{"id":5308,"date":"2022-04-04T16:04:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=5308"},"modified":"2022-04-04T18:39:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T17:39:17","slug":"apocalypse-the-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=5308","title":{"rendered":"Apocalypse &#8216;The Spirit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Shindig!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>writer STEVE KRAKOW has unearthed a rather special demo from his native city Chicago&#8217;s mid-70s prog-rock scene<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apocalypse-art-by-Plastic-Crimewave-1024x614.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apocalypse-art-by-Plastic-Crimewave-1024x614.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apocalypse-art-by-Plastic-Crimewave-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apocalypse-art-by-Plastic-Crimewave-768x460.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apocalypse-art-by-Plastic-Crimewave-1536x921.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apocalypse-art-by-Plastic-Crimewave.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Castle<\/em> is 38 minutes of pure prog-rock magic: male\/female harmonies, violin, mellotron and fuzzed-out guitars\/keys. It was recorded in 1976 as a demo by Windy City band Apocalypse. In the words of Krakow: \u201cApocalypse used their double-neck guitars to create chamber prog suites about faraway castles. With their lenghty and tuneful musical odysseys, their music conjures the golden mid-70s progressive period of Renaissance, Soft Machine, ELP, Gentle Giant and Genesis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"APOCALYPSE - &quot;The Spirit&quot; OFFICIAL taken from &quot;The Castle&quot; LP (Out-sider Music)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qa1c1gjPZBM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although this five-song, 38-minute demo was an amazing showcase for the collective progressive rock leanings of Apocalypse, <i>The Castle<\/i> remained an unreleased artefact until 2021 when the reel-to-reel master tape of the presumably long-lost relic was rediscovered by band member Michael Salvatori in a dusty old basement storage bin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The band consisted of brothers Tom and Michael Salvatori along with Michael\u2019s wife Gail Salvatori and Tom\u2019s classmate Scott Magnesen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tom-Salvatori-3-Apocalypse-802x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tom-Salvatori-3-Apocalypse-802x1024.jpeg 802w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tom-Salvatori-3-Apocalypse-235x300.jpeg 235w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tom-Salvatori-3-Apocalypse-768x981.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tom-Salvatori-3-Apocalypse-1203x1536.jpeg 1203w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tom-Salvatori-3-Apocalypse.jpeg 1253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buy\u00a0<\/i><i>Apocalypse&#8217;s<\/i><i style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Castle <a href=\"https:\/\/guerssenrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-castle\">here<\/a>. For more on Out-Sider music visit their <\/i><a style=\"font-weight: 400; font-style: italic;\" href=\"https:\/\/guerssen.com\">site.<\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F5308&#038;t=Apocalypse%20%E2%80%98The%20Spirit%E2%80%99&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F5308&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F04%2Fa0346144839_5.jpeg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Apocalypse%20%E2%80%98The%20Spirit%E2%80%99\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F5308&#038;text=New%20post%20on%20our%20site\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Apocalypse%20%E2%80%98The%20Spirit%E2%80%99&#038;body=New%20post%20on%20our%20site:%20https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F5308\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shindig!\u00a0writer STEVE KRAKOW has unearthed a rather special demo from his native city Chicago&#8217;s mid-70s prog-rock scene The Castle is 38 minutes of pure prog-rock magic: male\/female harmonies, violin, mellotron and fuzzed-out guitars\/keys. It was recorded in 1976 as a demo by Windy City band Apocalypse. In the words of Krakow: \u201cApocalypse used their double-neck [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,7],"tags":[999,459,1001,1000],"class_list":["post-5308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-music-videos","tag-apocalypse","tag-guerssen","tag-plastic-crimewave","tag-prog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5308"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}