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Post-Henry Cow project from Fred Frith and Chris Cutler, featuring the insufferable vocals of Dagmar Krause.

Founded: 1978

Location: London, England

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Former Henry Cow founder Fred Frith has pushed the boundaries of what is considered "guitar-playing". His early solo albums include work with members of Aksaq Maboul, Zamla, Etron Fou LeLoublan and Massacre.

Founded: 1949

Location: Heathfield, Sussex, England

Website: Fred Frith:: official Website

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Lard Free

Founded by drummer Gilbert Artman, Lard Free was similar to Richard Pinhas' Heldon; French, unconventional, experimental, but, incredulously, a rock band. Later albums would draw parallels to the cosmic side of the ubiquitous "krautrock" of Germany. Artman would simultaneously lead the massive performances of Urban Sax.

Founded: 1970

Location: Paris, France

Website: Myspace page for Lard Free

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Residents, The

Though the members of The Residents were perpetually draped in obscurity, their music rose steadily to the forefront of avant-rock in their native America. Found-sounds, tape cut-ups, occasional musical passages (!), and some of the most obtuse vocals committed to record charm their many albums, all released by San Francisco-based Ralph Records.

Founded: 1972

Location: Shreveport, Louisiana

Website: The Residents

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ROCK IN OPPOSITION 2012

ROCK IN OPPOSITION France Event 2012

21st , 22nd , 23rd of September 2012

Welcome to all!
This fifth edition of the RIO Festival will be slightly different from the previous editions.
It will consist in two steps:
1/ The concerts: the Festival as such will take place on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd September 2012. 7 groups will be playing.

The program:
September 21st:
KAFKA / Benjamin de la Fuente (fr)
ONE SHOT (fr)
CARAVAN (uk)
September 22nd:
SPOKE ORKESTRA (fr)
WE INSIST ! (fr)
THINKING PLAGUE (usa)
STRANGE ENQUÊTE (fr)
MAGMA (fr)

Ticket price for two days:

On the web:

Rock In Opposition

Submitted by Charles Snider on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 08:42

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Romantic Warriors II - About Rock in Opposition

Hey there — Romantic Warriors - A Progressive Music Saga directors Adele Schmidt and José Zegarra Holder here. Thanks for taking the time to check out our new film, called Romantic Warriors II - About Rock in Opposition.

An IndieGoGo campaign has been launched to raise funds for our new documentary, Romantic Warriors II - About Rock in Opposition.

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Romantic Warriors II

Submitted by Charles Snider on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 12:52

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Samla Mammas Manna

Zappa-influenced band from Sweden were leading component of the Rock In Opposition movement. Samla's albums were a mix of fusion, musicianship and humor.

Founded: 1969

Location: Uppsala, Sweden

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von Zamla

Yet another morph of Samla Mammas Manna, this one led by Lars Hollmer and guitarist Eino Haapala.

Founded: 1981

Location: Uppsala, Sweden

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Zamla Mammaz Manna

Samla Mammas Manna reformed in 1977 to release a few albums.

Founded: 1977

Location: Uppsala, Sweden

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