I remember their advert for a bass player (was tempted but didn't). "Elvis/Nick Cave" noted as influences. oh but in interviews they denied old nick, more than three times too.
"Ruby" was a silver apples track? "I'm justa boy with a heart full of lurrrve..."
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 17 June 2005 09:13 (nineteen years ago) link
I just put their "May the Earth Open Here" on a mix. I heard about them through a Volume magazine/sampler thing that I picked up for a quarter, which has a live version of their Ruby cover on it. I then saw their Tonight... The Singles Bar in a free bin at the local vinyl hut and grabbed it as fast as my little fingers could. I saw in another thread that their proper album is super cheap on Amazon? I may go and pick that up, thanks.
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― frenzy, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Great band, though.
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― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 11:49 (eighteen years ago) link
YOU, THE NIGHT...AND THE MUSIC (1992)TONITE, THE SINGLES BAR(1992)FROM THE HEART OF TOWN (1993).ALL RERELEASED, REMASTERED, IN MARCH 2007 ON SARTORIAL RECORDS. ALL REISSUES INCLUDE MULTIPLE EXTA TRACKS.NEW LP DUE IN AUGUST 2007
Which could be nice. That double-disc B-side etc. comp I mentioned upthread is good but most of the early B-sides aren't on there.
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I just pulled out my copy of You, the Night...And the Music and I'm really blown away by it. I haven't listened to it in years but it holds up remarkably well mainly on the intensity of the performances. Plus, I liked the idea that there's one guy in the band who just plays maracas. I remember not liking From the Heart of Town that much, but I should probably check it out.
Are there any plans to reissue In the Long Still Night? I've never heard this one and it seems completely unavailable from the usual channels.
The funny thing is that I learned about them from the list of bands thanked by Stereolab on the back of Switched On way back when. Anything I tracked down from that list never really disappointed me (Faith Healers, Moose, Moonshake, etc.).
― Bill in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
just seen them live. They were awesome. Don't stop, BELIEVINNNNNN!
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 18 October 2007 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Saw them last night and DV is OTM. Also, this exact thought from him went through my head:
Seeing Terry Edwards with GD again would be nice, but I'd miss Mike Delanian and Joe Byfield.
James Johnston seems to have aged into Ricky Ross circa 'Dignity', which is just bizarre.
― aldo, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 12:04 (sixteen years ago) link
little video i took last year, but with the same lineup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r--tOQaNu-M they can still be really amazing live... unfortunately won't be able to make their London show on Sunday
― lynshroom, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 13:12 (sixteen years ago) link
big sexy noise @ corsica tonight
love these guys
terry has an excellent label http://sartorialrecords.greedbag.com/ i highly recommend the dear thief stuff.
― Crackle Box, Thursday, 9 December 2010 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
http://vimeo.com/37880962
new album, yahhhh
― pagan diskow (Crackle Box), Monday, 2 April 2012 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
The only great London band besides The Clash (The Stones are from Kent).
― www.gbokchoymail.com (admrl), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
Great raw-sounding band. I love their heavy, sweaty, organ-drenched urban blues rock. Live they used to be very loud, probably more so than MBV. I didn't know that they still existed. They have a new album out. The title says it all: "The Road Gets Darker from Here". Definitely a return to form.
― alex in mainhattan, Saturday, 15 September 2012 09:45 (eleven years ago) link
used to be a bunch of people you'd see at Scientists shows and a few other bands CAve, Gun Club etc dressed in a style reminiscent of Dylan in 65 but with greaser/Cave hairstyles. They turned out to be the original members of Gallon Drunk including Kim Salmon's flatmate who was the original drummer or percussionist.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 15 September 2012 10:50 (eleven years ago) link
the new album is grand, this is my favourite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNGSNKkXzKc
― Crackle Box, Monday, 11 February 2013 12:56 (eleven years ago) link
currently on tour too, worth seeing! bring earplugs, because yes, they are very very loud.
― Crackle Box, Monday, 11 February 2013 12:57 (eleven years ago) link
i saw them last night in the magnet club under the oberbaum bridge in berlin. they were great, very intense, james shouted like in his best times. they were loud especially the bass and i tried to wear earplugs but the music didn't sound right. it was like drinking a wine without alcohol, this kind of wild, hypnotic music needs to be loud otherwise it is rubbish. when listening to the music without ear plugs i suddenly had this idea that the music you love most is the music that you have to hear so loud that you become deaf. in that way it will also be the last music you have ever heard. strange thoughts. the drums were loud too, the drummer ian white played very motoric and energetic, jaki liebezeit came to mind. actually in a way they reminded me a little of can around 1970, see the can thread with the concert in soest. the music was more about texture than melody or harmony. it was very dense and powerful, slower and heavier while less bluesy than in the earlier days. the stage presence of james johnston reminded me of jeffrey lee pierce (rip). there is something diabolic and shamanistic about him. their new album "the soul of the hour" is pretty good. i bought the cd and a t-shirt. the cover is great. and gallon drunk is such a cool name. gallon drunk is how you feel after having drunk eight pints of beer, you have attained a certain degree of merriness but you are not totally pissed out of your head yet. you are ready for the next eight pints after the first eight though.
http://images.clouds-hill.com/jpg_20131120095256_gallon_drunk_the_soul_of_the_hour_cover_thumb.jpg
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 3 April 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
new record is grand!
― Crackle Box, Monday, 21 April 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wMt0Cb4Z490
― Crackle Box, Monday, 21 April 2014 18:10 (ten years ago) link
http://llss.tv/Resources/gallondrunkbook9.jpeg(c) Steve Gullick
Just a quick, hope-I'm-not-spamming heads-up that our Gallon Drunk feature's just run...
http://llss.tv/gallondrunk.html
― you fuck one chud... (stevie), Friday, 21 November 2014 12:17 (nine years ago) link
From an interview with Ray Dickaty, on playing sax for Gallon Drunk at some of their early shows:
On a related note, I never really ever spoke to the bass player, but only later found out the reason for his “I’m too cool for this shit” attitude onstage. It turns out that he suffered from terrible stage fright and was frozen rigid with fear every time he played!
― visiting, Thursday, 30 September 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link