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On his 1973 album A Wizard, a True Star, Rundgren had sung the line 'Wait another year, Utopia is here.'įor a short period of time (1973–74) Todd Rundgren's Utopia consisted of Rundgren plus Hunt Sales and Tony Fox Sales together with the late David Mason (a musician from Florida, not to be confused with the former Traffic guitarist of the same name) and 'M. In 2018 Rundgren, Sulton, and Wilcox reunited for a tour with new keyboardist Gil Assayas under the moniker Todd Rundgren's Utopia. In 2011 the earlier prog-rock incarnation known as Todd Rundgren's Utopia was revived for a series of live shows. The group broke up in 1986, but reunited briefly in 1992. Though often thought of as a Rundgren-oriented project, all four members of Utopia wrote, sang, produced and performed on their albums 'Set Me Free', for example, was written and sung by Sulton. In 1980, they had a top 40 hit with 'Set Me Free'. This version of the group gradually abandoned progressive rock for more straightforward rock and pop. By 1976, the group was known simply as Utopia and featured a stable quartet of Rundgren, Kasim Sulton, Roger Powell and John 'Willie' Wilcox. Most of the members in this early incarnation also played on Rundgren's solo albums of the period up to 1975. During its first three years, the group was a progressive rock band with a somewhat fluid membership known as Todd Rundgren's Utopia. Utopia was an American rock band formed in 1973 by Todd Rundgren. Bearsville, Network, Passport, Epic, Rhino

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