Ozric Tentacles

The perfect introduction to one of the few truly independent bands on the planet.

Ozric Tentacles are legends of the UK underground. Inspired by a myriad of music and musicians from Kraut-rockers Kraan to guitar maestro Steve Vai, from ethnic Arabic to electronic techno, from Hendrix to Hillage.

Formed in the early eighties, the Ozrics began life as a free-form psychedelic vehicle for jamming, attracting a dedicated fan-base at grassroots level by playing at all the free festivals to fans of space-rock, dub, psychedelia, and later on when the festivals had developed into raves, to fans of house and techno.

Having developed their own cottage industry - studio, label, tour bus, dedicated following - the Ozrics eventually achieved top ten-album status in the UK with their 1993 album ‘Jurassic Shift’. It was, and still is, an astonishing accomplishment for a band with no celebrity status, and no major record label backing.

In their 20 years, the band has flourished through a number of line-up changes, spawned several side projects (Nodens Ictus, Ullulators) and new entities (Eat Static) put out 22 albums, scored a top ten hit and sold close to one million records.