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RIP Paco Carreno and RIP Daevid Allen

Anna_Kissed
Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
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Paco Carreno, drummer in punk band Conflict and punk / ska band Inner Terrestrials - both locally-based - died on 20th Feb.

Daevid Allen, glissando guitarist and main man in the Anglo-French jazzy prog-rock band GONG, died on 13th March.

louderthanwar.com/rip-paco-carreno-drummer-with-conflict-and-inner-terrestrials/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daevid_Allen

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  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,040
    Gong one of the best bands of the 70s.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,015
    edited March 2015
    Loved Gong, saw them a couple of times, Allen was very influential.

    I saw Conflict once but hasn't stayed in my mind.

    RIP
  • boggzy
    boggzy Posts: 3,596
    Hare Hare Ladies' Lavatory.

    RIP
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    Gentlemen; Attention!
    Cops at the door. No cops at the door.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,040
    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    RIP

    You're a bit late. :-)
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Wow! I was at school with Paco and was quite friendly with him when we were 14/15. I knew he had been unwell for some time as Conflict's lead singer Colin Jerwood used to live opposite me, but I hadn't heard this sad news.
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,690
    Conflict were never my cup of tea but I used to see Paco a lot at gigs down at Thames Poly in Calderwood St. Regardless of anything else, he was a really friendly, genuine man. I knew a few people on the punk scene and they would moan about various others on the scene but no one had a bad word for Paco.
  • thewolfboy
    thewolfboy Posts: 2,928
    Loved the anarchy of Gong a real communal band based in France. Daevid's autobiographical books are good. He and Ayers used to live for nothing in Spain, Ibitha I think, living on oranges and fish from the sea (and no doubt cadging off Ayer's endless girlfriends).
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    A tribute gig for Paco, with Conflict headlining, is due to take place at the 100 Club, Oxford Street, on Easter Sunday.
    the100club.co.uk/events/conflict1/

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  • Oliver Street
    Oliver Street Posts: 5,132
    edited March 2015
    RIP Daevid. See you up there on the Oily Way.

    'Wise Man in Your Heart' pure magic.
  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    The ungovernable force lp by Conflict is good.

    Gong - camembert electrique is good

  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867
    Paco was one of my cousins best friends. Had the pleasure of his company on a couple of occasions. Lovely , friendly , interesting and talented man.
  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    Bumped into Paco a few times, The Railway Tavern in Bromley springs to mind. Nice bloke.
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    RIP both of them

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