Below, is the feedback that the author of the Gryphon Home Page has received from visitors to the site, between August 1999 and March 2002. To add your comments, please go to the Guestbook Form.

  Steve McCue, London, UK.

Cool band, guys.

March 20, 2002

  Susan Raven, Green Lane Cottage, UK.

Hooray! More Gryphon!! I am honoured to have a Gryphon in the form of Brian Gulland playing and arranging on my debut album. You can find out more at http://www.izun.co.uk

March 17, 2002

  Dan Smith, Jacksonville, FL USA.

As an enthusiast of both early music and progressive rock, I feel very fortunate to have come across Gryphon's music through the appearance of "Kemp's Jig" in the Story of Folk to Rock compilation. I find their music fantastic, and look forward to a thorough, though belated, immersion in it! Thank you for the informative website.

March 7, 2002

  Spangle, Manchester, UK.

I may be mistaken but I seem to remember Gryphon performing on Granada TV Closedown (midnight'ish) for a week or so back when they were very unknown!(early 70's). If this is the case does anyone know if any of the recordings are available?. Please reply to the e-mail address.

March 7, 2002

  Geoffrey Perrin, Bray, Ireland.

I meet Graeme Taylor when he played guit with Rolf Harris, I was mixing them at the Forum in London as a favour for the Bassist. It was great fun and pleasently wierd to meet him having been had the Gryphon albums when they came out in Australia years ago. Fine Guit player.

February 21, 2002

  William Anderson, Stockholm, Sweden.

Yipeeeee!!!!!!!! a "new" GRYPHON record in March.
Great site, Great Band.

February 14, 2002

  Clark Hotaling, ???, USA.

Madison Square Garden in 1976, I believe, and 20,000 Yes fanatics absolutely roaring for this unknown but captivating support band. It was an unforgettable moment. Yes was brilliant, but Gryphon won everybody over that night.

February 13, 2002

  Peirette Oberlé, Redhill, Surrey, UK.

Just like to say that I am the oldest daughter of Dave Oberlé and it is so nice to see that people still remember my dad and the band and follow their music. I am very proud to be the daughter of such a great man, its just a shame that I was to young to remember him being in the band. Hopefully we will be seeing a new album in the near future!!!! Thank you all for visiting the site and following Gryphon, you have made an old man very happy!!!

January 12, 2002

  Frank Manley, ???.

I would like einformation on how I can pick up the Gryphon cd's. most site's do not have the entire catalog available.

January 10, 2002

  Victor Hugo Moreno Lourenço, Nilópolis, R.J., Brasil.

Great web site, fantastic photos and beautiful design. Congratulations for your work, everything is great, "Midnight Mushrumps" is absolutely the best album form Gryphon's discography!
Medieval songs like "Ethelion" rules! Keep On 'middle-aging', ok?

December 25, 2001

  Heleno Versiani, Patos de Minas, Brasil.

Conheci Gryphon no auge da carreira. Fă numero um.

December 19, 2001

  Sep van de Voort, ???, Netherlands.

I'll never forget Gryphon's concert in Stokvishal arnhem, somewhere in the mid seventies!

November 21, 2001

  Jeffrey A. Yuhasz, Akron, Ohio, USA.

I had tickets to see Gryphon(with Yes) at the Colisieum in Ritchfield(Cleveland), Ohio, back in 1975. Unfortunately, I found out that Schlitz malt, Colt 45, and Vodka and orange soda do not mix well. As a result, right when the band began to play, I got sick and puked all over the guy sitting in front me and missed the whole show. They were great seats, 8th row center, too. However, when I was done driving the porcelain bowl I found a big bag of pot on the floor in the bathroom. I did catch Yes' encore.
I was extremely disappointed that I was unable to see Gryphon live, I do have all of the CDs and really enjoy the music. I thought you'all might enjoy my little experience, who knows, I was so close to the stage, maybe, you saw me!

November 10, 2001

  Michelangelo Lucco, Livorno, Italia.

Graphically correct and fast to download and, most of all, giving the sensation to be between old friends.

October 28, 2001

  M.K. McClure, ???, USA.

I had the pleasure of seeing Gryphon with Yes in Ft. Worth TX in Sept. 74...enjoyed the concert very much. I am interested in finding out if Richard Harvey's music for the P.D. James series that was aired in America on PBS is available anywhere. It is so gorgeous and it haunts me terribly :)Thank you.

October 4, 2001

  Lee Berger, ???.

Saw them in 1974 or 75 as the opening act to Yes in Miami and through they were unique. Bought Red Queen to Grhphon three shortly after. Have recently rediscovered them on the Web. Thank you for your excellent website.

September 29, 2001

  Maggie, ???, England.

Well done! the website is fantastic! i am the 15779th person on this website-how amazing is that!you have done really well!

July 31, 2001

  Bruce Grenke, Martinez, CA, USA.

Can't believe it took me so long to discover this site. I'm attending a Yes concert in Concord, CA on 7/31/01 and began looking for my Red Queen album by Gryphon. When I couldn't locate the album, I decided to do a quick search. Glad to see there are still many Gryphon fans.

