The story of this duet goes back to 1971 when in Michigan - USA, the keyboardist Allen Bondar joins the drummer Bob Wise, according to their site because \"they were obsessed to create and design a music that might personify their innermost emotions and feelings that were laced with passion.\" A goal that I'm not sure if they ever achieved, being that their music is so close to EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER, that sounds like an album that the famous power trio never released.
Even when their music borders the limit of cloning, they are excellent performers who I believe never allowed themselves to find an own and original sound, a characteristic that didn't help BONDAR & WISE to sign with an important label and release an album when active.
During the next eight years the band tours around USA creating a loyal fanbase, but it's not until 1994 (According to the label page) that their only album called \"A Live Legacy\" (recorded during a 70's concert)is released and in 2009 Dharma Records presents a remastered edition.
BONDAR & WISE is not the most original band in the market, some even may call them clones, but the performances are outstanding and the music well constructed, surely interesting for ELP fans.
Ideal for Prog listeners who like the most bombastic sound of the 70's.
