Harsh Reality

Harsh Reality

Infobox musical artist
Name = Harsh Reality


Img_capt = Cover of "Heaven and Hell"
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Origin = Flagicon|England Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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Genre = Progressive rock
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Years_active = 1968-1969
Label = Philips Records
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Current_members = Mark Griffiths
Dave Jenkins
Alan Greed
Roger Swallow
Steve Miller
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Harsh Reality are a little-known, proto-prog band born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire out of the remnants of the Freightliner Blues Band (formerly the Revolution) in the early sixties. The band consisted of Mark Griffiths and Dave Jenkins on guitars, Alan Greed on lead vocals and organ, Roger Swallow on drums, and Steve Miller on bass and backing vocals. They released a single for Phillips in 1968 (Tobacco Ash Sunday/How Do You Feel) before releasing their only LP, Heaven and Hell, on Phillips in 1969. A final single followed soon after, before the band split in 1969.

Their Heaven and Hell LP is now a highly-sought rarity, going for hundreds of pounds between eager collectors. For this reason, Harsh Reality is somewhat famous/infamous in collecting circles.

Though technically proto-prog, their work represented a marriage between the sounds of Procol Harum and early Deep Purple.

Following the band's demise, Roger Swallow has lent his talent variously to Principle Edwards Magic Theatre, Matthews Southern Comfort, Plainsong, Albion Country Band, and Al Stewart before moving to California and establishing himself as an electronic musician, songwriter and entrepreneur. Alan Greed went on to work with Ray Russell [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/ray-russell Ray Russell: Information and Much More from Answers.com ] ] on the Rock Workshop albums and as a session singer. Mark Griffiths has worked with Matthews Southern Comfort, Jonathan Kelly, Al Stewart, David Essex, The Everly Brothers, and Cliff Richard & The Shadows. The rest of the band also went into session work.Tobacco ash Sunday was covered by Paul Weller on his album As is Now

Discography

*"Tobacco Ash Sunday" b/w "How Do You Feel"
*Heaven And Hell (Philips (S)BL 7891) 1969 [CD reissue: Progressive Line PL533 - Australia, 2002]

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