It was 1994, the XX Century was ending and Progressive Rock was not a British/Italian genre anymore, it had successfully spread all around the world mainly after the Scandinavian Symphonic renaissance of the early 90's, and even when it never became as popular as pop music, new bands from all the corners of the planet kept it alive and healthy. In USA a new breed of eclectic bands started to revolution the sound, and PUPPET SHOW from California appeared in the musicals scenario.
The original lineup formed by Sean Frazier (vocals), Mike Grimes (keyboards), Matt Lipford (drums), Craig Polson (bass) and the guitarist Chris Ogburn; released in 1997 their debut "Traumatized", in which the band blended classic 70's Symphonic (with clear Genesis influence) and Neo Prog, with an aggressive metallic edge. The CD quickly gained them a good number of loyal fans.
For the next ten years, the band members had to dedicate great part of their time to family matters and day jobs (It's hard to survive exclusively of music on this days), added to the problem of finding a new drummer, The years passed, but in 2006 with Chris Mack (Iluvatar & Oblivion Sun) in the percussion and all the other original members, they released a surprising album called "The Tale of Woe", in which they explore different sounds, from friendlier Neo Prog in "Harold Cain" to a new and elaborate KING CRIMSOM oriented experimentation as in "God's Angry Man", really a new and revolutionary approach that made worth the waiting.
I honestly don't know what to expect from the future of PUPPET SHOW, but I'm sure that if they release a new record, the music will be different to whatever they done before, because we are talking about a Progressive Rock band that keeps evolving in time
