Electric Light Orchestra (or ELO for short, now going by Jeff Lynne's ELO) is a British rock group formed from The Move in Birmingham, England, which released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and two more albums,
Zoom in 2001 and Alone In The Universe in 2015, both which featured only Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy from the original lineup. Following the 2015 album release, the band has toured as Jeff Lynne's ELO.
For Electric Light Orchestra's first tour Phil Copestake is credited as 'Tour Manager', Richard Battle as 'Roadie' and Trevor Smith for sound.
ELO was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.
Zoom in 2001 and Alone In The Universe in 2015, both which featured only Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy from the original lineup. Following the 2015 album release, the band has toured as Jeff Lynne's ELO.
For Electric Light Orchestra's first tour Phil Copestake is credited as 'Tour Manager', Richard Battle as 'Roadie' and Trevor Smith for sound.
ELO was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.
NotSoAnonymous
December 18, 2020However, I will say that in my preference, their work from the beginning through Eldorado are likely my favorites. No Answer is a complete oddity compared to most of what made its way to my ears, even after my years of exploring music. Centered on orchestral elements more than rock or pop, there's never been anything else quite like it. Being that Roy Wood left the band after that first album and Jeff Lynne took over fully, it's great to see his chops as a song writer grow with the epics of Kuiama, emotional pieces like Mama, and transformative covers like Great Balls of Fire (though they had worked on that one when Roy Wood was still with the band in a slightly different form to be found in the Set of Six recording). The development of the rock opera concepts that would form the majority of On The Third Day and the entirety of Eldorado are probably some of the better takes on the concept.
They may be seen by some as a fleeting pop group with catchy singles (which, with the sheer number of them I don't think you can really just write them off as such) or just some gimmicky group, but they really did something unique and special.