IQ (band)

IQ is a British progressive rock band founded by Mike Holmes in 1982 following the dissolution of his original band The Lens (1976 - 1981). Although the band has never enjoyed major commercial success, IQ has built up a loyal cult following over the years and is still active as of 2005.

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The band's lineup has remained fairly stable over the years. Vocalist Peter Nicholls left for a while to form a new band, Niadem's Ghost, and was replaced by Paul (P. L.) Menel, but subsequently returned. Nicholls also created the cover art for most of the albums on which he appears. Bassist John Jowitt and keyboardist Martin Orford have also been members of Jadis. In early 2005 founder member Paul Cook left the band, and was replaced on drums by Andy Edwards.

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The band's musical style consists of hard melodic rock, with emotional and often abstract lyrics by Nicholls. The two albums on which Menel wrote and performed have more immediately understandable lyrics, but a similar musical style.

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British: The word British has several different uses. See the article on Britain for more details on the development and use of the word Britain....

Progressive rock: Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other "progressive" genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day...

Mike Holmes: Mike Holmes is a British guitarist who plays in the progressive rock band IQ. Mike is known for his warm tone reminiscient of guitarist Steve Hackett circa A Trick Of A Tail/Second's Out. Mike has since forged his own identity as a guitarist....

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