【Melodic Rock/AOR】Hybrid Ice - I'll Be Waiting (1980s Pomp aor) 1987~Emily's collection

【Pls look at the top comment first】Hybrid Ice is an underrated but influencial name in rock n roll history. This name was synonymous with quality progressive rock and melodic hard rock in the past. Though Hybrid Ice is not a prolific band, their hit single once influenced a lot to the music world in the 1980s. The predecessor of Hybrid Ice was called "Brigg", featuring bassist Jeff Willoughby as the founding members of both Brigg and Hybrid Ice.

With limited copies and without promotion, Brigg's 1973 album now is a big treature for collectors. Since 1980s, Brigg was evolved into Hybrid Ice with new members' joining. The debut from Hybrid Ice was a self-released album, winning warm popularity and success.

Speaking of progressive rock, Hybrid Ice is a name that must be taken into consideration. For the majority of melodic rock fans, progressive rock carries some intercommunities with hard rock and aor, especially from some 1970s and 1980s American and British legends such as Kansas, Styx, Boston, Yes, Asia and Hybrid Ice.

According to Jeff Willoughby, all five band members could sing on lead vocals in their respective ranges. So this is a distinguished feature in 1980s progressive rock or pomp aor. Musically, Hybrid Ice was influenced by various sounds during those periods of time.

Their St debut includes a superb single "Magdelene", receiving considerable airplay in the mid-Atlantic region on commercial radio and college stations and reaching number 5 on the chart. "Magdelene" is a typical 1980s pomp aor masterpiece, featuring magic keys and splendid harmonies. The song was later covered by Boston on their 1994 album "Walk On". The two bands sound alike with each other, featuring similar arrangements in music. They influenced each other as two progressive rock/pomp aor legends. British legend Yes also had much similar taste if anyone review their musical works carefully.

Here the song "I'll Be Waiting" is taken from their second album "No Rules". The album features more melodic hard rock elements as well as the multiple harmonies from all the band's members as before, the great charm from many pomp aor bands like the songs from Yes, Kansas, Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", Boston… Those vocal layers and structures were absorbed into Hybrid Ice's music as Jeff Willoughby stated.

Chris Alburger, Galen Toye Folke and Robert Scott shared lead vocal parts in different songs. Most of the tracks like this song were sung by Alburger, featuring his bright and resonant treble on the highlights. The musical works from Hybrid Ice's "No Rules" also remind me of the songs from the late 1980s Christian hard rock/pomp aor band Mastedon.

In 2006, "No Rules" was re-released by Pilot Records as before. This album is underrated, which carries the top-class progressive rock, pomp aor and melodic hard rock, worth hearing over and over. In 2009, their 3rd album "Mind's Eye" came out with line-up change: the former Brigg's member Rusty Foulke and the band's former keyboardist Bob Richardson were back. Today, three members from the classic line-up in this album still play in Hybrid Ice: Chris Alburger, Rick Klinger and Galen Toye Folke.
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[AORTime]

Awesome track dear! Hybrid Ice is great!

[alexander]

wow... awesome track!!!
pure 80s feeling
sadly underrated band