Canalbass

5 hours ago, BassTractor said:

Welcome to BC, @Canalbass !

I believe these are or were dedicated tribute bands
- Five Friends
- Gende's Giant
- Giant Steps
- Three Friends, originally called Rentle Giant.

As you maybe know, Rentle Giant started with two GG members, Gary Green and Malcolm Mortimore, and when GG member Kerry Minnear joined too, they changed their name to Three Friends, after GG's third album.
Minnear left soon though, officially for "family reasons" but reportedly because one or two of the Shulman brothers had expressed not liking the idea.

Other bands may have been more ad hoc, maybe only related to tribute CD projects, like
- Gentle Dwarf
- Glass Haus
- In a Glass House

Also, there's a plethora of people having performed some GG songs, and many of those are on YouTube.
For example Israeli singer Esther Ofarim did a version of "Aspirations" called "Aspiration".

 

Thanks BT, I'll check them out.

HI guys, I hope you are all bearing up after the last year and half?!

I'm an older git (61) who has been playing in club/pub bands (and a few fairly unknown originals bands) since dropping keyboards to play bass when I was 15 to allow Paul Dean (from X Ray Specs) play sax on a few live numbers.

My last gig was in Feb 2020 and missing it a lot. I'm not sure whether our 3 piece covers band (home counties/N London) will carry on now. I'm guessing most of you have also been hit hard with the lack of gigging. 

Favorite genre Prog Metal/Djent (but fingers and brain too old to play it these days). Gentle Giant, Rush, Japan, Vola, Contortionist, Twelve Foot Ninja, Incubus, up there as my favorites. 

Currently on the Oxford canal contemplating my navel. Where's the sun gone?  😉

HI guys, newbie here. Gentle Giant are one of my all time favorite bands. I grew up in the 70s loving the prog rock genre and metal. Funny how my favorite genre now (at 61 years of age) is a fusion of the two, prog metal/Djent ! 

Are there any Gentle Giant tribute bands out there I wonder? Cheers Steve