January 06, 2026

Thanks!

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When I conceived and created this archive in November 2009 to fill the void of information and knowledge about the Third Ear Band, the group...
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December 27, 2025

Was TEB music truly inspired by Terry Riley?

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When analyzing the musical form of a band, the question of sources of inspiration, if not actual influences, is fundamental in order to even...
December 13, 2025

Another unexpected discovery: a Third Ear Band's radio session in 1970!

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Here is another miraculous discovery from the web, a new live radio set by TEB from February 15, 1970, taken from a John Peel's Sunday S...
December 07, 2025

Carolyn says...

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When my dearest friend Carolyn Looker , Glen's lifelong partner, sent me this stuff about the band (circa second half of 1970) where Swe...
October 26, 2025

Do you know Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia (1990) quotes the Third Ear Band?

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  Do you know that a great novel as Hanif Kureishi 's "The Buddha of Suburbia", published in England in 1990 by Faber & Fa...
October 12, 2025

Viv Albertine remembers first time she saw the Third Ear Band.

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Viv Albertine , singer, guitar player, founder of seminal female punk band The Slits (1977-1982), in 2014 published an autobiography title...
October 05, 2025

Bernard Parmegiani's "Pop Secret" on album.

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For some time now, the music market and the web have been full of surprises and twists and turns that have made it almost impossible to keep...
September 27, 2025

The lost Third Ear Band's 1970 John Peel Session found!

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Last June, the excellent YouTube channel FoundTapesLost ( https://www.youtube.com/@FoundTapesFound ) released this rare find, which had be...
September 10, 2025

What kind of amplification is used by the Third Ear Band?

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Reader Jack Bancroft from Ealing (UK), asked Melody   Maker expert Chris Hayes on 7th February, 1970 issue.  Here below the reply:    no©...
September 01, 2025

On the road with the Third Ear Band. Steve Pank's memories on driving for the band.

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Dave Tomlin (left) and Steve Pank in London, 2010 After I had published the magazine, Albion , I was running weekly benefits in All Saints C...
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May 27, 2025

Goldmine's obituary on Simon House.

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I want to bring to your attention a very good and touching obituary about Simon House published in the last hours on the Web. It was writte...
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May 26, 2025

Violinist Simon House passed away yesterday at 76.

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Bad news for all of us! Great violin and keyboard player Simon House , a true giant of the underground, old collaborator of the Third Ear Ba...
May 14, 2025

A composition by Dave Tomlin for the London Youth Jazz Orchestra in 1967.

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An article by Bob Houston published by the "Melody Maker" on August 5th, 1967 reveals that Dave Tomlin composed at least a score ...
April 25, 2025

Some memories about Anacondas Skiffle Group by Steve Pank.

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Steve Pank, Third Ear Band's former manager and driver, close friend of Glen Sweeney, Carolyn Looker, and Dave Tomlin, Ursula Smith'...
March 27, 2025

Rare photo of the TEB pops ups on the Web!

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This rare photo of the band in its brilliant, wonderful line-up with Sweeney, Minns, Buckmaster and Bridges (note his legendary double deck ...
February 22, 2025

Italian singer and musician Jenny Sorrenti quotes the Third Ear Band in an interview on Rolling Stones Italian edition.

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Jenny Sorrenti, photo by Francesco Desmaele Titled "Voice is consciousness", in the last issue of Rolling Stone Italian edition, i...
February 14, 2025

Dave Tomlin' son sent to The Guardian an obituary about his great dad.

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Tom Hennessey , one of the three children of Dave Tomlin , sent to the Guardian a obituary about his great dad. You can read the original We...