My schedule is just a bit too busy to finish the mix quickly. Things will easy up after the NAMM show (music instrument trade show).

Thanks Bill. It's good to hear you don't take it the easy way out. Better late and good than quick and not so good.

Good luck at the NAMM!

Hm, early next year was over a year ago. Is everything working allright and what makes it take so long?

It's my fault plus a couple of small tech issues. It will be finshed soon, the here comes Oblivion Sun.

Thanks Bill for refreshing our minds about this project. Sometimes it takes so long you would almost forget what it was all about, at least for outsiders like us. So next year is 2006

I noticed drummer Chris Mack is also a member of the progband Puppet Show. Their new album should feature him, while it's mixed by Terry Brown of Rush-fame.

Touching base again, any news on PGA?

The discs are being manufactured and should be ready about the third week of December.

Frank's going to have the website, www.pedalgiantanimals.com , up next week and he'll be taking pre-orders there. All initial orders will be done online.

More news to come......................

Hurray! Exciting to hear PGA after all this time.

Interesting news on the site of Peter Princiotto, the bassist on PGA on three tracks. This month there should be out a solo-album, Life's Mystery, which contains amongst others some However-music.

What's an WX5, an instrument Frank is playing on the album?

-an eclectic mix, from folk songs to chamber ensemble works.- Looking forward to hear sound clips of that album whenever it's available.

Hé hé, mister moderator, first things first: have you received your copy of PGA yet? Still no review from your side, or is the Swedish post on holiday Seriously: I'm curious about your view.

;D Haven't got it yet...seriously! Something went wrong with the order so I have to make a new one as soon as possible. So I am lurkin' around here to see what you all think of it hehe. Obviously it's a great album.