National Health : experimental prog fusion group

National Health was a progressive rock band associated with the Canterbury Scene. Founded in 1975 by keyboardists Dave Stewart (from Hatfield and the North) and Alan Gowen (from Gilgamesh), the band also included guitarists Phil Miller and Phil Lee and bassist Mont Campbell as original members.
Bill Bruford was the initial drummer but was soon replaced by Pip Pyle. Campbell was replaced by Neil Murray and then John Greaves.

A frequently changing lineup toured extensively and released two LPs of often lengthy, mostly instrumental, complexly scored compositions before splitting up in 1980. After the May 1981 death of Gowen, remaining members reconvened to record the album D.S. Al Coda, a set of compositions by Gowen, most previously unrecorded. The original albums and additional archival material have subsequently been released on CD.

Their 1978 record Of Queues and Cures, which included Peter Blegvad (guitar, vocals) and Georgie Born (cello), is currently held as the third best record ever (of 53,000 candidate records) on the Gnosis web site.
wikipedia

weird shit, i like it.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• National
• Health
• band
• music
• weird
• experimental
• jamrock
• prog
• progressive
• crimson
• beauford
• fusion
• art
• rock
• shit
• fuck
• ass

[whitestripesftw]

These people made it as musical guests? What happened to the times :( No one playing experimental/fusion music of any sort is respected nowadays, It's a sad thing.

This stuff rocks. It's so prog (1:13 ftw), but just extending what prog is, in the 70s. Rocks man, thanks for the post.

[waitaniwha]

Lazy listeners who want their egos stroked will struggle with innovation, experimentation, anything new or out of the box. In it's day it was totally radical and is still very entertaining, thanks drum man for posting this rare footage. 5*s

[nosequiters]

@whitestripesftw er yes they are people are making experimental/fusion music all the time.... its you that fell behind not music.

[glenstegner]

The thing I love about the Canterbury musicians is they never take themselves very seriously while playing very serious music. Quite the opposite of what we're subjected to these days.

[glenstegner]

Be sure to smash the box of glass in sync with the time signature dammit!

[danbemusichead]

f n a sounds justs like the album o thos e days.

[danbemusichead]

f n a

[SKOTP69]

This PUNK!!!

[BenBistro004]

The best type of music out there, no doubt.

[Groonblatt]

Hardly any fucker pushes the boundaries anymore. It's all sanitised bollocks. Viva the genre!!

This tune is 'The Collapso'

[TheMaxLefebvre]

What's the name of the song ? (Please)

[mensamoo]

lets just say they never played it the same way twice... thinks KC 'Peoria'