Gong On Track – Revised and Updated
Every Album, Every Song
Seiten
2024
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2nd Revised edition
Sonicbond Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78952-340-9 (ISBN)
Sonicbond Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78952-340-9 (ISBN)
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Every
now and then, a band comes along that defies convention, refuses to be
pigeon-holed, thumbs its nose at comfy predictability and blows raspberries at
commercial wisdom. That band is Gong.
Every now and
then, a band comes along that defies convention, refuses to be pigeon-holed,
thumbs its nose at comfy predictability and blows raspberries at commercial
wisdom. That band is Gong. From 1970 to the present day, Gong have ploughed a
unique musical furrow - part progressive rock, part spacey psychedelia, part
proto-punk, ambient trance, drum 'n' bass and absurdist political performance
art.
In this revised and updated edition,
long-time fan Kevan Furbank examines all the Gong albums from Magick Brother in
1970 to 2023's Unending Ascending and chronicles the stories behind each
recording. He examines the songwriting, arrangements and mythology that
inspired each track - with new insights from, amongst others, the current
fantastic Gong line-up, bassist Mike Howlett, violinist Graham Clark and
guitarist Josh Pollock.
He salutes the many great musicians who have
passed through Gong in the last 50-odd years, including guitar hero Steve
Hillage, drummer Pierre Moerlen, flute and sax maestro Didier Malherbe and, of
course, whimsical visionary and Gong founder Daevid Allen. The author also
discusses the off-shoots of the Gong family tree - including Mother Gong,
Gongmaison and Pierre Moerlen's Gong.
If you
have never heard any Gong, this book is the perfect introduction. If you have,
you will want to go back and revisit the glorious music this band has made
now and then, a band comes along that defies convention, refuses to be
pigeon-holed, thumbs its nose at comfy predictability and blows raspberries at
commercial wisdom. That band is Gong.
Every now and
then, a band comes along that defies convention, refuses to be pigeon-holed,
thumbs its nose at comfy predictability and blows raspberries at commercial
wisdom. That band is Gong. From 1970 to the present day, Gong have ploughed a
unique musical furrow - part progressive rock, part spacey psychedelia, part
proto-punk, ambient trance, drum 'n' bass and absurdist political performance
art.
In this revised and updated edition,
long-time fan Kevan Furbank examines all the Gong albums from Magick Brother in
1970 to 2023's Unending Ascending and chronicles the stories behind each
recording. He examines the songwriting, arrangements and mythology that
inspired each track - with new insights from, amongst others, the current
fantastic Gong line-up, bassist Mike Howlett, violinist Graham Clark and
guitarist Josh Pollock.
He salutes the many great musicians who have
passed through Gong in the last 50-odd years, including guitar hero Steve
Hillage, drummer Pierre Moerlen, flute and sax maestro Didier Malherbe and, of
course, whimsical visionary and Gong founder Daevid Allen. The author also
discusses the off-shoots of the Gong family tree - including Mother Gong,
Gongmaison and Pierre Moerlen's Gong.
If you
have never heard any Gong, this book is the perfect introduction. If you have,
you will want to go back and revisit the glorious music this band has made
Now retired, Kevan Furbank was Managing Editor Reach Ireland, publishers of the Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star and a journalist on local and national newspapers for more than 40 years. He has published books on local history and written stories, articles and columns on practically every subject under the sun. This is his fourth book for Sonicbond. His music tastes encompass prog, rock, folk and jazz and in his spare time, he likes to pretend he can play guitar, bass and mandolin. He lives in Holywood, Northern Ireland, and is married with two grown-up daughters.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.10.2024 |
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Reihe/Serie | On Track |
Zusatzinfo | 16 colour pages |
Verlagsort | Tewkesbury |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
ISBN-10 | 1-78952-340-0 / 1789523400 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78952-340-9 / 9781789523409 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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