Focus: Eruption       Moving Waves (X2-13060)  Buy Track   Thijs
Van Leer (keyboards, flute, vocals),  Jan Akkerman (guitar),
Cyril Havermans (bass), Pierre Van Der Linden (drums)   Composed
by Thijs Van Leer, Tom Barlage, Jan Akkerman, Pierre Van Der
Linden, Eelke Nobel   Recorded: The Netherlands, 1971   Rating:
90/100 (learn more)  Focus was a progressive rock band that had
a huge hit called "Hocus Pocus" in 1972. (That tune is included
on this album, but a live performance of it on the band's next
album was the actual hit.) "Hocus Pocus" was sort of a '70s
version of what Spike Jones was doing in the '40s and '50s with
nonsense vocalizing, whistles and just generally showing off in
a humorous way. But even though the song was pop music all the
way, its superior musicality suggested these guys might be more
than met the ear. And in fact they were. For the most part, the
band's music was a mix of rock and classical music. However,
"Eruption," and several other pieces spread out over their next
few albums, s