Amoeba Music

By Scott Feemster

Gong is more of a shifting collective of musicians rather than a proper group. Most versions of the band have been centered around the wacky imagination of Australian ex-Soft Machine member Daevid Allen and his wife, singer Gilli Smyth. The group, in it's different incarnations and offshoots, has swung from whimsical psychedelia to hard-driving percussion-fueled progressive rock, with many stops in between. The fact that the group has managed to carry on in one form or another for nearly 40 years is testament to Allen and Smyth's singular vision of bringing more psychedelic-influenced whimsy and wonder to the world of music.

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Genre:

Rock, Psychedelic, Jazz, Fusion, Progressive, Space Rock

Formed Date:

1967