Procession (band)
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Procession in December 1967. Clockwise from front: Brian Peacock, Craig Collinge, Mick Rogers and Trevor Griffin. | |
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| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Years active | 1967–1969 |
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Procession were an Australian psychedelic band formed in Melbourne in 1967. The band was composed of Australian Craig Collinge (drums), New Zealander Brian Peacock (bass), and Englishmen Trevor Griffin (organ) and Mick Rogers (guitar and vocals). They were described by Glenn A. Baker as one of the most ambitious bands in the Australian music scene in their time, although they enjoyed only moderate commercial success. They were regularly championed in Go-Set magazine and had their own segment on music TV show Uptight, of which their manager was the producer.
Their debut single "Anthem" (1967) was acapella, and their debut album was recorded live. They were also the first group in Australia to record on eight-track equipment. They relocated to London in mid-1968 and released a self-titled studio album in the following year. Ross Wilson, later of Daddy Cool, replaced Rogers in April 1969 but the group disbanded in September. Rogers would go on to join Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Collinge was a member of the English proto-punk band Third World War, Manfred Mann Chapter Three and briefly played drums in the notorious "fake" Fleetwood Mac in 1973.