Biography
Gentle Giant
Effective period / Period of releases: 1970 - 2021
Members: Ray Shulman, Derek Shulman, Gary Green, Kerry Minnear, John Weathers, Martin Smith (12), Philip Shulman, Malcolm Mortimore
British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980.Textually inspired by philosophy, personal events and the works of François Rabelais, the group's early compositional purpose was to "expand the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of becoming very unpopular."