Daevid Allen

Vocalist/Guitarist

Band Sightings

Available Recordings

There are too many to mention...but visit Planet Gong for a full list.

Involvement with Spirits Burning

Daevid has been on every Spirits Burning CD. He regularly records at Don's studio when visiting the bay area or playing gigs there. A 'best of' Spirits Burning -- featuring material from the first three SB CDs -- was released as Daevid Allen and Don Falcone Glissando Grooves.

The band Weird Biscuit Teatime was originally a CDs worth or material for a future Spirits Burning CD, but Michael Clare suggested that Daevid, Don, and Michael do an entire CD together. (Trey was subsequently added to make it a quartet.)

Recording For Earth Born

(Daevid appears on Sarah's Surprise, Two Friends, Crafted From Wood and Evening)

Statement

Daevid Allen was one of the founders of the British progressive rock band the Soft Machine in 1966. He recorded just one album with the group and in 1969 he became the founder/leader of Gong, which he left in 1975 to begin a solo career (although his first solo album, Banana Moon, was released in 1971 while he was still in the group). Allen explored his quirky, folky take on rock throughout the '70s and '80s on albums like 1976's Good Morning and 1983's Alien in New York. He resumed Gong in 1990 releasing the albums Gongmaison, Shapeshifter and Zero To Infinity. His solo work also included collaborations with underground rock impresario Kramer like 1993's Who's Afraid? and 1996's Hit Men, which was released on Kramer's Shimmy Disc label. Allen returned in 1999 with Money Doesn't Make It, followed a year later by Stroking the Tail of the Bird. Nectans Glen also followed in 2000. In 2003 Allen formed a new version of Gong with members of the Japanese collective known as Acid Mothers Temple, as well as playing and releasing material with his California-based band University of Errors. He continues to release numerous live sets and one-off collaborations in limited editions on various independent labels under his own and various group names. Voiceprint records have released a varied selection of Gong albums.

News

Gong will be playing Queen Elizabeth Hall London in June 2008 with Massive Attack who see Gong as a major influence on them.

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