Prism

PRISM was a VANCOUVER rock band that achieved its greatest commercial success in the late 1970s with hits such as "Spaceship Superstar," "Armageddon," "Virginia" and "Young and Restless." The group emerged in 1976 when Jim VALLANCE, using the alias Rodney Higgs, and Bruce FAIRBAIRN, alumni of a Vancouver rhythm & blues/funk/JAZZ band, Sunshyne, recruited Lindsay Mitchell, Tom Lavin, Ron Tabak, Ab Bryant and Tom Keenlyside to record the band's self-titled debut album. The first single, "Spaceship Superstar," was a national success, but the original members of Prism departed for other projects. As they left, Mitchell replaced them with former members of the Seeds of Time, his late-1960s group notorious for sounding like the Rolling Stones onstage and behaving far worse offstage. In 1978, Tabak (vocals), Mitchell (guitar), John Hall (keyboards), Rocket Norton (drums) and Allen Harlow (guitar/bass) recorded Prism's second album, See Forever Eyes. Henry Small replaced Tabak as lead singer in 1981 and the band had some success with the album Small Change. Prism released a greatest hits album in 1988, followed by Immortal, the Seeds of Time's greatest hits, in 1991. See also SOUND RECORDING INDUSTRY.
by Mike Harling