English progressive rock trio associated with the Canterbury scene: Dave Stewart (keyboards), Mont Campbell (bass, vocals) and Clive Brooks (drums). Known for organ-led, classically inflected and experimentally minded music.

Mont Campbell entered the Royal College of Music to pursue classical studies and learn horn; Dave Stewart later joined Hatfield and the North. The Civil Surface compiled previously unrecorded pieces and was released as the band's third album with numerous guest musicians.

Reviews praise Egg as an organ-driven, harmonically and rhythmically complex progressive trio rooted in the Canterbury scene. Critics note strong classical influences, jazz elements and frequent experimentation that can border on the challenging. Key releases discussed are Egg (1970), The Polite Force (1971) and The Civil Surface (1974).

For:Fans of the Canterbury scene, progressive rock and jazz-influenced experimental music.

 "This is music to listen to, not to dance to, harmonically and rhythmically complex, created to be as original as possible, requiring the listener's utmost attention."

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 Damn, the Egg was a fantastic, unique, and innovative group.

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 The opening "A Visit to Newport Hospital" is as pleasant and at the same time sophisticated (in terms of rhythms and harmonies) as the Canterbury movement has produced, with its dark and severe initial riff that unexpectedly serves as the introduction to a calm and dreamy ride, dominated by a skillful rhythm section and a seductive keyboard, worthy of the sweetest Caravan or Camel.

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