Gong Every Album, Every Song (On Track )

Kevan Furbank examines all the Gong albums from 1970 to 2019, exploring the songwriting, arrangements, and mythology that inspired each track. He also looks at the contributions made by the many great musicians who have passed through Gong, including Steve Hillage, Pierre Moerlen, and Daevid Allen. This book is the perfect introduction to Gong for those who have never heard their music, and a must-revisit for fans.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 18 March 2021
Publisher: Sonicbond Publishing

Gong is a band that has defied convention, refused to be pigeon-holed, and thumbed its nose at comfortable predictability and commercial wisdom. From 1970 to the present day, they have ploughed a unique musical furrow, combining progressive rock, spacey psychedelia, proto-punk, ambient trance, drum 'n' bass, and absurdist political performance art. Long-time fan Kevan Furbank examines all the Gong albums from Magick Brother in 1970 to 2019's The Universe Also Collapses, chronicles the stories behind each recording, and examines the songwriting, arrangements, and mythology that inspired each track. He also looks at the contributions made by the many great musicians who have passed through Gong in the last 50-odd years, including guitar hero Steve Hillage, mercurial drummer Pierre Moerlen, flute and sax maestro Didier Malherbe, and, of course, hippy fool, whimsical visionary, and Gong founder Daevid Allen. He also attempts to gather together the branches and off-shoots of the Gong family tree, including Mother Gong, Gongmaison, and Pierre Moerlen's Gong, and the important solo recordings. 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. In the words of the Pot Head Pixies, "Why don't you try...?"

Weight: 294g
Dimension: 148 x 210 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789520828