Biography
Focus was a
Dutch
progressive rock band of the
1970s. It was founded by classically trained
organist/
flautist
Thijs van Leer in
1969. It leaned heavily on his talents, and on those of another of the Netherlands'
contemporary music heavyweights, the guitarist
Jan Akkerman, who joined the band in 1970. In
1971 the group released their second album, Moving Waves, which received international acclaim. The band's biggest international hits were the guitar-based instrumental 'Sylvia', and the band's signature piece, the bizarre rondo 'Hocus Pocus'. (The title may have...
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