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JANUS [crossprog]
Crossover Prog • United Kingdom

Defn' :

1) Roman Religion - Animistic spirit of doorways and archways. 

2) Roman Mythology - God of all beginnings and endings, Janus saw backwards and forwards.

3) English Rock Band - Formed Krefeld, Germany ca.1970. Disbanded somewhere in England ca. 1974. 
Ressurected ca. 1990 Glossopdale, England. Named as such by record company after aforementioned because of split personality nature of far-out music.

There are many one album wonders that emerged from the heady days of the summer of love social phenomenom of the late sixties. Some bands even lost concept of time and prolonged it well into the '70s and to quote a line from This Is Spinal Tap ended up in " the where are they now? file". Janus was one such band and their 1972 album entitled Gravedigger was one of those wonder albums. Though it may not be up there with the Beatle's Butcher Album it has been known to fetch ridiculous prices ( as much as $350 ) at record conventions and internet record trading sites. The early misadventures of Janus even rival the ficticious rock 'n' roll catastrophes of Spinal Tap. So, where are they now? One might ask. 7 albums have come to pass between 1990 and 2006. In 2012 mastermind and guardian of the Janus flame, Colin Orr, regrouped the band once more for another album that revisits the glorious '70s. But in order to understand the Janus story proper it's best to start at the beginning... 


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1971 - Gravedigger
1990 - Out of Time
1991 - Journey
1993 - Innocence
1994 - Free Fall
1998 - Agnus Dei 2000
2002 - Sea Of Sighs
2005 - The ''S'' Album
2013 - Under The Shadow Of The Moon 
2016 - Gravedigger House Calls

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