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Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler
English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist
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Dagmar Krause
Dagmar Krause
German singer
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Slapp Happy
Slapp Happy
German/English avant-pop group
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Tim Hodgkinson
Tim Hodgkinson
English experimental music composer and performer
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Fred Frith
Fred Frith
English musician, composer and improvisor
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Lindsay Cooper
Lindsay Cooper
English musician, composer and activist
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Art Bears
Art Bears
band
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News from Babel
News from Babel
English avant-rock group
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John Greaves
John Greaves
British musician and composer
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Peter Blegvad
Peter Blegvad
American singer-songwriter
10
Anthony Moore
Anthony Moore
British experimental music composer, performer and producer
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Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew
American experimental rock and jazz group
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Annemarie Roelofs
Annemarie Roelofs
musician
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Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins
American musician
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Catherine Jauniaux
Catherine Jauniaux
musician
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Andrew Powell
Andrew Powell
British musician, composer, arranger; member of Henry Cow
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Stormy Six
Stormy Six
Italian band
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Massacre
Massacre
American experimental rock band
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Aksak Maboul
Aksak Maboul
Belgian band that plays experimental rock
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Tom Cora
Tom Cora
American cellist and composer
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Fred Frith Trio
Fred Frith Trio
American experimental music and free improvising group
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Thinking Plague
Thinking Plague
American avant-rock group
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Dave Kerman
Dave Kerman
Musician, composer, record company executive
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Soft Heap
Soft Heap
band
Intro
English avant-rock group
Record Labels
Members, past and present

Henry Cow were an English experimental rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler, bassist John Greaves, and bassoonist/oboist Lindsay Cooper were important long-term members alongside Frith and Hodgkinson.

An inherent anti-commercial attitude kept them at arm's length from the mainstream music business, enabling them to experiment at will. Critic Myles Boisen writes, "[their sound] was so mercurial and daring that they had few imitators, even though they inspired many on both sides of the Atlantic with a blend of spontaneity, intricate structures, philosophy, and humor that has endured and transcended the 'progressive' tag."

While it was generally thought that Henry Cow took their name from 20th-century American composer Henry Cowell, this has been repeatedly denied by band members. According to Hodgkinson, the name "Henry Cow" was "in the air" in 1968, and it seemed like a good name for the band. It had no connection to anything. In a 1974 interview, Cutler said the name was chosen because "[i]t's silly. What could be sillier than Henry Cow?"