Gather round, for this a thread where whose with an interest may talk about Gallon Drunk

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Yeah, here we go:

http://www.gallondrunk.co.uk/

Fire Music, that's it -- I should order it. In the Long Still Night and Black Milk both very good albums, I think I've reviewed them on the AMG.

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..."

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.

Great band, though.

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.

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.).

just seen them live. They were awesome. Don't stop, BELIEVINNNNNN!

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.

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

big sexy noise @ corsica tonight

love these guys

terry has an excellent label http://sartorialrecords.greedbag.com/ i highly recommend the dear thief stuff.

http://vimeo.com/37880962

new album, yahhhh

The only great London band besides The Clash (The Stones are from Kent).

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.

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.

the new album is grand, this is my favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNGSNKkXzKc

currently on tour too, worth seeing! bring earplugs, because yes, they are very very loud.

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

new record is grand!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wMt0Cb4Z490

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(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

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!

Just found out that said bass player Mike Delanian died last February. He'd been running https://www.zanjarecords.com which put out some decent looking Cuban music.
RIP to Mike, he was always the coolest one onstage in his drape coat, stage fright or no. As I recall it he didn't bother with a top string as he'd never use it anyway. No idea if he just threw away the G when he changed the strings? Maybe he never changed them.

The Road Gets Darker from Here is a very good 20-years-in record.