Is the band Triumph still together

For many, there would be nothing better than seeing the Canadian power trio of singer / guitarist Rick Emmett (62 years old), singer / drummer Gil Moore (62) and bassist / keyboardist Mike Levine (67) known as Triumph playing together once again and/or recording some new music together.

Is the band Triumph still together
It appears that the latter may take place as Triumph recently posted a photo on their Facebook page of the trio together in a studio for Emmett‘s new album.

After Emmett left the band in 1988, it took 20 years for the trio to play again under the Triumph banner, which took place in the form of shows in Sweden and Oklahoma in 2008. Since then, the trio have sadly not played publicly as Triumph.

Levine was recently interviewed by the Niagara Frontier Publications and the following are excerpts from the article / interview:

“Those last shows were an opportunity for us to bury whatever hatchets needed to be buried and the best way to do that was to go out and play a bit. Europe was a unique situation, because we had fans there, but we never performed there before. And we figured we could go and hide there and, if we truly stunk, nobody would notice. Not thinking clearly; there were tons of press people there to see us,” Levine noted.

“The shows went well and we had a tour booked and then the recession hit and we decided to wait in the weeds and see what happens, and we are still waiting, so to speak. We talk about it every now and then, but I doubt you will see us play again.”

Is the band Triumph still together
That may be sad news to longtime fans of the band but, even though the band is not together onstage, they have renewed their friendship.

“We went through a tough stretch, but now we are on the dinner tour, so to speak,’ Levine said. “We get together three or four times a year and laugh a lot. It’s been great from a personal point of view.”…

With the hatchets buried and the band’s legacy intact, Levine has been able to look back at what led to the band’s demise.

” I think Rik and Gil would agree that it was (the) ‘Sport of Kings‘ (album) that had us asking ourselves what we were doing,” Levine said. “The whole process was not fun. We all felt like we were getting a root canal every day. There are so many stories; we could talk for four or five hours alone about that one.

“We allowed the record company, for the first time, to be part of Triumph. It became a thorn in our side and then ‘Surveillance‘ was a tough one to make. ‘Sport of Kings‘ was a poppy album. There were some cuts I refused to even play bass on, and Mike Boddicker did the keyboard parts.”

Triumph‘s “Magic Power” live at the US Festival on May 29, 1983:

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In a new interview with the San Antonio Current, bassist Mike Levine of legendary Canadian rockers TRIUMPH was asked what would have to happen to get the three members of the band to reunite for a full tour. He responded: "We would need to have the best medical people around us. [Laughs] All the ails of 70-year-olds that have been on the road to rock 'n' roll — playing loud music, sucking in flash powder smoke and dry ice smoke for years — to try to get us well enough to do 30 shows.

"In 2008, we had 30 shows done in Canada. That were already booked. And there were like 40 shows booked in America at that point. And then the recession hit. And it lasted through 2008, 2009 and most of 2010. When 2011 came, Live Nation called and the individual promoters said, 'What do you think?' We went, 'Eh, probably not.' We're now three and a half years older. We've got whatever ailments we've got, and it was never about the money. It was always about the legacy more than anything. Could we have made a bunch of money? Yes. But it would've been embarrassing if we only did half houses with the recession, with the Rust Belt in the Midwest, even San Antonio. You name it, everyone was hurting. No one can afford to go to concerts when they've lost their jobs. It's horrible. So, we just went, 'Let's take if off the table.' And every year the offers would come in to go do some stadium shows. And it's way too much work to do that, to get a crew, rehearse, to go out and do four shows. And it wouldn't be our show. We'd just be part of a package. It would be like doing another US Festival or something. The fans would want to see us indoors, with the big show, and if we didn't do it that way, then there's no point."

Levine previously touched upon TRIUMPH's aborted reunion tour a year ago in an interview with Rock History Music. At the time he said: "Well, we [reunited for] a couple of [shows] — in the 2000s. In 2008, we played over in Sweden — we did a festival there — and a show in Oklahoma, I think called Rocklahoma. And we were gonna go on the road, and then the recession came. There was plans, there was buildings on hold, everything was starting to fall into place. And then when the recession [came], we talked to the promoters, and everybody just said, 'For you guys, it would be embarrassing if you go out and do three quarters of a house instead of selling out.' It was horrible. Concerts were dying everywhere. You couldn't sell a ticket in the Midwest. It didn't matter who you were. THE BEATLES would have had trouble selling tickets. So we just [put it on hold]. And then the recession lasted a couple of years. And then we decide, you know what? We're a couple of years older. Maybe we can't do it — the idea of a big tour. 'Cause we were looking at maybe doing 60, 70 dates over the course of a year and a half or so. And the investment and the production and all that, to put it all together, and the time — just rehearsal time and everything else. So we decided, you know what? It's probably not in the best interest in all of us. It's not like everybody was going, 'Yeah, we've gotta do it.' We all just went, 'Not a good idea anymore.'"

As previously reported, Nugs.net, the leading music platform for live concert streams and recordings, has partnered with Round Hill Music for the global premiere of TRIUMPH's long-awaited feature documentary "Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine". Fans can tune in for the premiere event on Friday, May 13 at 8:30 p.m. EDT, which will kick off with an exclusive, moderated question-and-answer session with all three members of TRIUMPH — guitarist/vocalist Rik Emmett, drummer Gil Moore and Levine.

Tickets for the global streaming event can be purchased starting today for $19.95 exclusively at nugs.net/triumph. Streaming is available worldwide, with the exception of Canada. Tickets will be available through Sunday, May 15 at midnight EDT.

"Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine", produced by Emmy and Peabody award-winning Banger Films (ALICE COOPER, IRON MAIDEN, RUSH and ZZ TOP),covers TRIUMPH's humble beginnings as staples of the GTA circuit in the mid-'70s to their heyday as touring juggernauts, selling out arenas and stadiums all across North America with their legendary spectacular live shows — and way beyond.

Moore, Levine, and Emmett formed TRIUMPH in 1975, and their blend of heavy riff-rockers with progressive odysseys, peppered with thoughtful, inspiring lyrics and virtuosic guitar playing quickly made them a household name in Canada. Anthems like "Lay It On The Line", "Magic Power" and "Fight The Good Fight" broke them in the USA, and they amassed a legion of fiercely passionate fans. But, as a band that suddenly split at the zenith of their popularity, TRIUMPH missed out on an opportunity to say thank you to those loyal and devoted fans, a base that is still active today, three decades later.

Back in 2016, Moore and Levine reunited with Rik as special guests on the "RES 9" album from Emmett's band RESOLUTION9.

After 20 years apart, Emmett, Levine and Moore played at the 2008 editions of the Sweden Rock Festival and Rocklahoma. A DVD of the historic Sweden performance was made available four years later.

Why did Triumph the band break up?

"The reason why I left the band (Triumph) was because I couldn't do things I wanted to do in the Triumph situation. There was also pressure from managers, agents and even the record company at the time saying, you don't want to get too far away from the hard rock sound.

Will Triumph get back together?

Canadian hard rockers, Triumph, are developing a high-tech concept that would bring their music back to the stage in either 2023 or 2024. Drummer and vocalist Gil Moore, a founding member of the group, revealed the news during an exclusive interview with Ultimate Classic Rock to discuss Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine.

When was the last time Triumph played together?

The last official Triumph reunion took place at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2008.

Does Triumph still perform?

Triumph Tickets, 2022-2023 Concert Tour Dates | Ticketmaster.