There are a small number of almost forgotten tracks that are not exactly by Focus but that technically do feature the band. The oldest ...

Today's official website boasts of Focus as De ultieme progressieve rockgroep . But are they really a prog rock band? Being interviewed ...

Most British audiences sat listening to Focus very soberly and the humour was perhaps overlooked. My tendency was certainly to be a little o...

One thing that attracted me to Focus’s music as a teenager in the 1970s was its seriousness. Raised on pop music I was tiring of its superfi...

Having observed the eastern element in the music of Jan Akkerman one looks for something similar in Thijs van Leer's music. It is not r...

In an interview in Odessa, Ukraine, in 2005 Jan Akkerman said “I think I have Russian roots. My aunt told me that one of my great-grandmothe...

Before joining Focus Jan Akkerman had produced a solo album - the 1969 instrumental album Guitar for sale. While still with Focus he produc...

While still with the original Focus, Thijs van Leer produced one solo album - the very successful light classical orchestral album Introspe...

The fade is used by Focus quite sparingly, except on Mother Focus , where nearly half the tracks fade. It is usually adopted where a live pi...

??? Besides the Answer element in the long track Eruption (Moving Waves) and Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! (Focus 3) Focus have at...

Archive number: 84 Title: Who's calling? Main Album: Focus (1985). Also a single b/w Beethoven's Revenge. Track number: 7 Genre: Pro...

Archive number: 83 Title: Ole Judy Main Album: Focus (1985) Track number: 6 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Studio Spitsbergen,...

Archive number: 82 Title: Beethoven's Revenge (Bach-One-Turbo-Overdrive) Main Album: Focus (1985). Also a single b/w Who's Calling? ...

Archive number: 81 Title: Indian Summer Main Album: Focus (1985) Track number: 4 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Studio Spitsbe...

Archive number: 80 Title: Le Tango Main Album: Focus (1985) Track number: 3 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Studio Spitsber...

Archive number: 79 Title: King Kong Main Album: Focus (1985) Track number: 2 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Studio Spitsbergen...

Archive number: 78 Title: Russian Roulette Main Album: Focus (1985) Track number: 1 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Studio Spit...

Though never exactly at the very cutting edge of technology, in their day Focus were not slow to use musical technology as it became avai...

The 10 longest Focus tracks are 1 Anonymus 2 (26:19) 2 Eruption (22:57) 3 Hamburger Concerto (20:15) 4 Beethoven's Revenge extended (18:...

Though famed for their many longer tracks, Focus have plenty of shorter ones, many under 3 minutes. These are the top 10 stand alone tracks:...

Places specific or not are sometimes mentioned in Focus titles. Specific La Cathedrale de Strasbourg Sugar Island (Cuba) Vesuvius (See Ou...

In the Focus titles family we have Mother Focus Father Bach Brother Little Sister Sylvia's Stepson They have all come to Birth

Focus song titles are usually in English. These are the exceptions: French La Cathedrale de Strasburg (Strasbourg Cathedral) Le Clochard (Th...

Some 15 Focus tracks refer to individuals real or imaginary. Orfeus and Euridice are, of course, from Greek mythology as is Orion. Venus ...

Surprisingly, perhaps, there are over 20 Focus vocal tracks of various sorts. Most of these feature Thijs Van Leer but there are a number...

The main Focus drummer has been Pierre Van Der Linden who originally worked with Jan Akkerman in Brainbox. After leaving in 1973 he rejoin...

Of these there are really four. The current player is Bobby Jacobs . The longest serving was Bert Ruiter . The first was Martijn Dresden. On...

Down the years there have been just five Focus guitarists. Head and shoulders above the rest is the best and the original - Jan Akkerman . S...

Archive number: 77 Title: How Long Main Album: Focus Con Proby Track number: 9 Genre: Jazz Rock Vocal Studio: EMI Studios, Hilversum, The Ne...

Archive number: 76 Title: Maximum Main Album: Focus Con Proby Track number: 8 Genre: Jazz Rock Instrumental Studio: EMI Studios, Hilversum, ...