GNOME SWEET GNOME Epsom, UK
Originally formed in 1969 by Ealing Art School students Nick Ellis and Brendan Read-Jones.
From their folk roots, the band eased gently into electric rock while remaining true to its origins. Joined by drummer John Blandford, guitarist Dick Holder and bassist Rick Cassman, the band evolved its raison d’etre, Songs From Suburbia, with finely-crafted vignettes of everyday life.
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