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On this day, 16 June 1972, eccentic rocker Arthur Brown and his band Kingdom Come played Cardiff University.
After the collapse of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown in 1969, when keyboardist Vincent Crane and drummer Carl Palmer left to eventually form Atomic Rooster, Brown worked with a varied group of musicians on projects called Strangelands, Puddletown Express, and (briefly) the Captain Beefheart-influenced Rustic Hinge, before finding the musicians who would make up Kingdom Come.
Chief among these was guitarist Andy Dalby, who was the only consistent member after Brown himself.
Kingdom Come played experimental psychedelic/progressive rock music.
Fronted by Arthur Brown, who gave them his theatrical style and operatic voice. The combination ensured that the band was a hit on Britain's festival circuit, but lack of record sales, indifference from music critics, and poor record label promotion (especially in the US) led to its eventual demise in 1974.
