History The Dutch band was active from 1981 to 1988. The band's story goes back
to the band Scratch which was formed in 1975. The members recruited
Morgana La Fay's singer Richard "BG" Muermans. He would only join if
the
guitarist of Morgana La Fay, Jack Pisters, would also join. Eric Fox
switched from guitar to bass and with manager Bernd Konings leading the
band Avalon was formed. In 1984 Jack Pisters won a competition by Dutch
radio station KRO and Virgin Records which was judged by no less than
Gary Moore. Avalon's first ever show was on the 21st of April, 1984.
After a series of concerts the band begins to record a five-song demo
at
Marlstone Studio. The songs were Morgana La Faye, It Aint Easy, Just
Call Me Conrad, The Ancient (chapter I) and The Angle Of Eternity. A
new
demo was recorded in August of 1985 which featured six songs. The band
toured with Gary Moore and Mamas Boys. At this point Jacques Kraal was
replaced by Frankie Woodhouse formerly of Sword and Lady. Next up was a
mini-LP in 1986. The EP was promoted that year at the
Aardschokdag/Earthquake festival in Belgium and at Eindhoven in The
Netherlands. The band later re-issued the EP with new artwork. Maarten
Huiskamp left Avalon, but not before the act inducted keyboard player
Gionvanni Pileri formerly of Horizon. With a session drummer in tow the
band entered Dieter Dierks' studio. For the coming concerts Jaques
Kraal
rejoined the band. Line-up problems hit the band once again when BG
Muermans found himself a well paying job and a wife in June of 1987. He
would depart from the fold. After a couple of temporary singers Marij
Driessen, of Gin On The Rocks, would join Avalon. She would soon get
pregnant however and leave which meant the end of the band.
The band reformed in 2005 and worked on releasing a double-CD through
the Suburban Records label featuring The Third Move EP, some demo
material and live footage. The band was singer BG Muermans, guitarists
Jack Pisters and Maarten Huiskamp, bassist Jan van Dinteren,
keyboardist
Giovanni Pileri and drummer Jax Kraa.
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