Album: Desperate Straights by Henry Cow (1975)
Genre: Avant-Garde
Format: Album

Artist Background: 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, bassist John Greaves, 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 My... Part of the Cambridge, England music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Avant-Garde movement.

Music Scene: Part of the Cambridge, England music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Avant-Garde movement.

Tags: Avant-Garde, 1970s, Album

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Desperate Straights

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