July 30, 2001

  Wallace C. Rodrigues, Bucharest, Romania.

I first heard Gryphon in 1993, and its great music blew my mind! I am a lover of progressive rock and of medieval music, specially those played on winds and strings combined. Gryphon is simply the only band that mixed both without much effort, with skilled musicians and beautiful harmony. Jethro Tull did some of their songs in the same line, but they have another style. Words simply fail to express what is Gryphon. Gryphon is what Gryphon is.

June 24, 2001

  Gunther H. Schweickert, Neuss, Germany.

Great page, found it by looking for "Richard Harvey" known to me only by his record "A new way of seeing", recorded in 1979 for ICL.

June 11, 2001

  Sergey Romanenkov, Moscow, Russia.

I like music from Gryphon. Thanks.

May 18, 2001

  Gustavo Amarante Gabriel,Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Well, You did it man! This is Gryphon... Your site is clean and strong, just like Gryphon's music. Raindance is my favorite album... When I listen to it, I feel like dancing in the rain. Congratulations. Bye from Brazil.

April 7, 2001

  F L Dunkin Wedd,Kent, England.

Great to find this site - glad to know there are some other people out there as potty as me.... Keep up the good work!

February 25, 2001

  Antti Siipo, Kaustinen, Suomi/Finland.

Great!

February 13, 2001

  Trevor McElroy, Nottingham, England.

It's great to find a website about Gryphon. I have so many fond memories of which meeting the band when they played the 'Boat Club' among the most treasured.
Richard Harvey signed my copy of 'Divisions on a Ground' with the words "Thank you for buying my hit album"!.

February 6, 2001

  Renée Schultz, Landskrona, Sweden.

I bought my copy of Red Queen in a second-hand record shop sometime round '77-78. Unfortunately i never came round to buy the other albums. Not until the late '90´s. Now I have them all on CD except for first Collections and the members various solo efforts. I didn´t like Treason at first. It took several listenings to get into it. I was a bit disappointed that the medieval influences were almost none. But my favourite album to this day is still Red Queen.
I envy those who had the priviliege to see them live. So many other bands of that era, progs and non-progs have reunited, so why can´t Gryphon? Anyway, keep up the good work! Please let us see some up-date´s soon.

February 5, 2001

  Sjaak van Loo, Kruiningen, the Netherlands.

I was very surprised finding this web place, been looking for Gryphon music on CD. Sofar without result. Has anyone found CD's?

January 28, 2001

  Steve Gurren, San Mateo, CAlifornia, USA.

Been an avid fan ... for some 30 years ...ever since experiencing Gryphon opening for Yes .......

December 25, 2000

  Greg Firmin, Garden Grove, CA, USA.

I just recently purchased 'Treason' again after originally owning the import LP, but I had not heard it since '77 or '78. I'm glad to hear that it is just as good as I remember it. No, make that better, with the improved CD sound. Thank you very much, Greg.

December 11, 2000

  Martin Cook, Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia.

Thank you for this fantastic site.
I've been a fan of Gryphon since hearing their first album. I saw Gryphon live at Stoke Soccer Ground round '73? when they supported YES. I was pleased to see others remember Gryphon and I was stunned when I read the poll results -obviously many other people share my general musical tastes, with lots of my favourite bands mentioned. As my original L.P.'s are worn out thanks for informing me of the Gryphon Music available on CD.
Like many others I would love to hear a re-formed Gryphon, even if it didn't involve a four original members. I suspect the time is right now for renewed interest in this kind of original and innovative music. Middle-aged poeple like me have raised their families and so have time to listen to music again and there's a new generation who weren't around in the '70's who have no idea what marvellous period it was, musically.

November 14, 2000

  Benoît Horemans, Brussels, Belgium.

I desesperatly search the Ethelion bootleg album of Gryphon (Cd Highland record, see on this page). Is there anybody who can give me a adress where i can request this one ?

November 13, 2000

  Ed Andrix, Lewis Center, Ohio, USA.

Thank you for putting up this site to an underated band.

September 22, 2000

  Randy G. Cook, Batavia, NY, USA.

I have loved the music of gryphon since i first heard it in the early seventies. my circle of friends were all prog people and the discovery of Gryphon was an awesome day indeed. red queen was my intro and the other albums were soon to follow. Gryphon is in my top five of the (and i mean the) all time best prog artists.

September 17, 2000

  Wayne A. Derby, Bethlehem New Hampshire, USA.

How can I get a copy of the bootleged album Ethelion? Living in the USA I havn't been able to find out anthing about this album. I was in college when the band toured here and caught there performance at the Boston Garden. I was more than duley impressed,becoming a devout follower. I would dearly love to have a part of that experience to listen to again.

September 9, 2000

  Doug Bowers, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA.

Just stumbled on your web site by way of a PFM site. I have been a fan since I bought my copy of Red Queen on the Bell label (vinyl) back in the glory days of prog (the 70s). It's great to be able to buy your music on CD. Would love to say I saw you in concert.

September 2, 2000

  Igal Balin, Nahariya, Israel.

