Ajalon (band) Ajalon (band) Ajalon is a Christian progressive rock trio from Seattle. Their name is taken from the Bible (), loosely meaning "Grace in the midst of the fire". Ajalon was started in 1994 by Wil Henderson, Randy George and Dan Lile. In 1996 they sent a demo tape to Rick Wakeman, keyboardist of the progressive rock group Yes, and after listening he signed them to his label "Hope Records". The same year the band released their first album "Light at the End of the Tunnel". Among their musical influences one can hear Yes, Genesis and Marillion. It was not before
The First Tape Album The First Tape Album The First Tape Album is a part-studio, part-live cassette-only album released by UK the neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 1980. Th First Tape Album was the first by the band with the classically trained keyboard Rick Battersby, who was an old friend of the band (he had helped them with dry ice for their first band contest appearance). Twelfth Night was the first band he joined. His inclusion made the music fuller and more adventurous. The studio tracks ("Freddie Hepburn" and "Sequences") were recorded at Multium Studios, in Wokingham, England, in December 1979. "Fur Helene Part