Jerry Kosak Guitars Rose Bustamante Vocals/Flute Phil Jeffrey Bass Guitar Jon Glimpse Drums/Percussion Fred Trafton Keyboards

The

Story

by Fred Trafton, July 2002

Chosen was a Christian Progressive Rock band working in the Phoenix, Arizona area in 1982 (also known as "The Dark Ages of Progressive Rock"). They recorded one album and a demo, both released only on cassette. They broke up shortly after the keyboardist, Fred, had to leave town because of a new job in California. But while they were around, they reminded whoever heard them that Progressive Rock wasn't dead ... only ... uhm ... well, it was still dead, but Chosen just refused to believe it. Okay, so Chosen didn't always look as cool as the photos above. These were all taken at Chosen's Halloween concert in 1982. This is how we would like to be remembered ... even if we weren't always this theatrical, it's the way we always wanted to be. But Christian audiences tend to be ... well ... a bit stuffy about people acting strange, and guys wearing makeup and leotards and stuff. God knows the music was already odd enough to scare many of Chosen's audiences. So usually, they looked more like this in their concerts:

This little web page was recently found by Jerry Kosak, and he actually wanted to link to it from his site, so I've spruced up this page just a little. If anyone would like to know more about Chosen, drop me a line at webmaster@gepr.net and encourage me. I have lots of old Chosen memorabilia to add, including song lyrics, newspaper clippings, an old concert schedule and more photos. Maybe, just maybe, someday even MP3's of our demo and album. -- Fred Trafton 5/6/05