HISTORY

Daevid Allen's University Of Errors
established 1998, San Francisco, Ca.
Professor Daevid Allen, Headmaster

"......can't be classified as rock or fusion or Krautrock or psychedelic,
etc - rather, it has elements of all of this but comes out melodic,
dynamic, accessible fascinating and entirely fresh."
- Dead Earnest

The University of Errors is Daevid Allen's new band.
It is a modern extension of the Principia of Psychedelia born back in the 60's.
Walls of guitars: melodic vs. angular, a simple rhythm section, and some
of the finest lyrics are the ingredients of this pan-generational rock band.

Daevid Allen is well known as the founder of Soft Machine and Gong.
This is his first US based band since New York Gong in the late 70's
(which launched the careers of Bill Laswell and Kramer).
The faculty of the University of Errors grew out of and around
the San Francisco neo-Krautrocky space improvisers MUSHROOM.
Angled guitarists Josh Pollock and Erik Pearson , Jay Radford -synthesist
with an endless supply of sounds to sprinkle in the mix, and a rhythm section
devoted to simple grooves: bassist Michael Clare and drummer Pat Thomas.

The University was founded on a Saturday night
in the Fall of 1998 in San Francisco. It was a night that defies logic.
Five musicians who had never played together before showed up
at a studio with no other idea than a night of fun jamming.
24 hours later they had an album:
"Money Doesn't Make It" (Innerspace 7707).
There was no intention of starting a band,just to have a jam: but the
chemistry of the musicians was so good that a month after his return
to Australia and absorbing the tapes, Daevid sent a message:
"We must do this live!!! We will be University Of Errors!!!"

March 1999 the band debuted live at Bottom Of The Hill in
San Francisco and the following night at Spaceland in Los Angeles.
Rave reviews followed each and the faculty was convinced
that this was meant to be. Recording the second album was done
the next week and plans made for a US West coast Tour in July.

September the band opened the New York campus with a
sold out performance at The Knitting Factory during the CMJ
Music Marathon. Back in San Francisco work on the second album
was completed in time for the winter hiatus.

2000 saw the faculty commit an error the equal to any.
A planned European Tour was cancelled on its' eve.
While rehearsing in Ghent, Belgium it became obvious
that the tour could not proceed. Many theories have surfaced
as to what happened, but it remains for historians
to sort out the mystery. Was it all a hoax? A disaster?
or just a gRAND ERROR?

A limited edition pre-release of the bands' sophomore album
e2 x 10 = Tenure (GAS 0 No) has been made available
through GAS (Gong Appreciation Society) as a relief fund
for the aborted tour and will receive a worldwide release
by Innerspace records in the spring of 2001.

 A four member faculty toured in the US in August of
2000:  Professors Allen, Pollock and Clare
along with new drummer Professor Jason Mills of Brooklyn, N.Y.
The tour began in New Haven, Ct. and  looped to
Chicago and Milwaukee and back. Highlights
included sold out shows at The Knitting Factory in New
York with the Dylan Group and at Schubas
in Chicago with Euphone,  headlining Friday night at
The Strangedaze Festival in Ohio, and two shows
with Need New Body in the P. cities of Pennsylvania.

An equal opportunity institution , The University accepts
students of all ages from all walks or runs of life.
Prepared to approach the new millennium with enough psychedelic
rock music, humor and wisdom to spread the credo of the University:
The more errors you make the higher
you are regarded in The University Of Errors.

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Go forth & errorize!