Artist
Gong
Gong is a progressive rock artist from France formed in 1966. 85 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Progressive Rock · France · Best progressive rock albums
- 85
- Releases
- 1969–2026
- Active years
- 1966
- Formed
Discography
51
Most popular
Camembert Electrique
1971 · 11 tracks
Shamal
1975
Gazeuse!
1976
Zero to Infinity
2000
2032
2009
Acid Motherhood
2004
Magick Brother
1969
Shapeshifter
1992
Big Sound
2026
Bright Spirit
2026
Hear The Angels Sing (Live Bremen '74)
2025
Unending Ascending
2023
Pulsing Signals (Live)
2022
The Garden Of Love
2021
Live at Longlaville, 1974
2021
Live at the Gong Family Unconventional Gathering
2021
You (Deluxe Edition)
2019
Love From The Planet Gong
2019
The Universe Also Collapses
2019
Angel's Egg (Deluxe Edition)
2019
Flying Teapot (Deluxe Edition)
2019
Rejoice! I'm Dead!
2016
Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy
2015
Floating Anarchy 1977 (Live)
2015
High Above the Subterranea Club 2000
2015
I See You
2014
I See You (10th Anniversary) (2024 Mix)
2014
A Storm in a Teapot
2013
Making Madonna Seventeen Stunning Hits
2009
Live To Infinitea - On Tour Spring 2000
2006
The Best Of Of Gong CD2
2006
The World Of Daevid Allen And Gong CD2
2006
The World Of Daevid Allen And Gong CD1
2006
Planet Gong
2006
The World Of Daevid Allen And Gong CD3
2006
New York Gong
2006
Angels Egg
2006
The Best Of Of Gong CD1
2006
Gong in the 70's
2006
Live Au Bataclan 1973
2005
Live At Sheffield 1974
2005
Gongmaison
2005
I Am Your Egg
2005
Best of Gong
2004
The History & The Mystery
2000
Live On TV
1993
Expresso II
1978
Gong Est Mort, Vive Gong (Live)
1977
You: Radio Gnome Invisible, Part 3
1974
Angel's Egg: Radio Gnome Invisible, Part 2
1973
Flying Teapot: Radio Gnome Invisible, Part 1
1973
Singles & EPs
34
The Wonderment
Single · 2026
Stars In Heaven
Single · 2025
Mirage
Single · 2025
Hope Eternal
Single · 2025
I’m always a Lover
Single · 2025
Suarimba
Single · 2025
Buoy
Single · 2025
Astral Call
Single · 2025
Lead The Wind
Single · 2025
The Eternal Lover
EP · 2025
The Flowing Ksana
Single · 2025
Sarnevesht
Single · 2024
Snake ring (VA)
EP · 2023
Wishes
Single · 2023
Garçon ou Fille
Single · 2023
Tiny Galaxies (Single edit)
Single · 2023
Taghas
Single · 2023
All Clocks Reset
Single · 2023
My Sawtooth Wake (Live)
Single · 2021
W.A.Y.
Single · 2021
Tomorrow
EP · 2021
IT
EP · 2020
Seoul Boutique
EP · 2019
Hardstyle Infections
Single · 2019
Sunda Strait
Single · 2019
Voices
Single · 2019
Rave Into The Sky
Single · 2019
A Sprinkling Of Clouds (Live In Hyde Park, London, UK / 1974)
Single · 2019
My Sawtooth Wake (Radio Edit)
Single · 2019
The Elemental (Radio Edit)
Single · 2019
The Thing That Should Be
Single · 2016
Escape Control Delete / How to Stay Alive
Single · 2009
Past Talk
Single · 2000
Master Blaster
Single · 1991
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About
Gong is a Franco-British progressive/psychedelic rock band formed by Australian musician Daevid Allen. Their music has also been described as space rock. Other notable band members include Allan Holdsworth, Tim Blake, Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage, Francis Moze, Mike Howlett and Pierre Moerlen. Others who have, albeit briefly, played in Gong include Bill Bruford, Brian Davison and Chris Cutler. Gong was formed in 1967, after Allen—then a member of Soft Machine—was denied re-entry to the United Kingdom because of a visa complication. Allen remained in France where he and a London-born Sorbonne professor, Gilli Smyth, established the first incarnation of the band. This line-up, including Ziska Baum on vocals and Loren Standlee on flute, fragmented during the 1968 student revolution, with Allen and Smyth forced to flee France for Deià in Majorca.
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They allegedly found saxophonist Didier Malherbe living in a cave in Deià, before film director Jérôme Laperrousaz invited the band back to France to record the soundtrack of his movie Continental Circus. They were subsequently approached by Jean Karakos of the newly formed independent label BYG and signed a multi-album deal with them (Magick Brother/Mystic Sister, Camembert Electrique and Allen's solo album Bananamoon were all released on BYG). Gong played at the second Glastonbury Festival in June 1971 (the performance being issued as a side-long track on the 3-LP vinyl festival record release, later re-mixed and re-edited and released by GAS in 2001), followed by a UK tour in Autumn. In late 1972 they were one of the first acts to sign to Virgin Records, getting first pick of the Manor Studio's time ahead of Mike Oldfield. By that time, a regular line-up had been established, and Gong released their Flying Teapot album in May 1973. The following year, Camembert Electrique was given a belated UK release, priced at 59p which was the price of a typical single, a promotional gimmick Virgin had done before in 1973 on an album by Faust, and would do again for a reggae compilation in 1976. These ultra-budget albums sold in large quantities because of the low price, but this pricing made them ineligible for placement on album charts. The intention was that purchasers would be encouraged to buy the groups' other albums at full price.
Gong in brief
- How many Gong releases are on Riffiter?
- 85 releases are catalogued, spanning 1969 to 2026.
- When was Gong formed?
- Gong formed in 1966, in France.
- What genre is Gong?
- Gong is catalogued under Progressive Rock.
- What is the most recent Gong release on Riffiter?
- The Wonderment, released in 2026.