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IQ (1981 - )

Group - United Kingdom British progressive rock band

Releases (42)

Official

Album

  1. Seven Stories Into Eight Oct 1982
  2. Tales From the Lush Attic Sep 1983
  3. The Wake May 1985
  4. Nine in a Pond Is Here Nov 1985
  5. Nomzamo 1987
  6. Are You Sitting Comfortably? Mar 1989
  7. J’ai Pollette d’arnu Jun 1991
  8. Ever Jun 1993
  9. Subterranea Sep 1997
  10. Seven Stories Into Ninety Eight 1998
  11. The Seventh House 2000
  12. Dark Matter 01 Jun 2004
  13. Stage 2006
  14. Frequency 24 Apr 2009
  15. The Road of Bones 05 May 2014
  16. Tales From a Dark Christmas 10 Dec 2017
  17. Resistance 27 Sep 2019

Album - Live

  1. Living Proof Aug 1986
  2. Forever Live Apr 1996
  3. Subterranea: The Concert 2000
  4. The Archive Collection: Colos-Saal Aschaffenburg Germany, 16th February 2002 2003
  5. The Wake: Live at De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Holland – June 19 2010 2010
  6. The Archive Collection – De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Holland, 23 October 2011 2012
  7. Live on the Road of Bones 2015
  8. A Show of Resistance Jul 2020
  9. Live Like This 03 Dec 2020
  10. Scrape Across the Sky (Live at The Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Holland 6 December 2014) 2021
  11. Forty Years of Prog Nonsense 09 Dec 2022
  12. Subterranea Live at De Boerderij October 22 2011 27 Mar 2023

Album - Compilation

  1. The Lost Attic 1999
  2. Limited Edition Frequency Tour CD (Disc 1 of 2) 2008
  3. Limited Edition Frequency Tour CD (Disc 2 of 2) 2008
  4. The Archive Collection 2003–2017 15 Dec 2021

Single

  1. The Legendary IQ Free Record 31 Dec 1984
  2. Intelligence Quotient / It All Stops Here 1986
  3. Sold On You 06 Feb 1989
  4. Drive On 1989
  5. Bulba Neeny Noo Sep 1992
  6. The Universal Scam / Eyes of the Blind 2012

Promotion

Album - Remix

  1. IQ 30 Re:Mixed 2011

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Headlong Jan 1992
  2. Nostalgia 1993

Relationships (14)

Members

  1. Michael Holmes (Jul 1981) original
  2. Tim Esau (Jul 1981 - Sep 1989) original
  3. Martin Orford (Jul 1981 - 16 Sep 2007) original
  4. Tim Esau (14 Jan 2011) original
  5. Peter Nicholls (Jun 1982 - Aug 1985)
  6. Paul Cook (Jul 1982 - Apr 2005)
  7. Paul Menel (Oct 1985 - Sep 1989)
  8. Les Marshall (Sep 1989 - Feb 1990)
  9. Peter Nicholls (1990)
  10. John Jowitt (Jan 1991 - 07 Jan 2011)
  11. Andy Edwards (Apr 2005 - Dec 2008)
  12. Mark Westworth (03 Oct 2007 - 11 Dec 2010)
  13. Paul Cook (Nov 2009)
  14. Neil Durant (01 Jan 2011)

Recordings by (273)

