Wagner on Acid
All Wagner, All Psychedelic, all the time.Genre Opera Band Created 10/23/2008 Fan Base 7 Total Sales 11
The project was a hard sell. No one would believe in the dream of a little man with a big voice. But when he put together his first rock and roll staging of the Ring Cycle, the world turned and listened. From the striking of the cymbals on "The Forging Song" to the rollicking guitar licks of "Ride of the Valkyrie" this band brings a bold freshness to the works of the master craftsman of mythological opera. Staging their shows with full costumes, and all the operatic parts, this band brings Opera straight into the realm of cool. Not since the earlier, failed Hall of the Mountain Sings project has music been this revolutionized. Turn on, tune in, and drop out, listening to the Nibelunglied as you've never heard it before... in Day-glo.
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Reviews are rolling in for Wagner on Acid, the hippest new old thing on the block. Described by words like "on" and "of", this band/extravaganza has revolutionized the entire industry with their visionary concept album, which revives the works of Wagner with a psychedelic flavor.
Culled from master recordings made at the sold out live events, Wagner on Acid's first CD presentation tells the tale of the gods as they struggle to build Valhalla, and the gold they need to pay off their builders.
Albums / EPs
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Reindeer's Little Helper
Date Released: 12/9/2008
Tracks: 5 In days gone buy Lapps, who had discovered the secret from reindeer (who 'flew'), would indulge in mushrooms at Christmas time. The poorer people in the village would collect the waste of their betters, which was also known to grant the visions. While Wagner on Acid does not condone this practice, they have prepared a soundtrack for those who so choose to indulge in this kind of behavior. This EP represents an interesting departure for the group, as the songs are reworkings of Xmas tunes. |
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Der Rind des Nibelungen - Die Walküre
Date Released: 11/23/2008
Tracks: 19 Following their first album, Wagner on Acid delivers the next adaptation of a Wagner opera to a psychedelic stage show. Wagner on Acid once again puts together the show of a life time: a new rock and roll version of the classic opera based on the Nibelunglied. Thrills, chills, spills, and day-glo effects abound. The liefmotifs grow stronger, as do the swells of distorted guitars as the greatest opera ever is cycled through once again in the fresh new adaptation of Die Walküre. |
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Der Ring Das Nibelungen - Das Rheingold
Date Released: 10/23/2008
Tracks: 20 Genius in it's scope, Wagner on Acid is the workings of mad minds brought together by their love of psychedelic music and Richard Wagner's opera. Deciding to combine the two, after a similar successful staging of Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, the group that comprises Wagner on Acid put together the show of a life time: a new rock and roll version of the classic opera based on the Nibelunglied. Thrills, chill,s spills, and day-glo effects abound. Das Rheingold is a literally shining program. |
