Classic-era cellists Hugh McDowell and Mike Edwards would soon join. Keyboardist Richard Tandy began his long stint as the band finally coalesced, while French horn player Bill Hunt was held over from the sessions for The Electric Light Orchestra. Watch the Move Perform Just Before ELO Formed It was easier for the two of us to have a go at it." "But there weren't that many people who wanted to travel with a rock band and play classical music, which is one of the reasons I got involved with Jeff Lynne. "I knew that I wanted to get a new band together, so why not advertise for violin, cello and French horn rather than guitar players?" Wood told Rob Hughes in 2012. market, which had largely ignored the Move. ELO were meant to provide an outlet for symphonic-leaning experimentalism, and maybe an entry point into the U.S. It's one thing to dub them on the album, and quite another sorting out the balance onstage."Įlectric Light Orchestra were founded in tandem with the Move, a more rock-focused group that also featured Bevan, Lynne and Wood.
"Perhaps people don't realize all the problems there are in amplifying all those string instruments we have," Wood added in the same NME interview. They appeared to be fiddling along in silence. The bigger problem: Cellos and violins could scarcely be heard over ELO's guitar-based frontline during this more primitive time in the history of onstage amplification. But we're prepared to lose a little money in the experimental stages of the band."
"If we have to hire the hall, if we are promoting, you can almost that figure. That was $530 in 1972 or the equivalent of a whopping $3,645 at modern exchange rates. "It costs us approximately £200 in traveling expenses, roadies and wages before we even get on the stage," ELO drummer Bev Bevan told NME back then.
Adding those orchestra guys meant ballooning the budget.
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