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Also known as Christopher David Allen

Australian musician (1938–2015)

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Gong Dreaming 2
  • Gong Dreaming 1
  • If words were birds

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Australia
Active from
1938-01-13
Active to
2015-03-13
ambientcanterbury sceneexperimental rockprogressive rockpsychedelic folkpsychedelic rock

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23,815
Total plays
221,948

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Daevid Allen (born Christopher David Allen on 13 January 1938 in Melbourne, Australia; died on 13 March 2015) was an Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist. He was one of the founders of the British progressive rock band Soft Machine in 1966. After recording just one album with the group, he became the founder/leader of Gong, which he left in 1975 to begin a solo career (though his first solo album, Banana Moon, was released in 1971 while he was still in the group).

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
David
Family name
Allen
Gender
male
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Melbourne
Place of death
Byron Bay
Occupation
songwriter
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Record label
BYG Records
Official website
universityoferrors.com
Image
DaevidAllen1974.jpg
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Commons category
Daevid Allen
date of birth
1938-01-13
date of death
2015-03-13
manner of death
natural causes
member of
Gong
name in native language
Daevid Allen
cause of death
cancer
start of work period
1960-00-00
different from
David Allen
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