Group
Planet Gong
psychedelic rock band
- From
- France, United Kingdom
- Active
- 1977–1979
- Releases
- 3
- psychedelic rock
- space rock
About
Here & Now were a psychedelic and space rock group originated in 1974 as a loose collective playing improvised music from the London squat scene around Latimer Road. By 1976 they had evolved as a four-piece consisting of Keith Dobson (drums), Paul Noble (synthesiser). Keith Bailey (bass) and Stephan Lewry (guitar).
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They were picked-up as collaborators by former Gong frontman Daevid Allen to tour and record at the end of 1977 as Planet Gong, producing the album Live Floating Anarchy 1977, with Gavin Allardyce replacing Noble.
They recorded their debut studio album Give and Take in 1978 and were noted as being active on the free festival scene, even touring without charging an entrance fee. Bailey and Allardyce continued the group with changing personnel up to 1986 releasing several studio (Fantasy Shift and Theatre) and live (All Over the Show and Been and Gone) albums.
They would reform near the end of the decade primarily for live appearances including collaborating once again with Allen in 1991, also recording the studio EP "Standing for Ever" (1989) and album UFOasis (1993). Various incarnations of the group have appeared consisting of new and returning old members up to Bailey's death in 2026.
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- MusicBrainz
- 39dc2e5c-5e24-479d-9014-44fee7d232f3
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 14 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.