  1. Beef in Box ?:?? (May 1982)
  2. Capital Letters (in Surgical Spirit Land) 3:46 (Oct 1982) 7 Stories Into 8
  3. About Lake Five 5:01 (Oct 1982) 7 Stories Into 8
  4. Intelligent Quotient 6:55 (Oct 1982) 7 Stories Into 8
  5. For Christ’s Sake 5:05 (Oct 1982) 7 Stories Into 8
  6. Barbell Is In 5:31 (Oct 1982) 7 Stories Into 8
  7. Fascination 5:56 (Oct 1982) 7 Stories Into 8
  8. For the Taking 4:17 (Oct 1982) 7 Stories Into 8
  9. It All Stops Here 6:57 (Oct 1982) 7 Stories Into 8
  10. The Last Human Gateway 19:57 (Sep 1983)
  11. Through the Corridors (Oh Shit Me!) 2:35 (Sep 1983)
  12. My Baby Treats Me Right ’Cos I’m a Hard Lovin’ Man All Night Long 1:46 (Sep 1983)
  13. The Enemy Smacks 13:49 (Sep 1983)
  14. Awake and Nervous 7:45 (Sep 1983)
  15. Hollow Afternoon 4:51 (31 Dec 1984)
  16. The Last Human Gateway (21 minute version) 19:56 (1984)
  17. The Magic Roundabout 6:33 (May 1985)
  18. The Thousand Days 4:00 (May 1985)
  19. The Wake 3:50 (May 1985)
  20. Corners 6:21 (May 1985)
  21. Widow’s Peak 9:13 (May 1985)
  22. Headlong 7:30 (May 1985)
  23. Intelligence Quotient 7:20 (Nov 1985)
  24. Outer Limits 5:50 (Nov 1985)
  25. Glenn Miller Medley 3:37 (Nov 1985)
  26. Flak ?:?? (Nov 1985)
  27. The Story of Cow and the Grocery Boys ?:?? (Nov 1985)
  28. Lost Horizon ?:?? (Nov 1985)
  29. Robo II ?:?? (Nov 1985)
  30. Funk Is in My Brain ?:?? (Nov 1985)
  31. Stomach of Animal ?:?? (Nov 1985)
  32. Sno It Pe Crep (Truth) ?:?? (Nov 1985)
  33. The Thousand Days (demo) 3:57 (1985)
  34. The Magic Roundabout (demo) 6:27 (1985)
  35. Dans le parc du château noir 7:40 (1985)
  36. Just Changing Hands 5:40 (Aug 1986) live, 1985-05-13: Camden Palace, Camden, London, UK
  37. Widow's Peak 8:46 (Oct 1986)
  38. The Wake / The Last Human Gateway 9:49 (1987) live
  39. Passing Strangers 3:33 (1987) live
  40. Promises (As the Years Go By) 4:31 (1987)
  41. No Love Lost 6:02 (1987)
  42. Nomzamo 7:00 (1987)
  43. Still Life 5:55 (1987)
  44. Human Nature 9:40 (1987)
  45. Screaming 4:05 (1987)
  46. Common Ground 6:57 (1987)
  47. Colourflow 5:26 (1987)
  48. No Love Lost (piano / vocal version) 4:12 (1987)
  49. Common Ground (live) 6:34 (1987) live
  50. Sold On You 4:38 (06 Feb 1989)
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On Recordings (37)

Arranged

  1. The Last Human Gateway 19:57 IQ (Sep 1983)
  2. The Enemy Smacks 13:49 IQ (Sep 1983)
  3. Through the Corridors (Oh Shit Me!) 2:35 IQ (Sep 1983)
  4. My Baby Treats Me Right ’Cos I’m a Hard Lovin’ Man All Night Long 1:46 IQ (Sep 1983)
  5. Awake and Nervous 7:45 IQ (Sep 1983)
  6. Leap of Faith 7:21 IQ (Jun 1993)
  7. Out of Nowhere 5:10 IQ (Jun 1993)
  8. The Darkest Hour 10:52 IQ (Jun 1993)
  9. Fading Senses: I. After All / II. Fading Senses 6:36 IQ (Jun 1993)
  10. Came Down 5:56 IQ (Jun 1993)
  11. Capricorn 5:16 IQ (Sep 1997)
  12. Failsafe 8:57 IQ (Sep 1997)
  13. Breathtaker 6:04 IQ (Sep 1997)
  14. Somewhere in Time 7:11 IQ (Sep 1997)
  15. Overture 4:38 IQ (Sep 1997)
  16. Subterranea 5:53 IQ (Sep 1997)
  17. The Narrow Margin 20:00 IQ (Sep 1997)
  18. State of Mine 1:59 IQ (Sep 1997)
  19. Unsolid Ground 5:04 IQ (Sep 1997)
  20. Tunnel Vision 7:24 IQ (Sep 1997)
  21. The Sense in Sanity 4:48 IQ (Sep 1997)
  22. Infernal Chorus 5:10 IQ (Sep 1997)
  23. Laid Low 1:29 IQ (Sep 1997)
  24. Sleepless Incidental 6:23 IQ (Sep 1997)
  25. King of Fools 2:02 IQ (Sep 1997)
  26. Provider 1:36 IQ (Sep 1997)
  27. Speak My Name 3:35 IQ (Sep 1997)
  28. The Other Side 2:22 IQ (Sep 1997)
  29. High Waters 2:43 IQ (Sep 1997)

Produced

  1. The Last Human Gateway 19:57 IQ (Sep 1983)
  2. Through the Corridors (Oh Shit Me!) 2:35 IQ (Sep 1983)
  3. My Baby Treats Me Right ’Cos I’m a Hard Lovin’ Man All Night Long 1:46 IQ (Sep 1983)
  4. The Enemy Smacks 13:49 IQ (Sep 1983)
  5. Awake and Nervous 7:45 IQ (Sep 1983)

