PHILL SOKHA (Drums) “I am very concerned about the current situation in the world with climate change, the contamination of the earth, as well as the war in the Donbass (Ukraine) in which innocent people die every day because of politics. I am concerned about the attitude of people towards […]
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GEORGE PERDIKIS (Guitar) “I was introduced to Mark Trueack through a mutual friend Joe Toscano. The UPF project is a concept I fully subscribe to as it combines two things I’m passionate about – progressive music and progressive-thinking.” George Perdikis started playing guitar at 13 with a solid diet of […]
MATT WILLIAMS (Electric/Acoustic guitars & backing vocals on ‘Mercenaries’) Matt is an incredibly in demand session guitarist and engineer/producer who manages the ever increasing client base at Fat Trax Recording Studios. He feels that UPF was the perfect vehicle for both the playing and song writing sides of his personality. […]
LITTLE BRODIE BYRNE (Spoken word on ‘Forgive me My son’) ‘Father, what are we doing to ourselves?” Little Brodie Byrne speaks the lines at the beginning of the song, to which Mark Trueack replies “Forgive me, my son”. United Progressive Fraternity sincerely wishes to thank six year old Brodie Byrne, […]
‘GHOST GIRLS’ (Haunting voices on ‘Forgive Me, My Son’) “Father, what are we doing to ourselves?” “Father, why do we do these things?” This group of students from Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore volunteered to record what became the haunting background vocals in the song ‘Forgive me My son’. Back row: […]
DAVID HOPGOOD (Drums on ‘Mercenaries’) David Hopgood is an accomplished drummer from Adelaide. The two biggest shifts in his musical landscape came in 2009-2010 with the project Split-Second Heaven, all-original rock/pop songs, all music and lyrics by David, and Unitopia, one of Australia’s biggest Progressive Rock bands, whom he joined […]