sábado, 18 de octubre de 2014

Gorilla Biscuits

Historia

Gorilla Biscuits es una banda de hardcore punk procedente de Nueva York formada por Anthony "Civ" Civarelli, Walter Schreifels, Arthur Smilios, Alex Brown y Luke Abbey.
La historia de la banda empieza cuando Nick Drysdale y Arthur Smilios conocen a Anthony Civarelli (CIV) ya que los 3 estudiaban en el mismo instituto. Los 3 eran fans de bandas como Agnostic Front y se convirtieron en asiduos en los conciertos punk que se daban en el mítico local CBGB. Allí se hicieron amigos de otros punk como los integrantes de la banda "Youth Of Today " Ray Cappo y John Porcelly, que también formaría parte de Gorilla Biscuits.
Arthur trató de formar una banda de hardcore y pidió Civarelli que fuera el vocalista. Los miembros de la banda Token Entry les organizaron un concierto, pero la banda todavía estaba sin nombre. Al necesitar un nombre para darle al promotor, se decidieron por Gorilla Biscuits. El nombre provenía de una droga muy común en la zona que por su tamaño y apariencia era conocida como "Mierda de mono" o "Gorilla Bicuits". Aunque al principio no tenían ninguna intención de continuar con ese nombre para la banda, al final decidieron hacerlo permanente.
La banda grabaría sus primeras demos en muy baja calidad, que ellos mismos se ocuparon en vender y también diseñarían sus primeras camisetas con la imagen de un gorila haciendo skate que se convertiría en icono del grupo.
En 1988 la discográfica Revelation Records incluye la canción del grupo de nombre, "Better Than You" y poco más tarde les publica un 7 "EP de nombre homónimo Gorilla Biscuits, que en poco tiempo se convirtió en un éxito en la escena hardcore.
Tras girar por Estados Unidos y Europa, graban en 1989 su único disco de estudio titulado "Start Today". En este disco encontramos una memorable colección de canciones en las que imprimen las melodías que caracterizaban a la banda. Y es que solo les basto este gran disco para convertirse en una de las bandas más queridas y admiradas del hardcore, y para ser uno de los grupos mas relacionados con el movimiento Straight Edge.


Aportado al blog por PuNKiTa


Discografía

01- Original Demo Tape (1987)


01- No Reason Why
02- Big Mouth
03- Better Than You
04- Gorilla Biscuits
05- Do It Yourself
06- Finish What You Started


02- Gorilla Biscuits (1988)

1. High Hopes
2. Big Mouth
3. No Reason Why
4. Gm2 
5. Hold Your Ground
6. Breaking Free
7. Finish What You Started
8. Sitting Around at Home
9. Biscuit Power
10. Short End of the Stick
11. Hold Your Ground 1
12. Slut


03- Start Today (1989)

1. New Direction
2. Stand Still
3. Degradation
4. Good Intentions
5. Forgotten
6. Things We Say
7. Start Today
8. Two Sides
9. First Failure
10. Competition
11. Time Flies
12. Cats and Dogs
13. Sitting Around at Home
14. Biscuit Power


04- Rarities And Comp Tracks (1987-1990)

1. No Reason Why (Demo -1987)
2. Big Mouth (Demo -1987)
3. Better Than You (Demo -1987)
4. GB (Demo -1987)
5. Do It Yourself(Demo -1987)
6. Finish What You Started (Demo -1987)
7. Instrumental(Rehearsals - 1989)
8. Hold Your Ground (Rehearsals - 1989)
9. Breaking Free (Rehearsals - 1989)
10. Cats And Dogs (Instrumental) (Rehearsals - 1989)
11. Things We Say (Rehearsals - 1989)
12. Slut (Rehearsals - 1989)
13. New Direction (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
14. Two Sides (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
15. Things We Say (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
16. Degradation (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
17. Forgotten (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
18. Start Today (Instrumental) (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
19. Stand Still (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
20. Time Flies (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
21. Competition (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
22. Cats And Dogs (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
23. Good Intentions (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
24. Biscuit Power (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
25. First Failure (Start Today Demo - Walter On Vocals - 1989)
26. Distance (Various Live Tracks - Unreleased And Covers)
27. The Western (Various Live Tracks - Unreleased And Covers)
28. Man With No Money (Various Live Tracks - Unreleased And Covers)
29. Don't Tread On Me (Various Live Tracks - Unreleased And Covers)
30. Fed Up (Various Live Tracks - Unreleased And Covers)
31. Friends Like You (Various Live Tracks - Unreleased And Covers)
32. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Various Live Tracks - Unreleased And Covers)
33. Six Times Around (Various Live Tracks - Unreleased And Covers)
34. The Chance (Various Live Tracks - Unreleased And Covers)
35. We're Only Gonna Die (Various Live Tracks - Unreleased And Covers)
36. Better Than You (New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is Comp LP - 1988)
37. Forgotten (New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is Comp LP - 1988)
38. Biscuit Power (Rebuilding Comp 7'' - 1990)
39. Sittin' Round At Home (NYCHC: Where The Wild Things Are - 1989)
40. Short End Of The Stick (Bonus Tracks From S/T CD)

