Arguably the greatest recording of the Pierre Moerlen era, Gong’s 1978 album, Expresso II, found the collective at the peak of their powers. Following the
Tag: Gong
It is generally believed, for any number of reasons, that prog rock is a definitively British initiative. Its studiousness, seriousness, silliness and dreaminess all adhere
Photo: Richard Bennett Zeff (Caravan), Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns (Kevin Ayers). Illustration: udiscovermusic At the end of the 60s, the quaint, historic city of Canterbury became the
Banana Moon was the expedient result of a covert 1971 cross-Channel trip by the ultimate global citizen of the cosmos, Daevid Allen. Resident in France
Few kinds of music are more inherently visual than progressive rock. The music lends itself to elaborate flights of fantasy, which is why prog rock
Photos: Gems/Redferns (Bill Bruford), Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images (Carl Palmer), Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images (Neil Peart) The rock’n’roll cliché says that the drummer is always the wildest,