Gilli Smyth, a co-founding member of the influential psychedelic and space-rock ensemble Gong, died Monday. Her son, Orlando Allen, reported the news on Facebook, saying she'd been battling pulmonary pneumonia. She was 83.
Smyth is credited with helping pioneer Gong's unusual, atonal
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