SECRET OYSTER Closes ProgDay 2008!

ProgDay announces SECRET OYSTER, the legendary fusion group from
Denmark, as our closing band on Sunday. The band was formed in 1972 by
KARSTEN VOGEL (saxophones, keyboards) of BURNIN' RED IVANHOE who had a
vision of a new band featuring long improvisational instrumental
passages pushed along by a driving rhythm section. Joined by Claus
Bøhling (guitar), Kenneth Knudsen (keyboards), Bo Anderson (drums) and
Mads Vinding (bass), that vision birthed what would eventually be one
of the foremost fusion ensembles to arise out of Europe in the 1970s.

SECRET OYSTER was incredibly active in the 70s, releasing four studio
albums to great commercial and critical success and performing over
500 concerts (including a 30,000 sellout in Paris) with the likes of
WEATHER REPORT, SHAKTI, GEORGE DUKE and HERBIE HANCOCK. They were
poised by Columbia Records to be their next big thing after Weather
Report, but when CBS changed direction and withdrew their support, the
band began to unravel, ultimately playing what everyone thought was
their final show in December, 1977.

Then in 2006, THE LASER'S EDGE made SECRET OYSTER's 70s recordings
available for the first time on CD. The renewed interest in the band
prompted an invitation to perform at NEARfest. After 30 years of not
performing, the band reunited and played their first show in America
at NEARfest 2007.

ProgDay is thrilled to bring SECRET OYSTER back for their first US
appearance since their triumphant return. We're sure it will be a
performance to remember!

ProgDay, the world’s longest running progressive rock festival, takes
place this year on August 30th and 31st at Storybook Farm near Chapel
Hill, North Carolina. Other bands this year are Ain Soph (Japan),
Canvas Solaris (US), CHEER-ACCIDENT (US), Holding Pattern (US),
VonFrickle (US), Abigail's Ghost (US), Mirthrandir (US) and Pinnacle
(US). To hear music and get information about all the bands, please
visit our website at www.progday.com.