However, a short term reunion in 1983, and another in the early 90s which has continued to this day, has kept the band alive, despite the fact that pretty much every album has never featured the same line up twice!! Nowadays the band is led by the bass player Martin Ace, who has been an on/off member since around 1970. However, again their fortunes started to dwindle and after a few less successful albums for MCA they split. A run of very popular albums started from 'Do You Like It Here Now? Are You Setlling In' in 1971 through to the live album 'Maximum Darkness' in 1975. It was only when they signed to United Artists, which had re-established itself as a prominent prog label at this time. Rather typically by now, this also didn't exactly set the world alight. This made about the same amount of impact, and they changed labels entirely for their third eponymous album that was released on Liberty. However, this gained little momentum and they shifted to Pye's 'progressive' imprint Dawn for the more experimental '2 Ozs of Plastic With A Hole In The Middle'. Their debut album, 'Revelation', being a fully fledged concept album. The two fused together, and became a more progressive outfit, signing to Pye Records. MAN formed in the Swansea area of Wales from the ashes of the mid 60s harmony pop outfit, The Bystanders, and another local band The Dream. Founded in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK in 1968 - Disbanded in 1976 - Reformed in 1983 - Still active as of 2019
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