Geoff!
and all sorts of fantastical people who he meets and convinces that it would be jolly fun to get up and play or be in a play with, or form a band with.
Influences
The Who, The Beach Boys, Harry Nilsson, Gene Vincent, Eddy Cochrane, Buddy Holly. The Sweet, Chas and Dave, The Beatles, Old 20s 30s music. The Move, and all the fantastic local bands of Belfast and beyond..the beyond.
Sounds Like
Sounds uncommonly like Geoff Gatt or a young ruffian strumming vulgarly on a dubious instrument for the apparent merriment of a bunch of rascals. Its pop for the under 60s and rock for the over the 40s Its the jazz in the dark and the country the next morning. It here! its now!, its it time for a tunnocks tea cake, its loose, its tight and its going to snap.
songwriter, musican, busker, all-singing all-dancing actor-type for all manner of fun ness and frolic (was going to change this for album coming out but it's all kind of true)
musical 'Hippos in the Shower' written by Geoff Gatt which ran for 2 weeks at Edinburgh Fringe 2008!
pics from 2005, 2nd run of show in Belfast Empire Music Hall. Photos by Gavin Millar
'OVERALL WINNER' Banbridge Buskfest 2009 with '4 Steps to Heaven'! featuring Dominic O'Neil, Rowan Armstrong and Paul Fox
playing french poet Rimbaud in 'the poet and the bear' by Brian Philip Davis 2006
good times with friends and playing with The Rustlers and my own stuff at common grounds
Just dropping by to let you know that the 3 tracks from our brand new "Colour Red" E.P are now up on our site - drop by & give them a blast! We'd also like to invite you to this special show to launch the EP...
PAY*OLA Million Dollar Reload Redlight Bandwagon Empire Music Hall, Belfast Thursday 11th December Doors 830pm, admission £4 (first 30 punters receive a free EP)
Make this your rock'n'roll night on the town this Xmas!!
We're doing 'Scratch My Demo' on Teusday evening at the Oh Yeah Centre. Basically we'll be playing some new tunes live, and the idea is we discuss it with the audience. And discuss other things like where we should be aiming for, image, the works. Would be great if you could get down and give some honest feedback.
HIPPOS IN THE SHOWER! Next week! Doors 7:30pm, show 8pm.
Mon 13, Tues 14, Wed 15 October
The Black Box, Hill St, Belfast
£8/£6 concession.
After three sell out runs in Belfast (Old Museum Arts Centre, The Empire Music Hall, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival), the 20- strong colourful crew of Hippos in the Shower delighted audiences last month in the Edinburgh Fringe festival, spreading hippo magic in George Square Theatre and on the streets, furthering Belfast's reputation as one of the UK's artistic 'hidden gems'
When taxi driver George encounters a hippo in his dreams - and then in his shower - he realises that absolutely anything is possible. Life becomes an adventure of dreams coming true in the lives of those around him.
But will a quiet marine biologist be the final key to his happiness?
I'm playing the recordings for my upcoming CD at OhYeah at 3pm on the 19th of October. Everyone gets to air their views on the music and vote for the EP title, tracklisting and the artwork.
