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Roy Harper

The boy stood on the burning deck!

About Me

"He may be cantankerous and opinionated but through all this he remains a highly intelligent poet and a hopeless romantic blessed with a remarkable voice. Mostly, his entire recorded output is hugely underrated."

- Encyclopedia of Popular Music Copyright Muze UK Ltd. 1989 - 2002

For full biography, please go to www.royharper.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/26/2006
Band Website: royharper.com
Band Members: To join Roy's mailing list sign up at list.royharper

STORMCOCK RE-ISSUE

Stormcock has been re-mastered and re-issued, packaged in a 20+ page casebound booklet with added pictures, prose and poetry. Available now...

THE BBC TAPES

The 6 Volume BBC Tapes cds are all available again with new artwork.

BEYOND THE DOOR - DVD

This DVD is composed of De barras 2004 live footage along with images and footage collected by Roy to illustrate and compliment the songs... Plus additional 10 track audio cd.

Classic Rock - DVD Feature Review ********

"The eccentric genius who inspired Zep and Floyd matures with age".

"... the film and the audio have been unobtrusively enhanced to compelling effect... Pastoral, sometimes trippy images are skilfully woven into the footage, often merging in and out of Harper's face. It's simple, imaginative and never distracting."
Hugh Fielder

LYRIC BOOK

The Passions Of Great Fortune
Roy Harper - The Songs Explored
Lyrics and commentary by Roy Harper

320 pages, Full colour, Hardback
Over 250 photos and other illustrations

Record Collector
"Thoroughly recommended, and worth every penny of its cover price."
Kingsley Abbott

Uncut ****
"Part lyrical study, part autobiography and part photo album from one of England's unsung finest."
David Stubbs

MOJO ****
"... the most sumptuously presented self-published epitaph in musical history."
Colin Harper

Word Magazine
Word's Verdict... "Will there be times, or books, like this ever again?"
Mark Ellen

Classic Rock *****
"... his wilful refusal to compromise is softened by a delicacy with words and a rare sense of humour."
Hugh Fielder

Check out Roy's official online shop at www.royharper.com

Record Label: Science Friction Ltd
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

More Stormcock Thoughts

Part 2. The Last 150,000 years(The evolution of some of the reasons behind the songs.)Stormcock came into being during a time of great social and cultural upheaval, in a society that was rapidly chang...
Posted by Roy Harper on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:43:00 PST

An introduction to the new Stormcock

Part 1. A Few Good Reasons(Including technical stuff)I've had it in my mind to present a new edition of Stormcock to the world for some years now. It seemed a shame that one of my best-loved albums wa...
Posted by Roy Harper on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:39:00 PST

'Three Nights At De Barras' July 2007 - Last live dates until new album...

By the end of July it will have been a busy touring season for 2007. The 4th annual 'Three Nights At De Barras', in July, will be the last of the live shows until Roy has a new studio album to promote...
Posted by Roy Harper on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:04:00 PST

A POX ON YOU ALL..

One of the world's leading brutes is dead.... I sent the following mail to sky news on the 30th of December, a few hours after Saddam had himself been brutalized....Saddam's trial was to all intents a...
Posted by Roy Harper on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:43:00 PST

Studio Refit December 06!

To be continued......
Posted by Roy Harper on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:10:00 PST

Hanging

I put 'Hangman' on my plays a few days ago because I realised that Saddam Hussein's trial was coming to a major crossroads. A year or so ago, he requested to be shot.. a traditional form of military e...
Posted by Roy Harper on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:22:00 PST