Eloy is a German progressive rock band, whose musical style includes symphonic and space rock, the latter theme being more prevalent on earlier albums. Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... For space rocks, see asteroid. ...

The band took their name from the Eloi, a futuristic race of people in the H.G. Wells novel The Time Machine. The Eloi are one of the two post-human races in H. G. Wells novel The Time Machine. ... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ... The Time Machine is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895, later made into two films of the same name. ...

Founded in the late 1960s by guitarist Frank Bornemann, the band has endured several line-up changes, with Bornemann being the only consistent member of the group. In the 1980s, after a series of major splits in the group, Bornemann pursued a more commercial direction. Eloy is a German progressive rock band, whose musical style includes symphonic and space rock, the latter theme being more prevalent on earlier albums. ...

However, in later years, former members of the band re-joined, and in 1998 fans delighted in hearing Ocean 2, a return to the classic symphonic progressive genre that the band was so well known for. A sequel to the 1977 original, it is commonly thought among fans that it successfully recaptures the spirit of the band, and is a worthy follow-up to the much beloved classic.

Of the bands 20+ records, fans generally consider Inside, Floating, Dawn, Ocean, Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes and Ocean 2 to be the superior albums.

Discography;

eloy (1971) inside (1973) floating (1974) power and the passion (1975) dawn (1976) ocean (1977) live (1978) silent cries and mighty echoes (1979) colours (1980) planets (1981) time to turn (1982) performance (1983) metromania (1984) ra (1988) destination (1992) the tides return forever (1994) ocean 2 the answer (1998) Inside is the title of the debut Album from David Reilly. ... There are several meanings of float: an air-filled vessel that floats on water, such as some types of lifeboats buoyancy float (project management) floating currency floating exchange rate floating point, a datatype in computer science free float of company stock insurance (investable policyholder funds) root beer float: ice cream... Dawn or civil dawn is the time at which the Sun is 6 degrees below the horizon in the morning. ... Ocean (from Okeanos, a Greek god of sea and water; Greek ωκεανός) covers almost three quarters (71%) of the surface of the Earth, and nearly half of the worlds marine waters are over 3000 m deep. ... For the slang usage of live in music to contrast recordings, see concert performance. ... In the Royal Navy this is the name given to the flag raising ceremony that happens every day when a ship is in harbour - Colours! Face aft and salute. At the end of the ceremony the order Carry on is given. ... A planet (from the Greek πλανήτης, planetes or wanderers) is a body of considerable mass that orbits a star and that produces very little or no energy through nuclear fusion. ... A street musician with accordion in Bremen A performance comprises an event in which generally one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for the benefit of another group of people (the viewer or viewers, or audience). ... The Eye of Ra, also called the Eye of Horus This article is about the Egyptian god. ... Destination was a disco studio group from New York who had one chart entry: Move On Up / Up Up Up / Destinations Theme, which spent four weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1979. ...