All Gates Open - The Story of Can - Rob Young and Irmin Schmidt Gustave Flaubert Banks gives the lie to

Banks gives the lie to the popular perception of Hawkwind as one long lysergic soap opera

The magazine was the public face of a group of artists and writers who systematically attacked their perceptions of reality through narcotics

poised on the threshold between the drawing room and existential hell

It was in Mexico that Horna found her artistic community

All Gates Open - The Story of Can - Rob Young and Irmin Schmidt Gustave Flaubert Banks gives the lie toAll Gates Open The Story of Can by Rob Young and Irmin Schmidt ISBN 9780571311521 572 page paperback from Faber & Faber *** An ambitious, collaborative work that captures the story and the spirit of arguably the most influential and revered avant garde band of the late 20th century: CAN. Young's biography of the band is paired with a "collage" by founding member Schmidt featuring interviews, art, photographs, and ephemera from the band's archive.