- Rising Storm
The Rising Storm is a
rock and roll group which was active atPhillips Academy inAndover, Massachusetts between1965 and1967 .The original members of the group were Bob Cohan, Todd Cohen, Charlie Rockwell, Tom Scheft, Tony Thompson, and Rich Weinberg. The Rising Storm is most notable for their LP album, "Calm Before", which is cited by rock and roll historian
Richie Unterberger in the All Music Guide [ [http://www.allmusic.com allmusic ] ] . as being "one of the rarest and most respected garage band albums". More than forty years after its recording, mint copies of "Calm Before" can fetch 4 figures among record collectors interested in thegarage rock era. The notoriety of this rare album has been the subject of articles in theBoston Globe [http://search.boston.com/simplesearch/SimpleSearchAction.do?s.sm.query=%22Rising+Storm%22&s.si%28simplesearchinput%29.startDate=1981-01-01&s.si%28simplesearchinput%29.endDate=1982-12-31] , Boston Magazine, theWashington Post Sunday magazine [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74038387.html?dids=74038387:74038387&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=Jul+19%2C+1992&author=Peter+Carlson&desc=SOON+TO+BE+A+MAJOR+MOTION+PICTURE Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture ] ] , Mojo magazine, and a feature interview byLiane Hansen onNPR 'sAll Things Considered Weekend Edition.The band has reunited to perform on several occasions: in 1981, when Cohen was replaced by rock musician and record producer
Andy Paley ; in 1982 and 1992, when they played at their 15th and 25th class reunions atPhillips Academy ; in 1999, when they opened for theBoston reunion ofThe Remains ; and in 2007, when they opened forThe Yardbirds at the Primitive Festival [ [http://www.primitive-festival.nl/index2007.html Primitive Festival Volume 4 @ WaterFront Rotterdam 2007 ] ] inRotterdam .Notes
External links
* [http://www.rising-storm.com/home.html The Rising Storm website]
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