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Pages

Los Angeles, United States

Pages is a music group from Los Angeles, United States. Their discography on Gatefold includes 2 records.

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Biography

Pages is the name of several bands: 1. Pages was a post-hardcore band from Allentown/Alpha, New Jersey, United States. They released their EP Staring. Live. High. in 2007. Produced by John Naclerio of Nada Recordings. pages.bigcartel.com myspace.com/pagesnj 2. Pop/rock studio musicians and songwriters, Richard Page, Steve George, and John Lang wrote and recorded three albums for Epic and Capitol records under the name, Pages. Each album showcases stellar songwriting and the impressive vocals of Richard Page and Steve George.

The Arc of Pages

The pivots — what forced Pages to reinvent.

  1. The Epic Debut and the Chamberlin Era

    Bobby Colomby from Blood, Sweat & Tears pulled these guys into the studio for their 1978 self-titled debut to see if they could bridge the gap between pop and fusion. They brought in Victor Feldman and used the Chamberlin to give the tracks a haunting, pre-digital texture that set them apart from the standard soft-rock pack. You hear a band trying to find their footing while refusing to play it safe with the arrangements. It’s the sound of high-budget ambition meeting late-night session exhaustion.

  2. The Future Street Pivot

    By the time they cut Future Street in '79, the focus shifted toward a more driving, cinematic sound that felt like it belonged in a high-speed chase through Malibu. Colomby was still at the desk, but the songwriting got tighter and the hooks became more aggressive. They were starting to understand that a great bridge doesn't matter if the chorus doesn't stick. This was the peak of their collaborative identity before the industry started demanding a more radio-friendly version of their vision.

  3. The Jay Graydon Polish

    For their final 1981 self-titled effort on Capitol, they handed the keys to Jay Graydon, the guy who basically invented the high-gloss eighties studio sound. This record is the bridge between the yacht rock seventies and the neon pop that would eventually make them millionaires in Mr. Mister. Graydon stripped back some of the fusion grit in favor of a slick, untouchable finish. It’s a masterclass in production, even if it feels like the label was finally leaning on them to deliver a straightforward hit.

Influences

  • Steely Dan — Richard Page has cited them as the blueprint for his obsession with studio perfection and complex harmonic structures. You hear it in the cynical precision of the arrangements and the way they used the best session players to fill out the sound. It’s Fagen and Becker’s DNA with a bit more sunshine.
  • The Beach Boys — The vocal layering on every Pages record is a direct descendant of Brian Wilson’s vertical harmony stacks. Page and George were vocal technicians who treated the voice as an instrument rather than just a delivery vehicle for lyrics. They took the Pet Sounds obsession with vocal density and applied it to late-seventies pop.
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears — Bobby Colomby didn't just produce their first two records; he brought the jazz-rock sensibilities of his former band into the room. This connection dictated the brassy, aggressive horn arrangements that frequently cut through their smoother textures. It’s why those early records have a muscularity that their peers lacked.
  • The Beatles — Page has pointed to the White Album as the moment he realized you could be as experimental as you wanted as long as the melody was bulletproof. That pop sensibility is the only thing that kept their fusion tendencies from becoming unlistenable. It gave them a structural discipline that stayed with them through their Mr. Mister years.
  • Todd Rundgren — The influence of Rundgren’s solo work and Utopia is visible in their willingness to pivot from straight pop to prog-adjacent jams. They shared a similar ethos of the 'studio-as-instrument' and didn't mind if a track got a little weird in the middle. You hear that spirit in the more adventurous B-sides of Future Street.

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