Like many Greek bands at that time, Axis relocated to France and soon discarded their pop roots and went progressive big-time with this album. It's a mix of song oriented pop-psych and long complex instrumental journeys. "Axis" begins as a straight up hard-rock album and moves to Canterbury jazz-rock. The keyboards on "Axis" are splendid, they feature anything from fuzz overloaded organ to jazzy electric-piano, to layers upon of mellotron that could have become King Crimson's worst nightmare. One of the finest of all Greek-progressive albums.
Over the years, rock & roll has had its share of one-album wonders-artists who only recorded one album when it seemed like they should have built a large catalogue. Axis turned out be one of those one-album wonders, which came as a surprise because the late 1970s power trio had potential. Consisting of Vinny Appice (Carmine Appice's brother) on drums and background vocals, Jay Davis on bass and lead vocals and Danny Johnson on guitar and lead vocals, Axis boasted talented musicians even though its material fell short of mind-blowing…