Todd Rundgren Utopia Album

For the sake of convenience singles recorded by rundgren as a member of nazz runt and utopia are listed here.

Todd rundgren utopia album. By 1974 fans of todd rundgren had had to get used to him changing from record to record. Todd rundgren s utopia was this most mercurial of artists first recorded foray with a band since his late 60s stint with the nazz but it. Todd harry rundgren born june 22 1948 is an american multi instrumentalist singer songwriter and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band utopia he is known for his sophisticated and often unorthodox music his occasionally lavish stage shows and his later experiments with interactive entertainment. Utopia is the second of two self titled albums by the rock group utopia the other being todd rundgren s utopia it was released in 1982 see 1982 in music it was also their only album for network records.

Album rock art rock contemporary pop rock prog rock arena rock power pop soft rock new wave punk new wave group members john wilcox kasim sulton mark moogy klingman roger powell todd rundgren john siegler kevin elliman ralph schuckett. Todd rundgren s utopia is the debut album by the american band todd rundgren s utopia rundgren who was primarily a pop musician at the time had decided to delve into progressive rock putting together several musicians including three keyboardists the album covers a variety of styles including funk jazz classical and even avant garde music. Most of the members in this early incarnation also played on rundgren s solo albums of the period up to 1975. Utopia was an american rock band formed in 1973 by todd rundgren during its first three years the group was a progressive rock band with a somewhat fluid membership known as todd rundgren s utopia most of the members in this early incarnation also played on rundgren s solo albums of the period up to 1975.

Utopia todd rundgren s utopia 1974 u s a 1. Todd rundgren s short johnson hi fi 23 march 2010 singles. The ikon 28 52 tod. For a full discography of nazz see nazz.

Utopia theme live 00 00 2. Freak parade 14 28 3. Freedom fighters 24 47 4. Before utopia released its first album moogy had toured with lou reed post velvet underground produced an album for hall oates and served as bette midler s musical director.

For a full discography of utopia see utopia. During the composing phase of this album kasim sulton had left to pursue a solo career and doug howard from the band touch was brought in on bass. Although utopia was always todd rundgren s thing it was more of a project than a band moogy was a major part of the sound and substance. But if the shift he d effected between his first three albums and 1973 s a wizard a true star had seemed dramatic this was another quantum leap entirely.