Ten (band)

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Name = Ten


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Genre = Hard rock, melodic rock
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Years_active = 1996 - present
Label = Frontiers Now and Then Avalon
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URL = [http://www.tentheband.co.uk/ Official site] [http://www.tenofthebest.com/ Fansite]
Current_members = Gary Hughes Chris Francis John Halliwell Paul Hodson
Past_members = Vinny Burns Greg Morgan Ged Rylands Steve McKenna
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TEN are a British melodic rock/hard rock band.

Biography

"The Robe" was a huge step forward in the sound of TEN, leading strongly towards epic and majestic atmospheres and influences. Songs like the title track, "Arcadia" and "Ten Fathoms Deep" are considered to be amongst the best expressions of the British hard rock of the 90's. However, their major commercial success - especially in Europe - came with their following album: "Spellbound", in 1999.

The record had all the elements which decreed the vast success of TEN within the hard rock fans: melody and class, but also power and epic atmospheres, inherited by the tradition of the British bands of the 70's such as Rainbow, Thin Lizzy and UFO.

A few line-up changes (most notably Steve McKenna taking on bass duties and Don Airey and Paul Hodson later on keyboards) did not really change the musical styles and success of the band that also gathered a great exposure and acclaim with the following release "Babylon", a concept album based on a futuristic story of a computer programmer and his tragic love affair.

The following two records "Far Beyond the World"(2001) and "Return to Evermore" (2004, which saw the début of the new guitar ace Chris Francis, taking the place of Vinny Burns) served only to solidify the band’s reputation for great music and exquisite arrangements in great melodic hard rock fashion.

To mark the band’s 10th anniversary, a two disc album "The Essential Collection" was issued in January 2006, comprising the best Rockers and Ballads re-recorded in the style of how the band currently play their music. Ten’s most recent appearance was in March this year at the Atarfe Vega Rock Festival in SpainFact|date=January 2007, where they appeared to great critical acclaim alongside WASP, Twisted Sister and Stryper.

Ten’s latest album is "The Twilight Chronicles". It is a mixture of rock and ballads with a strong atmospheric mood and lyrics that tell tales of love, lust, death, glory, revenge and darkness.

The current lineup for Ten circa May 2006 are Gary Hughes – Vocals, Chris Francis – Guitars, John Halliwell – Guitars, Paul Hodson – Keyboards

Current members

* Gary Hughes – Vocals, Backing Vocals, Programming
* Chris Francis – Guitars, Bass
* John Halliwell – Guitars
* Paul Hodson – Keyboards, Programming

Discography

tudio albums and EP's

* "Ten" (1996)
* "The Name of the Rose" (1996)
* "The Name of the Rose" EP (1996)
* "The Robe" (1997)
* "The Robe" EP (1997)
* "You're In My Heart" EP (1997)
* "Spellbound" (1999)
* "Fear the Force" EP (1999)
* "Babylon" (2000)
* "Far Beyond the World" (2001) listen to track via youtube - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6GvKr43v_6g
* "Return to Evermore" 2004)
* "The Essential Collection 1995-2005" (2005)
* "The Twilight Chronicles" (2006)

Live albums

* "Never Say Goodbye" (1998)

Compilation albums

* "Ten/The Name of the Rose" (1999)
* "The Robe/Bonus Collection" (1999)
* "The Best of Ten 1996-1999" (1999)

External links

* [http://www.tentheband.co.uk/ Official TEN Website]
* [http://www.tenofthebest.com/ UK Fansite]
* [http://www.ob2.aitai.ne.jp/~mieko-10/ Japanese TEN fansite]
* [http://heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/band.cgi?BandNum=735 TEN on HeavyHarmonies.com]
* [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,8941.sm TEN on RockDetector.com]