The Classified was a

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

bandGuitar World Interview with Steve Vai, Sep. 2016 formed in

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in 1984, whose foremost player was the famous guitarist

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on guitar and vocals. It also included: * Stu Hamm - bass, vocals *

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- keyboards, vocals * Sue Mathis - keys and vox * Mike Barsimanto - drums * Chris Frazier - drums The band never released any commercial recordings, though concert tapes exist.

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