just got back from seeing them in Bristol. absolutely superb!!! they are wondrous go and see them, and dance: dance before the encore, dance from the start! go with them, gone with gong, gourgeous..xxxxx

Great to see the Hillside and Sweet Alien together. RIP Daevid xxx

I met mester Allen in Sheffield once after a university of errors gig.He's a gent and although i don't really like the term "hero" he is one of mine and all the Gong stuff is great.I love their sense of humour and how they convey a grand idea without taking it all too seriously.The first time i heard Hillage was on Gong's "You" album it blew my socks away down the street. Daevid's writing and style have influenced me a lot,he's a very wise and lovely chap with a wry smile and the wit to match. X

35 years after buying Angels Egg I've finally seen Daevid Allen talk,and what a likeable person he is too.

Just found this. Two legends. Thanks matey 😌

Very smart free thinkers!!!!"To infinity and beyond"Bang a Gong

steve is so funny. what a space cadet he still is. a really lovely guy. and daevid, a genuinly cool dude!

Several years back I went to one of Daevid's solo concerts. He allows anyone to go backstage to meet him. Great guy!

So much older and they still have the spark. Not least the spark in Allen's eyes. And we get a brief background to Hillage being inspired by Hendrix.

Total heroes and an inspiration. Viva Gong!

You guys are right on the ball. Words cannot express how much I love Gong!

What a joy...thanks for sharing!

That's the sort of view and critic that i surely expected from guys that i respect so much... They're not "getting older", they're, just as we, absurded with the way the world it is nowadays... Great view of a art history... Not only musicians, but ARTISTS...

Gong is amazing! my god, does daevid and steve sound so down to earth.

Hillage playing lead guitar with Hawkwind at the re homed shepherds bush empire gig at the coronet at elephant and Castle. Yèeeeahhhhhhhh! !! Love to Daeve, living it up in pixie land no doubt. Also to Gillie Smyth and Miquette we love you all! ××

the philosophy they have of downloading all for free is especially BANG-ON! another aspect of that is it weeds out those trainded puppets whose label does all the work and they just mime on stage or dont/cant do live at all. a "real" band does gigs, earns from doing gigs, and that'll never change!

love them both

love em both

Amazing guys.

Gong were the first Band (And the second act, after Mike Oldfield) that Richard Branson signed to Virgin Records. The spark that lit the Branson / Virgin Empire.

God LOVE Daevid. I love him!!! Rest in peace you silly billy

yay

Yes they do.

Met Allen in '88 or '89 in Exeter. Aum mani padne bun, or similar, we chanted in a circle. Sounds tacky, but was magical. RIP.

tu est parti dans ta petite planete verte , je t,aime daevid allen , un jour je prendrai un thé avec toi , sur planete gong , love love

i love

in the young ones, one episode, neil becomes a copper and busts a party. he smashes the stereo then realises "OH NO! Steve Hillage!"

@Mikemaniax I think (Not 100% sure though) Steve Hillage played guitar on "Neil's Heavy Concept Album", in the early 1980s.

oh cool.

wow! I can't believe I've found a Daevid Allen interview at last! :D And he seems so clean and... well... nice! Anyone know if he's touring anytime soon?

Geniuses......

CRAAAYZEEE!

How refreshing that Steve & Daevid also dislike wiggly vocals. The fake R&B is full of it.

im happy this is how there are. i thought they would be talking a bunch of crap, but they are really cool guys.

...at last!

Ah well, the best come to them what wait - what's two years between Gong appreciators eh :-)

Their beef with "wiggly singing" is shared by me as well! They call that, "Mellismas" [sp?] and it's been done to death by the less talented. I wonder if someone encourages them whilst singing in the choir at church..."It's great when Stevie Wonder does it." 'nuff said? Hillside Village & Divided Alien seem genuinely focused and far from drug addled sixties casualties.

Steve Hillage sounds alot like Neil from the Young Ones.

Last.fm interviewing these guys? When did they become a popular band?

I wonder if Daevid will let me adopt him as my honorary grandfather?

sadly downloading music for free will not change the music industry its impact is minimal and that's according to official research done by universitys. It's people that need to change their view of what music which is very limited, broadening their horizons so to speak listening to other stuff other than commercial pop, rap, electronic music etc. which anyone that has a grasp of Ableton or Qbase could knock out in their sleep. as long as there are people that are willing to be exploited and buy that stuff It will always be there. but in the meantime, there are artists like these guys and many many more like them so people with a broader sense of music can listen to real music without throwing up

Nope. Pip Pyle and Dave Stewart appeard on that LP though. Hillage featured, "Electric Gypsies" in an epsiode where Neil smashed the party as a policeman.

Despite Steve's optimism, the music "industry" has gotten steadily worse. Jeeze, if he thought 2008 was bad, wait a dozen years or more and weep, weep for an era long gone

Alright Mr Sharpstrings! Yes Steve, you tell it like it is! There HAS to be a better way besides all these ridiculously large corporations brainwashing their respective audiences and the pilfering of artists by those others. 1000%!! Just remember, folks, way back in '64, Capitol records WOULD NOT have released 'Meet the Beatles" in America without a mandate from corporate parent EMI)UK) Peace, Davros

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