Daevid Allen, Guitarist, Singer and Founder of Gong and Soft Machine, Dies at 77

Mr. Allen, an Australian-born guitarist, singer and poet, was an innovator of the progressive rock genre. Christopher David Allen (13 January 1938 – 13 March 2015), better known as Daevid Allen, sometimes credited as Divided Alien, was an Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist. He was co-founder of psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine (in the UK, 1966) and Gong (in France, 1970).

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