Winter, Edgar
Entry updated 2 September 2024. Tagged: Music, People.
(1946- ) US rock musician, whose eponymous group achieved commercial success in the 1970s. Their best known song, "Frankenstein" (1972) is an instrumental and does not mention Mary Shelley's creation. His album Standing on Rock (1981) includes sf-inspired songs with generic titles like "Martians" (see Mars) and "Tomorrowland". In 1986 he took on the task of recording songs written by L Ron Hubbard before his death, following demos and instructions left by Hubbard. The result, Mission Earth (1986), is a truly terrible collection of pop songs with a synthetic soul flavour, several of which have sf themes familiar from Hubbard's writings and teachings; it takes its title from Hubbard's 1985-1987 "dekalogy" Mission Earth. [CWa]
Edgar Holland Winter
born Beaumont, Texas: December 28, 1946
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