Asgard

Asgard (sometimes known as Asgærd and is named after a location in Norse mythology) were a British progressive rock band from Coventry, initially formed as a school band in 1966, who were then called Union Jack, named after the material that the Who used to wear. The group originally consisted of Bill Walker (Farfiza organ), Richard Kilbride (bassist/vocals) and Terry Westwood (drums). In the 70's, they only released one album and a few singles on the Moody Blues' Threshold Records label, before splitting up.
== Links to Peel ==
Peel was one stage helping the band via the efforts of Paul Padun, who was the group's manager and wanted to sign them to his Dandelion label, but because of financial problems the deal fell through and they signed for the Moody Blues' Threshold label instead. 
Elements of the band including Paul Padun stayed at Peel Acres in 1970 before Peel was supposed to drive them to Coventry for a gig, but because of bad weather forecast on the M1, he abandoned it, according to an article that he wrote for Disc & Music Echo, published on 3rd January 1970.
Richard Kilbride, the bassist also described how Peel helped the group for gigs: 
"We were taken under the wing of John Peel for some time, through the efforts of Paul Padun our manager,We played with John Peel on his new band spot at 'Mothers' - Erdington in Birmingham  / Asgard made its debut at the Torbay Blues Festival and also appeared at Torquay Town hall with John Peel at a Blues festival as support to Blodwyn Pig who failed to turn up! So we improvised a set to fill their spot. He also put us on a C.N.D festival in Victoria park (with a huge audience), headlined by The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown and The Liverpool Scene. We also did many Gigs with Principal Edwards Magic Theatre in St. Ives, who were also his protogies."
== Shows Played ==
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*29 August 1972: Friends (Where Are Your Friends) (single) Threshold
;1973
*27 February 1973: unknown
*15 March 1973: In The Realm Of Asgard (single) Threshold
== See Also ==
*Gigography 1970 
*Disc & Music Echo: Peel Columns‎‎
* Sounds
== External Links ==
*Discogs
*Hobo - A to Z of Coventry Bands
*Coventry Music 
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