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1. Ozric Tentacles are, simply put, legends of the UK underground.
   One of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK's festival scene, the Ozrics
   layer ambient and ethereal landscapes with freeform dub trips, incredible rave grooves
   and psychedelic progressive rock. It's an open exploration of music and the soul.
   In their 20 years, the Ozrics have experienced the vicissitudes of the rock and roll life.
   The band has flourished through a number of line-up changes, spawned several side
   projects (including Eat Static and Nodens Ictus), created their own record label
   (Stretchy), put out close to 25 albums, scored a hit record, and sold close to one million
   albums world-wide. And yet, the basic motivation behind the band's existence has never
   wavered.
   A campfire at the Stonehenge free festival in 1984 witnessed the birth of Ozric Tentacles.
   It was there that synth player Joie Hinton, stumbled upon brothers Ed Wynne (guitar) and
   Roly Wynne (bass), performing in a band known at the time as Bolshem People, along
   with Gavin Griffiths and drummer Nick 'Tig' Van Gelder (Jamiroquai). From that very
   first jam session, a musical compatibility was evoked that has since been a trademark of
   the Ozric Tentacles. It's a signature blend of hippy aesthetics and raver electronics with
   spiralling guitars, textured waves of keyboard and midi samplers, and supergroovy bass
   and drum rhythms.
   The Ozrics swiftly claimed their place as a staple of the UK's burgeoning festival scene,
   and are now credited as one of the influential musical linchpins of the scene's re-emergence.
   Throughout the early 1990's, constant touring of the UK helped The Ozric Tentacles to
   build a tremendous national fanbase on a grass roots level. With the band's 1993 release
   "Jurassic Shift," which debuted at #11 on the British pop chart and climbed into the Top
   10 in the National Album Charts, the Ozrics eventually won over the adulation of
   mainstream press, and found itself heralded in publications such as NME and Melody
   Maker. It was, and still is, an astonishing accomplishment for a band with no hit single,
   no celebrity status, and no major record label backing"The Ozrics drift to rock fusion purgatory, where song structure crumbles and whim
   takes the reins. Riffs splinter like shrapnel. Protracted solos come casually, sometimes
   two at a time. The sound changes chameleonesquely, from solid, tightly-wrapped fusion
   to warped, chaotic drone." - Bob Gulla, Creem Magazine
   Ozric Tentacles released their 25th studio album in 2004, "Spirals In Hyperspace" on
   Magna Carta. Having a musical identity that is as broad as their influences, the new
   album is a body of work that combines rock, world music, trance, and ethereal jams with
   organic drums and bass in a way that only Ozric Tentacles can.
   "Spirals In Hyperspace" is based around the guitar work, synthesis, and compositional
   skills of Ed Wynne, founding member of Ozric Tentacles.
   On this anniversary release, Ed has asked a few special friends to join him.
   Appearing together are guitar hero ("zero") Steve Hillage, and keyboardist Miquette
   Giraudy, from Gong & System 7. Also, former Ozric's drummer, Merv Pepler from Eat
   Static, lends his programming and sequencing skills to a track, in a groundbreaking
   reunion.
   Ozric Tentacles currently winging their way through a world tour, in celebration their
   20th anniversary, which is marked by the release of a two cd set "Best of" Ozrics
   Tentacles! - The Definitive Collection from the Legendary Festival Favourites - Tracklist
   and artwork seleted and done by the band, - avalible in stores now.
   Ozric Tentacles (currently Ed Wynne - guitars & keyboards, John Egan - flute, Brandi
   Wynne - keyboards, Metro - drums, & Hagos - bass) are now poised to take America by
   storm, a country that hasn't yet been fully exploited by the band, but is ripe for their
   psychedelic jamband status.