RushFanForever Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) There's a recent article posted in Rolling Stone here on 'Crack The Sky', who're a '70's American prog-rock band. The following stands out in the article below: Crack the Sky slowly built their fan base on the road, opening for some of prog rock’s most popular bands: Zappa, ELO, Rush, Kansas and Supertramp, among others. And, according to Palumbo, they were so sharp onstage that certain cranky headliners booted them off tours. “We got kicked off a lot,” he says. “Not to sound egotistical, but we were just better than a lot of bands that really broke through.” But they experienced nothing but civility and sweetness from Canada’s finest: “The people who treated us the best were Rush,” he adds. “They refused to go on when promoters would say, ‘We don’t have room for your piano’ or some nonsense. They wouldn’t go on until we got our full complement of us. I’ll remember them for that.” The band opened for RUSH on one tour date: December 18, 1976 Astor Theater -- Reading, Pennsylvania Looking at the band's discography on AllMusic.com; their early albums were released on a label called 'Lifesong'. Apparently Crack The Sky's 1975 self-titled debut album (review here) is considered their best. The album can be heard . Edited August 21, 2018 by RushFanForever 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 So they are a West Virginia band, but when I found out about them in the 90's,I heard they were from Baltimore. But that is where they were popular. Definitely a good band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Great band, I have the first release, but i should revisit the entire discography. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I have the first album. It's pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I wonder if Mastodon titled their album "Crack The Skye" with this band in mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Crack the Sky have a new album out in a few days, they also have Crackology, an anthology out in a few weeks. Really good stuff, love this band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_World_Man Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I've only heard a couple of their later albums(I guess these days they would be middle period). I like what I heard. They have released so many albums over the years and still seem to have a cult following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoopid Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 For whatever reason I've never heard of them. There's a lot of similarities on that first album to Rush (and Queen) of that same era. I can hear where I could get into this if it was 40 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 Here's a news follow up on 'Crack The Sky' posted here. As well, a news press release here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 There's a recent article posted in Rolling Stone here on 'Crack The Sky', who're a '70's American prog-rock band. Heh, heh......you said "whore" .... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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