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Ozric Tentacles are a psychedelic rock band from Somerset, England, whose music can loosely be described as psychedelic or space rock. Formed in 1983, the band has released 29 albums as of 2015, and became a cottage industry selling over a million albums worldwide despite never having major label backing. Throughout many line-up changes over the years, guitarist Ed Wynne has remained the only original member of the band. ==History== Ozric Tentacles formed at the Stonehenge Free Festival in 1983. There, the brothers Ed Wynne (guitar & keyboards) and Roly Wynne (bass), who along with drummer Nick 'Tig' Van Gelder (Jamiroquai) were performing in a group known as ‘Bolshem People’, with keyboardist Joie Hinton. While performing at an evening jam session, the group was asked as to the name of their band, to which Ed Wynne replied "Ozric Tentacles." Since that point, Ozric Tentacles (or “The Ozrics”, as they are also known) gained attention for their style of psychedelic rock, which makes prominent use of synthesizers, guitars, and samplers. The band is now credited as one of the major influences of the UK festival scene's re-emergence, becoming particularly associated with the Glastonbury Festival, and their handmade series of cassette releases, sold at gigs and through a fan club. In 1989 the band started their own label, Dovetail Records, its first release was ''Pungent Effulgent''. This was followed by ''Erpland'' (1990), their classic double album. 1991 saw the band reach #1 in the UK Indie Chart, with their hit single "Sploosh!", from the ''Strangeitude'' LP. By 1993 the band's ''Jurassic Shift'' album reached the Top 20 of the UK Albums Chart, and #1 in the UK Indie Chart, spending a total of three months in the charts. The band has gone through myriad line-up changes, with Ed Wynne (guitar, keyboards) being the only constant presence since the beginning. Many members left to pursue more electronic music spin-off acts, such as Eat Static, Nodens Ictus, Dubblehead, and Moksha. Nick Van Gelder (a.k.a. Tig), drummer for Jamiroquai during the ''Emergency on Planet Earth'' era was the original drummer of Ozric Tentacles, performing on the first six cassettes including Tantric Obstacles and Erpsongs. Nevertheless, the band maintained its identity and continued with this prolific rate of albums throughout the 1990s, and into the new millennium, and continues to tour extensively today. The band is famous for their live performances, and have long taken an audio-visual approach to live performance, with an integrated lighting and projections crew. The band has seen many rhythm section changes over the years. As of May 2013, the lineup featured Ed Wynne (guitar, synths), Brandi Wynne (bass, keyboards), Silas Neptune (synths, samples, saz), Hungarian drummer Balázs Szende, and Paul Hankin (Conga Paul; Percussion). In 2011, Ozric Tentacles released their studio album, ''Paper Monkeys'', and toured the record in America in March 2012, moving into a six-week-long, an extensive European tour in April–May 2012. In June 2012 their home in Colorado was destroyed by wild fires, that had ravaged the area for over a week. The band was on tour at the time. Archived material was destroyed as was their studio and some instruments. After the fire, the band reached out to fans to help rebuild the archive. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ozric Tentacles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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