Ben Jackson

This guitarist and songwriter was a founding member of the '80s band Crimson Glory, a progressive metal combo that evolved out of an earlier unit called Beowulf. According to band legend, some four years were spent carefully growing music, image, and stage posture; in 1986 a self-titled debut album was plucked off the tree. The first performing opportunities resulting from this release were gigs in both Holland and Germany. A second album philosophically entitled Transcendence was released near the end of the '80s, including a somewhat pathetic ditty entitled "Lonely," that li...