GENTLE GIANT

Their final album gets a US reissue.

he advent of punk and new wave had a profound effect on progressive rock. Aside from all hair being shortened by around one to two inches and beards either trimmed or removed, it seemed that and on ; it’s also present in Gary Green’s performance on , Gentle Giant’s final album from 1980. Derek and Ray Shulman, the genial, frequently warring helm of Gentle Giant were no strangers to reinvention. However, while their previous outfit, Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, morphed relatively painlessly into the prog era, a decade later, Gentle Giant were ultimately unsuccessful in becoming The Police.