Gong

Ozric Tentacles / Gong

Trinity Centre, Bristol Sunday, 20th November 2022 After seeing Gong turn the Good Ship Thekla into a space vessel back in March, loosing its moorings to take us grinningly happy throng to the stars, the thought of a double-header with…

Geoffrey Feakes – 1973: A Year in Progressive Rock / Richard Rees Jones – Peter Hammill On Track: Every Album, Every Song

Sonicbond’s series of books by amateur music enthusiasts continues with these two volumes, and before I go any further, I would simply say that the many and mostly, if not all, amateur enthusiasts, are all far more disciplined than me.…

Thekla, Bristol Wednesday, 23rd March 2022 What would a perfect gig look like? Well, for a start the band would need to be on their ‘A’ game. The crowd has to be fully in tune with what the band are…

Gong – Pulsing Signals

There’s something rather special about the fact that Gong still endure after the death of Daevid Allen, and the line-up he endorsed continues to fly the teapot flag proudly. They have produced a couple of good studio albums since his…

Gong – Live At The Gong Family Unconventional Gathering

It was 15 years ago, in November 2006, when the entire Gong family came together for a weekend of wonderful music at the Melkweg in Amsterdam. For those of us lucky enough to have been there, the memories still linger…

A Different Aspect #65 – Book Special

In this book-centric ADA update we feature: • Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi – Medical Grade Music • Hamish Kuzminski – Camel: Every Album, Every Song (On Track) • Kevan Furbank – Gong: Every Album, Every Song (On Track) Steve…

TPA Best Albums of 2019

Happy New Year! It’s that time again where we look ahead to the audible delights that might give us a quick peck on the cheek, a full-blown snog or have us running screaming from the singles bar in 2010. It’s…

Steve Hillage Band / Gong

O2 Academy, Bristol Wednesday, 20th November 2019 It’s been 50 years since Daevid Allen started the psychedelic behemoth that is Gong, and as the band head into their 50th year, with a wonderful new album The Universe Also Collapses, and…

HRH Prog VIII

Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London 26th & 27th October, 2019 After a few years in the beautiful location of the LLeyn Peninsula in North Wales, HRH Prog had to relocate their festival due to redevelopment of the site and chose to…

Gong – Love From Planet Gong: The Virgin Years 1973 -1975

Released as part of this alternative rock band and musical institution’s 50th anniversary, Universal/Virgin send us this large box of enticing shiny things from Planet Gong, approaching us in a descending orbit around our burning planet. It’s landed over there…