The Gufs

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The Gufs
The Gufs in concert
Background information
Origin	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Genre(s)	pop/rock
Years active	1988-1999, 2006
Label(s)	Red Submarine Records, Atlantic Records
Associated acts	Goran Kralj
Website	http://www.thegufs.com/
Members
Goran Kralj, Dejan Kralj, Morgan Dawley, and Scott Schwebel
Former members
Tony Luna

The Gufs is a pop rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The band's latest album A Different Sea was released on October 17, 2006. Their first single from the album is "Beautiful Disaster"^[1], which was the #2 unsigned artist download in October 2006 at the website www.purevolume.com. ^[2]

The Gufs are best known for their songs "Smile" and "Crash (into me)". ^[3]^[4]

1 Members
2 History
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
- 3.2 Singles
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Members

Goran Kralj - Lead singer

Dejan Kralj - bass guitar

Morgan Dawley - lead guitar and backup vocals

Scott Schwebel - drums

[edit] History

The Gufs began as an eastside Milwaukee band in 1988, with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students Goran Kralj and Scott Schwebel. Kralj and Schwebel, roommates and teammates on UWM's soccer team, recruited Kralj's younger brother, Dejan Kralj (still in high school in Northwestern Indiana), and high school friend Tony Luna, to round-off the quartet on bass and lead guitar. After a few years of playing local eastside Milwaukee bars, the band lineup changed, as Luna left in 1990 to pursue a career in sound engineering, opening the way for Marquette University student and Milwaukee native Morgan Dawley to fill the vacancy. ^[5] The band soon gained momentum, performing more frequently throughout Milwaukee.

The band took second place at a battle of the bands at Marquette University in 1991. ^[6]

According to a blog on the band's myspace account, the band took their name from a place where a baby's soul came from before the child was born from the Demi Moore film "The Seventh Sign."^[7]

The band released several independent label records and gained increasing exposure nationwide on college radio before being signed by Atlantic Records. The Gufs tour with Matchbox Twenty resulted in Rob Thomas singing backup on the song "Give Back Yourself" on their "Holiday from You" album. ^[3] ^[8] The Gufs often play Summerfest. ^[9]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Goran Kralj in concert

A Different Sea (2006) - Red Submarine Records. The album features string arrangements from the Milwaukee Symphony]. ^[10]

Holiday from You (1999) - Atlantic Records (produced by Arnold Lanni) - The album peaked at #33 on the Billboard magazine Top Heatseekers chart.^[11] Holiday From You was re-released on Red Submarine Records, with some alternate tracks and revamped artwork, in 2006.

Collide Sessions (1997) - Red Submarine Records/Don't Records

The Gufs (1996) - Atlantic Records ^[4]^[12]- This album is comprised mainly of material first released on Collide.

Collide (1995) - Red Submarine Records

Circa 89 (1993) - Red Submarine Records

Songs of Life (1992) - Red Submarine Records

Staring into the Sun (1990) - Red Submarine Records ^[4]

[edit] Singles

"Smile" was included on the compilation CDs Sounds of the Leisure Class Records: Midwest Collection ^[13] and WIIL Rock 95.1 Live^[14]. "Give back yourself" was included on the compilation CD Aware Compilation, Vol. 7 ^[15]