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  • Henry Cow
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  • Henry Cow
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  • News_from_Babel
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  • The_Artaud_Beats
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  • Musical groups established in 1968
  • Supergroups (music)
  • British experimental musical groups
  • English rock music groups
  • Music in Cambridge
  • Virgin Records artists
  • 1968 establishments in England
  • Canterbury scene
  • Chris Cutler
  • Fred Frith
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  • Henry Cow
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  • Musical groups disestablished in 1978
  • Rock in Opposition
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  • British avantgarde/art-rock group, founded in May 1968 at Cambridge University by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Other important long-term members alongside Frith and Hodgkinson were drummer Chris Cutler, bassist John Greaves and bassoonist/oboist Lindsay Cooper. Henry Cow disbanded in 1978.
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  • Henry Cow were an English avant-rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler and bassoonist/oboist Lindsay Cooper were important long-term members alongside Frith and Hodgkinson.An inherent anti-commercial attitude kept them at arm's length from the mainstream music business, enabling them to experiment at will. Critic Myles Boisen writes, %22their sound was so mercurial and daring that they had few imitators, even though they inspired many on both sides of the Atlantic with a blend of spontaneity, intricate structures, philosophy, and humor that has endured and transcended the 'progressive' tag.%22While it was generally thought that Henry Cow took their name from 20th-century American composer Henry Cowell, this has been repeatedly denied by band members. According to Hodgkinson, the name %22Henry Cow%22 was %22in the air%22 in 1968, and it seemed like a good name for the band. It had no connection to anything.
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  • 1978-08
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  • 1968-05
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  • Virgin Records
  • Recommended Records
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  • Canterbury
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  • Avant-garde
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