The downlaods from Pinnacle's "Meld" CD are available here. Their other iSound account: http://isound.com/pinnacle_pa is an overview site with montages of their CDs.
Both the "A Man's Reach..." and "Meld" CDs are available at CD Baby:
http://cdbaby.com/group/pinnacleband
The band's musical goal is to write accessible songs that are firmly rooted in the best Progressive Rock traditions. The three members have influences which are wildly different in most cases, but with certain obvious overlaps.
Some influences:
Greg: King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Spock's Beard
Bill: Beatles, Toy Matinee, Klaatu, Vinyl Kings, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Ian Boddy, Bach, Robert Rich, Jean-Michel Jarre, Synergy, Gustav Holst
Karl: Rush, Steve Morse Band, Seal, Joe Jackson, Til' Tuesday, Marillion, Jethro Tull
The band has concentrated on writing material for their CDs, but they have also performed to enthusiastic crowds both locally (Lehigh Vally, PA) and at ProgOctoberfest (Saratoga, NY). They backed Nick D'Virgilio (Genesis, Tears for Fears, Spocks Beard, Mike Keneally Band) at a solo concert and opened for the legendary Spocks Beard, played at ProgDay 2008, and opened for Riverside. At the prestigious New Jersey Proghouse concert series, they held their CD release party for the "Meld" CD in 2006 and, in 2008, played to a capacity crowd.
Pinnacle's roots go back to 1997 when Karl Eisenhart was playing a job with his acoustic duo, Red and spotted Greg Jones in the audience. Greg was wearing a Steve Morse tee shirt and Karl instantly knew he had found a kindred spirit.
Karl and Greg soon started playing together, going through a variety of other band members in the process. Under the name Dread Pirate Roberts and later as Landslide, they played a few jobs around town, but players moved on and they were searching for that magical third person to complete the band. Bill Fox, known by Karl for a while, was finally asked to join.
After one rehearsal together, it was obvious that the combination was a good one. Everyone involved was pulling in the same direction. They set to work learning Progressive and Classic Rock covers by bands such as Yes, Rush, Jethro Tull and The Police to both get some local gigs and gain some experience playing together. This also allowed them to fully explore just how many different things were musically possible in a three-piece band. |
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