by Ted Ollikkala | Sep 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
MARK FRANCO (Fretted and Fretless Bass, Vocals) “To be introduced to UPF music was one reason I joined the live band, but most of all it is the message that we are presenting to a far reaching audience; strong and meaningful songs using progressive fusion as the...
by Ted Ollikkala | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by Ted Ollikkala | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
‘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...
by Ted Ollikkala | Dec 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
by Ted Ollikkala | Oct 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
JULIA BRADSHAW (UPF Advisor) “I am pleased to say I had a hand in the naming of this remarkable album. Mark and I coincidentally came up with the title Planetary Overload when we were thinking of what to call it, only to find there was a book by the same name. We...