| LC control no. | n 92116201 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Allen, Daevid |
| Variant(s) | Allen, Christopher David |
| See also | Corporate body: Gong (Musical group) Corporate body: Soft Machine (Musical group) |
| Associated country | Australia Great Britain France |
| Birth date | 19380113 |
| Death date | 20150313 |
| Place of birth | Melbourne (Vic.) |
| Place of death | Australia |
| Field of activity | Psychedelic rock music Avant-garde (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Guitarists Singers Composers Performance artists Rock musicians |
| Found in | His Banana moon [SR] p1979: label (Daevid Allen) Wikipedia, November 1, 2013 (Daevid Allen; born Christopher David Allen, January 13, 1938, Melbourne, Australia; sometimes credited as Divided Alien; Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer, and performance artist; co-founder of psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine (in the UK, 1966) and Gong (in France, 1970); background information: also known as Divided Allen [sic], Bert Camembert, Dingo Virgin, Ja Am) New York times (online), viewed Mar. 17, 2015 (in obituary published Mar. 16: Daevid Allen; b. Christopher David Allen (he stopped using his first name and added the "e" himself), Jan. 13, 1938; grew up in Melbourne, Australia; d. Friday [Mar. 13, 2015], Australia, aged 77; eccentric Australian-born guitarist, singer, and poet who was an original member of the psychedelic rock group the Soft Machine and went on to found Gong, an aggressively avant-garde band whose influence far exceeded its relatively modest success) |
| Associated language | eng |
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