Amoeba Music

By J Poet

The Incredible String Band is unique in the annals of folk/pop music, a chaotic amalgamation of folk, singer/songwriter, Celtic, psychedelia, blues, rock and world music, before the last term was coined. Their songs were free flowing, linear suites with radical changes of tune, time, and timbre, full of mythological, biological and wildly poetic images all dancing together in a dizzying free for all. Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Bob Dylan and other heavies all claimed then as influences and praised their talents as musicians and songwriters. Rabidly anti-commercial, their albums grew more ambitious and distinctive as their career progressed, but they still managed to find a large audience who stayed with them to the end.... Read More

Genre:

Folk, Folk Rock, British Folk Rock

City Of Origin:

Glasgow , Scotland

Formed Date:

1965