Is that okay?” And I went, “Of course it is. I gave him the track and he phoned me up and said, “It’s coming out a little celtic here. John’s from Ireland so he definitely has that in his blood. It turned out to be very different to what I expected. The one with John Egan is lovely actually. In a way these old members have their track. If I’d been able to have them here in my studio there would’ve been more of a general band feeling. John ’s on one track, Joie’s on one track. I wish there could’ve been more involvement with those guys. I’ve got their phone number so I just give them a ring. Some of those musicians have guested on Space For The Earth. I don’t know what it’s gonna be called tomorrow.” I suddenly thought, “Blimey, we’ve got a gig going on here.” Someone came up to me and said, “What’s the name of the band?” And I just said, “Well, Ozric Tentacles is what it’s called today. After half an hour I looked up and there were 100 people there.

Bring your amp and guitar and we’ll see what happens.” So we went down there and set our camp up, made a little fire, got the generator on and chugging away. I bumped into a load of people and they said, “We’re going to this festival. The first Ozric gig was at Stonehenge Free Festival many, many years ago in 1983. After 2019’s exploratory excursion into a solo career with Shimmer Into Nature and live shows under his own moniker, Ed Wynne has resurrected the legendary band with Space For The Earth, the first new Ozrics material in half a decade.Ī selection of their starred catalogue has been remastered by the man himself for Kscope and, with another side-project waiting in the wings, Prog spoke to the founder and only remaining original member to see what makes him snap, crackle and pop.Ĭan you remember the first Ozric Tentacles gig?

Ozric tentacles albums