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Pavlov's Dog is a 1970s progressive rock/AOR band formed in St. Louis, Missouri in 1972. ==History== Pavlov's Dog originally was composed of vocalist David Surkamp, guitarist Steve Levin, keyboardists David Hamilton and Doug Rayburn, bassist Rick Stockton, drummer Mike Safron, and violinist Siegfried Carver (born Richard Nadler). Levin left the band during their inaugural year and was replaced by Steve Scorfina (formerly of REO Speedwagon). Carver departed the band following the release of the band's debut album ''Pampered Menial''. For their second album ''At the Sound of the Bell'' (1976), Tom Nickeson was added to the line-up on guitar; switching to keyboards not long thereafter following the departure of Hamilton. Former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford performed the drums on this album due to the absence of Safron; and when Safron did not receive a promised credit on the album sleeve he departed the band permanently and was replaced by Kirk Sarkistan. This line-up of the band remained until their dissolution in 1977. ''Pampered Menial'' was briefly released in 1975 on ABC Records but then quickly re-issued by Columbia Records. The result was that both versions appeared in stores at nearly the same time. The album was produced by Sandy Pearlman and Murray Krugman, who had found success earlier in the decade producing Blue Öyster Cult. Carver left the band after the release of ''Pampered Menial''. Their second album ''At the Sound of the Bell'' followed on Columbia in 1976. A raft of guest artists contributed to the album, including jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker and Roxy Music's Andy MacKay. The band recorded a third album in 1977, but due to poor sales of the first two albums, Columbia refused to release it, hastening the band's split. The third album finally appeared as a bootleg in the 1980s, a limited edition pressed from stolen master tapes. It was released under the name ''The St. Louis Hounds'', without Pavlov's Dog's name on the sleeve. The third album finally was released legally in 2007 by German label Rockville Music, titled ''Has Anyone Here Seen Siegfried?'', remastered and including additional 10 bonus tracks of unreleased material from the 1970s. The German label TRC bootlegged the album, under the title ''Third'', but this version does not include the bonus tracks. When the band split up in the late 1970s, Surkamp was rumored to be dead,〔http://www.rockville-music.com/html/pavlov_s_dog__founded_in_1973_.html〕 although in fact he was working with former Fairport Convention member Ian Matthews on a band named Hi-Fi. While living in Seattle the group was successful on the club scene and recorded a 5-track live 12" EP in 1981 entitled ''Hi-Fi Demonstration Record'' and a studio album in 1983 entitled ''Moods for Mallards''. Both Hi-Fi records were released on First American Records and distribution was mostly limited to the Pacific Northwest region. The small label self-destructed not long after when investors ran into tax trouble with the Internal Revenue Service. In 1990, Surkamp and Rayburn reformed the band and recorded ''Lost in America'' for US label Telectro Records, which was re-released worldwide by Rockville Music in 2007, after TRC had also bootlegged it in the late 1990s. Scorfina performed on some of the sessions for this album. On June 26, 2004, a reunion concert featuring the classic line-up (without Carver), took place in St. Louis, and in 2005 Surkamp, Safron, and Rayburn reformed the band with vocalist/guitarist Sara Surkamp, lead guitarist Amanda McCoy, keyboardist Nick Schlueter, bassist Rick Steiling, and violinist Abbie Hainz Steiling. This line-up has toured in Europe annually since 2005. Among other venues, they played the Arrow Rock Festival in the Netherlands 2006 in front of 54,000 people, as well as headlining both the Burg Herzberg Festival in 2007 (25,000 people) and the Woodstock Festival in 2008 (5,000 people). In 2007 a solo album by Surkamp, ''Dancing on the Edge of a Teacup'', was released by Rockville Music. The band toured again late 2010 and released a new studio album (''Echo & Boo''). Siegfried Carver died on May 30, 2009. He was 60 years old.〔(Official band site )〕 Doug Rayburn died on 21 September 2012, having departed the band again in 2008.〔http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/doug-rayburn-pavlovs-dog-etc-r-i-p.297623/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pavlov's Dog (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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