With that lineup, the band rose to international fame in the mid-1980s and was considered one of the pioneers of the American progressive metal movement, along with Queensrÿche, Dream Theater, Fates Warning and Watchtower.

Pierced Arrow's line-up consisted of Tony Wise on vocals, Bernardo Hernandez and Ben Jackson on guitars, Glen Barnhardt on bass (later replaced by Jeff Lords), and Dana Burnell on drums.

Hernandez and Lords were replaced by Chris Campbell and John Colemorgan respectively in late 1981, and in early 1982, the band changed its name to Beowulf.

[4] Later Mark Ormes left and while searching for a singer, the group found an old school mate of Jeff Lords, John Patrick McDonald (later known as Midnight), singing on the beach.

They later toured North America, Europe and Japan with the bands Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Queensrÿche, U.D.O., Doro, Anthrax.

While touring behind Transcendence, they performed in front of 5,000 spectators at the Manatee Civic Center in their hometown of Bradenton, Florida, on September 2, 1989.

[7] Guitarist Jon Drenning recruited vocalist David Van Landing as a replacement for Midnight on what was to be a short-lived tour in the US.

[2] The biggest show of the tour was at the end of the year in Los Angeles at the Concrete Foundations Forum along with Ozzy Osbourne, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains.

[7][15] In 1994, Jon Drenning moved to Phoenix, Arizona, and formed the band Crush with Lords, Jakhotia and singer Billy Martinez.

[16] Crush broke up and reformed a year later as Erotic Liquid Culture with the former Crimson Glory touring vocalist David Van Landing.

Ben Jackson joined later, after his band Parish broke up.< This incarnation of the group released Astronomica in 1999 after a big delay because the master tapes were stolen and they had to record the album again.

Following the release they did a few warm-up shows in Florida and toured the Netherlands, Germany, France with Vanden Plas, Belgium and Greece with Kamelot and Evergrey.

[22] In September, Drenning, Burnell, Lords and Jesse Rojas performed as guest musicians with Ben Jackson Group at Kamelot concert.

[26] Four days later, the band parted ways with Midnight, saying it would be difficult to work with him "as his current state of mind and his present physical condition would impede plans we have in place for future appearances, releases and recordings".

[31] In memory of their fallen friend and bandmate, Midnight, the band played a tribute show, headlining 2009's ProgPower in Atlanta, Georgia.

[32] The show featured many special guest vocalists, including Lance King from Pyramaze, Nils K. Rue from Pagan's Mind, Chris Salinas from Zero Hour, Ronny Monroe from Metal Church, Andy Franck from Brainstorm, Sean Peck from Cage, Danilo Herbert from Mindflow, Joakim Brodén from Sabaton, Michael Eriksen from Circus Maximus, Rob Rock, Mark Boals from Royal Hunt, Clay Barton from Suspyre, Kelly Sundown from Beyond Twilight and their former vocalist, David Van Landing.

[33] A few weeks prior to the show, Jon Oliva's Pain guitarist, Matt LaPorte, introduced Todd La Torre to the band and he was added as a guest vocalist at ProgPower X.

[35] La Torre made his first public appearance as a full-time member of Crimson Glory at the Pathfinder Metal Fest in Marietta, Georgia on October 30, 2010.

In 2011, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their first album, the band toured Europe, playing in Netherlands, at the Keep It True XIV and Bang Your Head!!!

[42] In March 2001, Wade Black and Ben Jackson launched a project called Sector 9 with the drummer Jesse "Martillio" Rojas and bass guitarist Chris Baylor.

[50] In March 2002, Ben Jackson performed two shows at Keegan's Clubhouse Lounge in Sarasota where he played all the songs from his first solo album, Here I Come.

[58] On July 28, 2003, Ben Jackson posted on his website that he wanted Crimson Glory to reunite with the original line-up, that the band has been waiting for a sign from Midnight.

[64] In 2012, Jeff Lords formed the band Dark Matter with vocalist Paul Beach, guitarist Terry Schambers, and drummer Jesse Rojas.

So far, this band has released one full-length album, Terminal Endeavor (2012), and one EP, Enchipher (2016); the latter features Todd La Torre singing guest vocals on four tracks.