Kansas
Kansas is a progressive rock artist from United States formed in 1973. 40 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Progressive Rock · United States · Best progressive rock albums
- 40
- Releases
- 1974–2025
- Active years
- 1973
- Formed
Discography
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Most popular
Point of Know Return
1977 · 10 tracks
Leftoverture
1976
The Absence of Presence
2020
Monolith
1979
Masque
1975
Kansas
1974
Vinyl Confessions
1982
Audio-Visions
1980
Song for America
1975
Drastic Measures
1983
Freaks of Nature
1995
Power
1986
In the Spirit of Things
1988
Always Never the Same
1998
There's Know Place Like Home
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Colors Fly (Live Los Angeles '83)
2025
Voice Of The Dreamer (Live Omaha '82)
2022
Point Of Know Return Live & Beyond
2021
Leftoverture Live & Beyond
2017
The Prelude Implicit
2016
Miracles Out of Nowhere
2015
Somewhere to Elsewhere
2000
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents
1998
Two For The Show (30th Anniversary Edition)
1978
Popular tracks
Singles & EPs
8
Live & compilations
8
Wheels and Other Rarities
Compilation · 2018
There's Know Place Like Home (Live)
Live · 2009
Playlist: The Very Best of Kansas
Compilation · 2008
Device-Voice-Drum
Compilation · 2002
The Ultimate Kansas
Compilation · 2002
The Essential Kansas
Compilation · 2001
Live at the Whisky
Live · 1992
The Best of Kansas
Compilation · 1984
Videos
4Upcoming shows
Past shows
F&M Bank Amphitheater of Long Beach
Long Beach, California, United States Of America
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Chula Vista, California, United States Of America
Setlist & details →Yaamava Resort & Casino at San Manuel
Highland, California, United States Of America
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About
Dave Hope (bass), Phil Ehart (drums, percussion), and Kerry Livgren (guitars, keyboards, synthesizers) formed a progressive rock group in 1970 in their hometown of Topeka, Kansas, along with vocalists Lynn Meredith and Joel Warne, and keyboardist Don Montre, keyboardist Dan Wright, and saxophonist Larry Baker. A year earlier, Meredith, Montre, Wright and Livgren were performing in a band called The Reasons Why. After changing the band's name to Saratoga, they started playing Livgren's original material with Scott Kessler playing bass and Zeke Lowe on drums. In 1970, they changed the band's name again to Kansas and merged with members of rival Topeka progressive rock outfit White Clover. This early Kansas group, which lasted until 1971 when Ehart, Hope, and some of the others left to reform White Clover, is sometimes referred to as Kansas I.
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Ehart was replaced by Zeke Lowe and later Brad Schulz, Hope was replaced by Rod Mikinski on bass, and Baker was replaced by John Bolton on saxophone and flute. (This lineup is sometimes referred to as Kansas II, and 30 years later would re-form under the name Proto-Kaw.) In 1972, after Ehart returned from England (where he had gone to look for other musicians), he and Hope once again reformed White Clover with Robby Steinhardt (vocals, violin, viola, cello), Steve Walsh (vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, percussion) and Rich Williams (guitars). In 1973 they recruited Livgren from the second Kansas group, which then folded. Eventually they received a recording contract with Don Kirshner's eponymous label and decided to adopt the Kansas name.
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Kansas in brief
- How many Kansas releases are on Riffiter?
- 40 releases are catalogued, spanning 1974 to 2025.
- When was Kansas formed?
- Kansas formed in 1973, in United States.
- What genre is Kansas?
- Kansas is catalogued under Progressive Rock.
- What is the most recent Kansas release on Riffiter?
- Colors Fly (Live Los Angeles '83), released in 2025.
