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daevid allen interviews

How Steve Hillage and Daevid Allen reunited after 35 years
“Gong is like a boat – people can get on and off again if they wish. It just keeps on floating down the river.” - Prog magazine
GTV magazine
childhood, Soft Machine, utopia, Planet Gong, prog rock, His Dark Materials, Flying Teapot, Angels Egg, You…
An Endlessly Evolving Parable
parables of inner and outer space, Australia and keeping it in the family - Emily Bick, The Quietus
Classic Rock DE
Where does music come from? - Laabs Kowalski
Eclipsed DE
Who is the "I" in the title? [I See You] - Joe Asmodo
Good Times DE
Does your new album "I See You" stand in the tradition of the legendary "Radio Gnome"-trilogy? - Michael Fuchs
Kulturnews DE
Steve Hillage once said: "Nobody ever leaves Gong." What did he mean? - Matthias Wagner
Der Spiegel DE
What was interesting about meeting William S Burroughs? - Christoph Dallach
Mess+Noise AUS
He says he never forgets people's eyes. - Nathan Roche
Blues Hall of Fame GR
How important was poetry and Beats in your life? - Michael Limnios
Now Is The Happiest Time Of Your Life
Tomeu Canyelles, 40 Putes : part 1 | part 2 | part 3
Gong interview with Daevid Allen
(contains traces of Terry Riley, Chet Baker, William S Burroughs, Sun Ra, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Mike Ratledge, Gilli Smyth, Ziska Baum, Loren Standlee, Steve Hillage, Soft Machine, Gong, and motorbikes) - Klemen Breznikar, Psychedelic Baby Magazine
Going Thru Vinyl
I'll need your shirt size and mailing address - Jason Hoffer
Gong along
Some Gong freeks/musicians feel that it could not go on without Gilli or my originating influence but that to me is nonsense.
It's All Greek to Me
Which was the process of writing a Gong song? - Thodoris
Wellington House
'when daevid met Robert' (Wyatt) - Paul
Soft Machine
The Giorgio Gomelski Connection - Richie Unterberger
The Scotsman
Tuning in to The Goons in Oz kept Allen insane. - Aidan Smith
Room Thirteen
My friend has stopped smoking and is worried that he won't be able to tune into Radio Gnome anymore… - Andrew Latham
Greetings from Planet Gong
You could argue that there's a sort of Buddhist allegory behind the Trilogy and the more recent additions - does the mythology represent a spiritual/cosmic journey presented in comic form? - David Sutton, Fortean Times
George Jefferson: World's Biggest Gong Fan?
one of the most mind-blowingly weird anecdotes MAGNET has ever published - Mitch Myers, Magnet
A Few Words With… Daevid Allen
What made this the right time to continue the Radio Gnome story? - John A Wilcox, Progsheet
Space rockers reunite on Earth
Gong were the psychedelic supergroup who wowed Glastonbury Fayre in 1971. Ahead of their Meltdown appearance, founder Daevid Allen tells Pierre Perrone how he survived the madness - Pierre Perrone, The Independent
Daevid Allen: The Gong Father
As the brain behind Gong and Soft Machine, Daevid Allen crafted some of the world's most pioneering space-rock. - Neil Erik, Dazed & Confused (contains traces of Graham Massey)
Myth & Reality
I was alerted to the fact that Allen was far better read than your average guitar slinging rocker. - Darrell Jónsson
Acid Mothers Temple
How did your collaboration with Acid Mothers Temple originally happen, and how have they influenced you? - Johnson Cummings 2007-05
daevid allen entrevista
Poucas coisas na vida valem mais a pena do que conversar com uma lenda. E poucas coisas podem ser mais chatas do que isso, especialmente quando essa pessoa está rancorosa demais, triste demais ou simplesmente não consegue exprimir mais nada. - Fabio Golfetti, Mofo F
his penis & other topics
Kevin Ayers, William S Burroughs, Terry Riley, Chet Baker, aliens, University of Errors, Robert Wyatt, heroes, freedom - Tim Tam
Filippo, part 2
When does music become noise? - Filippo
Japan
what was it about Acid Mother's Temple that made you collaborate with them? - Udi Koomran
Bananamoon Obscura
CD series revelations
University of Errors
How does the University of Errors differ from your other current & previous projects? - Darrell Jónsson
'Legendary' Glastonbury remembered
just 1,500 laid-back music fans were there in 1970 - BBC News World
From Radio Gnome to Infinity
The new album, 'Zero To Infinity', resumes the story of the character Zero The Hero - Lars Fahlin
The Making of Flying Teapot
Gong's first album for Virgin Records - Fred Dellar, Mojo magazine
Classic Rock Society USA
University of Errors, Middle Class Revolutionary poetry, Gilli Smyth, You remixed, glissando guitar, Opium for the People, Divided Alien Playbax 80, Gong - Steve Ward
pre-tour-naturalGong
a logician might well be mystified by the manner in which we found the musicians for Gong…
Paris '68
Are Gong in danger of becoming respectable? - The Latest, Brighton UK
Acid Attack
Cris Baldwin cross‑examines Gong band members backstage at The Foundry, Birmingham
rapid fire Q & A
What would you put in Room 101? - Bournemouth Echo
Las Historias del Planeta Gong
La Web Sense Nom pdf
Gnome again
contains traces of William Burroughs, comparative religion, Euterpe, tape loops, glissando guitar, and the albums 'Good Morning' and 'Mother'
Ruta 66
Jaime Gonzalo, Planeta 66
Two interviews with Daevid Allen
(contains traces of Kevin Ayers) - Mark Bloch, Panmodern