THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND

MAJOR MUSIC ARTISTS - UK


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The Incredible String Band

DESCRIPTION: The Incredible String Band

ACTIVITY STATUS: Defunct

ACTIVITY PERIOD: 1965 - 1974, 1999 – 2006

MUSIC GENRE: Psychedelic Folk, Progressive Folk, Electric Folk

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: SCOTLAND, UK

RECORD COMPANIES / LABELS (Current & Past): Elektra, Island

WIKIPEDIA PAGE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_String_Band


ABOUT THEM:

The ultimate psychedelic showband, the ISB evolved out of a Scottish folk act playing clubs in the early 1960s. Spotted by producer Joe Boyd, the line-up of Robin Williamson, Mike Heron and Clive Palmer drew on their Celtic roots for the band’s self-titled debut album in 1966. Palmer soon departed, while Williamson and Heron travelled widely (including to Morocco, India and Afghanistan) and drew upon ethnic music and exotic instrumentation in a series of musically quirky albums with a lyrical blend of mysticism and whimsy. The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion, The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter, and the double album The Big Huge Wee Tam earned them a cult following among students and counterculturalists in the late 1960s. The concept album U proved less of a success, however, and moving to a more electric sound sapped charm from the act. Fans ebbed away in the early Seventies, with the ISB’s last release being album Hard Rope and Silken Twine.

By Larry Buttrose


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