Holds Phonographic Copyright (?) For

  1. Dans le parc du château noir 7:40 IQ (1985)
  2. Será será 2:44 IQ (1989)
  3. Medley: The Last Human Gateway / Outer Limits / It All Stops Here / The Enemy Smacks 14:27 IQ (Jun 1991)

Credited as (3)

  1. IQ
  2. I.Q.
  3. I-Q.

Works (35)

Wrote

  1. The Darkest Hour
  2. Fading Senses
  3. Further Away
  4. Leap of Faith
  5. Came Down
  6. Out of Nowhere
  7. Until the End
  8. Knucklehead
  9. 1312 Overture
  10. Constellations
  11. Fall and Rise
  12. Ten Million Demons
  13. Hardcore
  14. The Last Human Gateway
  15. Through the Corridors (Oh Shit Me!)
  16. Awake and Nervous
  17. The Enemy Smacks
  18. From the Outside In
  19. The Road of Bones
  20. Without Walls
  21. Ocean

Composed

  1. Promises (As the Years Go By)
  2. My Baby Treats Me Right 'Cos I'm a Hard Lovin' Man All Night Long
  3. Overture
  4. Provider
  5. Subterranea
  6. Sleepless Incidental
  7. Failsafe
  8. Speak My Name
  9. Tunnel Vision
  10. Infernal Chorus
  11. King of Fools
  12. Breathtaker
  13. Somewhere in Time
  14. The Narrow Margin

Events (69)

Main Performer At

  1. IQ + Bagheera @ De Nieuwe Pul
  2. IQ @ De Pul
  3. Planet Pul: 2nd Progressive Rock Festival
  4. IQ at Colos‐Saal
  5. IQ at Colos‐Saal
  6. IQ at Colos‐Saal
  7. IQ at Colos‐Saal time
  8. IQ at Colos‐Saal, Night 1 time
  9. IQ at Colos‐Saal, Night 2 time
  10. Night of the Prog Festival XIV, Day 1 time
  11. IQ at Turbinenhalle 2 time
  12. IQ at Colos‐Saal time
  13. Night of the Prog Festival IX, Day 1 time
  14. IQ at Weststadthalle, Essen
  15. IQ at Spirit of 66, Verviers
  16. IQ at Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg
  17. IQ at Spirit of 66, Verviers
  18. IQ at Zentrum Altenberg
  19. IQ at Spirit of 66
  20. IQ at Spirit of 66
  21. IQ at Spirit of 66
  22. IQ at Zeche Bochum
  23. IQ at Spirit of 66, Verviers
  24. IQ at F63
  25. IQ at Zeche Bochum
  26. IQ at the Met
  27. IQ at Spirit of 66
  28. IQ at Spirit of 66
  29. IQ at Poppodium Plato
  30. IQ at Paradiso
  31. Night of the Prog Festival VI, Day 2
  32. IQ at Radhaus
  33. IQ at Live Station
  34. IQ at De Nieuwe Pul
  35. IQ at Zeche Bochum
  36. IQ at the Marquee
  37. IQ at Stadthalle Kleve
  38. IQ at Star Club
  39. Night of the Prog Festival II, Day 1
  40. IQ at Star Club
  41. IQ supported by Galahad at the Regent Centre
  42. IQ at Paradiso
  43. IQ at Noorderligt
  44. IQ at Noorderligt
  45. IQ at Camden Palace
  46. IQ at Boerderij (IQ30 Show)
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Support Act At

  1. Mike + The Mechanics at Rheingoldhalle
  2. Mike + The Mechanics at Philipshalle
  3. Magma + IQ at La Cigale
  4. Mike + the Mechanics at Capitol
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Links (27)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.gep.co.uk/iq/
  2. http://www.iq-hq.co.uk/

Other Databases

  1. http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/I/IQ/
  2. https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/band/IQ
  3. https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=165
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/iq

Lyrics Page

  1. https://genius.com/artists/Iq-en

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/IQ

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/540465

Setlist.Fm

  1. https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/iq-4bd6b33e.html

Bandsintown

  1. https://www.bandsintown.com/a/54864

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/691292

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000085346

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374777

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/135568

Stream For Free

  1. https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCPPt46K4XXulW84A6PrKQkw
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/74094202
  3. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0DQ9JcIWMGVzlQSfCVK4oN

Purchase Music For Download

  1. http://www.emusic.com/artist/-/11640115/

Purchase Music For Mail-Order

  1. http://www.iq-store.co.uk/shop/

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/61715447
  2. https://tidal.com/artist/23007635

Fan Pages

  1. http://iqmuseum.free.fr/

Social Networking

  1. https://twitter.com/iqhqlive
  2. https://www.instagram.com/iqhqlive/
  3. https://www.facebook.com/IQHQLive

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPPt46K4XXulW84A6PrKQkw