Michelle Young
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Michelle Young is an American musician. She has performed on a wide variety of recordings and is probably best known for her work with the progressive rock
group Glass Hammer
. Citing Kate Bush
as an influence, Young was professionally trained in classical voice at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
. She left her job as a legal secretary and receptionist in 1996 to pursue her professional career as a female vocalist in progressive rock. A thoughtful - though brief - review of her album and an interesting biography was published in the Fall 1996 issue of Progression magazine.
Young has worked on various projects with Clive Nolan
(Pendragon
, Arena
, Shadowland
), Doane Perry
(Jethro Tull
), Peter Banks
(Yes
), Karl Groom
(Threshold
), Bobby Kimball
(Toto
) etc.
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
group Glass Hammer
Glass Hammer
Glass Hammer is a progressive rock band from Chattanooga, Tennessee. They formed in 1992 when multi-instrumentalists Steve Babb and Fred Schendel began to write and record Journey of the Dunadan, a concept album based on the story of Aragorn from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...
. Citing Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart...
as an influence, Young was professionally trained in classical voice at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is a public university located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The University, often referred to as UTC or simply "Chattanooga" , is one of three universities and two other affiliated institutions in the University of Tennessee System; the others being in...
. She left her job as a legal secretary and receptionist in 1996 to pursue her professional career as a female vocalist in progressive rock. A thoughtful - though brief - review of her album and an interesting biography was published in the Fall 1996 issue of Progression magazine.
Young has worked on various projects with Clive Nolan
Clive Nolan
Clive Nolan is a British musician, composer and producer who has played a prominent role in the recent development of progressive rock...
(Pendragon
Pendragon (band)
Pendragon are an English neo-progressive rock band established in 1978 in Stroud, Gloucestershire as Zeus Pendragon by guitarist and vocalist Nick Barrett. The Zeus was dropped before the band started recording as the members decided it was too long to look good on a t-shirt...
, Arena
Arena (band)
Arena are a British neo-progressive rock band founded in 1995 by Clive Nolan and Mick Pointer. Most of the band's lyrics are written by Nolan, though Pointer contributed lyrics to Sirens and other tracks on the first two albums....
, Shadowland
Shadowland (band)
Shadowland are a British neo-progressive rock band formed in the 1990s. The band's music tends towards the pop side of progressive rock, while retaining its melodic and emotional intensity....
), Doane Perry
Doane Perry
Doane Ethredge Perry is an American musician, composer and author. He has been working since 1984 as drummer and percussionist with Grammy award winning band Jethro Tull.-Early life:...
(Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)
Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
), Peter Banks
Peter Banks
Peter Banks is an English guitarist. He was the original guitarist of the progressive rock band Yes.-Early career:When Banks was a young boy, his father bought him an acoustic guitar...
(Yes
Yes (band)
Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
), Karl Groom
Karl Groom
Karl Groom is a British guitarist and record producer, mostly known as founding member of the progressive metal band Threshold.-Work:During his career Groom also played in the band Shadowland, took part in the progressive rock supergroup Casino, and contributed to MyEarthDream by Edenbridge...
(Threshold
Threshold (band)
Threshold is a progressive metal band, formed in Surrey, UK in the late 1980s.-History:Threshold began their career in 1988, initially playing covers of metal groups like Ratt and Testament. As they continued playing together, they began to write their own songs, and eventually stopped playing...
), Bobby Kimball
Bobby Kimball
Robert Troy "Bobby" Kimball is an American singer, best known as the longtime frontman of the rock band Toto.- Early life:...
(Toto
Toto (band)
Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The group currently consists of Joseph Williams , David Paich , Steve Porcaro , Steve Lukather , Mike Porcaro , and Simon Phillips . Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard...
) etc.
Solo albums
- Song of the Siren (Naosha Records, 1996)
- Marked for Madness (Naosha Records, 2001)
Performance and/or engineering and production credits
- Glass HammerGlass HammerGlass Hammer is a progressive rock band from Chattanooga, Tennessee. They formed in 1992 when multi-instrumentalists Steve Babb and Fred Schendel began to write and record Journey of the Dunadan, a concept album based on the story of Aragorn from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...
: Journey of the DunadanJourney of the DunadanJourney of the Dunadan is the first studio album of the band Glass Hammer. It is a concept album based on the story of Aragorn from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.-Track listing:# Shadows of the Past - # Something's Coming -...
(Arion, 1993) - Glass Hammer: PerelandraPerelandra (album)Perelandra is the second studio album of the progressive rock band Glass Hammer. Its concept is based around the stories of Space Trilogy and The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S...
(Arion, 1995) - Greg White Hunt: Enter The Oriente (Bamboo Alchemy, 1996)
- Glass Hammer: Live & Revived (Arion, 1997)
- Greg White Hunt: Hidden Landscapes (Bamboo Alchemy, 1997)
- Greg White Hunt: Bamboo Rain (Bamboo Alchemy, 1998)
- L'homme du Nord: Kiwin Innu (ExCentric, 1998)
- Clive NolanClive NolanClive Nolan is a British musician, composer and producer who has played a prominent role in the recent development of progressive rock...
& Oliver WakemanOliver WakemanOliver Wakeman is a rock keyboardist, best known as a member of Yes, where he replaced his father, Rick Wakeman.-Biography:Oliver is the first son of Rick Wakeman, but his parents divorced when he was young....
: Jabberwocky (Verglas Music, 1999) - Rudi Buttas: R.U.D.Y.'s Journey (SB Records, 2001)
- Trent Gardner: Leonardo, The Absolute Man (Magna Carta, 2001)
- Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Verglas Music, 2002)