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this is a part of a press release we'll be sending around to rec. labels:
"The long awaited new material of Amsterdam's legendary ‘Gone Bald’ is on it's way!
After almost 2 years break and with a brand new line up, Gone Bald’s 8 new songs are definitely the most promising so far.
Guitar player and singer, Razorblade jr. storms once more with a fresh new set of songs that captures the essence of powerful noise rock with addictive noble and melodic formula, together with sultan battery on explosive set of drums,,,this will blow you away!"
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"IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO FIND MY WAY TO OYSTERS, IT TOOK EVEN LONGER TO CRY AWAY FROM THEM, SOMETIMES THE GOOD THINGS BRING OUT THE BAD THINGS ON SURFACE, AND THIS IS HOW I LEARNED TO DIVE,,,"
("diving for oysters"- gone bald)
born in '94 in zagreb croatia,moved to amsterdam holland in '94,,,which makes it 15 years now,,,"fighting the windmills",,and the almost complete ignorance of the "scene" here and around the world.
one of the reasons for many line up changes throughout the years is exactly that ignorance that brought basically disappointment,frustration,,and what not,, to some of the former members and made them "give up the quest",, and ,,i can't really blame them i guess,,, but it is also a fact that in the way this ignorance made gone bald alive for 15 years and aware of "what don't kills us makes us stronger" syndrome. but hey,,,that's just one of the reasons,,,and as for the other ones, you really don't have to look much further deeper and harder,,,,it should be very obvious why we're still around ,,,,,,,,,
it took a long and hard time till the most recent new line up was found & completed,, but now we are back and working.........
razorblade jr.
sultan battery or Suba, as he like to call himself, also known in parallel existence as 1dp, music producer, filmmaker, and various other shady character.
this fella, Suba turns out to be a hell ova drummer, i tell you what.
well, it all started long time ago when Suba, back then still merely a young drummer boy, who drummed with anything that will generate sound waves. at the age of 11 he went on stage for the first time with a trio made out of trumpet, drums and a water hose!
on some pick summer days eyewitnesses claim to have witness little Suba drumming with the neighbors ventilator...
years later he’s mixing noise records with wired up trumpet under the name of ‘gay tiger’.
and in his spare time (what spare time??) he produces and remixes under the name 1dp. his lifelong love for distortion and beat brought him by quite magnificent coincidence to gone bald. and so, after many years in the depth of underground electronic and jam bands he find himself back behind the set, pounding hard and damaging valuable equipment.
sultan battery
Over the years, Gone Bald has played hundreds of shows in Holland, Belgium. Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia. We've shared the stage with bands like Jesus Lizard, Butthole Surfers, Sebadoh, Ninewood, The Ex, Don Caballero, Flying Luttenbachers, Today Is The Day Chinese Stars...........
Material has been released on labels like Kekere Aquarium (Croatia), 100% (NL), FBWL (Belgium), Interstellar Records (Austria) and Narrominded (NL). Check gonebald.net for a full discography,press,bio's,photos and other shit,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"bella's lullaby" LIVE FROM "OCCII" from 100 WAYS TO BECOME COOL dvd-extras)- released in may 2007.:
from 100 WAYS TO BECOME COOL - "gone bald" documentary released in may 2007. (Trailer):
Bella's lullaby-from 100 ways to become cool presentation in de nieuwe anita:
Animals vs Hunters-live in bitterzoet:
Gone Bald live @ Zaal 100, 2004-from "12 and a half" year anniversary:
HOMIE, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER, GET ST.LAZ ON ONE OF YOUR BEATS, ST.LAZ CAN GET YOUR NAME ON A BUNCH OF MIXTAPES AND HUGE WEBSITES, HE WILL DO A FULL SONG TO ONE OF YOUR TRACKS, YOU WILL GET THE ACEPELLA, THE VERSES HE SPITS WILL BE 100% EXCLUSIVE AND ORIGINAL, HE "NEVER SPITS THE SAME VERSE TWICE".
GOOGLE SEARCH ST.LAZ AND SEE HOW MANY MIXTAPES AND WEBSITES HIS MUSIC IS FEATURED ON, HE’S A BEAST ONLINE, IN THE STREETS, ON DVDS AND ALL OVER, HE HAS DONE SONGS WITH STYLES P, SHEEK LOUCH, JOEL ORTIZ, GRAFH, KOOL G.RAP AND A LOT MORE DUDES, HERE’S A CHANCE TO GET AN OFFICIAL RAPPER THAT HAS A BIG BUZZ ON ONE OF YOUR BEATS FOR A LOW PRICE, ONLY $150(WHEN HE NORMALLY CHARGES $500 A VERSE), AND THE SONG WILL BE RECORDED IN 24 HOURS OR LESS, YOU WILL SEE YOUR NAME ON A LOT OF DJ’S MIXTAPES, AND HIP-HOP WEBSITES, ALL OVER THE PLACE, HERE’S AN EXAMPLE.
Maybe a tad late, but thanx for a great night at the OCCII! It was really fun playing with so many different cool acts. Well organized! Get ready for the next 15 bald years!. Cheerz!
MO 15.06.09. *MAJ MUSICAL MONDAY SPECIAL*:DOKUMENTARFILMABEND über die Band "GONE BALD"(NL) +
Live Show "KASKADE"(MUC)
Bandportrait:15 Jahre GONE BALD-legendärer Noise-Rock aus Amsterdam.Am 19.Juni feiert Gone Bald zum 15 jährigen Jubiläum ein großes Konzert im OCCI Club in Amsterdam.Am 15.Juni zeigen wir in der Glockenbachwerkstatt den Film'''The Documentary-STORY OF GONE BALD-100 Ways To Become Cool'''
