Spartacus

Spartacus formed in January 1978 in the north of Switzerland, an area of apple and cherry trees near Lake Bodensee on the German border, not exactly the right place to be discovered if you are a progressive rock band. Members included Helmut Muller (guitar, vocals, synthesizer), Ruedi Gust (organ, piano, vocals), Manfred Fries (drums, vocals), and Christian Meyer (bass, vocals). The band performed at numerous musical festivals throughout 1978 and the early part of 1979, and they released an extremely rare sampler on the equally obscure KD Records. Spartacus also recorded an en...