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In 1989, Bev Bevan and Mik Kaminski created ELO Part II and released an eponymous album the same year. It was followed by ''Moment of Truth'' in 1994. Bevan left in 1999 and sold his share of the ELO name to Jeff Lynne. The remaining members continued to perform and renamed themselves "The Orchestra". They released one more album ''No Rewind'' in 2001. The band is still touring, as of 2012.
In 2001, Jeff Lynne released another ELO album, ''Zoom''. However, only Lynne and Richard Tandy, the band's primary keyboardist, were featured. Lynne reformed the band with some new members and started a new tour. The tour, however, was cut short, primarily due to the illness and death of Lynne's close friend, [[
* ''The Electric Light Orchestra'' (1971) <ref>Known in America under the [[Line-of-Sight Name]] ''No Answer'' due to a communication error</ref> : "Mr. Radio", "10538 Overture"
* ''ELO 2'' (1973): "Roll Over Beethoven", "Kuiama"
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* ''Balance of Power'' (1986): "So Serious", "Calling America", "Endless Lies"
* ''Zoom'' (2001): "Alright", "Moment in Paradise"
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* [[Artifact Title]]: As time went on, the role of the string section decreased, rendering the "light orchestra" part of their name more and more moot. By the release of ''Time'', the violins had disappeared entirely.
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Lead singer and [[Face of the Band]] Jeff Lynne conceived the band's idea with Roy Wood to be a sort of sequel to [[
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: The alternative cover to "On The Third Day" by photographer Richard Avedon has ELO baring their belly buttons for the camera.
* [[Concept Album]]: ''Eldorado'' and ''Time''. Side Three of ''Out of the Blue'', the "Concerto for a Rainy Day," is a sort of mini-[[Concept Album]] on a larger non-concept release.
* [[Cool Shades]]: Is Jeff Lynne ever seen without them?
* [[Cover Version]]: Covered [[
** And their epic version of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" ''VIOLIN SOLO!''
* [[Crapsack World]]: A good number of songs in ''Time'' describe the far-off year 2095 in a vaguely depressing way; some of the problems might just be viewed from the lens of a none-too-happy visitor from 1981 ("The Way Life's Meant to Be", "Yours Truly 2095"), but other problems seem to concern things we might find a bit dystopian or environmentally unsound (e.g. some of the "news" items in "Here Is The News").
* [[Creator Backlash]]: Against ''[[
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: ''Balance of Power'' was Jeff Lynne's way of saying "I ''really'' don't want to keep this band going anymore."
* [[Epic Instrumental Opener]]: One of Jeff's favorite tropes. See also the openings for ''Eldorado'' and ''Time''.
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* [[Fake-Out Fade-Out]]: "Mr. Blue Sky"
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: "Oh No Not Susan" got away with the word "fucking" during a time when the radio was censored heavily. This may have something to do with it being difficult to distinguish the word with all the double-tracking going on in the song's vocals.
* [[A Good Name for
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]: Jeff Lynne
* [[Greatest Hits Album]]: Several. For the interested, the most recent (and best) are probably the aptly-named ''Very Best Of...'' discs.
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* [[Motor Mouth]]: The bridge to "Turn To Stone."
* [[New Sound Album]]: While they had been experimenting with synthesizers and electronic music before, ''Discovery'' marked a very significant shift in the band's music.
* [[The Pete Best]]: Roy Wood, one of Jeff's old bandmates from their previous band The Move, who left after the first album.
* [[Protest Song]]: "Kuiama" and "Laredo Tornado"
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* [[Subliminal Seduction]]: After the band was accused of this, ''Face the Music'' and ''Secret Messages'' deliberately had backmasking put in as a joke.
** ''[[Nightmare Fuel|The music is reversible, but time is not! Turn back! Turn back! Turn back! Turn back!]]''
* [[Revival
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Originally, ''Secret Messages'' was going to be a 2-disc album including the unreleased track "Beatles Forever". However, the band was advised against it, since their record company claimed it would be too expensive to produce.
* [[You Are Number Six]]: "10538 Overture"
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