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Head East Was A Hard Rock Quintet Originally From South Central Illinois Then Champaign Illinois USA. They Released Their First Album Flat As A Pancake In 1974 On Their Own Record Label Pyramid Records Selling All 5 000 Records And 500 Eight-Tracks Produced. A&M Was Impressed Enough To Sign The Band And Re-Release The Album In 1975 Which Went Gold By 1978. Flat As A Pancake Would Remain Their Most Popular Album Spawning Two Charting Singles The Well-Known Anthem "Never Been Any Reason" And "Love Me Tonight" Both Written By Guitarist Mike Somerville. This Lineup Of John Schlitt Vocals Mike Somerville Guitars Roger Boyd Keyboards Dan Birney Bass And Steve Huston Drums Would Last Through Four More Studio Albums And A Double-LP Live Album When In 1980 Schlitt Birney And Somerville Left The Band Although Somerville Would Return For 1994 Through 2003. By The Mid-80’s John Schlitt Had Joined Petra A Christian Rock Band When Lead Singer Greg X. Volz Left The Band. Roger Boyd Took Over Leadership Of The Band For One Mildly Successful Album U.S. 1 And Two More Studio Albums Before The Band Became An Oldies Act
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Head-East - Flat As A Pancake
"Never Been Any Reason" Is The First Track On Head East's Début Album Flat As A Pancake Composed By The Band's Guitarist Mike Somerville. It Is Often Considered Head East's Signature Song 1 Peaking At #68 On The Billboard Hot 100 And Continues To Be Played On Classic Rock Radio Stations In The US A Generation After It Was Recorded. The Song Features Keyboardist Roger Boyd's Double-Tracked Minimoog Solos Throughout The Song. Asked About The Solos Via The Band's Official Web Site Boyd Said They Were Created Due To An Accident During Mixing "It Is Two Minimoogs. Back In Those Days We Did Not Have Computerized Mixing And Had To Mix "on The Fly " We Forgot To Mute One Of The Moog Solos And When It Went By We Thought WOW! So We Decided To Go Back And Record The Second Part To Match/compliment The Primary Solo Part." 2 Lead Vocals Are Alternated Between Drummer Steve Huston Singing The First Two Lines Of The Verses And Lead Vocalist John Schlitt On The Remainder Of The Song. 3 Both The Last Line Of Each Verse And The Choruses Feature Signature Multi-Part Vocal Harmonies Sung By All The Members Of The Band.
The Song Was Featured In The 1993 Film Dazed And Confused And Later In The 2005 Film Sahara.
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Head East Was A Hard Rock Quintet Originally From South Central Illinois Then Champaign Illinois USA. They Released Their First Album Flat As A Pancake In 1974 On Their Own Record Label Pyramid Records Selling All 5 000 Records And 500 Eight-Tracks Produced. A&M Was Impressed Enough To Sign The Band And Re-Release The Album In 1975 Which Went Gold By 1978. Flat As A Pancake Would Remain Their Most Popular Album Spawning Two Charting Singles The Well-Known Anthem "Never Been Any Reason" And "Love Me Tonight" Both Written By Guitarist Mike Somerville. This Lineup Of John Schlitt Vocals Mike Somerville Guitars Roger Boyd Keyboards Dan Birney Bass And Steve Huston Drums Would Last Through Four More Studio Albums And A Double-LP Live Album When In 1980 Schlitt Birney And Somerville Left The Band Although Somerville Would Return For 1994 Through 2003. By The Mid-80’s John Schlitt Had Joined Petra A Christian Rock Band When Lead Singer Greg X. Volz Left The Band. Roger Boyd Took Over Leadership Of The Band For One Mildly Successful Album U.S. 1 And Two More Studio Albums Before The Band Became An Oldies Act
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"Never Been Any Reason" is the first track on Head East's début album Flat as a Pancake, composed by the band's guitarist, Mike Somerville. It is often considered Head East's signature song,[1] peaking at #68 on the Billboard Hot 100, and continues to be played on classic rock radio stations in the US a generation after it was recorded.
The song features keyboardist Roger Boyd's double-tracked Minimoog solos throughout the song. Asked about the solos via the band's official web site, Boyd said they were created due to an accident during mixing:
"It is two Minimoogs. Back in those days we did not have computerized mixing and had to mix "on the fly;" we forgot to mute one of the moog solos and when it went by we thought WOW! so we decided to go back and record the second part to match/compliment the primary solo part."[2]
Lead vocals are alternated between drummer Steve Huston singing the first two lines of the verses and lead vocalist John Schlitt on the remainder of the song.[3] Both the last line of each verse and the choruses feature signature multi-part vocal harmonies sung by all the members of the band.
The song was featured in the 1993 film Dazed and Confused, and later in the 2005 film Sahara. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.