Shirlé Hale - vox, bass guitar & synthesizer
David Koslowski - guitar, samples & vox
Melissa York - drums & vox
Influences
80's Post-Punk, Electropop, Disco, Motown, World Music, Jazz, Art and a good bottle of red wine.
Sounds Like
We think we sound like Gerty, but people have told us that we sound like Devo fronted by Deborah Harry or The Cars fronted by Chrissie Hynde. Check out the mp3s and decide for yourself.
GERTY! is an Electro-New-Wave Rock band from Durham, North Carolina featuring the vocal power of riot grrrl Shirle' Hale (ex-Womyn of Destruction), the rhythmic strumming of David Koslowski (ex-Liquor Bike) & the hard-hitting groove of Melissa York (formally of The Butchies, Team Dresch, & Vitapup).
Taking their name in honor of Gertrude Stein, the first woman to be accepted into Johns Hopkins University, GERTY! was orginally formed in Baltimore by Hale, Koslowski & Miyuki Furtado. Hale had recently relocated to Baltimore from Boston where she had roomed with Mary Lou Lord. Hale taught Lord to play guitar and the two began busking in the subway around Harvard Square. Lord relocated to London and Hale opted for Baltimore. She spent the early 90s smashing things up with her riot grrrl band Womyn of Destruction before meeting up with former Liquor Bike frontman, David Koslowski and drummer Miyuki Furtado. The trio formed the vehicle for Shirle's infectious songs and dubbed it GERTY!
In 1998, Hale and Koslowski relocated to Durham, NC, while Furtado moved to Brooklyn where he would join The Rogers Sisters. Being the nucleus of the group, Hale and Koslowski have released "Two Kisses In A Row" (Plastique Recording Co.) and the Chris Stamey produced "Sweets from the Minibar" (Eskimo Kiss Records).
The duo have recently been joined by Melissa York on drums. Melissa was looking to branch out stylistically and wanted to play along with electronics and samples, GERTY! was the perfect fit. Melissa provides a hard-hitting groove that accentuates the group's hook-infested Electro-New-Wave sound. When GERTY! performs a dance party is sure to errupt.
The trio are currently working on brand new CD called "Dance the Swivel Hips."
Come check out the brand new Taradactyl website!! Full of new photos and new info! Taradactyl will also be preforming in Wilson, N.C. on Friday Oct.16th at the Luna Bean, Showtime starts at 7pm(we should go on around 9pm). Also Taradactyl will be at Elwood's Music Hall in Charlotte N.C. on Saturday Oct.17th. This show is a must see, as we have not preformed in Charlotte in quite some time! We look forward to seeing all of you!
I hope all is well. I wanted to let you know that the new ZELAZOWA full length album "Elephants On A Mousehunt" will be released on Saturday, January, 17th through CDBaby. com and all major digital distribution sites. In anticipation of its release, we have posted the new singles from the album on our myspace page. Please be sure to give them a listen at:
If you are in the Philadelphia area, join us for the CD release party that night (Saturday, 1/17) at The Khyber at 10 PM. There are plenty of tour dates to follow, so please check the calendar.
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