EURO TOUR 2002 - COMMENTS

Blowing our Horn:
the following are exerpts from reviews and e-mails received after our Euro tour gigs in September and October

Daevid Allen and his nutty professors have totally blown to pieces my
deepest musical convictions (which had already been
   shocked by a series of concerts outside measurement). Strange, I had
been attracted by this exceptional faculty believing that I would be
witness to a masterful exchange of GONG and SOFT MACHINE, sprinkled by a cheerful
psychedelic space rock, as Daevid Allen is so capable of. What a happy
 misappraisal, when suddenly all my prejudices disappeared, putting in
question my knowledge of the fusion of styles and entirely submerging me
like an atheistic cathechist into a sonic morphogenesis.
     http://concert.rock.free.fr/univerrors/   (for the rest of this review and some of the best live photos I have seen of us)

My Gawd
These people sound make Sex Pistols sound like choir boys!"  which was
only partly true as Josh, Michael and the very young drummer Warren
Huegel revealed a musicianship far superior to any class of 1976 muso.
Among several other things Daevid also has a unique talent for
spotting talented musicians. Who else can find a complete unknown
replacement drummer with such a technical surplus and dedication?
Warren has to be heard to be believed. Josh Pollack is a lefthand
guitarist who have simply turned the guitar the other way around just
like Hendrix - complete with upside down strings . Despite being a
wildman on stage he has a unique control over his instrument & he uses
feedback noise with a fantasy that easily rivals most people that I
can think of.

Saw the band last night in southampton. Bloody marvellous!

Hi
I just want to say that I saw University of Errors at the Electric Prunes gig in Glasgow and was totally knocked out .

the gig at the Garage was  FUCKING BRILLIANT.I think the Errors are the best band Daevids had since the seventies.Full on energy at it's best.

 No doubt Mr Allen is a man of many parts but no New Age tweeness last
night, this was loud'n'filthy avant-garde psychedelic punk with the band
playing as if possessed. Josh Pollock is simply extraordinary, wrenching
wild  sheets of noise from his guitar. ... I struggle to give points of reference but if you can imagine Camembert-era Gong crossed with the MC5 and the Bonzo Dog band (a stretch I know) you're in the general area.

What can I say !!!! What an amazing band they are......Josh Pollock...a man at war with his guitar...Daevid Allen, ...a man so far ahead of his
time that the world at large hasn't yet caught up with even his earliest output,....let alone this band!!! From 'Money doesn't make it, to a Spine tingling version of  O Caroline ( I think) by Robert Wyatt, which featured some of the most delicate, melodic Gliss work I've ever heard him do, The Uof E set the place alight. Daevid looked completely at home with this band.

Some of the comments I overheard........'OUTRAGEOUS' 'LIKE JULIAN COPE ON ACID' ....'TIN  MACHINE  WITH TALENT' I didnt Stay for the Electric Prunes, but I don't know how they could
match the Uof E for energy. Just a brilliant gig of some completely original music....this Faculty will definately have many new Undergraduates! They went down a storm!

Hi jonny, just mailing to say that the UofE gig at Glastonbury Assembly Rooms was sensational! It was one of the very best gigs I've ever seen, and I've seen some dam fine ones over the last 30 years.

message to all humans - what ever you do GET TO A UNIVERSITY OF ERRORS GIG BEFORE THE CURRENT TOUR ENDS!!! or wait another half  decade or so before the chance to experience raw musical excitement this powerful comes round again. man, it was so hot! strong and streamin' mate, or what!?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thankyou boys, love
kifkif (original Here & Now/Planet Gong  drummer)

- was at Glasgow on Saturday and it was amazing. Loved the mix of soft machine numbers and great sonic guitar band sound. The whole crowd were bouncing. My friend who i took along had never heard of them before and she was stunned.

Well what can i say     INCREDULOUS     wowwww.They were amazing take away Daevid and the band were raw acidic and totally out there in the real sense.Josh is amazing having dealt with(from a sound guys angle) loads of overly loud guitarists he has sublime control over the full
frequency range  "shredding" the airwaves with wild feedback surfing on those soundlevels that you feel physically as well as sonically

great gig at the garage,had seen many gong/alien gigs b4, but loved
'StoneInnocFrank' it fits so well, and yet it had whiskers b4 I herd the
UoE play it... Daevid seemed like he was in his element.

Also want to let you know that the two gigs I saw must be VERY close to
being the best I`ve been to in over 30 years of seeing live
music.Honest!!!

My boyfriend, Scott, he was exposed to Gong when he was a kid and he
has grown up liking Gong and Mr Bungle. He
recently saw something about 'pot head pixies' in a leaflet in a place
near us. He then went to see you at the 'marrs bar' with
his friends to see University Of Errors and apparrently met you. He was
happy for days after and would not stop talking about
it.

"I laughed all the  way home......I never do that?"