The Petra Zone

If you like Petra's "dream team" sound... You should check John & Dino Elefante's group "Mastedon" out. (Kerry Livgren also appears on one album).





Well... Do you recognize the sound?

Just discovered Mastedon a few weeks ago! I've been enjoying their latest release from last year, I believe.

Muleya wrote:Just discovered Mastedon a few weeks ago!

Me too...

how many albums did Mastedon (not to be confused with Mastodon...a completely different band) put out? All I've heard are "It's a Jungle Out There!" and "LOFCAudio." Both of which are quite good. I do wish John Elefante's solo work hadn't been quite so poppy (although "Pass the Flame" is a great song.)

neonpachyderm wrote:how many albums did Mastedon (not to be confused with Mastodon...a completely different band) put out? All I've heard are "It's a Jungle Out There!" and "LOFCAudio." Both of which are quite good. I do wish John Elefante's solo work hadn't been quite so poppy (although "Pass the Flame" is a great song.)

Three if you include John's latest "Revolution of Mind" which is listed as "John Elefante and Mastedon".

Odd bit of trivia, I actually owned "It's a Jungle Out There" on CD before any of the Petra CD's (but I had everything through Beyond Belief on cassette). I think it was a gift about the same time that my first CD player was given to me.

cool, I'm not too far out of the loop, then. I'll have to find "Revolution of Mind."

neonpachyderm wrote:cool, I'm not too far out of the loop, then. I'll have to find "Revolution of Mind."

I do not know if it is available as a CD. John's website has a digital download of the album. This link should get you there.

http://www.johnelefante.com/store/

bjh wrote:

neonpachyderm wrote:how many albums did Mastedon (not to be confused with Mastodon...a completely different band) put out? All I've heard are "It's a Jungle Out There!" and "LOFCAudio." Both of which are quite good. I do wish John Elefante's solo work hadn't been quite so poppy (although "Pass the Flame" is a great song.)

Three if you include John's latest "Revolution of Mind" which is listed as "John Elefante and Mastedon".

Odd bit of trivia, I actually owned "It's a Jungle Out There" on CD before any of the Petra CD's (but I had everything through Beyond Belief on cassette). I think it was a gift about the same time that my first CD player was given to me.

.. Hm, and I thought I new a lot about John and Dino and I did not know that CD
Thansk. Now I have to fidn that somewhere

The new one is available as s CD. I saw it the last time I was at Lifeway.

So how do their first two releases compare to Revolution of Mind? If they're as good I'll definitely need to check them out!

Muleya wrote:So how do their first two releases compare to Revolution of Mind? If they're as good I'll definitely need to check them out!

They definitely have a more dated sound (of course), but I don't know which of the three I like the most.

I think "It's a Jungle Out There is the best out of the three.

I love "3" aka "Revolution of Mind" ... excelllennntt!!!