DeeExpus is a melodic
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...
group from
Northeast England
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whose debut album, ''
Half Way Home'' was released by
DXP Productions in 2008, garnering fan buzz and enthusiastic reviews from around the world.
In 2009, DeeExpus received the
Classic Rock Society's award for "Best New Band" and released their first live CD and DVD ''
Far From Home'' from their performance at the Progrock 2009 Festival in Katowice, Poland.
The band released their follow-up album on 5 December 2011, ''
The King of Number 33,'' featuring Mark Kelly from Marillion on keyboards with Andy Ditchfield and
Nik Kershaw
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on lead vocal on the track "Memo".
Their music is difficult to categorize, but they have been likened to other contemporary melodic progressive and heavy rock bands
Marillion,
Dream Theater,
It Bites
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,
Porcupine Tree
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,
Tinyfish,
Spock's Beard
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,
Edison's Children
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Edison's Children is known for wri ...
and
Frost*
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.
Discography
;Studio albums
*''
Half Way Home'' (2008)
*''
The King of Number 33'' (2011)
;Live albums
*''Far from Home'' (2009)
Personnel
Members
;Current members
*Andy Ditchfield - guitars, keyboards, vocals
(2007–present)
*Henry Rogers - drums
(2010–present)
*Michael McCrystal - guitar
(2012–present)
*Mike Varty - keyboards
(2012–present)
*David Anderson - bass
(2012–present)
;Former members
*Tony Wright - vocals
(2007-2012)
*John Dawson - bass
(2010-2012)
*
Mark Kelly - Keyboards
(2010-2012)
*Marc Jolliffe - Keyboards
(2008-2010)
Lineups
References
External links
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English progressive rock groups