Gong
Gong is a psychedelic / progressive / jazz rock band that began in 1967. They are considered part of the "Canterbury Scene" (group founder Daevid Allen was a former member of Soft Machine and The Wilde Flowers).
Discography:
- Magick Brother/Mystic Sister - 1970
- Camembert Electrique - 1971
- (with Dashiell Hedayat) Obsolete - 1971
- Continental Circus (film soundtrack) - 1972
- Flying Teapot - 1973
- Angel's Egg - 1973
- You - 1974
- Shamal - 1975
- Gazeuse! - 1976
- Expresso II - 1978
- Shapeshifter - 1992
- Zero to Infinity - 2000
- Acid Motherhood - 2003
- 2032 - 2009
Gong provides examples of the following tropes:
- Cluster F-Bomb: In "Dynamite: I Am Your Animal", which might have been somewhat shocking in 1971 (especially for a female singer).
- Ear Worm: the chant in "Master Builder"
- Gratuitous French
- Hair Colors: One of their songs is titled "'Cos You Got Green Hair".
- Long Title: "Ooby-Scooby Doomsday or The D-day DJ's Got the D.D.T. Blues", "Allez Ali Baba Black Sheep Have You Any Bullshit: Mama Maya Mantram"
- My Hero Zero: Zero the Hero
- Mythology Gag: lots
- Spin-Off: "Pierre Moerlen's Gong", "Planet Gong", "Gongmaison", "Gongzilla", "Mother Gong", "New York Gong"
- Stage Names: "Bloomdido Bad de Grass" (a Bilingual Bonus Punny Name), "Dingo Virgin", "Submarine Captain", etc.
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