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Nick Magnus


I was in several Pompey bands during the 70s:

Curtiss Browne (1971 - 1973)
Mark Easton - drums Nick Magnus - keyboards Jeremy Tranter - bass Andy Stables - guitar Nick Tungatt - vocals (only occasional appearances)

D'arcy (1973 - 1975)
Nick Magnus - keyboards Jeremy Tranter - bass Doug Keating - drums

Billy Wizz (around 1974 - 1975)
Rich Eason - guitar John Weir - bass Nick Magnus - keyboards Dave Cairns - drums Dave Saunders - vocals

From 1977 - 1978 Autumn,
Mark Easton - guitar Nick Magnus - keyboards Steve Hoff - bass Robbie Dobson - drums

Autumn recorded their own progressive rock material in 1977 that remained unreleased until 1999 as a CD album, eventually to be re-issued for the first time as a vinyl LP in 2019. Talk about a long gestation period!! The Autumn website has plenty of info including the band's history and lots of photos: www.autumnprog.com
In 1978, I joined the Steve Hackett band, and worked with Steve recording numerous albums and touring the world until 1990. During the 1980s I also worked as a session recording musician, and since 1994 I've been making my own progressive rock albums. The sixth album 'Catharsis' was released in October 2019. A detailed biography, discography, videos and more are on my website at: www.magnus-music.com No photos of Curtiss Browne, D'arcy or Billy Wizz are known to exist - if anyone knows differently, please let us know!

Albums
Nick Magnus - Straight On Till Morning (CD, Album) Voiceprint VP 142CD 1993
Nick Magnus - Inhaling Green (CD, Album) Centaur Discs CENCD 017 1999
Nick Magnus - Hexameron (CD, Album) Magick Nuns Records MNCD 1001 2004
Nick Magnus - Flat Pack - Pete Hicks and Nick Magnus (CD, Album) Beach Hut Records BHCD16074701 2008
Nick Magnus - Children Of Another God (CD, Album) Magick Nuns Records MNCD 1002 2010
Nick Magnus - 2010 Live John Hackett & Nick Magnus (CD) Magick Nuns Records MNCD 1003 2011
Nick Magnus - N'monix (CD, Album, Dig) Esoteric Antenna EANTCD 1032 2014
Nick Magnus - Catharsis (CD, Album + DVD-V + Dlx, Ltd) Magick Nuns Records MNCD1003 2019

Singles & EPs
Nick Magnus - Sun Arise (7", Single, Sil) Polydor POSP 687, 821968-7 1984


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