Allen performing with Gong at The Zappa Club in Tel Aviv, 2009
Background information
Birth name
Christopher David Allen
Also known as
Divided Alien, Bert Camembert, Dingo Virgin, Ja Am
Born
(1938-01-13)13 January 1938 Melbourne, Australia
Died
13 March 2015(2015-03-13) (aged 77) Australia
Genres
Psychedelic rock
space rock
jazz rock
psychedelic folk
performance poetry
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Guitar
vocals
bass
Years active
1960–2015
Formerly of
Gong
Soft Machine
Website
daevidallen.com
Musical artist
Christopher David Allen (13 January 1938 – 13 March 2015), known professionally as Daevid Allen, sometimes credited as Divided Alien, was an Australian musician. He was co-founder of the psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine (in the UK, 1966) and Gong (in France, 1967).[1][2][3]
^McFarlane, 1999, "'Daevid Allen' entry". Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 26 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"Domain Names Australia". Whiteroom.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^Allen, Daevid. Gong Dreaming 1 (SAF Publishing) ISBN 0-946719-82-9
Christopher David Allen (13 January 1938 – 13 March 2015), known professionally as DaevidAllen, sometimes credited as Divided Alien, was an Australian...
Canterbury formed in mid-1966 by Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, DaevidAllen and Larry Nowlin. As a central band of the Canterbury scene, the group...
Australian vocalist/guitarist DaevidAllen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth in 1967. The bands first recording line-up featured Allen and Smyth alongside bassist...
the album, and so singer/songwriter/guitarist DaevidAllen played the bass guitar himself; a photo of Allen recording bass tracks for the album is featured...
solo album by Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist and Gong leader DaevidAllen, released in July 1971 on the French BYG Actuel label. The album is sometimes...
Pierre Lattès and engineered by Gilles Salle. Jean Karakos (credited in DaevidAllen's liner notes as "Byg Jean Kastro Kornflakes") was executive producer...
to have used Binson delay units to achieve his trademark echo sounds. DaevidAllen, founder member of Soft Machine and Gong, cited Barrett's use of slide...
following year, Wyatt returned to England and joined the DaevidAllen Trio with Allen and Hugh Hopper. Allen subsequently left for France, and Wyatt and Hopper...
DaevidAllen, hearing Camembert Electrique and Allen's solo album Banana Moon, as well as meeting his longtime partner Miquette Giraudy through Allen...
known for co-founding the psychedelic rock group Gong with her partner DaevidAllen in 1967. She also released music with spinoff groups Mother Gong and...
Stewart (the keyboardist), Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Richard Sinclair, DaevidAllen, and Mike Ratledge. The Canterbury scene is largely defined by a set...
Ratledge and guitarist DaevidAllen to form Soft Machine. Ayers switched to bass (and later both guitar and bass following Allen's departure from that group)...
purveyors of the psychedelic rock genre. The 13th Floor Elevators Aguaturbia DaevidAllen The Amboy Dukes Andromeda Apple Pie Motherhood Band Syd Barrett The Beatles...
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