Past Group Members | Fred Frith Tim Hodgkinson David Atwood Rob Brooks Joss Grahame Andy Spooner Andy Powell John Greaves Sean Jenkins Martin Ditcham Chris Cutler Geoff Leigh Lindsay Cooper Peter Blegvad Anthony Moore Dagmar Krause Georgie Born Annemarie Roelofs David Attwooll |
Music Genre(s) | Rock in Opposition avant-garde art rock progressive rock avant-garde jazz experimental rock free improvisation contemporary classical music Avant-rock Canterbury scene contemporary classical |
Music Genre | Pop/Rock |
Origin | Cambridge, England |
Year(s) Active | 1968–1978 (reunion: 2014) |
Record Label | Virgin Recommended |
Associated Acts | Slapp Happy The Orckestra Art Bears The Artaud Beats News from Babel |
Henry Cow were an English experimental rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler, bassist John Greaves, and bassoonist/oboist Lindsay Cooper were important long-term members alongside Frith and Hodgkinson.