OFF: Gong lineup change (US tour)

[cosmos]

>Pierre Moerlen has dropped out from Gong's touring lineup "due to
fatigue."  :(
>
>New lineup will apparently be...
>
>DAEVID ALLEN * GILLI SMYTH * DIDIER MALHERBE * MIKE HOWLETT
>CHRIS TAYLOR (drums) * MARK HEWINS (guitar)
>
>What's weird is that I went and checked out the Planet Gong newsgroup, and
>saw this posting in French.   I can't really read French, but this appears
>to confirm the situation with Moerlen, and furthermore appears to suggest
>he's currently been replaced by Keith Bailey, who is only known to me as a
>bass player (Here and Now, wasn't it?).  But 'batterie' is 'drums,' so I
>guess he is also a drummer.  Interesting. I guess Pip Pyle isn't available
>either.  So who is Chris Taylor??
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Pierre Moerlen était absent pour cause de maladie et c'est Keith Missile qui
>s'est occuppé de la batterie. Keith est excellent à la basse, il l'est
>beaucoup moins à la batterie!
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Keith H.

glad i did see them on their first gig of this tour in verviers.
talked with pierre as i had never seen him perform live with gong.
great drummer, very different from pip pyle.
yes you did translate it quite well, only maladie means he's been ill.
fatigue means something like tired, so that's not right.
you should look forward to this tour as it's quite different, less spacey
and more jazzy.
i like that a lot !!!!!!!!!

andre