Cyprus mutiny Cyprus mutiny The "Cyprus" mutiny took place in 1829 off the British penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia). Convicts seized the brig and sailed her to Canton, China, where they scuttled her and claimed to be castaways from another vessel. On the way, "Cyprus" visited Japan during the height of the period of severe Japanese restrictions on the entry of foreigners, the first Australian ship to do so. The mutineers were eventually captured. Two of them, George James Davis and William Watts, were hanged at Execution Dock, London on 16 December 1830, the last men hanged for
The Hanged Man (album) feature bass player Paul Bunyan and keyboard player Brian Carney, both of whom were to leave the band over the next two years. In contrast to its song-based predecessor, "The Hanged Man" is split approximately half-and-half between full songs and short instrumentals (some of which feature minimal vocal input). The latter are predominantly synthesizer/sampler-based and explore a variety of directions including ambient trance, thrash metal, techno and world music. The Hanged Man (album) The Hanged Man is the fourth album by the English psychedelic rock band Poisoned Electrick Head, and their last prior to an eight-year hiatus. The band's second