Kansas

Once upon a time. Kansas were a viable American alternative to the near-terminal
pretensions and upper-crust elitism of English art-rock. Like a cornfed Genesis, they
balanced the cosmic incredulity of their lyrics with a sound as big as the wide open spaces
of their native state: cathedrallike keyboards and high-blown vocal arrangements
anchored by the garage-band raunch of guitarists Kerry Liver and Rich Williams,... More >