List of Gong band members

(left to right) Tim Blake, Daevid Allen, Didier Malherbe, Rob Tait, Steve Hillage and Mike Howlett

(left to right) Miquette Giraudy, Steve Hillage, Gilli Smyth, Chris Taylor, Dave Sturt, Daevid Allen and Theo Travis.

(Clockwise from left) Fabio Golfetti, Dave Sturt, Ian East, Cheb Nettles and Kavus Torabi.

Three line-ups of Gong performing in 1974, 2009 and 2022.

Gong are a Franco/British rock band founded by Australian vocalist/guitarist Daevid Allen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth in 1967.^[1] The bands first recording line-up featured Allen and Smyth alongside bassist Christian Tritsch, drummer Rachid Houari and saxophonist/flautist Didier Malherbe.^[2] The band's current line-up from Allen's death on 13 March 2015 features lead guitarist Fabio Golfetti (in 2007 and since 2012), bassist Dave Sturt (since 2009) saxophonist/flautist Ian East (since 2010), vocalist/guitarist Kavus Torabi (since 2014) and drummer Cheb Nettles (since 2014).^[3]