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About the band. For the album, see [[Gentle Giant (album)]].
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'''Gentle Giant''' was one of the great progressive rock bands of the 1970's. They created a [[:Category:original 12 albums|dozen albums]] over a 10-year period, filled with complex and wonderous music that is still earning them new fans even today.
 
:''"...the fact that the music of GG has engaged our own interests for so long after the dissolution of the band, when so many other people have never heard of them, is an excellent example of quality prevailing over the various flavors-of-the-month which have come since then."''
:-- Jonathan Roberts, [[On-Reflection]], August 10, 1995.
 
== Band members ==
 
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Most of the music was composed by [[Derek]], [[Ray]], [[Kerry]], and (when he was in the band) [[Phil]].
 
== Musical opinions ==
 
Here are some opinions about the music of Gentle Giant:
 
* [[Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Rock]]
* [[Rocking the Classics]]
* [[Kerry Livgren]]
 
== For more information ==
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentle_Giant Wikipedia article on Gentle Giant]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:giftxqe5ldke AllMusic.com]
 
[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:Gentle Giant]]
[[Category:Derek Shulman]]
[[Category:Phil Shulman]]
[[Category:Ray Shulman]]
[[Category:Kerry Minnear]]
[[Category:Gary Green]]
[[Category:Martin Smith]]
[[Category:Malcolm Mortimore]]
[[Category:John Weathers]]

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