Coheed and Cambria

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Coheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock band whose albums form a pentalogy of concept albums telling the story of two characters, Coheed and Cambria. Coheed and Cambria is now better known, but not quite mainstream in the USA and Europe. The lead singer/guitarist, Claudio Sanchez, is also writing a graphic novel series to further illustrate this story. To date, three albums have been released, The Second Stage Turbine Blade (2002) , (2003), and (2005). These albums make up the second, third, and fourth parts of the saga of Coheed and Cambria. The albums are being released out of sequence; this will be the first of a two-part conclusion to the saga, which will be followed by the story's introduction.

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American - Progressive rock - Pentalogy - Concept albums - Europe - The Second Stage Turbine Blade - 2002 - 2003 - 2005

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The band comprises four members: Claudio Sanchez (vocals/guitar), Travis Stever (guitar), Michael Todd (bass), and Josh Eppard (drums). The original name of the band was Shabutie. Coheed and Cambria was started as a side project by Claudio, and decided to change Shabutie to their current name because he liked it so much better. Shabutie did release an EP that can serve as the first part of the pentology, and until an album is released that fills this void in the sequence, the album will serve as the base of the story.

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Claudio Sanchez - Travis Stever - Michael Todd - Josh Eppard

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Coheed and Cambria's music is often compared to that of Rush, due to the lead singer Sanchez's unusual vocal range and their often epic scope for songs (although Sanchez wasn't a Rush fan until recently). The band also titled the last track of "21:13," as a joking reference to Rush's famous 2112 (but also a time of significance to the overall storyline). They're also often compared to Yes, partly because of the intricate "dueling guitar" style between the bassist and guitarists. Despite their lack of a keyboardist, their technical precision, terse rhythmic phrases and the advanced compositional structures of songs evoke earlier, similarly crafted rock. Another strong influence on Coheed and Cambria's thematic approach may have been Canadian group Saga, who dispersed individual chapters to their science-fiction concept album across their first four albums, between 1978 and 1981. Saga also used a moth/butterfly symbol similar to the theme of The Second Stage Turbine Blade. Furthermore, the 1988 Queensryche opus, also shares some similarities with Coheed and Cambria's futuristic worldview -- including a protagonist who commits assassinations and murders against his will.

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Rush - 2112 - Yes - Saga - Concept album - The Second Stage Turbine Blade - Queensryche

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Story elements and melodic themes are cohesively wrought throughout their albums to date. Co&Ca are perhaps the most visible arbiters of a new sort of "prog-rock opera" style for the 2000s. Notably, though, the futuristic sci-fi storyline on which all their music is based harkens back to the epic sound and feel of 1970s progressive-rock. However, Claudio Sanchez's singular lyrics reflect more raw language than many of these classic bands would have used.

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Prog-rock opera - 2000s - Epic - 1970s - Claudio Sanchez

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