Crâneur...

"This is the history of Janus, born as a progressive rock band made up of English musicians in Krefeld in Germany in 1970, retired broke and unknown in 1973, despite being signed to the prestigious EMI "Harvest" label, alongside such bands as Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, and Edgar Broughton. Re-born in 1990, and just achieving success in 2001

The original band, shown above, were Colin Orr (Guitar/Keyboards), Roy Yates (Classical Guitar), Bruno Lord (Vocals), Derek Hyett (Vocals), Mick Peberdy (Bass) and Keith Bonthrone (Drums). Style was truly original, and it has been said that Janus were the originators of the genre that became "acoustic rock". That probably misses the fact, that like the name, the band had two very distinct, schizophrenic, sides. Capable of soft, beautiful melodies, they also cranked out some mega-decibel material, which a few years later would have had them tagged as a punk band.

Signed to EMI Harvest in 1970, in 1971 they recorded the classic "Gravedigger" album. Remarkably, the whole album, including mixing was put together in 24 hours of studio time. The band were almost another "J" statistic (you know, "Gravedigger" album coverartists with a "J" in the name dying early?), when Colin Orr fell asleep whilst driving the band back to their base in Holland from the session"" (Janus music)

Janus : "Saturne, chassé du ciel, se réfugia dans ce pays, et fut accueilli par Janus qui même l'associa à sa royauté. Par reconnaissance, le dieu détrôné le doua d'une rare prudence qui rendait le passé et l'avenir toujours présents à ses yeux, ce qu'on a exprimé en le représentant avec deux visages tournés en sens contraires." (Wikipedia)


Le crâne de Janus ?