Henry Cow were an English avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. An inherent anti-commercial bias kept them at arm's length from the mainstream music business, enabling them to experiment at will. They remained in existence for 10 years and produced a body of music that was challenging, provocative and influential for years to come. While it was generally thought that Henry Cow took their name from Twentieth Century American composer Henry Cowell, this has been repeatedly denied by band members. According to Tim Hodgkinson, the name was "in the air" in 1968, and it seemed like a good name for the band. It had no connection to anything. History The beginning Fred Frith met Tim Hodgkinson, a fellow student, in a blues club at Cambridge University in May 1968. Recognizing their mutual open-minded approach to music the two began perfor

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