Tony Chins - acoustic/electric guitar, vocals, bass, percussion, cazoo, whistle and chins.
Ade von Lemon Blaster - 12 string/electric guitar, vocals, bass, bagpipes, ukelele, nose flute, peace flute, recorders, percussion, horn, household objects and flatulence.
Wolfington Stanley - Percussion, bass, vocals, sound effects, electric guitar, drums and relentless nicotine addiction.
Avery Hornblower - Banjo, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals, harmonicas, melodica, bass and irish time keeping.
Whitney Blanket - drums, percussion, flute, vocals and self deprecating perfectionism.
Nigel Souffle Saucepan Lid - 1st reserve drummery and visually interesting hernia.
Mark Anchovy The Turd - 1st reserve harmonica, melodica, electric/acoustic guitar, vocals, percussion and parched delivery.
Foz - Special guestage ukelele, singing saw, banjo, 10 string guitar thingy and twisted clownery.
Martin of the Golgis - CD and website designer (percussion, bass, vocals and random chuckles).
Richard 2 Horns - ex-hornblower (sax et al) and Yorkshire sense of humour.
Moe Redfish - Sometimes sits in on bass, vocal and schoolboy charm.
Influences
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Spike Jones, Jethro Tull, Bluegrass, Avant Garde Jazz, Egg, The Beatles, Lindisfarne, Monty Python, Ian Dury, Red Dwarf, Douglas Adams, the list is endless and bares limited relevance to what we do!
Well what can I say.......The Golgi Apparatus played mostly in Sussex from Summer 2001-2008. We had a great time and mutated considerably from an acoustic trio to a quartet playing slow, melancholic, jazz tinged, vocally harmonised songs, all looking uncomfortable on stage to the final quintet, often with a guest, playing electric, uptempo, silly songs, featuring wild costumery and vaudeville chaos stage performance featuring a striptease on a unicycle! We decided after 7 years to call it a day for several reasons, too many gigs in front of 4 or 5 people, difficulty in the name being remembered and wanting to write new songs. But, my friends, a fragment of the band are currently in negotiations with some other chaps to form a new 6 piece band with more stage performance, a more memorable name, a few Golgi songs thrown in for good measure and a whole lot of new ones. Hopefully, it will be up and running by November or December. Watch this space.
BACKGROUND....
The Golgi Apparatus were a bunch of multi-instrumentalist all of whom sung to some degree or another. We dissected every genre we come across and mix up the bits and see what comes out. The result could be described as interesting if not bordering on ridiculous. We specialised in songs about facial hair and people we know, played on a peculiar mix of instruments. The live show includes a STRIPTEASE on a UNICYCLE, costumes, props and lashings of horseplay. It has been said that the stage looks like a JUNK SHOP and our performance has been described as "ANARCHIC WIZARDRY".
Originally formed in the Summer of 2001 the band had 3 main line ups. Both Martin and Richard emigrated. The first line up recorded a CD of debut recordings on 2002 and then the 9 track cd 'PA-PA SMJEŠKO' in Nov 2003, and the second the 10 track CD 'GRUNTLED AHD WHELMED' in Jan 2005 and Jan 2006. The final line-up recorded 3 tracks in July 2007 and 4 tracks (as yet unmixed) in February 08. Noise making devices employed included 12 and 6 string acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, djembe, shakers, drums, bass, nose flute, bagpipes, tenor horn, toys, sound effects, ukelele, hosepipe, football rattle, recorders, teapot, kazoos, whistles and sirens.
We're on Facebook and YouTube too!
The Golgi A! We are fans of yours and wish we could be in the UK to see a show. Just a heads up that plowtown and our debut album is now on iTUNES today. Check it out and have a great holiday!
ROCK BRIGHTON presents FEEDBACK XV
Saturday 1st November at The Brighton Coalition (Formerly The Beach), Kings Rd Arches
Doors open at 7:00pm
Entry £4 / £3 NUS
Say it aint so, guys. I have some great pics from The Airport Club lurking around somewhere which I'll post soon. Lead bagpipe is sorely needed in any beat combo. R.I.P. :(
hey ya'll how you doin? one of us is moving back down south (sussex uni) so if you guys are playing let us know, n if you wanna do a gig together let us know! just let us know anything!!!
cheers for the add. Unfortunately didn't see you at Bognor, but was immediately told that I should 'cos you're right up my alley as it were.I was told you were even more ramshackle than Victims of Nuisance (the band I'm still just about in) to see why I was pointed in your direction. Great stuff. Love to play a gig with you some time. Also excited by the last chance rodeo.
