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Daevid Allen biography Christopher David Allen - January 13th, 1938 (Melbourne, Australia) - 13 March 2015 Daevid Allen (sometimes credited as "Divided Alien") is an Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist best known as co-founder of the psychedelic rock bands SOFT MACHINE (in the UK, 1966) and GONG (in France, 1970).
Daevid Allen's guitar playing was influenced by Syd Barrett. Mythology Gong playing Hyde Park, 29 June 1974. The Gong mythology is a humorous collection of recurring characters and allegorical themes which permeate the albums of Gong and Daevid Allen, and to a lesser extent the early works of Steve Hillage.
Sep 26, 2016 · Here’s how it works. Gong on life after Daevid Allen. The idiosyncratic vision of Daevid Allen defined Gong for almost half a century. Now a whole new group are continuing as Gong with Allen’s blessing – and some pretty weighty expectations…. Kavus Torabi is addressing the somewhat incredible situation that he and his bandmates in Gong ...
The first UK pressing, in 1975 on Virgin subsidiary Caroline Records, had an alternative cover drawn by Daevid Allen, featuring a peeled banana/moon playing a guitar. An alternate version of the album, entitled Stoned Innocent Frankenstein, was released by GAS Records in 2014, containing "Unreleased mixes and versions. A 'Camembert Eclectique ...
Apr 17, 2015 · The unusual tale of Allen’s departure from the group, immediately prior to a gig in Cheltenham on April 10, 1975, remains among Hillage’s most treasured memories. “We began playing the first track, but Daevid didn’t materialise on stage,” he recalls, trying – and failing – to control a laugh. “He’d disappeared.
Feb 5, 2020 · In 1966, the late Australian guitarist Daevid Allen co-founded the jazz-influenced, psych-rock group Soft Machine.As psych rock gave way to prog a few years later, Soft Machine, along with other experimental bands like Caravan and Egg, became representatives for “the Canterbury scene,” named after the town of Canterbury, Kent where the bands were based.
Mar 13, 2015 · Daevid Allen, the Australian guitarist and founder of Gong, who has died aged 77, played a prominent role in the British avant-garde rock movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Allen’s musical ...
