Henry Cow

Henry Cow

Band, 1968-1978 GB
Rock and Jazz

British avantgarde/art-rock group, founded in May 1968 at Cambridge University by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Other important long-term members alongside Frith and Hodgkinson were drummer Chris Cutler, bassist John Greaves and bassoonist/oboist Lindsay Cooper. Henry Cow disbanded in 1978.

Members

	John Greaves b, voc, p *1950 GB
	Fred Frith g *1949 US
	Anthony Moore key, g, p *1948 GB
	Annemarie Roelofs tb, vn *1955 DE
	Dagmar Krause voc *1950 DE
	Chris Cutler dr *1947 GB
	Andrew Powell key *1949 GB
	Lindsay Cooper bsn, ob 1951-2013 GB
	Peter Blegvad g, voc *1951 US
	Geoff Leigh fl *1945 GB
	Georgie Born vc, b *1955 GB
	Tim Hodgkinson as, cl, org *1949 GB

Popular Tracks

Nirvana for Mice on Legend by Henry Cow

War on In Praise of Learning by Henry Cow

Amygdala on Legend by Henry Cow

Bittern Storm Over Ulm on Unrest by Henry Cow

Solemn Music on Unrest by Henry Cow

Extract from With The Yellow Half-Moon and Blue Star on Legend by Henry Cow

Living in the Heart of the Beast on In Praise of Learning by Henry Cow

Half Alseep: Half Awake on Unrest by Henry Cow

Teenbeat on Legend by Henry Cow

Teenbeat Introduction on Legend by Henry Cow

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Band Membership

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Beginnings	Henry Cow	2017	Album
Later And Post Virgin	Henry Cow	2017	Album
Hamburg	Henry Cow	2017	Album
Trondheim	Henry Cow	2017	Album
1974-5	Henry Cow	2017	Album
Late	Henry Cow	2017	Album
Bremen	Henry Cow	2017	Album
Radio Broadcast 1976	Henry Cow	2014	Album
A Cow Cabinet Of Curiosities	Henry Cow	2009	Album
40th Anniversary Box - The Road: Volumes 1-10	Henry Cow	2009	Compil.
40th Anniversary Box Vol. 10: DVD - Vevey 1976	Henry Cow	2008	Album
The BBC Archives 1971 - 1977	Henry Cow	2008	Album
Stockholm & Göteborg	Henry Cow	2008	Album
40th Anniversary Box - The Road: Volumes 6-10 With DVD	Henry Cow	2008	Album
40th Anniversary Box - The Studio: Volumes 1-5	Henry Cow	2008	Album
40th Anniversary Box - The Road: Volumes 1-5	Henry Cow	2008	Album
The Henry Cow Facsimile Box	Henry Cow	2006	Album
Henry Cow With Mike Westbrook Brass Band And Frankie Armstrong	Henry Cow With Mike Westbrook Brass Band And Frankie Armstrong	2006	Album
Ruins	Henry Cow	1995	Album
The Virgin Years	Henry Cow	1991	Album
Western Culture	Henry Cow	1978	Album
In Concerto	Henry Cow	1977	Single
Concerts	Henry Cow	1976	Album
Desperate Straights	Slapp Happy / Henry Cow	1975	Album
In Praise Of Learning	Henry Cow, Slapp Happy	1975	Album
Unrest	Henry Cow	1974	Album
The Henry Cow Legend	Henry Cow	1973	Album
In The Name Of A Freedom	Henry Cow Featuring Robert Wyatt		Album
Live In Uppsala, Sweden - May 16, 1977	Henry Cow		Album
Modena, Italy September 17, 1977	Henry Cow With Mike Westbrook Brass Band Play As The Orckestra		Album
More Cambridge Than Canterbury	Henry Cow		Album
Culture de l'Ouest	Henry Cow		Album
Unknown Session	Henry Cow		Album

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