Pallas
Scottish progressive rock band Pallas has been active since its inception in
1976. Originally called Rainbow, they changed their name when Ritchie Blackmore
formed a band of the same name after leaving Deep Purple. Pallas thus brought
together, around its leader Graeme Murray (bass) and keyboardist Mike Stobbie,
singer Brian Wood and guitarist Dave Holt until 1979, and drummer Derek Forman.
In 1979, the hiring of multi-instrumentalist Niall Matthewson and keyboardist
Ronnie Brown made up for the departures of Stobbie and Holt, while the new
singer was Euan Lowson. After playing i...
