“Gong’s appeal? Not becoming too commercially successful”: Daevid Allen bade a grateful farewell with I See You – but he still believed in the future

Daevid Allen.

In 2014, Gong founder Daevid Allen’s cancer diagnosis forced him out of the band’s upcoming tour in support of that year’s album I See You – their best, most forward-looking release in years. He told Prog about the work and his belief in always looking ahead instead of back. Soon afterwards he refused further treatment, and died aged 77 on March 13, 2015.

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