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Cromagnon
12+ albums
Avant-GardepsychedelicPsychedelic Rockexperimentalnoise
about
Cromagnon was an American experimental band that was active during the late 1960s. Led by multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters Austin Grasmere and Brian Elliot, the band released the album "Orgasm" in 1969 (later reissued as "Cave Rock". The band is said to have foreshadowed the rise of noise rock, no wave and industrial rock. While the band was not commercially notable or successful, Pitchfork Media ranked the song "Caledonia" (later covered by the Japanese experimental band Ghost) at number 163 on their list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s". Insane, chaotic, tribal chanting and bagpipes. Along with Comus, foreshadowed the modern free-folk/drone movement. Already commercially successful as tune-smiths for teenyboppers, Austin Grasmere and Brian Elliot approached Bernard Stollman looking to focus their talents on something more original and unrestrained. Stollman asked, “What would be your theme?” and Elliot replied: “Everything is one.” Bernard said, “Go do it.” What followed was Cromagnon's (Grasmere, Elliot and the Connecticut Tribe) non-linear journey through the subconscious, weaving together bizarre instrumentation and meter with a psychotic blending of musical styles. Bagpipes, pounding percussion, blood-curdling yelps, chanting, laughing, and billowing subterranean rumblings create the otherworldly soundscape that is Orgasm (1969). Heralded as one of the best freak-out records of all time, Cave Rock was ridiculously ahead of its time and brings to mi
