There are, at least, three bands known as Duck and Cover: 1) A multinational
avant-rock septet, founded in Germany in 1983, comprising: Chris Cutler (UK), Heiner Goebbels + Alfred Harth (FRG, of
Cassiber), Tom Cora (US, of
Skeleton Crew),
Fred Frith (UK, also of Skeleton Crew),
Dagmar Krause (FRG, of
Art Bears) & George Lewis (US of
ICP Orchestra). The ensemble was initially commissioned for the 1983 Moers Festival, at the request of festival director Burkhard Hennen to Alfred Harth. 2) A Danish band in the style of US
country pop from the forties and fifties with western swin…
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