video: U.K. 2fer

And here we have one of those severely unsung bands from the late 70s/early 80s that was there and gone way too soon. U.K. was a supergroup of ex-Yes, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Lifetime! and Zappa. They had good melody lines and straightahead rock grooves coupled with a muscular art-rock approach. After their dissolution, Bozzio went to found Missing Persons, Wetton to Asia, and Jobson to go into film and TV music (his latest was the music to Nash Bridges). Bruford and Holdsworth go off and do a number of different projects.

Here are two videos with their two lineups. Neither have exceptional sound, and Night After Night was never a personal favorite, but it is what is out there, and the Ceasars Palace Blues section of the second vid shows you what would happen if Jimi Hendrix was a violin player.