Australian Daevid Allen was a founding member of Soft Machine (in 1966), but is certainly (a little bit) better known for his band Gong, formed in 1967 and of which he has been the founder/leader off and on to this day. His work over the decades seems sheer endless and hard to follow, but is always characterized by his quirky humor, his abundant imagination and musicianship (he's quite a good guitarist). To me he (and the band Gong) were the ultimate and never-aging hippies - I was a big fan. Bananamoon was his first solo album released in 1971 with an all-star troupe that includes Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine), Gary Wright (Spooky Tooth), Maggie Bell (Stone the Crows), and Gong members "Submarine Captain" Christian Tritsch, Pip Pyle, and Allen's girlfriend Hillie Smyth (aka "Shakti Yoni").The song Stoned Innocent Frankenstein is a typical Allen song, which just as well could have appeared on one the many Gong Albums.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Rarely Heard: Daevid Allen - Stoned Innocent Frankenstein
Australian Daevid Allen was a founding member of Soft Machine (in 1966), but is certainly (a little bit) better known for his band Gong, formed in 1967 and of which he has been the founder/leader off and on to this day. His work over the decades seems sheer endless and hard to follow, but is always characterized by his quirky humor, his abundant imagination and musicianship (he's quite a good guitarist). To me he (and the band Gong) were the ultimate and never-aging hippies - I was a big fan. Bananamoon was his first solo album released in 1971 with an all-star troupe that includes Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine), Gary Wright (Spooky Tooth), Maggie Bell (Stone the Crows), and Gong members "Submarine Captain" Christian Tritsch, Pip Pyle, and Allen's girlfriend Hillie Smyth (aka "Shakti Yoni").The song Stoned Innocent Frankenstein is a typical Allen song, which just as well could have appeared on one the many Gong Albums.
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