Gumball
General Info
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Genre: Rock
Location NEW YORK, New York, US
Profile Views: 32080
Last Login: 10/3/2009
Member Since 9/4/2006
Website www.instantmayhem.com
Type of Label Major
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Bio
.. Don Fleming, Eric Vermillion and Jay Spiegel recorded Special Kiss in 1991. The album is a locomotive blur of abrasive pop and gnarly guitar psychosis. "You Know," in particular, recalls the singalong corrosion of Teenage Fanclub, a sense amplified by the appearance of all four Fanclubbers on the track. Having been previewed abroad with the four-song Gumball EP, Special Kiss was followed in the UK by Light Shines Through: three album tracks (one an alternate take) and four non-LP numbers. .... To mark time before their full-length Columbia debut and show off their catholic musical taste, Gumball went the covers route on the five-song Wisconsin Hayride. Besides Foetus, Black Flag and Small Faces material, "New Rose" is a frisky carbon of the Damned's debut single. .... Super Tasty is exactly that, a snappy commercial effort produced by Butch Vig with the polished hum'n'snarl of classic '70s pop-punk clatter by Cheap Trick and Blue Öyster Cult. Gumball's attack is, if anything, a little too slick for the times, but Fleming's boyish tenor and the chrome-torpedo riffing guards the manifest kick of discontent in "The Damage Done" (neatly disguised with an exuberant intro of guitar-drums clamor and bright, wheezing harmonica) and the bittersweet ballad corn of "Marilyn." Super Tasty is a buzzin' good time, heightened by the extra guitars and keyboards of new recruit Malcolm Riviera (an old Velvet Monkeys crony). .... Revolution on Ice... The title and cartoon artwork are a combined blast at the corporate co-opting of the alternative-rock revolt; with songs like "Revolution on the Rocks" and "Nights on Fire". The album's open-wound air, however, makes it Gumball's strongest effort to date. Revolution on Ice... crackles with a dark, seductive intensity. The BÖC connection is reinforced by a letter-perfect rendition of "She's as Beautiful as a Foot," complete with guest vocals by that band's original drummer, Albert Bouchard. .... [David Fricke/Ira Robbins] Trouser Press Online -
Members
Gumball: Don Fleming (vocals, guitar); Malcolm Riviera (keyboards, guitar, programming); Eric Vermillion (bass, vocals); Jay Spiegel (drums, percussion, vocals). Additional personnel: Albert Bouchard (vocals), J Mascis (gtr), Teenage Fanclub (vocals), Thurston Moore (keyboards). .... -
Influences
..Discography .. ......· .."All the Time".. 7" & 12" Paperhouse 90 .. ....· ........Special Kiss.... CD, LP (Produced by DF) Primo Scree/USK 91.. ....· .."Under My Wheels".. 7" compilation with Sonic Youth Sup Pop 91.. ....· .."Light Shines Through" ..CD single Paperhouse (UK) 7" Waterfront (Australia) 91.. ....· .."Girl Don't Tell Me".. b/w .."Strawberry Fields Forever".. 7" Vinyl Get Hip 92.. ....· .."Accelerator" CD single Columbia/ CD-3 Big Cat 93.. ..· ....Super Tasty...... ..(Produced by Butch Vig) CD, LP, CS Columbia (US) Sony (Japan) 93.. ....· ........Real Gone Deal.... (Produced by Butch Vig) CD-2 Columbia 93.. ....· ........The Damage Done .. ..(Produced by Butch Vig) CD-6 Columbia 93.. ....· ........Revolution on Ice .. ..(Produced by DF with John Anyello) CD, LP, CS Columbia 94.. ....· .."Nights on Fire".. (Produced by DF with John Anyello) CD Single Columbia 94.. ....· .."......Tokyo Encore.... CD Gumball Ink 95.. ....· .."..Germs (Tribute) .."Caught in My Eye".. ..CD, LP Grass Records 96.. .... .. Gumball - Upsetter's Theme - 9:30 Club Washington DC: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. -
Sounds Like
.......... .. .. .. .. ....GUMBALL - "THE DAMAGE DONE" -- Directed by Dave Markey................ .. .. .. .. ....GUMBALL - "NEW ROSE" -- Directed by Dave Markey................ .. .. .. .. ....GUMBALL - "ACCELERATOR" -- Directed by Dave Markey..
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thx for the friendship!
hail gumball!!
Thank you for adding me!
Arigato!!
Thanks for the add
A_RI_GA_TO!
Best big fuckin band of the world, I love you guys, Don Fleming it's a genius :].
Respect！
que pasa gumball? we love you!
hi!!!!
THANKS FOR THE ADD!
WE LOVE YOUR MUSIC>!
Love Gumball and Don Fleming. Saw you guys in Boston in 1992....
Hope you guys could come some day to Spain.
Adios amigos!
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