Datum/Uhrzeit
Oktober 15, 2017
19:00

Veranstaltungsort
Harmonie Bonn

 

The new album from GONG “Rejoice!  I´m Dead” entered at number 16 in Uk rock album charts.

“As ´Rejoice!´ breaks down into a gloriously authentic recollection of ´Fohat Digs Holes In Space,´ you can only smile in the sure and certain knowledge that Daevid Allen´s legacy remains in the safest possible hands.  ´Rejoice! I´m Dead!,´then.  Not so much a requiem as a rebirth.” – Prog Magazine

The ever metamorphosing entity that is Gong launches, as ever, into unknown – and unknowing – territory with a new album and tour, destined to be talked about, discussed, and argued over, up and down the land.

From its beginnings in a French commune in 1967, through the Virgin Records years, mismanagement, court cases, break-ups and rejoinings, deaths and rebirths – there has always been a continuous thread of beautiful, dangerous and extraordinary music.

The current holders of the flame have come together over the last seven years; sinuous bass player Dave Sturt joined just as the album 2032 was shown to the world; Ian ‘Eastwinds’ East was the next to blow in through the portal; Fabio Golfetti brought his guitars from Brazil (after working with Daevid for many years); Kavus Torabi appeared to Daevid in a vision; Cheb Nettles just sort of turned up.

Signed-up members of the precariat, Gong have never played it safe.

Gong returns with a new studio album! “Rejoice! I’m Dead!” came together over several weeks in an East London rehearsal studio. Kavus Torabi (vocals/guitar), Fabio Golfetti (guitar/vocals), Dave Sturt (bass/vocals), Ian East (sax/flute) and Cheb Nettles (drums/vocals) took on the mantle of steering the Teapot further into outer space and the inner ear.