The personal musical influences of each member go from jazz (Aldo) to death metal (Claudio), from electro (Giovanni) to prog rock (Claudio), from fusion (Aldo) to prog metal (Marco), from psychedelia (Giovanni) to pop (Marco)
The band was formed in 2003, three years later
Gecko's Tear recorded their debut album Contradiction for the italian
indipendent label Maracash/Kaliphonia (Deus Ex Machina, Banco del
mutuo soccorso, Mangala Vallis), with Venus distribution.
All the reviews of the album so far are pretty positive (usually
enthusiastic).
In three years they won the Demetrio Stratos prize of Movimenti
Prog and got brodcasted by the italian RockTv, New Radio Network, the
german Progdependent and many more.
They also played with Daniel from Pain of Salvation (Sweden),
Isildurs Bane (Sweden), Tony Levin, California Guitar Trio, Arti e Mestieri, Osanna and Presence.
Check the tour dates for the upcoming live performances
More infos on our website: www.geckostear.com
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Check out our youtube videos!
Ombelico (Belly Botton) - Live @ Afrakà Festival 2006
Igiene Mentale (Mental Hygiene) - Live @ Altrock Festival 2005
Ultracoola Svempa - live with Daniel Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation)
Thank you for your friendship! I'm glad we found each other.
The image below is linked to the Billy's Bunker (Music Reviews) website. Music is celebrated there. I hope you will find something you need to hear through the Bunker, no matter what sound moves you. Life is better with a new song.
The
release-Date of “The Freak EP” is near, but now already you can listen to the
brandnew songs “Acid Monkey” and “Johnny Panic” on our myspace-page! In
addition you are invited to watch the “braincast” for each new song to
understand better, how something like this freaky stuff could happen…