the Battered Ornaments

Years Active: 60

Genres: Pop/Rock

Styles: Prog-Rock, Art-Rock/Experimental

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The Battered Ornaments had their origins in the unexpected musical aspirations of Pete Brown. Best known as a poet among the British beats of the early/mid-'60s, Brown knew something of jazz and blues, and even played an instrument -- the trumpet -- with some modest degree of facility. He was still primarily a writer, but he gravitated toward music and devised a presentation of poetry, jazz, and avant-garde music that entailed the presence of a band -- toward that then, he put together a group called the First Real Poetry Band with a lineup, as...

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