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** Guitarist Steve Hillage's partner Miquette Giraudy joined the band as a vocalist around about 1974 and was featured on two albums, ''You'' (from 1974) and ''Shamal'' (from 1976)[[note]]this album's track-by-track credits list Giraudy on only one of its songs, "Bambooji"[[/note]]. Both left the band after the ''Shamal'' album's release. (Giraudy would go on to perform on some of Hillage's solo albums, and in 1989, the two of them began performing {{electronic dance music}} under the group name ''System 7''.)

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** Guitarist Steve Hillage's partner Miquette Giraudy joined the band as a vocalist around about 1974 and was featured on two albums, ''You'' (from 1974) and ''Shamal'' (from 1976)[[note]]this album's track-by-track credits list Giraudy on only one of its songs, "Bambooji"[[/note]]. Both left the band after the ''Shamal'' album's release. (Giraudy would go on to perform on some of Hillage's solo albums, and in 1989, the two of them began performing {{electronic dance music}} under the group name moniker ''System 7''.)
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Miquette Giraudy was present for the You album as well as Shamal.


** When Steve Hillage took over leadership of Gong for ''Shamal,'' his partner Miquette Giraudy was brought on as a vocalist. Both left after the album's release.

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** When Guitarist Steve Hillage took over leadership of Gong for ''Shamal,'' his Hillage's partner Miquette Giraudy was brought on joined the band as a vocalist. Both left after the vocalist around about 1974 and was featured on two albums, ''You'' (from 1974) and ''Shamal'' (from 1976)[[note]]this album's release.track-by-track credits list Giraudy on only one of its songs, "Bambooji"[[/note]]. Both left the band after the ''Shamal'' album's release. (Giraudy would go on to perform on some of Hillage's solo albums, and in 1989, the two of them began performing {{electronic dance music}} under the group name ''System 7''.)
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The initial U.S. release of the ''Gazeuse!'' album had its title changed to ''Expresso''. That's why the next studio album after that one was titled ''Expresso II''; that title was used worldwide, potentially leading to confusion as to why it has a "II" in its title[[note]]particularly because discography listings on the web often don't show that earlier album's alternate title[[/note]].

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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The initial U.S. release of the ''Gazeuse!'' album had its title changed to ''Expresso''. That's why the next studio album after that one was titled ''Expresso II''; that the latter album's title was used worldwide, potentially leading to confusion as to why it has includes a "II" in its title[[note]]particularly "II"[[note]]particularly because discography listings on the web often don't show that earlier the preceding album's alternate title[[/note]].
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Gazeuse! -> Expresso title change


** When Steve Hillage took over leadership of Gong for ''Shamal,'' his partner Miquette Giraudy was brought on as a vocalist. Both left after the album's release.

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** When Steve Hillage took over leadership of Gong for ''Shamal,'' his partner Miquette Giraudy was brought on as a vocalist. Both left after the album's release.release.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The initial U.S. release of the ''Gazeuse!'' album had its title changed to ''Expresso''. That's why the next studio album after that one was titled ''Expresso II''; that title was used worldwide, potentially leading to confusion as to why it has a "II" in its title[[note]]particularly because discography listings on the web often don't show that earlier album's alternate title[[/note]].
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Face Of The Band is no longer a trope
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** When Steve Hillage took over leadership of Gong for ''Shamal,'' his partner Miquette Giraudy was brought on as a vocalist. Both left after the album's release.
* FaceOfTheBand:
** Allen, Moerlen, and Smyth for Gong, Pierre Moerlen's Gong, and Mother Gong respectively.
** An inversion in the case of Pierre Moerlen's Gong. After they broke up in the early 1980s, Moerlen performed with the Swedish ProgressiveRock band Tribute. When came time to record a new studio album, bassist/guitarist Hansford Rowe (until that point the only other musician to appear on all PMG albums) was recruited and ''Breakthrough'' was released under the moniker Pierre Moerlen's Gong.

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** When Steve Hillage took over leadership of Gong for ''Shamal,'' his partner Miquette Giraudy was brought on as a vocalist. Both left after the album's release.
* FaceOfTheBand:
** Allen, Moerlen, and Smyth for Gong, Pierre Moerlen's Gong, and Mother Gong respectively.
** An inversion in the case of Pierre Moerlen's Gong. After they broke up in the early 1980s, Moerlen performed with the Swedish ProgressiveRock band Tribute. When came time to record a new studio album, bassist/guitarist Hansford Rowe (until that point the only other musician to appear on all PMG albums) was recruited and ''Breakthrough'' was released under the moniker Pierre Moerlen's Gong.
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Author Existence Failure (now renamed to Died During Production) is a trope for dying before finishing a work, not anytime a creator died.


* AuthorExistenceFailure: Daevid Allen died of cancer in 2015. Gilli Smyth passed away a year later.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Daevid Allen died of cancer in 2015.

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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Daevid Allen died of cancer in 2015. Gilli Smyth passed away a year later.

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* CreatorCouple: Daevid Allen and wife Gilli Smyth co-founded the band. In later years, Smyth would front the SpinOff Mother Gong.

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Daevid Allen and wife Gilli Smyth co-founded the band. In later years, Smyth would front the SpinOff Mother Gong.Gong with contributions from Allen.
** When Steve Hillage took over leadership of Gong for ''Shamal,'' his partner Miquette Giraudy was brought on as a vocalist. Both left after the album's release.

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* FaceOfTheBand: An inversion. After Pierre Moerlen's Gong broke up in the early 1980s, Moerlen performed with the Swedish ProgressiveRock band Tribute. When came time to record a new studio album, bassist/guitarist Hansford Rowe (until that point the only other musician to appear on all PMG albums) was recruited and ''Breakthrough'' was released under the moniker Pierre Moerlen's Gong.

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* FaceOfTheBand: An inversion. After FaceOfTheBand:
** Allen, Moerlen, and Smyth for Gong,
Pierre Moerlen's Gong, and Mother Gong respectively.
** An inversion in the case of Pierre Moerlen's Gong. After they
broke up in the early 1980s, Moerlen performed with the Swedish ProgressiveRock band Tribute. When came time to record a new studio album, bassist/guitarist Hansford Rowe (until that point the only other musician to appear on all PMG albums) was recruited and ''Breakthrough'' was released under the moniker Pierre Moerlen's Gong.
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* CreatorCouple: Daevid Allen and wife Gilli Smyth co-founded the band. In later years, Smyth would front the SpinOff Mother Gong.

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* CreatorCouple: Daevid Allen and wife Gilli Smyth co-founded the band. In later years, Smyth would front the SpinOff Mother Gong.
* FaceOfTheBand: An inversion. After Pierre Moerlen's Gong broke up in the early 1980s, Moerlen performed with the Swedish ProgressiveRock band Tribute. When came time to record a new studio album, bassist/guitarist Hansford Rowe (until that point the only other musician to appear on all PMG albums) was recruited and ''Breakthrough'' was released under the moniker Pierre Moerlen's
Gong.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Daevid Allen died of cancer in 2015.

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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Daevid Allen died of cancer in 2015.2015.
* CreatorCouple: Daevid Allen and wife Gilli Smyth co-founded the band. In later years, Smyth would front the SpinOff Mother Gong.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Daevid Allen died of cancer in 2015.

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