Über D - vocals : Poison I - guitar, drums : Ash F - guitar, drums. Gilbert Switzer is our leader. He somtimes plays bass, and is a computer.
Influences
The Gossip, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, the Cramps, the Germs, the Gories, Bikini Kill, Venom, Stooges, Gun Club, Christ, Shakespeare, Stephen Hawking, The Eternal Feminine, The Ramones
The Gilbert Switzer/Hold split 7-inch 'State Of Nature' may now be purchased online through Scratch Records!
Gilbert Switzer was formed in July 2004 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gilbert Switzer is not so much a 'band', but a three-person punk rock carnival. This group loves to perform and evoke the childish insanity that we have all suppressed for too long. When Gilbert Switzer plays, they want they audience to play with them. Being at a Gilbert Switzer performance is like being at a surreal construction site; the band works to build a space where they and the audience can play together. The music itself is very minimal and aggressive punk rock. Most of the songs sound very different from each other, but Gilbert Switzer's distinctive personality comes across in all of them. Besides music, their influences include John Waters, Andy Warhol, perverse horror movies, and very bad television.
Gilbert Switzer tries to have fun with the complete absurdity of the horrible and hilarious world we live in. We live in times that are begging to be celebrated and assaulted by the kind of trash Gilbert Switzer expels from their warped imaginations.
A MYSPACE COMMENT FROM THEE GILBERT SWITZER. I AM SO HONORED. You were the best band of all time. You are the biggest Grand Trine influence that exists.
Hey, I totally already thought we were MySpace friends and then I got yr add. It was within a few days of somebody comparing us to you as well... SYNCHRONICITY. Anyway, Gilbert Switzer was obviously wicked. Are the Divorce releases still in print at all? I've only ever heard the songs on the profile. Hope all is well.
yo how are things? your page is looking slick! anyhow, i just found some cool new ringtones off www.tonetomyphone.info for FREE! they have the coolest stuff!
ahhh megan I miss you, now that your bands broken up you can move to Toronto and marry me right??
seriously though, bad news duders!!
see you next fall!!
