Colosseum

Colosseum I (1968 - 1970)
  • Jimmy Litherland - guitar
  • Tony Reeves - bass - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
  • Dave Greenslade - keyboards
  • Dick Heckstall-Smith - sax - formerly with The Graham Bond Organisation and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
  • Jon Hiseman - drums - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Albums:
  1. "Those Who Are About To Die, We Salute You" (1969)
  2. "Valentyne Suite" (1969)
Tony Reeves later joins Greenslade.
Colosseum II (1970 - 1971)
  • Dave Greenslade - keyboards
  • Dick Heckstall-Smith - sax
  • Jon Hiseman - drums
  • Dave "Clem" Clempson - guitar - b. September 5, 1949, England.
  • Mark Clarke - bass
  • Chris Farlowe - vocals
Albums:
  1. "Daughter of Time" (1970)
  2. "Colosseum Live" (1971)
Group disbands.  Dave Greenslade forms Greenslade. Jon Hiseman and Mark Clarke form Tempest.  Dave Clempson joins Humble Pie. Chris Farlowe joins Atomic Rooster. Dick Heckstall-Smith later joins Blodwyn Pig.
Colosseum III (1975 - 1977)
  • Jon Hiseman - drums
  • Gary Moore - guitar - formerly with Skid Row, The Gary Moore Band, and Thin Lizzy.
  • Neil Murray - bass
  • Don Airey - keyboards
  • Mike Starrs - vocals
Albums:
  1. "Strange New Flesh" (1976)
  2. "Electric Savage" (1977)
  3. "Wardance" (1977)
Group disbands.
Colosseum IV (1994 - ? ) (reformed)
  • Jon Hiseman - drums
  • Dave Greenslade - keyboards
  • Dick Heckstall-Smith - sax - returned from Blodwyn Pig.
  • Dave "Clem" Clempson - guitar
  • Mark Clarke - bass
  • Chris Farlowe - vocals
Albums:
  1. "Colosseum Lives: Reunion Concerts 1994" (1997)
  2. "Bread & Circuses" (1998)
Compilations:
  1. "The Collector's Colosseum"
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