Colosseum II

Colosseum II was a British band formed in 1975 by the former Colosseum drummer and leader, Jon Hiseman, following the 1974 demise of his band Tempest. Hiseman announced his plan to form the band eventually named Colosseum II in November 1974, but only Gary Moore was named as a member. The band was oriented toward jazz fusion, much of which was driven by the guitar work of Moore, leading to a much heavier sound than the original Colosseum band. After disappointing sales of the first album, Murray and Starrs were unceremoniously sacked by the band's record label (Bronze) in July 1976. The band continued with a new record label and a new bass player (John Mole), and recorded two further largely instrumental (and still commercially unsuccessful) albums. In August 1978, Moore left to rejoin Thin Lizzy for a fourth spell. Plans for a fourth album fell through when Don Airey decided to join Rainbow in December 1978. (Read more at Wikipedia)
== Links to Peel ==
Although the original Colosseum was one Peel's favorite bands from the 60s, he seemed to be less enthusiastic of this new outfit, possibly due to the fact that its musical direction was different. Also, the fact that this project came out during the years in which Peel was starting to be more and more interested in punk may have had a bit of influence. However, he described their only session as "particularly fine" one, and a couple of tracks were repeated in a best of year show. 
== Sessions ==
One session. No commercial release.
1. Recording date: 1977-08-15. First broadcast: 23 August 1977. Repeated 28 December 1977.
*Put it This Way / Inter Galactic Strut / Lament / The Inquisition
== Other Shows Played ==
*03 November 1977: Fighting Talk (album - War Dance) MCA MCF 2817
== See Also ==
*Thin Lizzy
*Colosseum
*Sounds
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Barbara Thompson & Jon Hiseman official website
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