Atomic Rooster - In Hearing Of Atomic Rooster (1971) (Full Album)

"In Hearing of Atomic Rooster" from '71 was the third studio album by the British group "Atomic Rooster."

"Atomic Rooster" was the tormented band of a tormented leader, one Vincent Rodney Cheesman, aka Vincent Crane, a talented organist who, thanks to his technical skills, forged through years of studying both boogie woogie and classical music, with his unmistakable style that fused progressive & hard rock and a dark, gothic vein, was for a long time a point of reference for the entire English and continental scene, winning acclaim and “noble” admirers, first and foremost Ritchie Blackmore, who never hid his esteem for Vincent.

Unfortunately, personal instability and psychological problems caused by bipolar disorder would ultimately undermine both his career and his "Atomic Rooster," through sudden artistic shifts, constant line-up changes, silences and quarrels, running off with the funds and cursed tours, in a continual emotional and qualitative rollercoaster that, after early successes, would bring the group to near-anonymity in just a few years.

Vincent himself would pursue his career in a disordered and frantic way, through various collaborations (including with "Dexy's Midnight Runners") and a life as a session man. He would revive his brainchild several times, often without any continuity or record of it on disc, before meeting a premature death, caused by suicide with a drug overdose, at just 45 years old, on Valentine’s Day, 1989.

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