Beyond The Stars - Music

Wings Of Forever Power Quest Was Conceived In 2001 By Keyboardist Steve Williams Who Had Departed Power Metal Band DragonHeart Now Known As DragonForce . Steve Scott Of DragonHeart Was Recruited For Bass Duties Along With Adam Bickers On Guitar And For The Initial Demo Recordings Both Sam Totman And ZP Theart Both Of DragonHeart Lent Their Guitars And Vocals To The Process. In April 2002 Vocalist Alessio Garavello Was Recruited To The Power Quest Ranks. He Was Accompanied By The Guitarist Of His Band Arthemis Andrea Martongelli Who Recorded A Few Guest Solos On The First Album - Wings Of Forever. Following The Album's Release He Was Recruited As A Full-Time Member To Replace Bickers Who Left To Pursue A Career As A Doctor. Neverworld In January 2003 Andre Bargmann Was Brought In As Drummer For Power Quest. Bargmann Left The Band In July That Year Following The Release Of Neverworld. His Place Was Filled On The Tour By Last Hours Of Torment Drummer Gavin Ward And Eventually On A More Permanent Basis By Francesco Tresca Magic Never Dies In November 2004 The Band Headed Back To Thin Ice Studios To Record Songs For The New Album. The Band Followed This With A Magic Never Dies Tour Where Vocalist Alessio Garavello Also Took On A Role As Rhythm Guitarist . In October 2007 An Official Napalm Records MySpace Blog Post Announced That Power Quest Have Signed To Napalm Records. Master Of Illusion In 2007 Steve Williams Announced That There Would Be Five Guest Appearances On The Forthcoming Recordings. Bill Hudson Guitar In Cellador Richard West Keyboards In Threshold Jorn Viggo Lofstad Guitar In Pagan's Mind Chris Neighbour Vocals In FourwayKill And Bob Katsionis Keyboards In Firewind All Provided Solos Or Guest Vocals On The Album. Lineup Changes In June 2008 Cellador/Coldera Guitarist Bill Hudson Joined As Joint Lead Guitarist. In January 2009 Bassist Steve Scott Decided To Leave In Roder To Relocate To New Zealand. The Band Found A Replacement Bassist In Oliver Holzwarth Blind Guardian . In April Steve Williams Announced The Departure Of Bill Hudson. In July Vocalist Alessio Garavello Left The Band After 7 Years And 4 Studio Albums To Pursue A Different Musical Direction With His New Band A New Tomorrow. In September It Was Announced That Andrea Martongelli And Francesco Tresca Were Also Leaving Power Quest. Oliver Holzwarth Also Left Due To Commitments With Tarja Turunen. Steve Williams Remained The Only Original Member Of The Band. Very Quickly A New Line Up Was Revealed Pete Morton Soliloquy/Threshold On Vocals Andy Midgley Liquid Sky On Guitar Ben Randall Winner Of 2008 'Most Promising Young Guitarist Award' At International Guitar Idol Paul Finnie The Maslin Incident/and Also Former Power Quest Stage Manager And Rich Smith Aphemia/Dark Funeral On Drums. The Band Ended 2009 Touring The UK With The Michael Schenker Group. Following This Tour It Was Then Announced That Due To Musical Differences Both Pete Morten And Ben Randall Had Left The Band. Blood Alliance Chitral 'Chity' Somapala Firewind/Civilisation One/Avalon Was Announced As The New Vocalist And Welsh Guitar Virtuoso Gavin Owen Came On Board As A New Guitarist. The New Release Under The New Line-Up Has A Heavier Twin Guitar Attack And Chity's Vocals Bring A Different Style Than The Previous Albums. The Quest Is Over In January 2013 Steve Williams Announced That After 12 Years The Quest Is Over. The Reason Was That The Band Was Not Making Any Money The Member Had Regular Day Jobs And In Past Few Years It Even In Fact Cost A Lot Of Money To Be On The Road Instead Of Making Money Which Was Not Sustainable Anymore. Band Members Steve Williams - Keyboards 2001- Andy Midgley - Guitars - Backing Vocals 2009- Paul Finnie - Bass 2009- Rich Smith - Drums 2009- Chitral 'Chity' Somapala 2010- Gavin Owen - Guitars 2010- Former Members Adam Bickers - Guitars 2001-2003 Sam Totman - Guitars 2001-2003 Andre Bargmann - Drums 2003 Gavin Ward - Drums 2003 Steve Scott - Bass 2001-2009 Bill Hudson - Guitars 2008-2009 Alessio Garavello - Vocals 2002-2009 Also Rhythm Guitar 2006-2008 Andrea Martongelli - Guitars - Backing Vocals 2003-2009 Oliver Holzwarth - Bass Guitar 2009 Francesco Tresca - Drums 2003-2009 Pete Morton - Vocals 2009-2010 Ben Randall - Guitars 2009-2010 Discography Power Quest Demo 2001 Wings Of Forever 2002 Neverworld 2003 Japan Release 2004 European Release Magic Never Dies 2005 Master Of Illusion 2008 Blood Alliance 2011 read less