Mark's Influences: - I am a really BIG fan of The Communards (ooh Jimmy Somerville) / Erasure are also one of my faves / I was into The Pet Shop Boys but I'm not really into them anymore / ABBA (Especially Dancing Queen!) / Not really into what we as a band do, I've been trying to convince them that we'd be better off doing stuff like The Spice Girls (my all time faves)
Tom's Influences: - Jaco Pastorius / Damien Rice / Miles Davis /Incubus /Joni Mitchell /Stevie Wonder /Herbie Hancock /Weather Report/ The Offspring/ Red Hot Chili Peppers....
Heapy's influences: - Green Day / Metallica / Motley Crue / Spencer Davis Group / Nickelback / Reh Hot Chilli Peppers / Foo fighters / Girls Aloud !!! yeah! oh, and I also like jazz and blues
Craig's influences: - Subway / Miles Davis / Stevie Vai / Really Tall Men / Incubus / Jeffrey Buckley / Rufus Wainwright / Burger King / Van Halen (dave lee roth era) / Aerosmith / KFC / George Lynch / Girls Aloud / John Coltrane / Tom Waits / Radiohead / Ryan Adams / Van Morrison / McDonalds / Joni Mitchell / Soundgarden / The Strokes (this is ridiculous I cant list them all!!!)
Sadz's influences: - Unfortunately Sadz has never listened to any other music other than his own
theGEKKO are an energetic blend of crunching guitars, pulsating bass, powerful drums and melodic vocals which fuses together to create a glorious explosion of rock!!
In The Press:
"[the Gekko are] seriously fun, energetic rockers... Blistering Apology and buoyant 12.15" - The linc
"We get back to Dry Bar in order to see The Gekko bringing their set to an explosive end. The lead singer is throwing himself around the stage whilst still managing to scream lyrics into the mic... Entertaining to watch and the crowd are loving it" - guestlistmusic.blogspot.com
"A high octane performance of driving guitars and smappy rhythms" - Wigan Evening Post
It's the beginning of 2008 - and we have finally completed our latest E.P "TESTIFY". All 4 tracks are now available to download right here for FREE!!!!!! So get downloading them, stick 'em on your ipods, on your myspace pages, wherever you want......just get rocking out!!!! The actual CD will be ready mid February, so make sure you get your hands on one at a gig!!! These are exclusive...just 1,000 copies printed....and they are FREE. So make sure you own a piece of Gekko history!!
Our 1st show of the year is coming up.....see the show details for more info!! Any promoters that want to make a booking can just drop us a message on here!!!
THE GEKKO SHOP!!
A DARKER PLACE - Our debut album was released earlier last year so grab your copy here by smashing the button underneath. "A Darker Place" has 8 Head Banging tracks and full colour book with poster - you have to own one of these!!!.
Album costs just 6 pounds including postage and packaging.
You won't be disappointed!!!!
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Now, Sit Back, and check out our slideshow...more pics coming soon!!
dudes saw yous at reemer last friday, thougt yus were really good, was great to see a band take to the stage dead confident and have a consitently good set right at the start of the night as well, had a chat with mark as well bout yu guys gave me some cds aswell so thanks for them, was really great to me you keep cool tom x
well tbh i actualy want to be u guys ha u guys was amazing at fever really inspired me to do some more things with my band :) seen you twice know, hopefully see you again (Y)
my friend is having a 16th birthday party, would you be willing to play there? if so how much would it cost about?
Get in touch with the Zanzibar im sure they would have you guys back, i interviewed the owner for one of my documentaries for my uni course and we got talkin about you guys and he spoke highly of ya. Im ace, quit the last round a few weeks back and have started jammin wid 2 mates in uni, just on the search 4 a drummer really, fancy lendin us the heapster haha! just kiddin. Hope you guys make it over this way soon
hi we are gonna try and come to the bar fever gig in june :D i'm gutted i've got a dancing show the weekend you're at the academy :( ah well! luv tamsin x
Hey! How's the weather over there? I just want to let you know that i'm coming to the UK in late May/early June to play bass with Kevin Montgomery and Tommy Allsup. Tommy played guitar with Buddy Holly, and is THE guy that flipped the coin with Ritchie Valens. I figured that with you being a musician that you could apprecaite a show like this. The closest i think we play to you is in a place called Mitton (sort of near Manchester?). I hope you can come down? The second night is sold out, but the Saturday night has some tickets left.
We won't be doing my material, but it is a really special show, and Tommy is a true rock'n'roll legend.
Anyway, take care and hope to see you there.
DW
Heya Guys, last night was minted! Proper good set. I was the big guy stood at the front with the grey jumper on next to the guy you gave the mic to, to sing into. I love Apology sooooo much, well good tune. Me and Burnsey (the singing guy) always listen to it in college. Proper nice set. Cant wait to see ya again
