Gong

Psychedelic rock band formed by [a10354] and [a258438] in France in 1969. Gong became pioneers of a new brand of psychedelia/space-rock/trip-rock - with a conceptual ethos involving aliens and alternative realities. An international outfit, increasingly linked to other bands of the Canterbury scene, many musicians came and went. Without Daevid the band continued with [a4452] as leader for a short while, and then in various incarnations as the more jazz-rock styled [a323088]. There have been many other versions of Gong over the years, and many reformations since 1990.
See also band offshoots (in chronological order of existence) : [a=Paragong], [a=Planet Gong (2)], [a=Pierre Moerlen's Gong], [a=Mother Gong], [a=New York Gong], [a=Gongmaison], [a=Gongzilla], [a=Gong Matrices], [a=Gong Global Family], [a=Acid Mothers Gong], [a=Gong Expresso], and maybe others.