All the Best from Prism

Prism
Prism playing at Whisky a Go Go, in 1977. From left to right: Ron Tabak (vocals), Tom Lavin (bass), Lindsay Mitchell (guitar), Rocket Norton (drums)
Background information
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Rock hard rock pop
Years active	1977 (1977)–1984 (1984), 1987–present
Labels	GRT Capitol
Website	prism.ca
Members	Al Harlow Gary Grace Marc Gladstone Tad Goddard
Past members	Jim Vallance Ron Tabak John Hall Lindsay Mitchell Tom Lavin Ab Bryant Rocket Norton Henry Small Paul Warren John Trivers Robyn Robbins Doug Maddick Darcy Deutsch Andy Lorimer Steve-O Timothy B. Hewitt

Prism (often styled as PRiSM) is a Canadian rock band formed in Vancouver in 1977. They were originally active from 1977 to 1984 and have been active again from 1987 to present. Their classic line-up consisted of lead singer Ron Tabak, guitarist Lindsay Mitchell, keyboardist John Hall, bass guitarist Allen Harlow, and drummer Rocket Norton.

The band's sound is a mix of Album-oriented rock (AOR) and pop rock, and they have released a total of thirteen studio albums, three compilation albums, and one live album.

Prism's success has been primarily in Canada where they won the Canadian music industry Juno Award for Group of the Year in 1981, although they also reached the US top 40 charts with 1981's "Don't Let Him Know". Prism is also noteworthy for launching the careers of several former group members, including international record producer Bruce Fairbairn, songwriter Jim Vallance, Powder Blues Band frontman Tom Lavin, and Headpins and Chilliwack musician Ab Bryant. A pre-fame Bryan Adams also contributed as a songwriter to several early Prism releases.

On Sunday March 6, 2011, Prism's "Spaceship Superstar" was chosen as the wake up song for the Space Shuttle Discovery crew members. This was a significant point in history as it was the last day that the crews of Discovery and the International Space Station were together before Discovery returned to Earth in the last mission of Discovery.

Prism was the brainchild of musician-producer Bruce Fairbairn and comprised members from two local Vancouver bands, "Sunshyne" and "Seeds of Time". Fairbairn was originally a trumpet player in Sunshyne, a jazz-rock band, in the early 70s. Around 1974, the band switched their format to blues-rock by recruiting guitarist Lindsay Mitchell from Seeds of Time as their frontman. The Seeds of Time were a blues-oriented group that had recently wound down after a mildly successful recording career, in which they placed 2 songs in the Canadian Top 100 (RPM Magazine): "My Home Town" reached #76 and "Crying the Blues" reached #90, both in 1971.