41. Hold Your Ground (Bonus Tracks From S/T CD)


05- Live In NYC '91: Agnostic Front + Sick Of It All + Gorilla Biscuits (1991)

1–Interview
2–Sick Of It All- Clobberin' Time
3–Sick Of It All- Pay The Price
4–Sick Of It All- G.I. Joe Headstomp
5–Interview
6–Agnostic Front - Victim In Pain
7–Agnostic Front - Public Assistance 
8–Interview
9–Gorilla Biscuits - Competition
10–Interview
11–Agnostic Front - Infiltrate 
12–Agnostic Front - Strength 
13–Interview
14–Sick Of It All - What's Goin' On 
15–Interview
16–Gorilla Biscuits - Distance 
17–Interview
18–Agnostic Front - Crucified 
19–Interview
20–Gorilla Biscuits - Hold Your Ground 
21–Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
22–Interview
23–Sick Of It All - Injustice System
24–Sick Of It All - Alone
25–Interview
26–Agnostic Front -Blind Justice 
27–Interview


06- Having A Great Time... Wish You Were Here (Live) (1991)

01- New Direction
02- Cats And Dogs
03- GM2 - Slut
04- Hold Your Ground
05- Competition
06- Distance
07- High Hopes
08- Sitting Around At Home
09- Big Mouth
10- New Song
11- Degradation
12- Things We Say
13- Better Than You
14- Start Today
15- Biscuit Power
16- Forgotten
17- Cowboy Song
18- Should I Stay or Should I Go


07- Puzzle Of 38 Pieces (1993)

01- New Direction
02- Big Mouth
03- Degradation
04- Things We Say
05- Forgotten
06- No Reason Why
07- Better Than You
08- Stand Still
09- Breaking Free
10- High Hopes
11- First Failure
12- Sitting Around At Home
13- Start Today
14- Cats & Dogs
15- Hold Your Ground
16- Two Sides
17- Finish What You Started
18- Distance
19- The Western
20- Man With No Money
21- Biscuit Power
22- GM2
23- Short End Of The Stick
24- Don't Tread On Me
25- Fed Up
26- Slut
27- Control Yourself
28- Time Flies
29- Good Intentions
30- Things We Say
31- Competition
32- Pushed Too Far
33- Friends Like You
34- Should I Stay Or Should I Go
35- Wild Thing
36- Six Times Around
37- The Change
38- Someone's Gonna Die


08- Walter Sings The Hits (1993)

1–New Direction
2–Stand Still
3–Degradation
4–Good Intentions
5–Forgotten
6–Things We Say
7–Start Today
8–Two Sides
9–Competition
10–Time Flies
11–Cats And Dogs
12–Biscuit Power
13–Expression
14–Are You Really Down?
15–They Said We Were The Best
16–Distance
17–New Direction
18–Big Mouth
19–Slut
20–Distance
21–Better Than You
22–Hold Your Ground
23–Start Today
24–High Hopes
25–Biscuit Power
26–Fed Up
27–Should I Stay Or Should I Go
28–Hold Your Ground
29–No Reason Why
30–Big Mouth
31–Better Than You
32–In Your Head / Gorilla Biscuits
33–Control Yourself / Do It Yourself
34–Finish What You Started


09- Live at CBGB (2005)

01- New Direction
02- Stand Still
03- Better Than You
04- Time Flies
05- Big Mouth
06- First Failure
07- Sitting Round At Home
08- Two Sides
09- Things We Say
10- Breaking Free
11- Slut
12- Competition
13- Forgotten
14- Hold Your Ground
15- Do It Yourself
16- Good Intentions
17- Degradation
18- No Reason Why
19- Cats And Dogs
20- Biscuit Power
21- High Hopes
22- Finish What You Started
23- As One (Warzone)
24- Start Today


10- Gorilla Biscuits (EP) (2006)

01- At The Matinee
02- Knee Deep In The Ocean Of Hate

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