Forest (band)

Forest
Forest (left to right): Adrian Welham, Dez Allenby, Martin Welham
Background information
Also known asForesters of Walesby
Origin • Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
 • Birmingham, England
GenresPsychedelic folk, acid folk, progressive folk, acoustic, folk, folk rock
Years active1966–1972
LabelsHarvest Records
Past membersMartin Welham
Adrian Welham
Dez Allenby
Dave Panton
Dave Stubbs

Forest was an English psychedelic-folk / acid-folk trio who formed in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, in 1966. Made up of brothers Martin Welham and Adrian Welham and school friend Dez Allenby, they started out performing unaccompanied traditional folk music in a similar vein to contemporaries The Watersons and The Young Tradition.[1] The band were pioneers of the nascent 1960s underground acoustic-psychedelic/acid-folk scene writing unconventionally crafted songs evoking Britain's ancient groves using a variety of acoustic instruments.[2]

  1. ^ "Forest © terrascope". Terrascope.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. ^ Young 2010, p. 400.