The Gun

This late-'60s high-powered U.K. trio had an interesting ancestry, as two of its members were the offspring of the Kinks' irreverent and exuberant road manager Sam Curtis. Paul Curtis (aka Paul Gurvitz) and Adrian Curtis (aka Adrian Gurvitz) joined drummer Louie Farrell at a time when the boundaries between pop and progressive music were still a matter of hot debate. Gun were featured on John Peel's influential BBC Radio show Top Gear, and enjoyed a strong chart hit with the driving, riff-laden "Race with the Devil" in 1968, which was uncannily similar to Moby Grape's "Can't B...