UK was a short-lived British progressive rock supergroup founded by singer/bassist John Wetton and drummer Bill Bruford (both King Crimson alumni) with keyboardist/electric violinist Eddie Jobson (late of Roxy Music and Frank Zappa's band) and guitarist Allan Holdsworth. According to a 1986 Guitar Player Magazine article, guitarist Eric Johnson was a band member before the lineup settled with Allan Holdsworth. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe music groups composed of members who had already achieved fame or respect in other groups or as individual artists. ... John Wetton in concert John Wetton (born June 12, 1949 in Derbyshire, England) is an English singer, bassist and guitarist. ... Bill Bruford on the cover of his album, Feels Good to Me William Scott Bruford (born May 17, 1949 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England), better known as Bill Bruford, is an influential British drummer known for his forceful, highly precise, polyrhythmic style. ... King Crimson are a musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969. ... This electric violin, made by Leo Fender in the late 1950s, has a non-traditional design. ... Eddie Jobson is a British keyboardist noted for his use of synthesizers. ... Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry (vocals and keyboards). ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... Allan Holdsworth (born August 6, 1946 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is a British jazz guitarist and composer. ... Eric Johnson (born August 17, 1954) is a Grammy Award-winning guitarist and recording artist from Austin, Texas. ...

Bruford and Holdsworth both left the band after their first tour in 1978 for reasons of difference in musical desires. After their departure, drummer Terry Bozzio (another one-time Frank Zappa band member) joined and the band recorded the album Danger Money as a three-piece. Following a tour in Japan and the acclaimed live album Night After Night (which included two new songs), the band broke up. Eddie Jobson worked with Jethro Tull on the album A, while John Wetton eventually became a co-founder of Asia. Bozzio formed Missing Persons with his then-wife Dale Bozzio, guitarist Warren Cuccurullo and bassist Patrick O'Hearn, with whom he had played and recorded with while backing Zappa. Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950, San Francisco, California) is an American drummer. ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... Danger Money is the second album by the group UK, featuring John Wetton, Eddie Jobson and Terry Bozzio. ... Night After Night is the title of an album recorded live by the British band UK. Recorded in June 1979 at Sun Plaza and Seiken Kan, Tokyo, Japan, it is UKs third album and their first live album. ... Jethro Tull are a Grammy Award winning English rock band that formed in 1967-1968[1]. Their music is marked by the distinctive vocal style and lead flute work of front man Ian Anderson. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Asia is an arena rock/progressive rock group. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Dale Bozzio is the lead singer for the band Missing Persons. ... Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born December 8, 1956 in Brooklyn) is a rock and pop guitarist who has worked with Frank Zappa, Duran Duran, and Missing Persons. ... Patrick OHearn, as seen on the Rivers Gonna Rise (1988) album cover Patrick OHearn (b. ...

UK's music is characterized by virtuoso musicianship, jazzy harmonies, occasional close harmony vocals, use of odd time signatures (like 7/4 on "In the Dead of Night"), occasional electric violin solos, and unusually varied synthesizer (Yamaha CS-80) sonorities that Jobson could convincingly reproduce live. Synthesizer as used in music, is a term derived from a Greek word syntithetai < synthesis (συντίθεται < σύνθεσις) and is used to describe a device capable of generating and/or manipulating electronic signals for use in music creation, recording and performance. ... The Yamaha CS-80 was a polyphonic analog synthesizer released in 1977. ...

It is worth mentioning that there were rumours about UK reforming from 1995 to 1997. A project involving Jobson, Wetton and Bruford was planned, but soon transformed into an Eddie Jobson solo project, Legacy, with Wetton's contributions removed. Others involved in the Legacy recordings were Bruford, Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) and Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis). The project remains unreleased and seems to have been abandoned. Three tracks from Legacy were previewed on Voices of Life, a compilation from the Bulgarian Women's Choir. These tracks were produced and composed by Eddie Jobson: he plays on two of them, while Bruford and Levin play on one each. There are new rumours that Jobson and Holdsworth are in contact and considering a project, possibly with Bruford and Levin. Tony Levin (born June 6, 1946, Boston, Massachusetts) is an influential American bass player. ... Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. ... Steve Hackett (born Stephen Richard Hackett on February 12, 1950, in Pimlico, England) is a writer and guitarist. ... Genesis are an English rock band formed in 1967. ...

Discography

• U.K. 1978
• Danger Money 1979
• Night After Night 1979 - Live
• Concert Classics, Vol. 4 1999 - Live, Compilation
• Road Test, November 9, 1978 - Bootleg

Debut album from the band UK, featuring ex-King Crimson members John Wetton and Bill Bruford on drums, ex-Roxy Music member Eddie Jobson, and Allan Holdsworth. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Danger Money is the second album by the group UK, featuring John Wetton, Eddie Jobson and Terry Bozzio. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Night After Night is the title of an album recorded live by the British band UK. Recorded in June 1979 at Sun Plaza and Seiken Kan, Tokyo, Japan, it is UKs third album and their first live album. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...

See also

• List of bands named after places