I've found it quite amasing that such a site exist and we still can find people who are interested in this special music that the band made.

July 3, 2000

  Barry Smith, Sevilla 41013, Spain.

Overjoyed to finally find a Gryphon page. I've been an inconditional fan for over 20 years, and really have never lost the bug. Now that the material is available on CD, we can appreciate anew the absolute magnanimity of this unique band. They were pretty good too! They were the soundtrack to many a teenage adventure, and still excite just by their sheer imagination and individuality - and there aren't enough of those kind of bands around, are there? Anyway, I had the good fortune to meet and interview Dave Oberle - in Hyde Park - and Richard Harvey - in his Surbiton residence - for some spuriously trumped up 'school magazine', and was struck by Dave's friendliness and down-to-earth approach, and Richard's unreleased solo album which he played to us at deafening volume on industrial sized speakers in his living room. When he was asked to play us the piano part at the staret of Opening Move, he couldn't remember it! My mate John Cheetham - are you out there mate? - sh!
owed him how it went!
Love the website, and all I'd like to see is; an official release of any 70s session stuff, of which there must be oodles, and A FULL BLOWN REFORMATION !!! COME ON BOYS; WE NEED YOU !!
If anyone'd like to correspond, drop me a line. I also have a vinyl copy of Divisions On A Ground, if anybody wants me to tape it.

June 5, 2000

  Nadav Lazar, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Excellent site for an excellent band (banal but true). Not too many know it around here, but I'm doing my best to spread their music.

May 7, 2000

  Annie Lukens, New Jersey, USA.

Out of the blue I started thinking about Gryphon today - did they have a website; have they re-formed???
I was surprised to find their website and sad that they had not re-formed. Delighted to purchase their CDs as my poor old vinyls have suffered from too much playing and a few too many parties.

April 28, 2000

  Michael Davis, Houston, Texas, USA.

A great site. A lot of good information. One major objection is that your site only whets my appetite for more of their music, which is extreemly hard to find. Shame on you!

April 20, 2000

  Jeff Lindqvist, Visby, Sweden.

I first stumbled upon Gryphon in 1992 via "Best Of British Folk" (Castle Communications) which featured "Sir Gavin Grimbold" - I had never heard anything like it - but it wasn't until the summer of 1996 that I actually got the records. I'm amazed every time I hear "Midnight Mushrumps". Still waiting for a reunion CD...

April 17, 2000

  Chris Stewart,???, ???.

Fascinating to find this site. I didn't know they had built such an international reputation. Love the first album. I also vaguely remember a lusty live version of a sea shanty called "Whaling O a-whaling", maybe at a gig supporting the Strawbs? Its never appeared on record as far as I know. Anyone know anything more?

April 10, 2000

  Paul Williams, Birmingham, England.

I have been a fan of Gryphon's music since I first found a copy of "Red Queen to Gryphon Three" in the Birmingham Public Library in 1975! I bought the other albums as soon as I saw them, but one eluded me for years - Midnight Mushrumps - which was only a vague rumour until I spotted it in the mid 80's. Never before or since have I experienced such exquisite delight in buying a record album - and I have thousands! I now have all the original albums and CDs, and still regard them as my all time favourite band - my second favourite being Gentle Giant! If they ever get back together, I want to be the FIRST to know.

April 1, 2000

  Ivor Canning, Harpenden, Herts, England.

I have been a total convert to this band since around 1976. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to see the band live, but Gryphon are one of the four or five bands I always cite when listing favourites. When I became a (non-music) student in the aftermath of punk, 'The Unquiet Grave' was a perennial favourite for playing down echoing corridors (with my uncertain recorder playing) or in band rehearsals (with my equally uncertain guitarring). Thank you to the band for many years for absorbed delight !

January 16, 2000

  Alec Short, KRT, London, England.

Nice Music Guys!
I used to work with Dave Oberle at MM, I'm still here!!

January 12, 2000

  Phil McKenna, Boston, MA, USA.

Holy Krummhorns and hairfrizz Batman!!!!!!! Gryphon, when I finally got the chance to hear them (1998), defintely struck me as being one of the most unique ensembles to come out of the Prog-Rock movement. I was very intrigued by the mix of antiquity, humor and daring, not to mention beautiful, intricate detail in the music. I can't help but lapse into a hearty ARRRRGGGGGGHH whenever I hear "3 Jolly Butchers"!!!
Great job on the site!!! Keep up the good work!!

November 22, 1999

  Adrian Bell, London, England.

People still give me strange looks when I tell them I have albums by a mediaeval rock band! How I wish I'd seen them live, especially when supporting Yes. Is it too much to hope that one day Gryphon will fly again?

October 22, 1999

  Michael Phipps, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

I just received Red Queen in the mail a few weeks ago, having heard about Gryphon through fellow Gentle Giant fans. I was not in the least bit disappointed - I love it!!! Thanks for the excellent site.

October 10, 1999

  Gordon Nisbet, Lenzie, Scotland.

Good to see their albums now out on CD, about time too.

August 13, 1999